http://www.18yards.com A blog about the latest soccer news, best players, transfer talk and anything else about the world game, with a heavy focus on the Selecao and Inter Milan! Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:21:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So Portugal defeated Turkey a couple of days ago in the second match of the Euro 08 competition. It was a well-balanced game even though Portugal held most of the possession. Turkey played well, especially Kazim Kazim who was always a headache down that right flank however Tuncay wasn't effective ... http://www.18yards.com/2008/06/10/portugal-defeat-turkey-2-0/ I went right down to the wire as Inter wasted chance after chance to seal their third Scudetto in as many years but on the last match day, Ibrahimovic came out to grab a brace against Parma and kick off the celebrations. Just enough to keep Roma in second but ... http://www.18yards.com/2008/05/26/inter-win-scudetto-again-but-lose-copa-italia-again/ Just a quick post to highlight a recently launched Canadian soccer site. It focuses on Serie A but also on the upcoming Euro 2008 competition, Toronto FC and the Canadian national side. I'm always glad to see sites that focus on Serie A as it's my favourite league. There's some ... http://www.18yards.com/2008/05/07/new-canadian-serie-a-site/ I lost a huge amount of respect for Nani over this incident, although Neil should've done better too. They both honestly look like a pair of school girls. Seems like Nani has been spending a fair amount of time at the Christiano Ronaldo school of acting. Makes it hard to ... http://www.18yards.com/2008/05/06/nani-red-card-against-west-ham/ Inter had a chance to win the Scudetto for the third time running as well as defeat their bitter rivals in the local derby but it seems that Milan's hunger for the last Champion's League spot was greater. The first 60 minutes were pretty much all Milan, they attacked Inter furiously ... http://www.18yards.com/2008/05/04/ac-milan-vs-inter-2-1/ Decided to find a bunch of soccer ads as there are some pretty cool ones out there. First up is a new Nike one posted by ric-s on ballhype. Not all that particularly entertaining, just thought I'd add it cause it's new. Next is a really creative Umbro one. I won't give ... http://www.18yards.com/2008/04/30/great-soccer-ads/ So Inter hosted Cagliari tonight and saw them off with a 2-1 win. Although Roma can technically still catch them, Inter just need one more win to grab their third consecutive Scudetto. It won't be an easy win next week though as the play out the Milan derby. I dare ... http://www.18yards.com/2008/04/28/inter-defeat-cagliari-and-almost-secure-third-scudetto/ It seems that finally Ronaldo's site is back online after so long. It used to be at www.r9ronaldo.com but now it's just www.ronaldo.com. It's got a nice clean look and a pretty good flash video on the landing page (although it's a bit long and could get tiresome each time). ... http://www.18yards.com/2008/04/27/new-ronaldo-site/ So the first leg of the Barcelona vs Manchester United Champion's League semi-final ended up a draw with no goals scored. It wasn't the most exciting match I've seen but it had some moments of good action and controversy. Main one being Milito's handball in the area that earnt Man ... http://www.18yards.com/2008/04/25/barcelona-vs-manchester-united-0-0/ Most of the great forwards and creative mid-fielders started or developed their trade on a smaller field. Players like Ronaldo, Robinho and Ronaldinho all improved their great control and dribble by playing indoor or smaller 5 a-side games. It gives you more touches on the ball simply because there are ... http://www.18yards.com/2008/04/22/incredible-indoor-soccer-skills/