All eyes were on the Stadio Olimpico on Sunday night as the pick of the weekend’s fixtures also saw the debut of the world’s most marketable player.
David Beckham’s first game for Milan was against AS Roma and the omnipresent fanfare that accompanies brand-Beckham was at its usual fever pitch.
Miguel Veloso starts for Sporting despite being heavily linked with Man City, Tottenham and Arsenal, while Maritimo field a 5-3-2 with Djalma and Baba up front. The Africans have bagged nine between them so far this season.
Sporting haven’t lost in five and could go top with a win here. Liedson and Postiga start up front with eight between them this season.
For many people Ronaldo’s smash in his two-day old £200,000 Ferrari has been a source of wry amusement.
However, the lengthy history of footballers getting involved in a range of driving offences should really give the Football Association reason to get busy with some serious head-scratching.
The night of May 21st 2008 was my most distressing as a football fan. I’m not trying to come over all‘Jamie Carragher’ here (excuse the semantics), but as much as I love the England national team, this time the pain eclipsed anything I had felt following the furor and ultimate disappointment of an international tournament.
Witness Manchester United and England defender, Rio Ferdinand, playing the role of ‘Fizzy’ in a school adaptation of Bugsy Malone.
Rio’s early thespian instincts pale in comparison to the hilarious ‘Mercs’ he carried out prior to the 2006 World Cup; but the ‘gangster’ role is somewhat fitting for a man who plans to pursue an R&B career once his playing days are over.