World Cup

World Cup Group F: New Zealand 1-1 Slovakia (Reid 90+ 3 – Vittek 50) Video Highlights Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg, South Africa Attendance: 23,871 Winston Reid, the 21 yr old newbie from Auckland, became a national hero last night after securing New …

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Before we get to talk about  Brazil’s debut  against North Korea let’s have a quick review on what I saw these past few days from Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay in their first matches in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Let’s …

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Brazil 2-1 North Korea 2010 FIFA World Cup 15 June 2010 Brazil failed to impress in their opening stage match as North Korea made it a much closer match than expected. They were unable to score in the first half …

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Ivory Coast 0-0 Portugal 2010 FIFA World Cup 15 June 2010 The Ivory Coast and Portugal would play to a disappointing scoreless draw in a Group G match on Tuesday. Both sides would get chances including a shot from Cristiano …

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Knee-jerk. Look at that phrase, roll it around your tongue, and say it in your head. Knee-jerk. That is the god awful, insidious, depressingly ubiquitous mental response to anything to do with the England football team in this country. It …

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New Zealand 1-1 Slovakia 2010 FIFA World Cup 15 June 2010 New Zealand would get a dramatic result with a goal in stoppage time to get a much needed draw. Slovakia had a 1-0 lead in the last minute of …

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France legend Zinedine Zidane has added to Raymond Domenech’s woes by publically stating his disapproval of the national teams exploits thus far in the FIFA World Cup. Zidane, who infamously got sent off in his last ever appearance on a …

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Rejoice! British broadcasters ITV have sacked their World Cup pundit Robbie Earle, after discovering that he breached FIFA regulations by selling his press tickets on to a third party – which hopefully means we will no longer have to be …

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Good afternoon all, and welcome once again to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens, where you can sate all your World Cup needs in one easy-to-swallow dose. Here’s the best of today’s South African-hued tidbits… (If you would like …

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Gianluigi “Gigi” Buffon has been a mainstay for the Azzurri since his debut at the age of 19. He was born in Carrara, the site in Tuscany where Michelangelo quarried marble for his famous sculptures. Both of his parents were …

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OK, so we’ve only had the first week of the World Cup, but let’s be honest, with the exception of the Germany game, most of the matches have been rather disappointing. In fact a few of them – notably Algeria …

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Italy 1-1 Paraguay 2010 FIFA World Cup 14 June 2010 Once again a goalkeeping error would determine the outcome of a match in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Paraguay would take a 1-0 lead into the second half before a …

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