Braga’s hard work pays off
26 November 2010 | Andy Brassell
Before Braga's Champions League tie with Arsenal on Tuesday few in Portugal feared an upset, but Domingos Paciência’s side showed they're not the pushovers they seemed to be...
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Andy Brassell
Andy Brassell is an acclaimed football writer and the author of 'All or Nothing: A year in the life of the Champions League', he is also a regular presenter on BBC 5Live's World Football Phone-in. twitter.com/andybrassell
Écoutez et répétez
18 November 2010 | Andy Brassell
England's defeat at the hands of France last night shows that the French have put their World Cup nightmare behind them and are starting to move on. England on the other hand...
The folly of the Ballon d’Or
12 November 2010 | Andy Brassell
The period of assessment for this coveted award is at odds with the bulk of major football seasons.
Klopp of the pops
06 November 2010 | Andy Brassell
This probably won’t be the last time we talk about Borussia Dortmund’s excellent head coach, Jürgen Klopp, before May...
Super Mario is no has-Been
29 October 2010 | Andy Brassell
Earlier in the month, Mario Been's Feyenoord were destroyed 10-0 by a rampant PSV Eindhoven. Is he still the man to lead them out of the darkness?
Pjanic on the streets of Lyon
22 October 2010 | Andy Brassell
As Yoann Gourcuff joins Miralem Pjanic at Olympique Lyonnais, does Claude Puel now have a job on his hands keeping harmony at the Stade de Gerland?
Building the White House
15 October 2010 | Andy Brassell
It's been five months since Laurent Blanc took the helm at one of international football's most dysfunctional teams. How has he fared so far?
It’s so easy being green
08 October 2010 | Andy Brassell
Damn that nickname. Far more showbiz than Pato (‘duck’) or Maniche (based on a likeness to a former Benfica player), Givanildo Vieira de Souza has arguably been equally cursed and blessed by the handle of Hulk...
Give us number ten and be on your way
01 October 2010 | Andy Brassell
Real Madrid have been playing competitive football under José Mourinho for precisely 27 days, and already the inevitable smarting about style has begun...
Ajax and the battle for the soul of Dutch football
24 September 2010 | Andy Brassell
If anything was going to kill the brazen over/misuse of the phrase Total Football, it was the Netherlands team from this summer’s World Cup. Everybody’s second-favourite international team became rightly vanquished villains for the majority.
The Cinderella complex
17 September 2010 | Andy Brassell
The story of Arles-Avignon’s rise up the French pyramid is nothing short of breathtaking and merits telling, and re-telling. This is a genuine fairytale, and like all good fairytales, it has a dark side...
Harry Potter rides again
09 September 2010 | Andy Brassell
Everybody knows that the real Harry Potter of Portuguese football has taken his box of tricks to Istanbul. Ricardo Quaresma has long been feted, but frustratingly unfulfilled...
