Belgrade police today issued an arrest warrant for Serbian Soccer Federation President Zvezdan Terzic, accused of taking illegal payments following the sale of players. In 1998 when Terzic was the head of OFK Belgrade, German side Hamburg SV bought midfielder Vanja Grubic, netting the prez an illegal $840,000.
It’s good to see people being held responsible for illegal bungs since the spotlight was shone brightly in the English tabloids.
Only one week ago French Police were involved an alleged racist incident between Valenciennes Captain Abdelsam Ouaddou and FC Metz supporters. Today Metz filed a complaint against it’s own supporters after fans at the weekends Ligue 1 match away to Olympic Lyon threw up Nazi salutes and threw anti-racism shirts back on the field during their 2-nil loss.
Seems like we still have a long ways to go people.
Don’t get me wrong, I used to love William Gallas especially when he was partnering with John Terry at Chelsea in the middle. But the more I read about him complaining openly to the press about playing left or right back, I started losing a little respect. Then when I saw him openly pouting on the field, I started feeling like he was playing for himself rather than his teammates.
When Gallas headed over to Arsenal in the Ashley Cole transfer and was subsequently named captain of the young squad, Arsene Wenger obviously thought the 30 year old was worthy of it. BUT, every time I watch an Arsenal game it feels like it’s all about him, not the team. His consistent bitching at Charlie Brown (Philippe Senderos) and Manuel Almunia is almost disgraceful and when watching the video above that doesn’t even show him walking to the midfield stripe and sitting down when Birmingham was awarded the penalty in extra time, staying there while the spot kick was taken (remember he IS the captain and shouldn’t he be at the top of the box following up the shot?) AND kicking the sign boards when he’s walking off the field, just a little more respect is lost for a guy with such tremendous talent. Doesn’t it say a lot when the trainer at the beginning of the video motions for him to get up like he’s a child?
Unfortunately Racism still exists throughout the world of football, but if Ligue 1 president Frederic Theriez has his way, any fan or player caught will be punished by the full extent of the law and banned from entering any ground for games. In a game last night, Moroccan and Valenciennes captain Abdeslam Ouaddou went into the stands after a “fan” shouted racist remarks at him. Ouaddou was given a yellow card for leaving the field of play and while his team lost 2-1 to Metz, the police got involved (rightly so) and Ouaddou is not only pressing charges, but suing as well.
The guys over at BallerHouse tossed this 2008 Lamborghini Reventon up today after Dupont Registry had it listed for the low, low price of $750k with only 10 miles on it. I’m a huge fan of gun metal grey (or Grigio as the fine wine people like to refer to it as), especially sinec Rob Dyrdek from Rob & Big threw his SUV down in the same color, but this takes it to an all new level. I was telling Ben last week that I couldn’t imagine spending that kind of dough and his response was if you could, you would. I’m starting to believe him now.
With Cameroon’s Bikey red card in the semi-final of the African Nations Cup, it got me thinking about some of the split second reactions, the tackles that fly around and some of the cheap shots we seen in the game. Having been on the giving and receiving end of both, I can tell you first hand that you don’t think, you just react and it will definitely cost you and your teammates.
Norwegian John Carew placed himself in the hat trick column as Aston Villa thumped Newcastle 4-1 at Villa Park this afternoon. Even the inclusion of Joey Barton back in the midfield couldn’t save Kevin Keegan’s men as they continue their horrible form.
This has got to be bullshit, but here it is anyways. Drogba has always been a master of making questionable statements to the press, but this comes from the Ivory Coast press officer regarding the African Player of the Year Award which was won by Frederic Kanoute.
Last night at 8pm, our inner 14 year old came raging back to life thanks to Crush. Not only would we let her beat us with that Joust stick, but for 2 hours we were back and raring to go thanks to the Hulkster and American Gladiators. So what if we’ve been howling like Wolf all morning long, as long as Venom and Crush are there to comfort us and kiss our boo-boo’s after Toa beat the hell out of us, we’d be just a little better than ok. Don’t think we won’t be tuning in again tonight at 8pm.
