Kevin McCarra Paul Scholes ‘just doesn’t give the ball away, he controls the tempo of games,’ says his club team-mate Ryan Giggs. Photograph: Richard Sellers/Sportsphoto Ltd/Allstar Ryan Giggs has said his Manchester United team-mate Paul Scholes is at the peak of his form and should be essential to England‘s hopes at Euro 2012. Scholes collected...
Dominic Fifield Jupp Heynckes’ Bayern Munich will be keen to make amends after their humiliating defeat in the German cup final. Photograph: Matthias Schrader/AP Jupp Heynckes has just cracked another joke, the latest involving mock bewilderment that Arjen Robben would ever have considered leaving Bayern Munich for pastures new. “After all, we have the...
Richard Williams Andrea Pirlo has shown up Milan’s lack of appreciation of his talents by steering Juventus to the Serie A title. Photograph: Stefano Rellandini/Reuters The first time I saw Andrea Pirlo was on a cold and fog-shrouded November evening in Monza in 2000, when he was a member of the Italy Under-21 team...
