Top Soccer Reads Of The Week: The Road To Recovery Is Not Easily Traveled

Luke Shaw and his injury headlines this week's best of soccer reads.
September 25, 2015

We took a break from this last week because our computer crashed and we just weren't having it, so apologies there. but now we're back with the 10 best reads (from other sites) this week, plus a little bonus, and our favorite articles that we wrote this week. 

Top soccer articles we read this week:

1. Luke Shaw faces a long, hard road back from injury, writes The Guardian.

2. The Set Pieces looks at the key to Leicester City's success so far this year.

3. In Bed With Maradona with a feature on the superbly-nicknamed "Magico" Gonzalez.

4. Grantland with a great analysis of late-career Ronaldo.

5. Scottish team names are hilarious and have hilarious backstories, as Vice Sports found out.

6. Grantland interviews the ghostwriter of "I Am Zlatan."

7. The Guardian breaks down Barcelona’s bad loss to Celta Vigo.

8. World Cup winner Julie Foudy on why any FIFA reform needs to include the women's game.

9. FIFA 16 isn't the first soccer video game to feature women, as Vice Sports reports.

10. Hamburg has a surprisingly interesting soccer history.

Plus, a bonus:

Any interview with Kolo Toure is worth watching.

Top of The18:

1. Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid, Syrian Refugees and why sports matter.

2. Messi almost became a part-owner of Queretaro.

3. Relive Robert Lewandowski's five goals in nine minutes.

4. A remembrance of when Cristiano Ronaldo could out-dribble everybody.

5. Is this it for John Terry's Chelsea career?

And that's it. See you next week.

Contact The18 Staff Writer Sam Klomhaus at Klomhaus@The18.com or follow him on Twitter @SamKlomhaus