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Uh ... I just forgot "only" Savicevic and Jugovic from that phenomenal red star. Stoijkovic wasn't there, though.

I like Franco Rossi. Here in Milan, he's a staple on Telenova in one of those daily football talk shows. Sometimes he exaggerates, but as you say, it’s for the greater good and based on shared arguments and theses that he loves to take to extreme consequences. In any case, he knows his stuff, and anyone who has never spouted some nonsense can cast the first stone. I'm quite enjoying Soriano and I believe no one is better than you to review him; I knew I was going to hit an open door. But do you happen to hang around Milan too? Pancev was insane, damn it, a nightmare for us Inter fans. I believe that in that Red Star packed with stars (Sinisa, Stojkovic, Psojnecki, Belodedici... I’m forgetting someone, it was truly stuffed) I would have scored at least twenty goals a season too. And after Inter, he did nothing. Bergkamp was autistic/psychotic and didn’t adapt at all to Italy. He certainly wasn’t a poor player, as he proved throughout the rest of his career with excellent performances for the national team and the Gunners. I agree about the unfortunate Trivela; his behaviors weigh heavily, especially since they are unmistakable signs of severe dementia. With the difference that he’s not Balotelli, and he isn’t forgiven for anything anymore. Diego at Werder seemed, if not a phenomenon, at least strong. A mystery object; let’s hope he remains in his mediocrity. But... is the cap in the photo that’s on top of you perhaps from Portsmouth, or am I saying another nonsense?

Thank you, Carlo, it’s a great recommendation and I’ve actually already read it ;). Fun, although at times a bit far-fetched (in the style of the good Franco, a lovable provocateur). Now, to stay on theme, I'm flipping through "Fùtbol" by Osvaldo Soriano. You might like it, but I bet you already know it... And I agree about Shalimov, he landed in the worst Inter I can remember. And mentioning Crvena Zvezda has brought back to me the repressed memory of Pancev!!! Perhaps mass harassment against a single person has only been seen again recently thanks to the Trivèla.

Oh Mikailichenko, Zavarov, Kolyvanov, Aleinikov... I think they had adaptation issues.

It's interesting to note how two of the strongest and most "revolutionary" national teams ever, and I'm talking about the Netherlands and Hungary, have never won a World Cup. A crime in football terms.

A learned and pleasurable review. An interesting read. It's a shame that Russia (or the USSR) has never shone according to its enormous potential in World Cup editions. I remember the strong team of '82 but also that of '86 (with the Dinamo Kiev block) which was no joke. They never made it far at the national level, and it was a pity. And let's not forget Salenko's record in Russia - Cameroon at USA '94. Such a disappointment this year with the elimination. Unexpected, and Hiddink was, for me, a guarantee; a real shame because at the Europeans they showed glimpses (again intermittent, it seems to be their true limit) of supersonic football. Moreover, I could see Guus well on the beloved Inter bench.

On trust. But where the hell do you find this stuff?

Analysis that I fully agree with. I also liked the first one, but this one, despite the change in lineup, has every appearance of being a (pleasant as it is) photocopy of it. Pleasant but dismissible. 2.5 rounded up to 3 it is.

Tom Yorke should make them pay dearly for the cover of "Creep." If only that were the only wrongdoing...

JARKONKING, in the collective imagination (and for Father Antonio) the eternal father is up high. But as far as I'm concerned, he could be anywhere else or even not exist at all. It seemed like a good image when talking about profanity directed at a deity, that's all.