Portuguesa RJ · Midfielder · #25 · Brazil · 29 yrs
After 33 matchdays, we now find ourselves here, the final day of the Bundesliga season, and there is still plenty left to play for. Still on the line is the final Champions League spot, which team wi...
Cannes film festival: This lively documentary about everyone’s favourite hot-headed footballer/unlikely Ken Loach star will give more than just fans a kickHere is a fervent, but repetitive fan-service documentary, perpetually re-using iconic “bad behaviour” clips, all about the tempestuous king of Manchester United (formerly and briefly the tempestuous king of Leeds United).Eric Cantona was the Frenchman who won the hearts of English football fans in the 90s for his stunning skills, filling the silverware cabinet to bursting having been picked up cheap by Man U having effectively flounced out of French football. He was mentored in those days by that kindly teddy-bear of a man, Sir Alex Ferguson, who is interviewed extensively here, along with David Beckham, Eric’s elderly parents Albert and Éléonore, and of course the gloweringly pugnacious man himself, appearing in what appears to be a deserted church and gnomically quoting Baudelaire. Continue reading...
Borussia Dortmund came from a goal down to beat Eintracht Frankfurt 3-2 at home on Friday, putting further pressure on visiting coach Albert Riera. Former Liverpool and Spain winger Riera, who took over as coach in February, has won one of his past seven games and arrived in Dortmund reportedly fighting to keep his job.
Eintracht Frankfurt Board Member for Sport Markus Krösche appeared even less committed to head coach Albert Riera after Saturday’s Bundesliga loss. The Hessen club’s chief personnel executive off...
Speaking shortly before kickoff in Saturday afternoon’s Bundesliga fixture, Eintracht Frankfurt Board Member for Sport Krösche addressed head coach Albert Riera’s now infamous press conference ra...
Mathis Albert became the youngest American to play in the Bundesliga when he made his debut for Borussia Dortmund on Sunday at the age of 16 years, 11 months and 5 days. Albert, who is from Greenville, South Carolina, went on in the 88th minute of Dortmund’s 4-0 German league win over Freiburg.
