El 24 de febrero se disputó la final de la Carabao Cup en el Estadio Wembley entre el Manchester City y el Chelsea. El City era el claro favorito, ya que unos días antes habían destrozado al Chelsea 6-0. Sorprendentemente, el juego iba 0-0 y ya se jugaban los últimos segundos del tiempo extra, cuando… Read More »
Este artículo es un poco tarde, quería escribirlo hace unas semanas. En el mes pasado, Arsenal ha ganado casi todos de sus partidos, pero sin embargo, creo que esta articulo es todavía pertinente. Aficionados de Arsenal han experimentado mucha de la decepción durante las años recientes. Arsenal tenía mucho éxito en los 1990s tardes y… Read More »
As the English football season is coming to a close, an important question lingers: who will take the three Premier League promotion places next year? After bossing the Championship for almost the entire year, Wolverhampton Wanderers have seen their lead on the rest of the clubs almost disappear, with Cardiff City only three points back… Read More »
Como la temporada del fútbol inglés empieza a cerrarse, una pregunta bien importante para contestar es lo siguiente: ¿quién va a tomar los tres puestos en la Premier League para el próximo año? Después de dominar el Championship por casi todo el año, Wolverhampton Wanderers han visto su espacio del resto de los clubes casi… Read More »
What were their chances again? Leicester City winning the premier league in 2015/16 was absolutely crazy. They entered the season with 5000-1 odds to win it all (and rightfully so.) [1] They weren’t even in the premier league for the 2013/14 season. After promotion, they were a pretty average premier league team in the 2014/15… Read More »
Recent interesting articles – February 2018 Bids to carry the English Premier League soccer games are in the making. What’s the deal with Amazon? https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/feb/08/facebook-google-netflix-not-ready-to-enter-premier-league-tv-rights-battle What about the soccer rights in China? https://www.reuters.com/article/wuhan-ddmc/ddmc-grabs-china-epl-soccer-rights-in-500-mln-deal-for-super-sports-idUSL4N1K33YU And finally, “Saudi Stars Arrive in Spain, With One Eye on Russia”, an articles on Dawsari… Read More »
Last Spring, I wrote a research paper for Professor Ed Tiryakian’s Business of Sport class here at Duke that focused on the source and implications of rampant managerial turnover in the English Premier League. I had become passionate about the topic after Leicester’s February 2017 sacking of prolific Italian manager Claudio Ranieri, who had defied all… Read More »
In a meeting on March 5th, 2016, the International Football Association Board (IFAB) approved the use of video referees referees (VAR) for a two-year trial period beginning June 1st, 2016. Since then, several of the world’s top leagues have adopted the system, including the Serie A in Italy, the MLS in America, and the Bundesliga in… Read More »
Özil renouvelle son contrat avec Arsenal pour 3 ans. Jeudi 1er février 2018 Mesut Özil, 29 ans, joueur pour l’équipe nationale allemande annonce son renouvellement de contrat avec Arsenal jusqu’à l’été 2021. Dans un post Instagram le joueur de milieu de terrain offensif décrit l’évènement comme « une des plus importantes décisions de sa carrière de… Read More »
Aston Villa’s match yesterday against Watford pretty much sums up the season they have had this year. With Aston Villa leading the match 2-1, they were subject to the harshness of the referee when one of their defenders, Cissokho, was sent off for supposedly denying a clear goal-scoring opportunity, even though replays showed that he… Read More »
