If you haven’t yet seen Fernando Torres’ amazing miss against Manchester United then have a look at the YouTube video below. Goal shy Torres had actually opened his account for the season by pulling Chelsea back to 3-1 down with a well taken goal just minutes into the second half and had this glorious opportunity in the 83rd minute to give Chelsea a chance of grabbing a point at...
The post title Who is the Greatest Footballer Ever? is a question which is debated each and everyday worldwide and one which never results in an answer to please everyone. So on Round Ball Passion I have decided to publish a poll and ask readers to vote for who they think is the greatest footballer ever to lace a pair of football boots and entertain fans the world over....
Russian football authorities are to launch an anti-racism campaign after disgraceful scenes at a recent Russia League match. Brazil legend Roberto Carlos had a banana thrown at him from the crowd during Anzhi Makhachkala’s 3-0 win over Krylya Sovetov and an enraged Carlos promptly left the field of play. Carlos signed for Anzhi Makhachkala in February this year and the dynamic left back has been a huge success in Russia with their...
Years ago it was a rare sight to see a goalkeeper score for his team in any football match but nowadays the man between the sticks does occasionally find the back of the net. Nevertheless most goalkeepers will play their entire career without scoring. So what about a keeper who recently scored his 100th goal as a professional footballer. Surely he’s got to be someone very special. Rogério Mücke...
Michael Owen recently signed a new one year deal at Manchester United on a reputed £90,000 a week and an article in one of the UK’s leading newspapers immediately questioned the ambition of 31 year old Owen in putting pen to paper to seal his contract. The article argued that in staying at Old Trafford, Owen lacked ambition and was content to see out his career sat on...
The post title may seem a bit strange when you recall the emphatic victory by Barcelona against Manchester United in last weekend’s Champions League Final but I think my choice of words sum up the final very well. Tiki-taka (commonly spelled tiqui-taca in Spanish) is a style of football involving short passing and player movement which aims to keep a team in possession of the ball. Barcelona and the Spanish national...
I’m a little slow in posting this great YouTube video of Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos dropping the Copa del Rey trophy from his club’s celebratory team bus after their victory over arch rivals Barcelona. Nonetheless unlike Ramos I’m not going to let it slip away. A Cristiano Ronaldo goal in extra time had been enough to give Real Madrid a 1-0 victory over Barcelona and the next day’s open...
Last Sunday Manchester City lined up against Reading in the last of the FA Cup quarter-final ties. A 74th minute header from City defender Micah Richards put the Lancashire side through and set up an intriguing semi-final clash with their arch rivals Manchester United. The problem I have is that City and Reading knew who their semi-final opponents would be before they even kicked off. The draw for the FA...
Watching the highlights of Arsenal’s 3-1 Champions League defeat at Barcelona I couldn’t help but think how unjust the sending off of Robin van Persie was. The Arsenal striker’s dismissal came about when he received a second booking for firing a shot into the side netting after the referee had blown for offside. Van Persie claimed he didn’t hear the referee’s whistle above the noise from the Nou Camp’s...
Cricket’s one day World Cup is grabbing all the international sports headlines at the moment so I thought I’d redress the balance slightly back to football by undressing one of the big stars of last year’s football World Cup. The top photograph is of sexy South American model Larissa Riquelme cheering on Paraguay at last year’s FIFA World Cup in South Africa. The picture on the right shows the...
