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World Cup News: The England Team Make The Final!

World Cup News: The England Team Make The Final!

Morning all and welcome to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. Some hearty SL congratulations are in order this morning, with the news that English referee Howard Webb and his team have been confirmed as the men FIFA want to take charge of the World Cup final. Be bald Howard, and be beautiful. Allow…

Netherlands vs Spain: World Cup Final Preview

Netherlands vs Spain: World Cup Final Preview

The culmination of a month of toil, jubilation and heartbreak is set to come to a showpiece head in the magnificent surroundings of Soccer City in Joburg on Sunday, as both the Netherlands and Spain will compete to be crowned world champions.

A beautiful year for Wesley Sneijder

A beautiful year for Wesley Sneijder

What Wesley Sneijder has achieved in just under a year is incredible. The 26 year old Dutch maestro was deemed surplus to requirements at Real Madrid when Florentino Perez brandished his bulging cheque book to the other big hitters of European football as he began his new Galactico era. Sneijder who had been a constant…

Netherlands vs Spain – the Dutch artists vs the Spanish perfectionists

Well here we are. 62 games played and only the 3rd place play-off left along with masterpiece of a mouth-watering final featuring Spain against the Netherlands. Both nations have players who’ve played in Champions League winning teams yet the importance of this game is on an entirely different magnitude. 46 million people in Spain and another 6 million in Holland will…

World Cup News: Paul’s 100% Record Continues As Spain Reach The Final

World Cup News: Paul’s 100% Record Continues As Spain Reach The Final

Buenos dias a usted and welcome to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. Spain raised their game (slightly) to beat Germany in last night’s semi-final clash, but I’m afraid they actually had precious little say in the outcome of the game – as their fate had already been sealed by a certain clairvoyant mollusk….

Forlan: “What I feel more than anything is impotence.”

Forlan: “What I feel more than anything is impotence.”

Diego Forlan has been one of the brightest stars at the World Cup. The former Manchester United and Villarreal man, who now plays for Atletico Madrid, led Uruguay to a deep run in South Africa. He made comments after the match against the Netherlands to the online portal, Ovacion, of the Montevideo newspaper, El Pais….

Has European Flair Triumphed Over South American Pragmatism?

Has European Flair Triumphed Over South American Pragmatism?

Ah! There’s that word again. ‘Pragmatism’. It surely is the most overused term at this summer’s World Cup and probably for a good reason. Whereas as beforehand I’d only ever heard it used in a footballing context by the more ‘scholarly’ amongst the punditry circle, this summer the word has found it’s way into the…

World Cup News: Diego Maradona Is Completely Monumental!

World Cup News: Diego Maradona Is Completely Monumental!

Morning all and welcome, once more, to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. In what may turn out to be the smallest statue ever conceived, the Argentinian house of congress is mulling over a proposal to erect a monument in honour of diddy ‘ickle Diego Maradona – presumably for his services to the drug…

Uruguay 2-3 Netherlands – Video Highlights

Uruguay 2-3 Netherlands – Video Highlights

Uruguay 2-3 Netherlands 2010 FIFA World Cup 6 July 2010 The Netherlands would advance to the final of the World Cup with a 3-2 win over South American side Uruguay. It was a match where the Dutch controlled most of the play and would break it open in the second half. The opening half had…

Uruguay’s ultimate test: Netherlands

Uruguay have not been tested by a tough opposition in the 2010 World Cup so far. Their test was to come from France in their opening game but we all know what happened there. They cruised through the Group A – nil-nil draw with France, and beating South Africa and Mexico – landing a tie…


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