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Football
How Germany Pulled Off Its Football Renaissance
………………… German football had been ugly and successful since the 1980s, with the stereotype of being efficient, mechanical and soulless. Then, even the success deserted them. But the new German game has won hearts everywhere, and they are the ones… Read More ›
Dark age for defenders?
……… This World Cup, the beautiful game has become the bountiful game. What about quality defenders? ………. By Sopan Joshi | Published in Sunday Times of India on June 29, 2014 If you have an extraordinary ability to dribble,… Read More ›
Xavi: How the Best Enabler in Football Became its Best Player
………. When Spain plays its final World Cup game tonight against Australia, it’ll most probably not field Xavi Hernandez, the legendary midfielder who has conducted his team’s success for six years and won everything there is to win at the… Read More ›
How to know what a person is really like? Imagine her in a football team
….. The world reimagined as a football pitch. By Sopan Joshi | Grist Media – [ Published on Yahoo! Originals on Thu 12 Jun, 2014 ] There are countless low points to choose from. Here’s a recurring one. I… Read More ›
Borussia Dortmund: A Yellow-Black Fairytale
The line-up for this year’s UEFA Champions League has three usual suspects and one gigantic wave of energy SOPAN JOSHI [ Published in OPEN magazine ] It is called Barça fatigue and it has a remedy now. For those who… Read More ›
Catalonia: Game Theory
Go to Spain for the football. Especially when the footfalls are low Published in Outlook Traveller SOPAN JOSHI I’m sitting in the Turkish Airlines box in the Camp Nou, Europe’s largest football stadium, watching FC Barcelona take on Celtic FC… Read More ›
The Greatest: Ronaldo or Messi?
Two footballers, two worldviews, two ideas of success and beauty. Take your pick …. By Sopan Joshi [ Published in OPEN magazine ] Now that the European football season has ended, it’s safe to ask… Read More ›
The Legend of Barça
TIKI TAKA A great football club comes off a dizzy high, a star footballer-coach moves on, and football aesthetes the world over join hands in a silent prayer By Sopan Joshi [ Published in OPEN… Read More ›
The Socratic Method
A philosopher-footballer passes on By Sopan Joshi [ Published in OPEN magazine ] Socrates wasn’t the world’s greatest footballer. Nor the greatest in the national side he led. He wasn’t even the best midfielder in that team. Zico wore the… Read More ›
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