Football UnCut

Spain won the closely encountered game with substitute striker David Villa scoring the winner in the mid second-half.

Both teams started with  5-man midfield with Fernando Torres playing the lone striker for Spain and Luca Toni for Italy. The rumours about Donadoni dropping the AC Milan pair of Gatusso and Ambrosini from the starting line-up proved true as both players have had been mediocre this season and was promply replaced by the in form Roma players Simone Perotta and Danielle De Rossi. Pirlo kept his place in the squad as his game has improved in the last few weeks with the other inform Roma player Alberto Aquilani on the bench. No doubt both teams possess the best two goalkeepers in the world at the moment and it was Buffon who had to make to good saves in the first half from Torres and a Cesc Fabregas shot. Bad news for Barcelona though as Carlos Puyol had to be removed from Spain and was replaced by Albiol of Valencia. (more…)

After a few years jumping clubs and trying to find his scoring touch, Fiorentina decided to swoop for the Italian, Christan Vieri, which was a surprise one, as Fiorentina seemed to sign mostly young talent. Vieri, the former European player of the year and one time, most expensive player in the world when joining Inter Milan, has finally started getting on the score sheet a bit more often, but is now accustomed to a new role, as super-sub. He has started only 2 games in the league, but has come on to the pitch 12 times from the bench. But nothing is more valuable than experience and the Italian is used more regularly in the UEFA Cup, and he showed once again why when he scored the winner against Mlada Boleslav to secure a 2-1 win and secure a place in the last 32 of the competition.

With players like Lionel Messi, Hernan Crespo, Carlos Tevez, Saviola, how did you expect me to notice you man?! I mean Lionel Messi scores goals like Maradonna (including a God of hand goal!), and what do you do? You go about quietly scoring one goal and creating one goal against bitter rivals AC Milan.

Hernan Crespo jumps from Inter Milan to Chelsea, he can’t play there, so he goes to AC Milan where (more…)