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Celebrity v reality
Friday March 12 2010
It was hard to know the greatest victim of the night when the map of European football power was rather more than singed by the flames licking Real Madrid and Milan. No, it probably wasn't David Beckham milking once again his genius for injecting celebrity fantasy into a career that, in truth, rarely rose above the second rank.
Reds talisman heeds Fergie warning in bid to keep fresh for long road
Friday March 12 2010
Wayne Rooney has admitted he is taking heed of Alex Ferguson's warning against over-exertion by "reining in" his explosive approach to the game as he prepares to enter the business end of the season.
Ron hangs head as Pellegrini keeps his
Friday March 12 2010
USUAL business at the Santiago Bernabeu was halted yesterday as Real Madrid's shell-shocked stars faced up to the club's sixth successive Champions League exit at the last-16 stage.
Rooney setting no targets
Thursday March 11 2010
Wayne Rooney is refusing to set himself a goals target for the season despite crashing through the 30 barrier at Old Trafford last night.
Beckham's return reduced to sideshow as OldTrafford rocks to Wayne's world
Thursday March 11 2010
IT was the kind of delivery that used to send Old Trafford into purring rapture. The precision of the timing, the certainty of the execution, the way the right foot wrapped itself round the ball, sending it spinning in a juicy, inviting parabola on to the forehead of the United centre forward, who, smiling even as it came his way, headed it past the goalkeeper.
Clinical Pjanic bankrupts Madrid's costly pursuit of Euro domination
Thursday March 11 2010
If the prevailing wisdom that it is advisable to spend one's way out of recession holds true for football, Premier League clubs should brace themselves for another summer of pain from Spain after Real Madrid suffered the footballing equivalent of a sudden bankruptcy last night.
Ronaldo buys into Real's notion of divine right
Wednesday March 10 2010
HE has always had a flair for the dramatic but when Cristiano Ronaldo presages Real Madrid's Champions League task against Lyon tonight as being "do or die", he somehow makes it sound a little too theatrical.
Ferguson paying lip service to Beckham dangers
Wednesday March 10 2010
Alex Ferguson is mindful of the threat posed by David Beckham tonight, but he's hardly suffering sleepless nights over the prospect of the Londoner's first, and most likely last, competitive return to Manchester United.
Beckham's air of humility testament to Ferguson's valuable lessons in early United life
Tuesday March 09 2010
Alex Ferguson will sit down for a Champions League press conference today and wish he was anywhere else. Cleaning Mike Riley's car, polishing Arsene Wenger's boots ... anything but talk about David Beckham.
Madrid's European dream pinned on Ronaldo
Tuesday March 09 2010
You can picture the scene now. On May 22 in the Bernabeu stadium, Florentino Perez is smiling through gritted teeth at the chairmen of the two clubs contesting the Champions League final.
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