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  • Arsenal’s Striker Search: Three Targets Analyzed

    Arsenal are in need of a new center forward. The team’s flourishing form under Mikel Arteta is due in part to the magnificence of French striker Alexandre Lacazette who has put in a number of dominating performances since December that have helped push Arsenal into the top four race, helping them to win four of…

  • José Sá: Wolves’ Rock-solid Goalkeeper

    With the departure of key figures such as manager Nuno Espírto Santo and goalkeeper Rui Patricio, as well as the long-term injury of Pedro Neto, Wolverhampton Wanderers were left with big decisions to make in the summer of 2021.    Nonetheless, they seem to have tackled and silenced the doubters with appointments of former Benfica…

  • Player Analysis: Alan Velasco

    Born on July 27, 2002, in Berazategui, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Alan Velasco is one of the biggest prospects of Argentine soccer. At 19 years old, he has already played in nearly 70 official matches, with 8 goals and 10 assists, wearing the shirt of Club Atlético Independiente, one of the biggest clubs in South America…

  • Wilmar Barrios: Zenit’s Catalyst from Cartagena

    Wilmar Barrios, a name that is commonly associated with grit, strength and stamina. An ideal defensive midfielder who struts his stuff on the pitch from box to box or in a pivot accompanied by a more attack-minded midfielder.   However, life for the Colombian international was not always a tale of fans chanting his name.…

  • Cardiff City’s 1927 FA Cup Triumph

    Since its establishment in 1871, the Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup, has solidified its status as the oldest national football competition in the world and a pillar of European football. The annual tournament has been won by 44 different teams, none more so than Arsenal, who have lifted the trophy a record 14…

  • Ivan Juric’s Torino: The Fun Side of Serie A

    At 1.48 goals-per-game, slightly behind the Bundesliga [1.51] and ahead of the Premier League [1.39], Serie A football has been full of entertainment in 2021/2022.   Of course, teams like Inter Milan and Napoli have helped boost that total, but even the lower-performing clubs are helping create excitement this season. Torino may not be challenging…

  • Adam Idah: Norwich’s Promising Irish Attacker Now a Premier League Goal-Scorer

    With Norwich City blunt in front of goal so far this campaign – eight goals scored in 20 matches before the visit of Everton to Carrow Road – Adam Idah must have felt the pressure to start delivering goals for Dean Smith’s strugglers.   Plunged into the deep end in some games this campaign, Crystal…

  • Rafa Silva: The Current MVP in the Primeira Liga This Season?

    It has been a disappointing season for Benfica, who, after a perfect start to the campaign, have crashed out of the Taça de Portugal and fallen six points behind Sporting and nine points behind league leaders Porto. For the second straight season, it seems that Benfica will wait on the sidelines and watch a two-horse…

  • Crazy, Glorious, Serie A: The Most Entertaining League in the World

    What is it that defines the best league in the world? It’s something football fans from the ‘Big Five’ leagues of Germany, England, Italy, France and Spain dispute every year. Is it the quality of the football we are watching? Is it the number of stars in the league? Is it how competitive and enthralling…

  • Trophy-Laden Dreams to Treading Water Nightmares: How Farhad Moshiri Turned Everton Into a Circus

    March the 12th 2016 should have been the best day in Everton’s modern history. The Toffees defeated Chelsea by two goals to nil, as a Romelu Lukaku brace steamrolled the Blues into the FA Cup semi-finals – all under the watchful eye of Everton’s newest and richest fan.   Farhad Moshiri was attending his first…