Is David Beckham overrated?

The recent announcement that David Beckham is to retire at the end of this season brought a great many players and managers to comment on his fantastic contribution to the game. His professionalism and dedication, at both club and international level, cannot be questioned and he is regularly hailed as a role model for children playing the game. He has won titles in four different countries but has his iconic status clouded the public judgement of how good he actually is?

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Boca struggle in spite of Riquelme's return

Boca Juniors lie in 4th bottom position in the Torneo Final in Argentina after only managing to secure one victory from their opening 10 games.

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Overhead kick tekkers (Video)

How about those Argentinian eh?

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The charisma and charm of Diego Maradona (Video)

I regard it as a great shame that I wasn't alive and living in Naples during Diego Maradona's mid to late 80s heyday at Napoli.

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Greatest team goal ever? (Video)

Everybody has their favourite type of goal.

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Classics from the archive: Maradona vs Nottingham Forest (Video)

Time now for another video from the archive and we have Diego Maradona during his forgotten Barcelona days against Brian Clough's Nottingham Forest in a 1983 pre-season friendly.

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Esteban Cambiasso: an underrated great (Video)

Whilst most eyes tonight will be on Tottenham's man of the moment Gareth Bale, the Europa League tie between Spurs and Inter gives us a chance to take a closer look at one of the finest midfielders of the past decade: Esteban Cambiasso.

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Boca legend Riquelme makes sensational return (video)

After retiring from the game in July of last year and after re-confirming his intention in December to hang up his jersey, Juan Roman Riquelme has once again returned to the club he loves and the club who love him - Boca Juniors.

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Dennis Bergkamp: the Dutch master (Video)

With the news this week that Dennis Bergkamp will have a statue built in his honour outside of Arsenal's Emirates stadium I thought this would be a fantastic opportunity to remember one of the Dutchman's finest moments.

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Will Mauro Icardi be the next star to grace the Premier League?(Video)

Mauro Icardi is another player who was put out on loan with very little expected of him from Barcelona but now they may sit up and take notice. They should have seen the warning signs after letting him leave for a nominal 400,000 euros in summer after an ominous 13 goals in 19 games in the 2011-2012 season.

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Mauro Icardi: Serie A's Rising Star (video)

Some have prematurely named him “the next Lionel Messi”. While at the age of 19, this comparison may appear a little unfair, there are definite similarities between the world’s greatest player and former Barcelona team-mate Mauro Icardi.

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Has Juan Roman Riquelme kicked his last ball? (video)

“I have nothing left to give the club, I’m empty”. These were the words of Juan Roman Riquelme, the day after his club – Boca Juniors – had been defeated by Brazilian side Corinthians 2 0 in the second leg of the Copa Libertadores final, losing 3–1 on aggregate at Boca’s iconic Bombonera stadium in Buenos

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Player Watch: Franco Di Santo

Imagine Lionel Messi's reaction when Franco Di Santo was called up into the Argentina squad recently.

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Life's a beach (Video)

I didn't know that beach football was played competitively until I stumbled across this video. Then the penny dropped: I didn't know anything about it because a) I live in England. Beach football is an alien concept as a result of b) there being no sunshine or anything resembling summer.

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19 years ago, this happened! (Video)

Google the term ‘Argentina 0’ … Guess the first result that comes up? It’s not anything recent, so that discounts Germany’s 4-0 thrashing of them at the recent 2010 World Cup. Enough rambling, its Argentina 0 Colombia 5!

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