I could use a plethora of words to describe how good I think this guy was – but we’ll stick with ‘stylish’ for now. It’s clean. When it comes to the art of ‘attack stopping’, before we explore Alessandro Nesta’s approach, here’s what you should… Read More »The Artistic Defensive Style of Alessandro Nesta
Long hair and a brute of a left foot, oh and he played for Chelsea you remember that? Fair to say that Hernan Crespo was a hell of a player. The familiarity of Hernan Crespo’s reputation was predominantly forged through the impact he had on the… Read More »Hernan Crespo: The Unsung Icon of the 2000’s
Before Pavel Nedved’s more noticeable stint at ‘The Old Lady’ in Serie A, he was adored by a simpler and wholesome Lazio fan-base. La Furia Ceca (‘The Czech Fury’) had an illustrious time in Rome; achieving the domestic double in the 1999-00 campaign along with other… Read More »When Pavel Nedved Almost Came to England in 2000
I’m loathed to use the word ‘flop’ as I find it an offensive and narrow-minded term, so let’s just say that Juan Sebastian Veron ‘struggled’ to adapt to the English Premier League lifestyle. On the face of it all, Veron appeared to be one of… Read More »Why Juan Sebastian Veron Struggled in England