04/03/2008 10:29 Goal.com – Andreas Vassiliades Triumph, fail, or stagnate – this is not a eulogy because football clubs don’t die. Yet AC Milan, as we know them, are on the brink: domestically uninspired, and four points off the fourth Champions League spot with trips to Roma, Juventus and Napoli (inflictors of Inters only Serie
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05/03/2008 Goal.com – Roberto Rossi The Rossoneri’s painful exit from the Champions League last night to Arsenal has led to talk of an end of season revolution at the club. This could start with Coach Carlo Ancelotti, who after seven wonderful years at San Siro, may have finally reached the end of his term in
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3/4/2008 by Phil Minshull BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) – Xavi Hernandez’s goal in the opening exchanges eased 2006 winners Barcelona into the Champions League quarter-finals with a 1-0 win over Celtic here on Tuesday. After the Spanish giants’ 3-2 win in the first leg in Glasgow a fortnight ago, Xavi ended Celtic’s dreams of an upset
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3/4/2008 DPA Tehran – The controversy over the head coach job of Iran’s national football team continued after Ali Daei on Monday refused to quit his job at his club for the sake of the national team, which is a clear violation of local rules. According to Iranian Football Federation (FFI) regulations, the national team
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04/03/2008 Goal.com – Carlo Garganese Exactly a fortnight ago, things could not have been any better for the seemingly invincible Inter. Eleven points clear at the top of Serie A, Roberto Mancini had even been afforded the luxury of resting a number of first-team players against Livorno, so that they could be in top shape
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3/3/2008 DPA Tehran – Iranian-American trainer Afshin Qotbi said Monday that he would never work together with Iran’s new national football team head coach Ali Daei, Fars news agency reported. “I congratulate Daei once again on his appointment as head coach and hope that he will lead the team to the 2010 World Cup –
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3/3/2008 TEHRAN (AFP) – Iran’s sports press on Monday hailed the naming of a former star striker Ali Daei as new coach of the national football team after a months-long search for a trainer of an Asia heavyweight side. Daei who is the leading international scorer in football history, was given the helm of Team
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3/2/2008 John Duerden, goal.com Iran have been mentioned as a national team equivalent to Newcastle United. The reasons are simple: passionate fans who want to see good football, memories of success becoming increasingly misty and administrators that are less than competent. The comparison can be stretched, perhaps, to include the two striking legends in nations
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