Soccer

8 Things I like & Don’t Like Including N’Golo Kante and Juan Cuadrado

Inspired by the ESPN’s Zach Lowe weekly column on the NBA, I write about random things I like about players, teams and trends at the World Cup.

The Case for Lionel Messi

Messi is the best football player of all time. This is not an opinion but a statement of fact. The question is: why?

Act 1– 2005

“Aux âmes bien nées, la valeur n’attend point le nombre des années.” — Corneille Le Cid

Ronaldinho — A Retrospective Look At the Flawed Legend

Iniesta and the Under Appreciation of Greatness

The Arrogant and the Uninspired

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Newton’s Third Law is elegant in its simplicity and happens to be crucial in the beautiful game. In fact the concept of balance has always been extremely important in football. Much so that in the nineties and early…

An Imperfect Player

Marouane Fellaini is not a modern player in the mold of his expensive teammate Paul Pogba. He’s not even a hybrid player the way Vidal, Alaba and Dani Alvez have been in recent years. He’s just a terribly awkward player.

Cristiano Ronaldo Vs History

Abstract: Cristiano Ronaldo is one the best football players of all time. Last Sunday, Portugal’s Euro win fortified his legacy in the game’s pantheon. One important question remain however, where exactly does he rank among the greatest?

Pragmatism Vs Cruyffism Comes to England

In recent years, Football ideology has been divided into two main philosophies. On one side there are the offensive purists who have a unilateral view of football: winning should be married to aesthetics, and most importantly should not come at the expense of…