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 … Read More→
North Korea 0-3 Ivory Coast 2010 FIFA World Cup 25 June 2010 The Ivory Coast would win their final group stage match 3-0 against North Korea but fail to move onto the next round. It was a dominating performance from … Read More→
Ricardo Kaka’ was probably the last person we would expect to see red in South Africa. “They’d been talking to me about a kid in Brazil. I’d never heard of Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite. From the name he sounded … Read More→
In a sentence Brazil cruise to victory while tempers flare. Lethal even when half-hearted Brazil’s first half performance was tepid: the tempo was slow and the penetration was limited. But they still scored. It’s time to roll out that old … Read More→
Good morning all and welcome to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. Unsurprisingly both England and France are dominating the column inches today as both squads attempt to address their supposed in-fighting in very different ways, the English with … Read More→
Brazil 3-1 Ivory Coast 2010 FIFA World Cup 20 June 2010 Brazil would clinch a spot in the next round of the tournament with a 3-1 win over the Ivory Coast. Most of the headlines will probably focus on the … Read More→
Brazil got off to a good start earning all three points from their opening fixture against Korea DPR a.k.a. North Korea. Ivory Coast, on the other hand, kept level with Portugal. Read More→
Morning everybody, and welcome to the daily Soccerlens World Cup column. It’s day six of the tournament and, without trying to put a downer on the competition so far, there have been a few too many ‘damp squibs’ for my … Read More→
Ivory Coast 0-0 Portugal 2010 FIFA World Cup 15 June 2010 The Ivory Coast and Portugal would play to a disappointing scoreless draw in a Group G match on Tuesday. Both sides would get chances including a shot from Cristiano … Read More→
Afternoon everybody, and welcome to the daily Soccerlens World Cup column. Here’s the best of what the tournament, way down yonder in South Africa, has to offer up today… (If you would like to subscribe to this column – and … Read More→
The World Cup is quickly approaching, and this means the launch of the biggest show in the world. One month of sweat, tears, joy, sore throats, loud noise, beers, women, and football. Over 2.2 billion people watched the games of … Read More→
“There once was a man from Korea, Who drowned all his sorrows in beer. ‘Cos his team had done poop, Finished bottom of their group, And now he’s got to wait four more year” – William Shakespeare (Korea Sonnet – … Read More→
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