Chile

Uruguay jeopardized their World Cup qualification chances with 2-0 defeat against Chile where Luis Suarez grabbed the headlines for the wrong reasons.

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Following up on the earlier article – Football’s Believe it or not – I have compiled more of the most bizarre, strange and funny stories from the world of football. Players invoke card frenzy Jose Manuel Barro Escandon went a …

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Could the 27th man freed from the Chilean mine disaster be about to rescue the reputation of football? As Franklin Lobos emerged from the depths of the San Jose mine and stepped into the sun of the Atacama Desert, football was …

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As we all recently saw the rescue of the 33 Chilean miners who were trapped in the San Jose mine. The 27th miner to be rescued was a former professional footballer in Chile. Franklin Lobos debuted for Chilean second division …

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It’s amazing how many people seem to know a “reliable source” on deadline day. It’s also surprising just how many people seem to camp outside their club’s home stadium, just to try to get a glimpse of their latest star. …

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Now that the World Cup is over and the players are returning home for a couple of weeks of vacation and then joining their respective clubs for training and the pre-season. Managers will looking at the players that out-shone the …

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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 …

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Brazil 3-0 Chile 2010 FIFA World Cup 28 June 2010 Brazil would cruise into the quarterfinal round with a 3-0 win over fellow South American side Chile. It started out slowly for the Brazilians but the eventually would find their …

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That Brazil have historically dominated encounters against their fellow South Americans will be of little surprise. What’s more interesting is how well Chile have done in this tournament as a strong attacking unit and how frustrated Brazil were against a Portuguese side that played almost exclusively on the counter.

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Morning all, and welcome to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. Today sees the start of the World Cup proper, with the first (and second) of the last 16 ties taking place this afternoon. It’ll be good to see …

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In a sentence Off-colour Spain are helped to victory by  a mad dash from Chile’s keeper and an early sending-off.   Not looking like favourites Spain are another European team who have been poor in the group stages (at least …

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