Iconic Performances: Franco Baresi’s display of enduring fortitude in the 1994 World Cup final
Franco Baresi. Despite losing the 1994 World Cup final, his performance against Brazil – one of the greatest by a defender – remains a…
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Iconic Duos: Shevchenko and Rebrov – Dynamo Kyiv’s devastating double-act
On Andriy Shevchenko's 50th birthday, we look back on his marvellous partnership with Sergei Rebrov.
Iconic Performances: Fabio ‘The Berlin Wall’ Cannavaro in the 2006 World Cup semi-final
Defenders are invariably omitted from the conversation about the greatest performances of all-time. Outstanding defensive displays are hard to recall and even easier to…
Iconic Performances: The night Zinedine Zidane dominated Brazil
Special players are defined by the biggest games in their careers, performances or moments which leave an imprint on the memories of football fans…
Iconic Performances: Ronaldo treble stuns Spain at World Cup
Spain and Portugal is one of international football’s oldest rivalries, with the neighbouring nations each belonging to the elite of the game. Clashes between…
Midfield Magicians: The effortless orchestrator, Michael Laudrup
Football’s greatest players have an innate ability to slow the process of a game, finding time when everything around them continues at startling speed.…
Ronaldo’s redemption at the 2002 World Cup
Ronaldo Nazario’s breathtaking brilliance from the moment he stepped on shore in Europe is an arrival that, in decades before or since, has never…
Remembering when Eden Hazard ruled the Premier League in 2014/15
In seven seasons at Chelsea Eden Hazard emerged as one of the club’s modern greats, a spell filled with memorable moments and swashbuckling swagger.…
Iconic Performances: George Best v Benfica, when a Great became a God
Manchester United’s 5-1 demolition of Benfica in 1966 is fondly remembered as one of the greatest away wins in European Cup history. A victory…
Midfield Magicians: A bona fide winner who simply oozed class, Clarence Seedorf
The very best midfielders in world football must have multiple strings to their bow, capable of influencing proceedings at both ends of the pitch…
Remembering the AC Milan side that hammered Cruyff’s Dream Team 4-0 in the UCL final
AC Milan’s thrashing of Barcelona in the 1994 Champions League final remains one of the most memorable matches in the competition’s history, the Italian…
Midfield Magicians: Yaya Toure – A marauding monster
Asked to construct the perfect box-to-box midfielder, and your hypothetical project would likely resemble something close to Yaya Toure. Toure’s best football saw him…
Midfield Magicians: Cesc Fabregas, a Catalan creative genius
There’s been something in the Spanish water since the turn of the millennium. Not in a literal sense, like that something that once made…
Golazo Merchants: A man of flawless technique, David Beckham
David Beckham, at one time, was perhaps the most recognisable man on earth. He still is, to some extent, one of the most famous…
Midfield Magicians: The Architect, Andrea Pirlo
Andrea Pirlo is perhaps the embodiment of the footballer that most fans wish to be. Outrageously good whilst remaining effortlessly cool, the midfielder evolved…
Iconic Performances: Lewandowski’s four-goal destruction of Real Madrid
When the time eventually comes for Robert Lewandowski to hang up his boots, he will do so as one of the most devastating natural…
Iconic Performances: When R9 destroyed Man United and got clapped off at Old Trafford
The UEFA Champions League has delivered some special nights throughout its illustrious history. A stage in which the world’s finest footballers exhibit their extraordinary…
Remembering the night that Kaka tore Manchester United apart
For a brief period, Kaka reigned as world football’s finest talent. A footballer whose faith and fleetness of foot helped take him to the…