Cristiano Ronaldo was considered by FIFA the best player of the world in 2008 and in 2013, was second best in 2009, 2011 and 2012, and 3rd best in 2007. He is the only player in the world to have won both the Golden Boot and the Ballon d’Or with 2 different teams (Manchester United and Real…
Eusébio the winner of the first European Golden Boot died today
Eusébio a former portuguese soccer player (born in Mozambique) and one of the best football players worldwide in the 1960’s and 1970’s, passed away today age 71 (cardiac arrest). Eusébio was the first Portuguese football player that reach worldwide stardom, preceding Luis Figo, Rui Costa and Cristiano Ronaldo. He was the leading player for Sport…
FIFA Ranking 1 Week Before Release and Possible Pots for World Cup 2014
FIFA will update in a week (November 28th) its national teams’ country ranking, but upon using the simulator available on FIFA’s Website one can already know which will be the Top 20 Nations. Before that you may want to recall how this ranking works. https://sportsworldintel.com/soccer-fifas-national-teams-ranking-how-it-works/ The new ranking to be disclosed next week will be the following:…
A Referee per Team, Goalkeeper Everywhere, no Penalty and Corner kicks, Substitutions and Cards: Is this Football? It was…
If we take a long perspective of the evolution of Football Laws of the game one may get rather surprised. And what if you team could choose its own personal referee and the Goalkeeper could handle the ball with his hands in the entire pitch? And tape instead of a crossbar in the goal? And if…
FIFA’s National Teams Ranking – New Top 20 Before Official Release Tomorrow!
FIFA will update tomorrow its national teams’ country ranking, but upon using the simulator available on FIFA’s Website one can already know which will be the Top 20 countries in October 2013. Before that you may want to recall how this ranking works. https://sportsworldintel.com/soccer-fifas-national-teams-ranking-how-it-works/ The new ranking to be disclosed tomorrow will be the following: Rank Country…
Cristiano Ronaldo: 206 Goals in 204 Matches For Real Madrid Now Targets Hugo Sánchez
With his yesterday’s hat trick against Galatasaray, Cristiano Ronaldo reached an amazing mark of 206 goals in 204 official matches played wearing Real Madrid’s Jersey. He is now just 2 goals behind the 5th ever Real Madrid’s goal scorer, striker Hugo Sánchez. Just wait 2 or 3 games and he surely pass him. Back in almost…
UEFA’s Country and Team Ranking For 2013/2014
Following our previous posts “UEFA projected country rankings for 2013/2014 in the beginning of the season” and Projection for the 2013/2014 UEFA’s team ranking in the beginning of the season we now publish the final rank for the 2013/2014 season’s beginning Remember how to compute this ranks on: Soccer – UEFA’s Country Ranking: How it works and what it serves…
Projection for the 2013/2014 UEFA’s team ranking in the beginning of the season
As promised in our previous post “UEFA projected country rankings for 2013/2014 in the beginning of the season” we now publish the projection for the 2013/2014UEFA’s team ranking. Remember ao to compute: “Soccer – UEFA’s Team Ranking: A Calculation to define Top Seed Clubs“. The ranking for the season beginning for 2013/2104 will go as…
UEFA projected country rankings for 2013/2014 in the beginning of the season
The Champions and Europa league draws just took place a few hours ago. In the Champions League Barcelona will face Bayern Munich and Real Madrid will struggle if they want to overcome this time Borussia Dortmund. Cristiano Ronaldo will have an extra motivation since he already has 195 goals scored in official matches with Real Madrid and 11…
FIFA’s National Teams Ranking – New Top 10 Before Official Release Tomorrow!
FIFA will update tomorrow its national teams country ranking, but upon using the simulator available on FIFA’s Website one can already know which will be the Top 10 countries in April 2013. Before that you may want to recall how this ranking works. https://sportsworldintel.com/soccer-fifas-national-teams-ranking-how-it-works/ The new ranking to be disclosed tomorrow will be the following: Rank Country…