Articles By Charlie Rhodes (31340)

Arsenal and Liverpool’s Champions League Situation, Or: Waiting for the Milan Teams…

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 7 2023

If one looks as this week-end’s results, the double header pitting Serie A vs. EPL teams in the UEFA Champions League’s First knock-out round this week, really doesn’t bid well…

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La Liga Week 24: Barcelona cut Real Madrid’s lead to five points

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 8 2023

Football Club Barcelona’s win at Zaragoza has pulled them back to within five points of Real Madrid who lost for the third time this season in Andalucia. This time it…

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Serie A Week-End ‘Big Match’: Juventus Beat Roma in Turin, Pull Closer to Second Spot

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 6 2023

Fly, little bird, fly.. high in the Serie A sky. That little bird my friends, is Inter Milan, who thanks to the defeat of Roma at the hands of Juventus,…

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Paolo Maldini, Il Capitano, 1000 Games for AC Milan and Italy

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 10 2023

Image courtesy of Eddie Marles and AC Milan. Last Saturday night in Parma (0 x 0), the legendary AC Milan captain, Paolo Maldini, celebrated his 1000th appearance for club and…

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A Blueprint For Youth Football Training

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Jan 5 2009

Soccerlens is proud to welcome Mark Carter, Director of Ministry of Football, as a guest columnist. How can we help create players who can invent the future of the game?…

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Interview with John Koskinen, President of the United States Soccer Foundation in Washington, D.C.

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 4 2023

Images courtesy of John Koskinen and the USSF. Please note: The majority of this interview previously appeared in AC Cugini Calcio Connection, and was republished, with a few changes and…

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FA Cup, Serie A, Ligue 1 – Three Classic Matches for this Football Week-End

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 4 2023

Weeks during which we can find simultaneous quality fixtures are rare in any sport, but it would be fair to say that this year, the month of February has been…

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Lorrie Fair – Web Chat Transcript After Chelsea Move

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Aug 5 2022

In case you didn’t catch the USA Womens football star Lorrie Fair conducting a webchat on Tuesday, following her high profile move to Chelsea in England, here is a transcript…

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Ronaldo Injured 9-12 Months, Draw and Heartbreak for Rossoneri (Milan 1-1 Livorno, Serie A Matchday 16)

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 7 2023

Bad luck just seems to never end for Ronaldo. The first reports, released by SkySports just after the game, seem to suggest the Brazilian striker’s left knee suffered a crack…

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Southgate v Woodgate, Middlesbrough v Tottenham – Who Has More Ambition?

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Aug 16 2012

When Jonathan Woodgate recently departed Middlesbrough for Tottenham in an £8million deal he could not help himself in having a pop, not only at his former boss Gareth Southgate, but…

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Giovanni Trapattoni – The Republic of Ireland Opens the Trap Door

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 5 2023

Image courtesy of the FAI. Giovanni Trapattoni, who will be 69 years of age in March, was named on 13 February 2008 as the new manager of the Republic of…

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Tony Mowbray – Destined For Greatness?

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 5 2023

In Hugo Steckelmacher’s second of his profiles on great English managing prospects in the Football League, he looks at the playing and managerial career of Middlesbrough great Tony Mowbray. When…

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Tanked-Up Underwater Imaging of Dahab, Egpyt: Diving and Interactive Football Maps

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 5 2023

Images courtesy of Martin Little and Tanked Up Underwater Imaging. A few months ago, I was searching the Web for a site that listed football web sites by countries. Lo…

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Liverpool v Inter Milan – Champions League 2nd Round Preview

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 11 2023

Update – Second Leg Preview: Internazionale v Liverpool – Reds and Nerazurri prepare to paint San Siro with the colours of Europe. Update – First Leg Match Reports: ‘Inter have…

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Porto v Schalke 04 – 07/08 Champions League 2nd Round Preview

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Mar 18 2011

Four years ago, FC Porto won their second European Cup title by defeating Monaco 3-0 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, where ‘The Special One’ cemented his place as one of Europe’s top…

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