Hulk, not Zenit St. Petersburg’s Brazilian winger, but the Lou Ferrigno version of pure green unimaginable strength, was always my favorite superhero. If I had to choose from the ample superhuman characters available to be in my football team, it would have been him. But unfortunately he was…
tumblr_m5dv5dhbCO1r2woe5 Audio clip of crowd going wild as Brazil’s Hulk scores the third goal against Argentina at the MetLife Stadium. Crazy.
If one has to understand the importance given to “squad numbers” by our beloved historians of this sport, it would primarily have been to differentiate the footballers on the pitch. These numbers indicated position, with the first eleven being given numbers between 1 &11. All of the 1…
The race for the top honors of the Portuguese league is heating up, as Sporting Braga intends to crash the FC Porto/Benfica party. But last night was focused primarily on the latter two teams. The fixture which is popularly known as the “O Classico”; yes a reference based…
The year was 2012, the month – February and the day – 22nd. Voices muted in a kind of uneasiness, the supporters of Porto gathered in a dingy corner of the South Stand at the Etihad stadium. On the pitch, the two teams assembled to offer 90 minutes…
As young kids playing football, surely each one of us, have imagined and at times have even referred ourselves to these cool sounding Brazilian monikers like Pele, Garrincha, Felipao, Kaka, Ronaldo, Robinho, etc. But little do we know about the background of how the name came up or…