‘Best of the Rest’ Archives
Manchester United 0 – Bayern Munich 0 (Pens. 6-7)
Manchester United 0 - Bayern Munich 0 (Pens. 6-7) United and Bayern played out a goalless first half in the Audi Cup final with the Germans unfortunate not to have scored for all of their efforts. Neither side were able to score in the second half either, with Bayern winning an epic shoot-out 7-6. AC Milan 1 - Boca Juniors 1 (Pens. [...]
Champions League qualifier: Celtic 0 – 1 Dynamo Moscow
Bugger, bugger, bugger. There goes any hope of getting some cash in other than the ten quid you get for showing Scottish league games on the telly. An absolutely terrible night for Celtic started going pear shaped as early as the seventh minute, that lad Alexander Kokorin reacting quickly to turn in from close range for the only goal of the match. [...]
Manchester United 2 – 1 Boca Juniors
Another friendly, another corporate sponsored pile of crap 'tournament'. A sublime free-kick from Anderson that arched perfectly into the far top corner enabled Man United to break the deadlock against Boca; the goal was the Brazilian’s first for United since his arrival at the club. In the 41st minute United doubled their advantage, Park [...]
Champions League qualifier: Anderlecht 5 – 0 Sivasspor
An absolute shocker for the Turkish upstarts from Sivas, who, in the Turkish press at least, were really confident of their chances of doing over the Belgians. Me thinks they've left themselves a little too much to do in the second leg. Young Tom De Sutter headed the hosts in front from a corner, with Mbark Boussoufa firing home a left-footed [...]
The excitement of the Wembley Cup – part 2
Tottenham 0 - 2 Celtic A lovely Chris Killen header gave Celtic a 9th minute lead against lacklustre Spurs, soon after Darren Bent blowing a decent chance to pull the North Londoners level. The Bhoys doubled their advantage just before the break with big Georgios Samaras being allowed to run unchallenged into the Tottenham box from where he [...]
The excitement of the Wembley Cup
You've built a bloody great big (admittedly beautiful) stadium way over the original budget and your only option is to cram as many matches in as is humanly possible. Ladies and gentlemen... the Wembley Cup! Barcelona 1 - 1 Tottenham Barça broke the deadlock on33 minutes, young Yaya Toure bursting through the Spurs defence with young Bojan [...]
Rhyl edged out of Champions League by ‘lucky’ Partizan Belgrade
Partizan Belgrade 8 -0 Rhyl (Agg. 12-0) Plucky Rhyl were only just unable to overturn the first leg deficit as Partizan thrashed the Welsh part-timers, Cleo grabbing a hat-trick in the rout to claim the tie 12-0.
Golaço De Nilmar
Found this while surfing around on Youtube and just had to stick it on the blog. This belter of a Golaço comes courtesy of Corinthian Nilmar Narração, dating back to February of this year. The comments of a certain CognizantCheddar sum it up for me. Take note you poncy diving bastards: 'Nice to see a striker actually fight through a poor [...]
Tin Pot semi-final second legs
Shakhtar Donetsk 2 - 1 Dynamo Kiev (Agg. 3-2) Shakhtar made their home advantage count after just 17 minutes in the Ukraine semi, big Dario Srna whipping in a dangerous cross to the Kiev box and, after the Dynamo defence failed to clear their line, Jadson belted home a fantastic strike into the top corner. Ismael Bangoura levelled for Kiev [...]
