tianyu's Page

Pique appeared to take the worst damage of the three, with Valdes making some decent contact with his head, but all three players were able to continue.Shortly afterwards, Barcelona put together a brilliant attack, but were denied by Petr Cech and John Terry. Lionel Messi got a shot on target in the 19th minute after FIFA Coins a great little flick from Cesc Fabregas, but Cech saved from 10 yards. A rebound went to the edge of the box and John Terry blocked Andres Iniesta's follow up… Continue

They have played 11 friendlies in Jurgen Klinsmann's 11 months in charge of the team and are coming off of three: a win over Scotland, a loss to Brazil and a draw with Canada. What is there to take from those results? Which players need to step up in qualifying? How should the U.S. play? What would make the first two FIFA Coin  qualifiers a success? Kevin McCauley and I chatted about it all ahead of the Americans' Friday qualifier against Antigua and…

Continue

They were bound to play a defensive game even if the injured Tomas Rosicky was able to play, but the sheer magnitude of their negativity was equally surprising and off putting. It was the the most surprising fifa 16 coins  thing that came out of the quarterfinals.Generally, this is a very bad sign. Those who managed to miss all four games will be happy to hear that the Czech Republic playing an overly negative style of football against Portugal was the…

Continue

And get some proper ketchup, this one's got funny green bits in it.Fans of dark irony will have enjoyed Richards identifying Sheffield as the birthplace of the game, as he himself did his best to destroy one of the Steel City's  most venerable footballing institutions. His ten year reign left Sheffield Wednesday broke, and on the verge of relegation from the top flight; they have not returned. Richards, meanwhile, took a position as Chairman of the Premier League, and picked up a knighthood…

Continue