Brazil vs Uruguay – The Tale of 2 Captains
Before the Brazil and Uruguay players appeared from the tunnel of the Arena Pernambuco on Good Friday, we were treated to many montages of Brazil's gl [...]
Transfer Rumour Round-Up – Sunday 27 March
Felipe Anderson’s flirtation with Manchester United continues, as the winger revealed that the Old Trafford club had a bid rejected by Lazio last [...]
Maradona’s Andalusian Nightmare
Just a few years removed from the World Cup Final at Italia ’90, Diego Armando Maradona would find himself in a particularly grim situation at Napoli. [...]
Brazilian Football and the China Dilemma
By Dave Caren in Brazil
I arrived in Brazil in 2010 to an economy that was booming.
The Brazilian Real, the local currency, was the stronges [...]
Manchester City Cruising in Kiev after Pellegrini’s Fine Tuning
Manuel Pellegrini and Manchester City were accused of “disrespecting” the FA Cup when they fielded a team full of exciting youth players against Chels [...]
George Best, Johan Cruyff, & The Los Angeles Aztecs
In the mid-to-late-seventies, well before the time of Robbie Keane, David Beckham, or Steven Gerrard, there was a star-studded revolution culminating [...]
WFI Cult Classics – Socrates and The Corinthians Democracy
by Adam Brandon @caniggiascores
It is often said that the best players do their talking on the pitch. That of course is very true, but some of [...]
World XI of our Lifetime: Feola’s Firebrands
Following on from the XI of our lifetime World Football Index podcasts which were released earlier this year, there will be a series of posts on the s [...]
André-Pierre Gignac – Mexican Football’s French Revolution
Following his hat trick against León, André-Pierre Gignac, would again prove to be the most clinical finisher in Mexican football, scoring the winner [...]
Sporting Gijon: Igor Lichnovsky’s Second Chance
by Armando Angulo
Club Universidad de Chile is one of the largest institutions of football in South America, let alone Chile.
Recently, many [...]