Football Argentinian style/ It Started With a Kick Episode 54

When imagining a football match in Buenos Aires many visualise La Bombonera shuddering to its foundations by the jumping mass of blue and yellow Boca Juniors fans or the majestic Estadio Monumental bedecked in streams of ticker tape when hosting Argentina’s World Cup victory in 1978. My experience earlier this month was different, very differentContinue reading “Football Argentinian style/ It Started With a Kick Episode 54”

Going back to their roots

During his heyday Sergio Ramos would not have won many popularity contests outside his own club’s fanbase. As an exponent of the dark arts Ramos was irascible, spiky and often infuriating in his on field behaviour. His career was littered with various misdemeanours, including 28 red cards, 20 of which he received in La LigaContinue reading “Going back to their roots”