Croatia captain Darijo Srna will bow out of international football after Euro 2016, and his loss will be felt hugely by the side. READ MORE
Tag: Ukraine
Euro 2016: Group C Preview
Euro 2016 Group C Preview Germany: Germany’s team is still full of the talented superstars that won the World Cup two years ago, but their qualifying campaign showed that they are not as impressive as they were in Brazil. It is fair to say that Germany have the strongest squad with players such as Manuel Neuer, […] READ MORE
Imagining a Soviet Union National Team
It will be 25 years this Boxing Day since the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was dissolved and while that has opened the door for a whole raft of burgeoning nations to take the international football stage, it has left many wondering if, from a footballing standpoint at least, they would have been better off […] READ MORE
KHL: The Nightmare of the Hockey World (Part 1)
If you had but one word to describe the KHL, perhaps the most fitting would be “nightmare”. 2014 was a year of financial meltdown for the league. During 2013-14 season, reports surfaced that Spartak Moscow were close to folding due to sponsors stepping back, which was only the first wave of Europe’s fight against Russia. As the situation in […] READ MORE
Tottenham: Europa League Nightmare
After some reflection following Tottenham’s recent defeat to Ukrainian side Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the first leg in the round-of 32 of the Europa League, I began thinking about the clubs form in Europa League competition. On Thursday, Spurs lost 1-0 in tough conditions in Ukraine. With the quality of the squad the North London side […] READ MORE
Worst Decision of the Week – Laurent Koscielny's Red Card v Ukraine
So it eventually didn’t matter, as many of us have now seen, but Laurent Koscielny’s red card for France has to go down as the worst decision of the week. The player, and not the referee for once, should hang his head in shame as his actions could have resulted in a far more serious […] READ MORE
Anfield Alive: Ukraine star would look good in Liverpool Red
The destruction of the French national team in Kiev by a combined Ukrainian effort raised quite a few eyebrows around the world. While watching the game with some loyal Ukrainian friends, it made me analyze the game from a 3rd party standpoint. France boasted the likes of Paul Pogba, Franck Ribery, Karim Benzema, Olivier Giroud […] READ MORE
European World Cup Playoffs: Preview and Predictions
After fourteen months the World Cup qualification process is about to come to an end in Europe as four more teams will join the nine European teams that have already qualified for the World Cup next summer. It is here I shall preview the remaining four two-legged fixtures. PORTUGAL vs SWEDEN Ronaldo vs Ibrahimovic. Need […] READ MORE
Breakdown and Predictions for World Cup Qualifying in Europe
With the last of the European Qualifiers for the World Cup looming tomorrow evening, several international squads will be facing up to the prospects of automatic qualification, a second chance via the playoffs or despair at failing to making the world’s greatest stage. Here, I will be providing a group by group breakdown of what […] READ MORE
Review: How Soccer Explains the World
How Soccer Explains the World: an {unlikely} theory of globalization Franklin Foer Football (Association) Synopsis: While the title of Foer’s book makes it appear as though it will include pages of theoretical nonsense in reality it does not. The book itself is far more simplistic then the title suggests as it reads more like a […] READ MORE
