English soccer team is desperately lacking a defender these days, and despite a need of the hour, manager Roy Hodgson has ruled any chance of asking former Chelsea and England skipper John Terry to break his retirement. Hodgson is lacking good defenders for England’s coming world cup qualifiers after being hit by injuries to its main players; hence it was presumed by the media that Terry could be roped in, but Hodgson has no interest in doing so. He is trying to say that Terry has lost its charm to play in England national squad, however, he did not say anything against him, but massage is clear and loud that a player, who is out of the site for more than a year, has no chance of coming back in the team. John Terry took his retirement from international soccer back in 2012 and since then England has not found any reliable replacement to fit into his shoes. Talking about Terry, Hodgson said, “The fact is John Terry has retired from international football, a decision I have … [Read more...]
Michael Owen announces his retirement at end of season
Former England international soccer player: Michael Owen has finally announced his retirement at the end of current season. He has been one of the most versatile English players ever since he made his debut back in 1998 World Cup when he was just 18. He wasted no time in getting a world frame for himself by showing some of his all-time brilliant performances, including his famous solo goal against Argentina in the same World Cup or his magnificent hat trick against Germany in 2001 that later became a benchmark in his career. During his fifteen-year old career, he played almost for five clubs along with playing for English national soccer team, however, Liverpool has ever been his favorite club where he played 297 matches and scored 158 goals. His overall average playing club matches is 220 goals and has won almost every league title for his respective club, like FA Cup, UEFA Cup, and EPL along with League cup. Last year, he signed up with Stoke for a one year deal which is going to … [Read more...]
Ronaldinho gets a national call for a friendlier
Ace Brazilian attacking midfielder Ronaldinho will again be seen running for his national team though in a friendlier against England at Wembley. The match is a part of English FA’s 150th year celebrations; hence it presumes to be a high profile match between two best soccer teams of contemporary football. Brazil’s reappointed coach Luiz Felipe Scolari announced the list for February 6 clash that includes many newcomers. Ronaldinho, 32, has not played any match for his national team since last one year; hence his much waited comeback will be an eye treat for his fans in England. The career of Ronaldinho has been filled with ups and downs; he was at the peak of his career during 2004 when he won player of the year award, but since then his cold performances led him down, and everybody blamed his partying lifestyle for his lost grip over football. Later, he shifted to AC Milan and then to Flamengo during 2011, but eventually never came in the new for any of his brilliant match … [Read more...]
Two English Players among 12 charged in Serbia
During 2013 European Championship qualifier between England and Siberia on October 16, there happened to be a clash between players, and it was said that there were some racial comments also passed by players of both sides. Since that matter was being investigated by the police, no accused was initially made. But now, after around 15 day’s investigations, police has charged 12 peoples included players of both sides for that mishap on the field. Two English Under-21 players are yet unknown, but Siberian police has already informed British police about such indictment. It started by throwing some missiles on the pitch by some host fans after English Connor Wickham scored the winning goal that made England beat Siberia by score 2-0. Host crowd could not accept their defeat; hence turned violent which later became a public clash between both the teams including their coaches. Besides English players, five Siberian players and few fans are also named by the police for said incident. … [Read more...]
English Football Runs by idiots?
In a strange quote referring FIFA President Sepp Blatter has said England football is being run by idiots has spread havoc in soccer community. The quote is written in an autobiography by Sebastian Coe who is a well-known personality in soccer, perhaps he is one who ran London Olympics and was the chairman of FIFA’s ethics committee. His latest job was a part of English think tank for its failed bid to host 2018 FIFA world cup. According to him, Blatter has always been a problem in dealing with English officials, perhaps, he once said that English soccer is not being run by bright peoples; peoples who run it are idiots. Notably, Russia won the hosting rights for 2018 world cup, and during voting, England got only two votes. Even Coe feels that Blatter too was in favor of Russia for 2018 world cup. His favor to Russia seems very much unbelievable, but it is true, coz he doesn’t like the way English football functions especially at the top level. Coe describes Blatter’s biased … [Read more...]