Month: January 2015

The modern day form of football came into being in Europe more specifically in England from the 9th century onwards. The earliest form of soccer balls were funny shaped pig bladders. The game was said to be so violent and acts like kicking, punching and biting (Suarez Era) were allowed. The aim of the game like modern day football was to score or get the ball through the opposition goal. Despite the game being so violent and resulting in the death of many of its participants it gained huge popularity across England. But the authorities hated it and it was during the time of King Edward the 3rd in the 1300’s that football was banned due to the violence that resulted from it. Evolution of modern day football Both England and Scotland are credited to being the co-founders of the modern game with the first ever International football match played between these two teams. More on this later… The primary rules of football came into being from the turn of the 17th century when it began to gain huge popularity among the universities and schools across England. The uses of hands were initially allowed and passing was only allowed backwards. From the 18th century onwards many amateur clubs were set up and played matches against each other. The problem during this time was the existence of two set of...

Miracle of The Ataturk Stadium, Istanbul (2005) There are only a very few occasions when a team can -genuinely earn themselves the tag “Legend” and in the sport of Football, the place to do it is the Champions League final. In the year 2005, Liverpool managed to overcome a 3 – 0 on the Champions League finals against Milan… it has become the most important game the club has ever played. Liverpool VS Milan, the 2005 Legendary Champions League Final Liverpool vs Milan, Champions League finals 2005, the supporters of both the teams have just witnessed one of the most dominant first-half performances by a team in the finals of the competition. AC Milan who had eased their way into the finals beating the likes of Manchester United, Inter and PSV Eindhoven have just thumped the lucky finalist Liverpool who needed a last-minute goal from there captain Steven Gerrard to even get out of the group stages. Liverpool had fought off Bayern Leverkusen, Juventus and Chelsea to reach the finals but against AC Milan they had just met their match. *Here are some videos with footage of the match. Complete documentary of the Miracle of Istanbul at the end. The AC Milan team had the likes of Andriy Shevchenko, Andrea Pirlo, Paulo Maldini, Hernan Crespo and Kaka while the Liverpool team was led the young Steven Gerrard and Xabi Alonso...