Uruguay
Uruguay has a rich football history. Winning the first-ever World Cup in 1930 and then winning it again by beating the home team Brazil in 1950. Completely dominating the South American Championship, winning it 11 times, four times being runners up, getting the third position seven times and their worst position being 6th in the tournament’s history.
They have won the Copa America on three occasions and they stood fourth in the latest 2007 version. They have competed in the Olympics twice, in 1924 and 1928, and they have won gold both the times.
Retro Football Kits
Throughout history, people have been kicking a ball but the earliest scientific evidence suggest that it was an exercise from a military manual in the second and third BC in China – it was called Cuju. Modern football took years in the making after the Chinese forgot about cuju. In 1872, the first ever international…
The FIFA Ballon d’Or’s probable contenders
The inaugural FIFA Ballon d’Or list has been announced with pretty much the household names of 2010 who we would have expected. There are however names who are in with a far greater chance of winning the title than most. Asamoah Gyan had a marvellous World Cup during a tremendous adventure for the African outfit…
FIFA Finally Break In The Battle Over Goal-Line Technology
It would finally appear that FIFA, an organisation which prides itself on it’s self-preserving atavism and sub-glacial rates of progression, have finally accepted that – in these heady days of horseless carts and silver flying machines – it is now time to embrace the notion of goal-line technology. After the World Cup in South Africa…
Samba No More!
One overwhelming question has stuck with me since the completion of the World Cup. Is it possible to do it “samba style” anymore? Not since ’86, when Maradona dazzled the crowd, have we witnessed a team win the World Cup by playing free-flowing, attacking football. Even Brazil, who invented “samba style”, have not been there…
Top World Cup Transfer Targets
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 cream of club football. Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo were nowhere to be seen and…
Team of the World Cup
This is not a list of our favorite players from the World Cup. If it were, it would’ve been quite different to say the least. Taking a look at the statistics of the players, here is a list of the best of them: Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, Germany Invaluable in Germany’s third place finish, Neuer made…
The Nominees For The FIFA ‘Golden Shinpads’ Award
With a conspicuous absence of any defensively-minded players on FIFA’s Golden Ball award shortlist, you could be forgiven for thinking that there weren’t any outstanding back-line performers at this summer’s World Cup – but one quick delve into glorious retrospect reveals this not to be the case. In a tournament which came to be defined…
2010 World Cup: The Winners And Losers
After the 2010 World Cup climaxed yesterday, we at Soccerlens thought it was high time to have a little look at those who, over the course of the tournament, have both transcended in the realms of the heroic and those who have swan-dived into the bowels of infamy. Whether it be through outstanding individual displays,…
World Cup News: Spain Are The Campeones Del Mundo!
Good morning everyone and welcome to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. Spain are deserved campeones del mundo, Andres Iniesta is officially better than Xavi for the foreseeable future and the carnival is over for another 1432 days. Roll on Brazil 2014! Here’s your round-up… (If you would like to subscribe to this column …
World Cup News: Wesley Sneijder Has A Gold Vuvuzela In His Pants!
Welcome, one and all, to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. As Rod Stewart once wheezed so fittingly, tonight’s the night. After 30-odd days of solid(ish) football, the 2010 FIFA World Cup will culminate in Johannesburg this evening with a new name being etched on to that famous golden trophy – speaking of gold,…
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