World Cup

Czech Republic 3, USA 0 Czech Republic Goals: Koller 5, Rosicky 36 76. For a team ranked number 5 in Fifa latest world rankings, USA were hugely out of depth. Commentators called this the best ‘team performance’ of the World …

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It was mentioned in the media earlier that after the Sweden vs Trinidad & Tobago game (0-0), Freddy Ljunberg and Olof Mellberg came close to blows on a dispute on ‘tactical matters’. Baraben.com reports on scenes from inside the dressing …

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Australia 3 Japan 1 Australia: Cahill 84 89, Aloisi 92 Japan: Nakamura 26 Two late goals from Tim Cahill and an Aloisi strike in extra time saw Australia come back from being a goal down to romp home to a …

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For a country that calls the beautiful game ‘soccer’ and for people who had no credible domestic league or international team till recently, team USA have come a long way. Bruce Arena, their coach, cites the 94 World Cup as …

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England’s Plan A – England play Rooney. England’s Plan B – England rush Rooney back from injury. Plan C? There’s no freakin’ Plan C.

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Mexico’s progress in the 2006 World Cup depends much on their Group D standings and those of Argentina in Group C – if they can avoid the South Americans, they have a good chance of making it to the quarter …

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Holland are the textbook underachievers. Their class and quality of football is undeniable, but they are not known for their ability to win when it really matters. They lost back-to-back World Cup finals in 1974 and 1978, and despite a …

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As part of my coverage of the World Cup on Soccerlens, I’ve put up a stats page that you can use to track all the matches, goals scored and the points tables in the group stages. 2006 World Cup Stats …

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From a Manchester United perspective, the World Cup hasn’t really begun. Ruud van Nistelrooy is yet to play (that should change as Holland take on Serbia today) and Wayne Rooney is still on the bench and will not be able …

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The second day showed glimpses of what was to come, with the three matches ranging from the sublime (Argentina vs Ivory Coast) to letdowns (England vs Paraguay) with the dour in between (Sweden vs Trinidad and Tobago). No team comes …

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For a maddening four minutes, it looked as if England would continue their goal-scoring form from the warm up match against Jamaica a week ago. A yellow card to Gerrard and a succession of long balls and subsequent ‘fouls’ by …

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England vs Paraguay Match Stats (Group B) England 1, Paraguay 0 England Goals: Gamarra (OG) 4 England Cards: Gerrard (Y), Crouch (Y) Paraguay Card: Valdex (Y) England vs Paraguay Match Report The match got off to a perfect start, David …

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