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Ball handling skills at its best!

Diego Maradona scored with the ‘Hand of God’, Lionel Messi copied the legendary footballer’s most famous goal, Thierry Henry broke Irish hearts when his hand put France through at their expense and then Luis Suarez’s goal-line save prevented Africa’s final chance of playing a World Cup semifinal on home soil. But all of those big…

World Cup News: Holland Vs Brazil Will Be Rubbish, Just Ask Bert!

Morning all, and welcome to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. Withdrawal symptoms are well and truly setting in now after two whole days spent stranded in the non-football wilderness, with only the bloody tennis to take it’s place – I tell you, a sport populated by monosyllabic Scotsmen and brawny eastern European women…

20 ‘Lesser Lights’ That Have Shone At The 2010 World Cup

With so many of the ‘big guns’ misfiring at this summer’s World Cup, I thought it was high time to take a look at some of the ‘lesser lights’ that have sparkled in South Africa. Below are the 20 players that, although having seen their sides crash (some more spectacularly than others) out of the…

World Cup News: FIFA Introduce Synchronised Refereeing?

Guten morgen and willkommen to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. Three words: England…Germany…versus. Rearrange! Here’s this morning’s World Cup news round-up… (If you would like to subscribe to this column  – and others like it on Soccerlens – then please feel free to follow this link, or you can also just enter your…

Uruguay 2-1 South Korea – Video Highlights

Read the Uruguay v Ghana preview. Uruguay 2-1 South Korea 2010 FIFA World Cup 26 June 2010 Uruguay would move into the quarterfinal round with a 2-1 win over South Korea. The South Americans had both goals scored by Luis Suarez who had a fantastic season in the Dutch Eredivisie (scoring 49 goals in 48…

2010 World Cup Second Round Preview

The charm of the World Cup is in the anticipation that fuels the excitement in the latter stages. After a slowish start (at a par with any cup competition), South Africa 2010 has sprung into life with devious sub-plots, shocking submissions, scandals, last-gasp wins, over-the-top celebrations and of course, favourites marching on to the final….

World Cup News: Marcello’s Getting Lippi!

Buon giorno and welcome, one and all, to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. It may have caught your attention that the reigning champions Italy did a bit of a whoopsie last night, failing to overturn ‘little’ Slovakia (see below) and flying home early with their collective tails between their collective legs as a…

Uruguay v South Korea Preview

Uruguay have pace, power, technique, flair, discipline. They’ve been tested and come out on top. South Korea have none of the above but they have a fantastic attitude.

World Cup News: Fabio Capello Isn’t Crazy!

Good morning everybody and welcome once more to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. England take on Group C leaders Slovenia (that just doesn’t sound right does it?) later today and need to pull a convincing win out of the bag in order to, at least momentarily, silence their growing phalanx of doubters. Could…

Nigeria 2-2 South Korea – Video Highlights

Nigeria 2-2 South Korea 2010 FIFA World Cup 22 June 2010 South Korea would move onto the knockout stage of a World Cup for the first time outside of home soil with a 2-2 draw against Nigeria. It was a match where Nigeria would have several chances but couldn’t convert. The goals for the African…