Fair Play Barcelona!

The Champions League trophy was bagged by FC Barcelona team, the match against Manchester United. The victory came with 2-0 wins against Manchester United. The Champion League final is Rome that was held on Wednesday night saw a tremendous play from the Barcelona team.

The goals scored that came half from Samuel Eto’o and followed by the header of Messi dominated the soccer field. It indeed is a historic moment for the Barcelona team after winning three trophies in the same season. The Primera Liga, Copa del Rey and Champions League sealed the team’s outstanding brand image with its performance. Credit needs to be given to the 38 year old coach Pep Guardiola of Barcelona, a rather unique club.

Manchester United’s player Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona’s Messi was seen dominating the field. Clearly, the defense from the winning team was great. After two goals, Barcelona led itself to the victory. Thousands of Barcelona supporters in red and blue jerseys cheered and put the stadium ablaze with their applause as the team lifted the Champions League trophy that was won for the second time in four years.

Via: CNN

David Beckham Becomes Most Capped English Football Player

David Beckham, in action against Spain, on his 108th England appearance

David Beckham at last equaled 1966 Football World Cup winning captain Bobby Moore’s record of 108 England caps for an outfield player on Wednesday night, 11 February 2009. But the international match against Spain did not go England’s way. Spain’s David Villa made goal in the 35th minute, to give Spain a 1-0 lead. Spanish substitute Fernando Llorente scored a goal by head to take the score to 2-0 and beyond England’s grasp.

David Beckham revealed, he was honoured to share the record of most capped outfield player for England, with one of his Heroes, Bobby Moore. Beckham admitted to be a little disappointed as England lost their first game in eleven months. He said he was honoured to make it 108, but winning games is more important than caps.

In some other friendly matches, Norway beat Germany after 73 years. While Didier Drogba ensured Ivory Coasts draw against Turkey.

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Not Hard Nut UK West Ham United Football Hooligans in US?

The media has been having a feeding frenzie over an alledged out-break of West Ham football hooliganism in the US between the infamous West Ham Inter City Firm and US Columbus Crew supporters, but is this a case of media hype?

What really happened in Columbus, Ohio?

Columbus Crew Supporter bloggers have debunked the media’s claims, reporting that the supposed West Ham hooligans were 100% drunken Americans and that the fight erupted because security was too concerned with fans playing with party streamers to notice the group of 15 to 20 highly inebriated individuals shouting racial epithets as they moved in on their rival Columbus Crew supporters, washing the crowd in beer. The media has been playing up the influence of the film Green Street in which Frodo Baggins hobbit actor Elijah Wood becomes a die-hard West Ham football hooligan. The US Columbus Crew supporters alledegdly formed a unit of their own called the Hudson Street Hooligans after watching the film. 

Apparently the altercation was over in a matter of minutes.

The irony of American wannabe West Ham football hooligans coming head to head with their makers - real West Ham United hard-nuts – in the flesh has made for a lot of spilled ink and filled up a lot of internet ether. 

After the incident a banner was unfurled from the stands that read “ICF, 30 Years Undefeated”. ICF stands for the infamous Inter City Firm featured in the film Green Street.

Bloggers who claim to be ex-West Ham hooligans have posted comments that the ICF is over and that “only a few sad old gits meet up and have little scraps”.

Journalists know that blood makes for good copy and get worked up into a frenzy at the sight of it. As everyone knows pre-season is hell and even the best man, woman, or child can get bored to tears watching these types of games. So the media bit and blew things out of proportion like they so often do. It is the nature of the beast.