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THERE ARE NO GOOD THINGS IN THIS WORLD THAT DIE. fan blog

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fan blog    THERE ARE NO GOOD THINGS IN THIS WORLD THAT DIE! It's been six months since an unwelcome stranger entered our lives. For many of us, every day has been a battle. Another season of the ISL is upon us, just like so many other things that come and go. Yes, the epidemic is still a long way off, so we'll have to get used to seeing empty stadiums. However, seeing the boys in yellow walk out onto the pitch to fight again another day would be a nice and welcoming sight. Not only for themselves as a group, but for all of their fans. I live in Chennai, and everybody who knows me knows that I am a die-hard Chennaiyin supporter. However, whenever I witness a match taking place in Kochi, I can't help but wonder what it would be like if Kerala Blasters were to win the ISL title. Unlike other popular football leagues throughout the world, the ISL, like every team, is always evolving. With nearly a dozen transfers in and out on a regular basis, determining what kind of team eac...

Ronaldinho: a player so good he made you smile

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Ronaldi nho: a player so good he made you smile The Brazilian has retired after an extraordinary career but his wonderful talent will be remembered for ever. ‘He changed our history,’ the Barcelona midfielder Xavi said R onaldinho. See? You’re smiling already. Just thinking about the things he did and the way he did them, the way he was, gets you giggling. Look him up on YouTube and maybe you’ll fall for him all over again, a bit like all those defenders. Watch for long enough – it won’t take long – and you might even feel like standing to applaud, just like the Santiago BernabĂ©u did, an ovation for a Barcelona player, as if for all the rivalry they hadn’t so much been beaten by his genius as shared in it. Sergio Ramos was on the floor, they were on their feet. Cameras zoomed on a man in the north stand with a moustache and a cigarette hanging limp from his lip: Bloody hell, did you see what he just did? I It’s a question that was asked a lot. What  Ronaldinho  did, ...