Round the Clock Sport

When I think of special players I think of a particular club in Italy that its players seem to never want to leave. A team that was founded back in 1927 and wears wine and Gold, a team with a Logo so unique, a she-wolf suckling two twins Romulus and Remus – this is a myth of the founding of Rome.   The team is known as Giallorossi, red and Yellow, but more popular by the name AS Roma. Former captain and all-time scorer of the Rome based club, Francesco Totti denied Real Madrid when he was at the prime of his career, preferring to stay with his childhood team and giving the world a famous quote in 2006: “They taught us in school that family is the most Important thing for a human. Roma is my Family, have you ever heard of someone who left his poor parents to live with rich strangers.”   Enough about this great man for now soon I will write it all down for you. But you get the Roma spirit. The man I speak about in this piece is one who wears his heart on his sl...

                  Wednesday's 1-0 Atletico Madrid victory against Bayern Munich was the 135th clean sheet in 256 games for  Diego Simeone as Manager of Atletico Madrid. This season Atletico have conceded the least goals in the Spanish La Liga having only seen 16 goals past their Goal Keeper. This is the least number of goals conceded across any of the top 4 major leagues across Europe. The closest contenders are PSG and Juventus who each have conceded 18 goals. This definitely sums up the point that Atletico Madrid have the most Disciplined defence in terms of shutting out opponents. The Former Footballer turned Coach is to be praised for his defensive prowess since he took over the Madrid side in December 23rd in 2011 after the sacking of Gregorio Manzano. Manzano was sacked after collecting 19 points in 16 games and living the team placed 10th on the league Standings. Manzano who was on his second stint as Atl...