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by Humaid
on March 25, 2014 in Barcelona, La Liga, Real Madrid
As one former Barcelona player puts it: “It is the game of the century, even if there are eight of them a year.” It is a comment not just on the excellence and the expectation that comes with Real Madrid v Barcelona but also on their eclipse of all else, on the dominance and potential dilution of a […]
by Omer
on December 2, 2013 in Real Madrid
…This time, Bale bombed through from deep, space opening up before him. He played the ball wide to Marcelo and the return ball was perfect. “On a plate,” Bale said. From four yards he scored, left-footed. That fact turned out to be significant: he’d already got one with a header and another with his right […]
by Humaid
on April 7, 2013 in Tactics
Today’s soccer professionals have a battery of physios, fitness trainers and doctors all striving to fine-tune their players’ physique for optimum performance. But are football clubs missing a trick in overlooking dedicated training for the most important organ of all — the brain? Scientists at London’s Brunel University believe the game’s top talents, such as […]
by Salman
on February 13, 2013 in Champions League, Manchester United, Real Madrid
TKTG brings together all the best articles previewing tonight’s Champions League Round of 16 clash between Real Madrid and Manchester United at the Bernabeu. BBC Sport: Sir Alex Ferguson says “getting through” the first leg of their Champions League tie with Real Madrid is key to Manchester United reclaiming a title they […]
by Humaid
on February 6, 2013 in Arsenal, Barcelona, English Premier League, La Liga
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has suggested Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi is ‘from a different planet’ as he assesses his sublime talents, but does not believe he was a worthy winner of the 2012 FIFA World Player of the Year prize. … When asked whether Messi would have got his vote in the FIFA poll, Wenger […]
by Humaid
on February 3, 2013 in La Liga, Real Madrid
Four times Real Madrid have visited Andalucia in La Liga this term – and on each occasion they have left Spain’s southernmost province with nothing. Indeed, if the capital club can draw comfort from one thing after Saturday’s lacklustre loss in Granada, it is that they do not now have to return to the region […]
by Humaid
on January 8, 2013 in Barcelona, Continental Europe, La Liga
And so we have it. What the majority of people were expecting has come to pass. His 91 goals for club and country, a total that broke Muller’s 40 year-old record, has helped Messi win the 2012 FIFA Ballon d’Or. In doing so he becomes the first player in the history of the game to […]
by Humaid
on December 28, 2012 in Continental Europe
UEFA.com’s Team of the Year nominees have been finalized and voting is under way. We at TKTG have decided to cast our vote too by coming up with our own best XI. We first went through the list of nominees for each position, and then the opinion of each TKTG author on what formation to […]
by Humaid
on December 26, 2012 in Athletico Bilbao, Athletico Madrid, Barcelona, La Liga, Malaga, Real Madrid, Sevilla, Uncategorized, Valencia
So the apocalypse failed to show on cue. It has a habit of doing that. It was also supposed to take place on December 12 (12.12.12 and all that), but it finally made an appearance on the evening of December 22, when the backside of Saint Iker Casillas was announced by Chendo, an ex-player and […]
by Humaid
on December 25, 2012 in Arsenal, Athletico Bilbao, Athletico Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern, Bundesliga, Champions League, Chelsea, Continental Europe, Dortmund, English Premier League, Global Football, Inter, Juventus, La Liga, Lazio, Liverpool, Malaga, Manchester City, Manchester United, Milan, Napoli, Newcastle, Real Madrid, Roma, Serie A, Sevilla, Swansea, Tottenham, Uncategorized, Valencia
The Guardian’s 11-strong international panel of experts set about ranking the best footballers in the world, and end up with their top 100. #99 Diego Forlan Age: 33 Nationality: Uruguayan Team: Internacional The striker became the most capped Uruguayan of all time at the 2011 Copa América and is also the country’s record scorer. That seemed implausible when […]