Archive for the ‘Europe’ Category
Monday, April 4th, 2011
Tottenham Hotspur and Wales Winger Gareth Bale has admitted that he would have ‘no qualms’ about moving abroad if the lure of a Real Madrid or Barcelona came about. Wales have not qualified for a World Cup finals since the days of legendary Leeds and Juventus forward John Charles – when he led his nation to the quarter finals of the 1958 tournament, only to lose to a single goal against Brazil. Bale is Wales’ greatest talent since the emergence of Ryan Giggs nearly two decades ago and has been unplayable at times this season.
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Monday, February 7th, 2011
The playmaker. Yeah, that guy. He’s the one who operates in behind the forwards or striker/s, pulling the strings and using an almost ethereal view of the football field in order to make himself available for a pass and in return, he then feeds the attack. Does it sound easy? Well, it isn’t. In fact this is the position that is so difficult to fill lots of teams don’t even bother to have a playmaker.
You can have attacking midfielders, you can have central midfielders, you can have defensive midfielders, you can have wide midfielders – which is different from a winger, wing-forward and a chicken wing thrown on the pitch by an aggrieved fan – but a playmaker is a genius, and a genius is hard to find.
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Monday, February 7th, 2011
A wave of black and blue. A counter-current of white. Yet more surge forward, demanding the heads of their foes, screaming and snarling and appearing as wild and as fast as a hoard of Vikings that smell blood. The scary thing is, they’re not animals, barbarians or those with a lust for the kill and they know what they’re doing. They’re working together, they’re plotting, planning and executing with a distinct, dispassionate ethic. In return those on enemy soil do not back down or falter but they roar back and lunge in hope to upset the seemingly predestined loss at the hands of their oppressors.
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Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
Football fans around the world have been taken a stronger-than-usual interest in the King’s Cup in Spain this season as the first El Clasico final in 21 years has been a real possibility and thanks to Real Madrid’s defeat of Sevilla in the semi-final, Los Merengues will finally have a chance to exact revenge on their rivals for their 2-0 defeat back in 1990.
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Tags: Barcelona, El Clasico, Jose Mourinho, Pep Guardiola, Real Madrid
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Monday, January 10th, 2011
Lionel Messi has won the 2010 Ballon d’or award, beating team mates Xavi and Andres Iniesta. The last player to win two awards was Brazilian Ronaldo in 1997 and 2002, but you have to go as far back as the late 80′s when Marco Van Basten won back to back awards (he actually won three all in all). Messi scored a remarkable 60 goals for club and country in 2010 and is widely regarded as a genius and one of the most gifted footballers of his generation.
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Thursday, December 2nd, 2010
Russia have seen off challenges from England, Spain/Portugal and Belgium/Netherlands to host the 2018 World Cup finals. Russia have promised to ‘make history’ as the first Eastern European nation to stage the World Cup since the first tournament in 1930 – which was won and hosted in Uruguay. Russia comfortably defeated Holland/Belgium and Portugal/Spain in the second round, whilst seeing off a humiliating first round exit by England. The 2022 World Cup hosts were also announced, with Qatar beating off challenges from the United States and Australia.
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Tuesday, September 7th, 2010
World Cup 2018 candidate Russia defended the country’s 2018 World Cup bid against allegations of corruption and of racism among their fans. Sports minister Vitaly Mutko spoke to the media but didn’t specifically state whether or not England or Russia are the leading candidates in the bid to host the finals in eight years time. It is only two months until Fifa’s executive committee holds a secret ballot in Zurich.
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Sunday, July 11th, 2010
This tournament has been historic. It will always be remembered as the first World Cup to go to Africa, in particular, to South Africa – a country that has suffered so much oppression, that has fought to show the world that it is safe and that has shown the world that white people and black people are co-existing in peace.
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Tags: Argentina, Brazil, Doron, England, France, Germany, Ghana, Holland, Italy, Netherlands, South Africa 2010, Spain, Uruguay, World Cup 2010
Posted in Africa, Europe, FIFA, International, Match Report, Opinion, Players, Reviews, South Africa 2010, South America, World Cup | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
Holland have beaten Uruguay 3-2 in the first World Cup semi final. The result means that the World Cup final will be an all-European affair as it was in 2006. This is only the second time in World Cup history that consecutive finals have been all-European; the last time it happened was in the 1934 and 1938 finals.
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Tags: Doron, Holland, Netherlands, South Africa 2010, Uruguay, World Cup 2010
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Monday, July 5th, 2010
The semi finals start tomorrow and are heavily dominated by Europe. Having suggested only a week ago that the South American teams were doing so well the dominance by one continent at the World Cup has again shifted.
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Tags: Argentina, Brazil, Doron, Espana, Germany, Ghana, Holland, Netherlands, Paraguay, South Africa 2010, Spain, Uruguay, World Cup 2010
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