20 Jul.
The Gunners hadn’t the worst campaign in their history. Arsenal became the runners-up in The Premier League last season. They reached the quarterfinals of The FA Cup and the Round of 16 in The Champions League. But, a season without a trophy is always disappointing for the fans of the team. Many of them dream of Arsene Wenger to leave his position. On the other hand, the team is always reaching a place in the Top 4. Wenger has built a very...
by Mark Danielson
18 Jul.
When it’s up to Manchester United, there are always huge expectations for one of the giants of the English football. A season without Champions League football is a big disappointment for the fans of Manchester United, but they are now enthusiastic about the new era with Jose Mourinho as a manager of the team. They can be very optimistic about everything, because it just can’t be worse than when Moyes and van Gaal were the managers. In...
by Mark Danielson
15 Jul.
The Olympics’ men’s football tournament has been dramatically changed since 1992. The players, who can take part in the competition must be under the age of 23, except 3 footballers of the squad, who can be older. To continue with, the competition in Rio de Janeiro will be the 26th in the history. The first ever football tournament in the Olympics was held in 1900 in Paris. Logically, it was the shortest ever competition – 3 teams and...
by Mark Danielson
11 Jul.
Portugal won their first title from the European championship 12 years after the lost final to Greece! Nobody has expected Fernando Santos’ players can do this, but they put on display very disciplined performance. Portugal were better from a tactical point of view, even though the Frenchmen were more active in attack. France started pressuring their opponents from the very first minute of the match, but Didier Deschamps’ players missed...
by Mark Danielson
8 Jul.
Portugal were very unpersuasive in the very beginning of the tournament. Fernando Santos’ players started with a 1-1 draw against the underdogs Iceland. In addition, Cristiano Ronaldo didn’t show anything from his skills during the first two games of the tournament. However, he was the reason Portugal reached the knockout stage, scoring twice against Hungary in a dramatic 3-3 draw, which meant Portugal took the 3rd position in their...
by Mark Danielson
