Industrious and influential in his attacking midfield role for Juventus, Nedved picked up a clutch of individual awards across 2003-04, including the Golden Foot (awarded to the best player in the world over the age of 29), FIFA's World Footballer of the Year and the 2003 Ballon d'Or. ...
Despite missing three months with a broken bone in his right foot, Neymar enjoyed a prolific first season for Paris Saint-Germain. The Brazilian scored 28 goals and provided 16 assists for the French club following his world record 222 million-euro move from Barcelona last August. He has alre...
Notably, there was no space for five-time Ballon d'Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo - who missed out on the shortlist for the first time since 2005. The Portuguese star called an end to his time in European football in December and has spent the entirety of the calendar...
Timing of the subs aside, too many guys put the foot off the gas in the 2nd half thinking *** was sweet. Now the reverse leg has gone from being a formality to a probable dog fight with key starters missing all over Those last 20 minutes are gonna seriously impact the...
FOOT TANG CLAN- Remi Jacquaint / Benoit Henry (@lejack / @haribow1) We wanted to keep it friendly after our tough first season, while maintaining at the very least the basic elements of a football crest. The V for victory, the peace sign and the inverse of Atletico Paris (who were ...
During an International break in November, Haaland sustained a foot injury. Nonetheless, after missing one game, he returned to play with Manchester City. However, he was absent from their recent match against Luton Town due to stress on ...
Bookmakers had 24-year-old Vinícius, the Champions League player of the year, as the heavy odds-on favourite to claim his first Ballon d’Or, which is presented to the best player in the world, ahead of Manchester City’s Spain midfielder Rodri and Real’s Engla...
The Blues gave Real Madrid a really tough fight in the second leg. They almost knocked them out in astonishing fashion with goals from Mason Mount, Timo Werner and Antonio Rudiger. However, Luka Modric produced a moment of magic with an outside-of-the-foot cross aimed into the penalty...
Liverpool might already have scored three by the time they found their first. Joel Matip headed wide, unmarked six yards out, from a corner; Salah volleyed over from four yards when a header looked the sounder option and Pickford made an excellent save from the Egyptian at the foot of his...
As in just one second, a player can shimmy the ball onto his left foot and curl it into the top corner of the net.In just 100 milliseconds, a player can rise highest from a corner kick to head the ball past a hapless goalkeeper.And in the blink of an eye, a player can rifle a...