I sure had this type of French "overseas department" to thank, as they are simply French territory, same as the France homeland. There's a tiny...
Ireland was the same as Uruguay. Since their first World Cup appearance in 1990, they were also a binary scoring team, either 0 or 1 goal, for...
Since I started following the World Cup in 1970, I've always had the impression that Uruguay was an ultra defensive team. This point of view was...
South American teams had a better head-to-head when they play "away" to UEFA, i.e. in the European World Cup. In straight knock-out games...
Prior to July 8, 2014, European teams have never beaten a South American team in a the knock-out rounds (1930, 1962, 1978 and 2014) of a South...
Well, three World Cups later, this phenomenon that England being Brasil's lucky mascot is still true. So far England has qualified for 15 World...
Once again, as long as it's not on European soil, the U.S.A. is doing OK. 1930 Uruguay - semi-final 1950 Brasil - gigantic upset of England 1994...
It's been 8 years, 2 World Cups ago, since I posted this message, yet the formula still holds. Since 1966, the 3rd place team of the World Cup,...
Just play like a team that cares, those 19 points would have put us right there at 81 points. Guess what? that would tie with Man Utd for the lead.
Don't blame the ref. This team is a disgrace. They keep giving up last minute goals that lost points: Swansea, Reading, Newcastle, and now. 3 Wins...
Just remember this little fact. Chelsea has never lost to a German club in the knock-out round of any European competition, still hasn't,...
It seems like destiny is on our side. - whenever the final is in Munich, a new team would be crowned champion (1979 Forest over another newcomer...
Luiz's penalty was HUUUUUUUUUUGE. Had he not converted, Chelsea would have been down 0-2. We could have kissed it goodbye!!!!
That's right. Since 2008, either Barca won it, or the team that eliminated Barca in the semi won it. Strange, isn't it?
First London club to win; First new team in 15 years to win (since Dortmund). What a night!!!!
A scoreless draw coupled with a Leverkusen loss will leave all three teams with 10 points. The multiple-team tiebreakers kicks in. Chelsea 2...
It's as if the ref didn't help Man U in the first leg of the CL game at Stamford Bridge... The blatant foul at the end of the game, remember?
First, your time to go thru' this is much appreciated. Can you elaborate "point taken"? Fern, based on his dislike of my posts in 2009, claimed...
I want to file a complaint on a Chelsea forum mod, fernb8. In this post https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showpost.php?p=20525559&postcount=120...
Like it or not, we better root for Spuds getting a result against Bolton, and Villa and Man C not ending in a draw on Saturday. In that case,...
Drogs better saves his scoring for the Anfield game...
If that's the case, we should definitely root for 'pool beating Atletico Madrid to stay alive in the Europa. As long as they can still qualify as...
Folks, Burnley is on the brink of relegation. They need to run the table on the remaining 3 games, including Sunday's game vs Liverpool. Well,...
Dodgy buys or not, we got close to three premium trophies since he left. We lost a league title by 2 points after giving up 5 last minute goals...
Dreadful in the sense that none of Spuds and Citeh are willing to take charge to win that #4 spot, and give the Scousers hope that they are still...