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World Cup Preview Part 1: Rooney’s Metatarsal, Dunga’s Demise and French Revolution!
Now I can point to endless articles I have written on here that have been so on the money, in terms of their predictions/forecasts, that it’s scary! Only recently I predicted the demise of Benitez and that Chelsea would win the PL. I have also clearly pointed out that Mourinho is a lucky wanker, Wenger…
2010 World Cup build-up – ESPN’s 32 epic works of art
ESPN is playing the lead role in 2010 World Cup coverage worldwide even leaving the host nation’s TV channel way behind. The top commentators of the game John Motson and Andy Gray have also signed up with ESPN and it does not end there (more details on ESPN’s World Cup coverage). Here is the gallery…
Cesena’s Fairytale
My grandmother’s house is on the other side of the street from the Stadio Dino Manuzzi in Cesena, Italy. Every weekend she hears the screams of the fans, cheering their team on. But none of the weekly shouts could compare to the celebrations, screams of joy, and frenetic honking of horns on the night of…
Group F: New Zealand are gone
There’s always a lot of talk about the Group of Death, a phrase used past the point of cliche, up until it has become little more than irritant. This year it is widely accepted that the hardest group is formed when you put Brazil, Portugal together and just add Ivory Coast, with North Korea as…
World Cup Breakout Players
Though only a small sample-size, the World Cup can be career-altering. Franck Ribery was a surprise inclusion to the French squad in 2006. A few great performances for France later, he was one of the biggest stars in football and the presumptive replacement for the legendary Zinedine Zidane. Metz were happy to let him leave…
Prandelli to take control of The Azzurri after the World Cup
Cesare Prandelli will take over the Italian national side after this summer’s FIFA World Cup. The Fiorentina coach is one of the most respected in Serie A and has had a successful five year spell with The Viola who he guided to the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League last season. Current Azzurri coach Marcello…
I smell a banana skin – where will the upsets be in the WC group stage?
Germany v Ghana It is fun but usually wrong to predict German failure. Euro 2008 was yet another example of Germany’s ability to deliver in major tournaments; they reached the final despite being low on star players and performing poorly in the early stages. Ghana, however, will give them a good game. They showed impressive…
The Ignored XI – players they should have included in World Cup 2010 squads
You may remember that a few weeks ago I made the best XI not at the World Cup, sporting a 5-3-2 and players like Ibrahimovic, Cech and Zhikov It was a great team, but there was one fundamental flaw. It consisted only of players who’s nations had failed to qualify. This week it became clear…
Italy 2010 World Cup Squad
Italy Coach: Marcello Lippi No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club GK Gianluigi Buffon 28 January 1978 (aged 32) 100 Juventus GK Federico Marchetti 7 February 1983 (aged 27) 4 Cagliari GK Morgan De Sanctis 27 March 1977 (aged 33) 3 Napoli DF Salvatore Bocchetti 30 November 1986 (aged 23) 3 Genoa DF Leonardo Bonucci 1…
The penalty shoot out lottery
I have followed England in the last six major tournaments we have played in stretching back to the European Championships held here on home soil in 1996. During that time we have failed to qualify once – in 2008 under McClown, but in the other six tournaments we have exited on penalties on all bar…
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