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Neymar Humiliates Diego Lugano & Scores Most Casual Long Range Lob Ever

Friendly matches are almost never a good indicator to the future chances of a player in a more competitive surrounding, but Neymar keeps adding things to his repertoire, like the most casual 45 meter lob you’ll ever see in the match between Messi & friends against Neymar & friends, not to mention adding a little bit of humiliation to Diego Lugano.

July 3, 2013
Cristiano Ronaldo Back to Scoring Goals (Real Madrid vs AC Milan)

The 5-1 scoreline doesn’t lie. Except for a few moments in the first half, the new and downgraded AC Milan hardly had any touches throughout the match, while Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice and Angel Di Maria delivered a beautiful goal to open the match, with a world of difference between the two teams in the New York friendly.

August 9, 2012
Lionel Messi and Nothing Much Else (Barcelona vs Manchester United)

It’s been more than 3 years since Manchester United met Barcelona in the Champions League final, and not much has changed, except for the Barcelona head coach. Lionel Messi is the best player on the pitch, with almost anything good Barca produce during his time on the pitch, while his team’s depth and quality was once again too much for Ferguson’s men to handle.

August 9, 2012
Lionel Messi and friends testing the New Mega Club (Barcelona vs PSG)

While Barcelona aren’t at full capacity yet, with Tito Vilanova still trying and tweaking things in his lineup, PSG are up and running with their strongest possible starting XI. After making a few big changes and maybe still yet to come, with the ambitions they have, there’s no use in gradually trying to blend the new players.

August 5, 2012
Charlie Adam Tackle on Gareth Bale – Don’t Believe the Hype

For about two days everything we’ve heard out of Tottenham, it’s manager and players has been how evil and awful Charlie Adam is for his disgraceful (and worse) tackle on Gareth Bale during a friendly match between the two teams, although in reality, the foul doesn’t even deserve any sort of replay because it was so ordinary.

July 30, 2012
Interesting First Taste (Chelsea vs PSG)

One of the more interesting preseason friendlies took place at Yankee Stadium in New York as Chelsea took on PSG as part of the World Football Challenge, with both teams not fielding their strongest lineups due to various reasons, ending the entertaining friendly in a 1-1 draw.

July 23, 2012
England Not Good Enough to Match Spain, Says Capello

When even England’s manager says they don’t have enough quality to match with the best national football team in the world, Spain, ahead of their friendly this Saturday at Wembley, it usually means – Don’t get your hopes up for Euro 2012.

November 10, 2011
No Reason to Worry (Chivas vs Barcelona)

Chivas did beat Barcelona 4-1 last night, but it hardly matters. The only thing worthy of remembering are Marco Fabian’s wonderful goals. Barcelona have the Cesc Fabregas transfer to worry about, while Thiago Alcantara might be the better option.

August 4, 2011
Yossi Benayoun With a Magic Goal in a Pre-Season Match

A Brilliant goal from Yossi Benayoun in Chelsea’s 3-0 win over Wycombe.

July 13, 2011
Ross Turnbull Looks Ready For New Season

Ross Turnbull has seen finer days than his performance against Ajax yesterday, as Chelsea lost 3-1.

July 24, 2010