Three Key Matches In Final Round Of Euro 2012 Qualifying
After more than a year of matches, the group stage of UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying is down to its final two matchdays. Co-hosts Poland and Ukraine, reigning European and world…
King, Parker, and Adebayor can help Spurs get back in the Champions League
Scott Parker has the best passing accuracy in the opposition half in the Premier League this season, completing 88.9% of his 126 passes. Parker sits on top of a group…
The new adidas adiZero F50 – miCoach
Is it a football boot? Is it a football boot with a brain? Or is it just adidas finally putting a microchip in their adiZero F50s? Yes, no and of…
The Exhilaration Of Being A Premier League Fan
Having the opportunity to watch the world’s best football league week in and week out in person, is a very special privilege. Having had a season-ticket at my boyhood club…
Gasperini lastest victim of “Mourinho’s Curse”
With Gian Piero Gasperini’s dismissal as Inter Milan manager, the Mourinho’s Curse has claimed it’s latest victim. Since his appointment at FC Porto, full-time successors have struggled to cope with…
Football Travel: Best European Cities To Watch Football In
You can travel to just about any different city throughout the European continent and your footballing experience will differ in one way or another. Here at Soccerlens we have conjured…
Football Tickets Online – Goldmine or Minefield?
So that big cup draw has been made, your team has got the tie that they were praying for. A home tie as well. “All you can ask for is…
The Importance of Juan Mata
Juan Mata’s £23.5million transfer seemed to happen on a breeze. With the perpetual summer transfer saga of Luka Modric, hype was outwardly reserved. However, now with the foliage on the…
A Football Initiation in London
Writer’s Note: This is not a “My First Football Match” type article. The world has been through enough “football revolutions” to know that it is not everyone’s thing. Nothing is….
Beating Barcelona: A Theoretical Guide With Pretty Pictures
So, everyone says that Barcelona are unbeatable, or are least the untouchables. Which is twaddle. Sure, they have lots of excellent players. (MessiXaviAlvesIniestaPiquePuyolBusquetsVillaSanchezPedroetc… say that five times fast) and they…
The Need For Advanced Football Stats
As a sports fan living in America, you’re bombarded with statistics of increasing complexity across every sport – except football (or soccer, as the US calls it). Football analysis still…
Champions League Preview: Real and Barca the teams to beat
It seems that in almost every aspect of the game, two clubs dominate the footballing world. They are Spanish super heavyweights Real Madrid and Barcelona. Any team boasting multiple stars…
Champions League Preview: Manchester Plots European Domination
Manchester City get the chance to finally – definitively – emerge from the shadow of their cross-town Red rivals as this year’s UEFA Champions League commences. They’ll do so with…
RIP Spanish football?
Spanish football is dying. In 2007 La Liga had one of the most exciting title races in living memory as four teams had the possibility of winning the title, even…
Cristiano Ronaldo: Tested To The Limit
In an innovative documentary, Castrol pushed Cristiano Ronaldo to the limit in a series of tests designed to measure Ronaldo’s footballing skills, strength, agility and mental toughness. It is arguably…
