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Franco Baresi. Despite losing the 1994 World Cup final, his performance against Brazil – one of the greatest by a defender – remains a…
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…
Special players are defined by the biggest games in their careers, performances or moments which leave an imprint on the memories of football fans…
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…
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 Nazario’s breathtaking brilliance from the moment he stepped on shore in Europe is an arrival that, in decades before or since, has never…
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.…
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…
The very best midfielders in world football must have multiple strings to their bow, capable of influencing proceedings at both ends of the pitch…
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…
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…
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…
David Beckham, at one time, was perhaps the most recognisable man on earth. He still is, to some extent, one of the most famous…
Andrea Pirlo is perhaps the embodiment of the footballer that most fans wish to be. Outrageously good whilst remaining effortlessly cool, the midfielder evolved…
When the time eventually comes for Robert Lewandowski to hang up his boots, he will do so as one of the most devastating natural…
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…
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…
Manchester United completed the most historic season English football has ever witnessed during the late nineties, their 1998/99 treble side amongst the greatest seen…