Archive for the ‘Players’ Category
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
Five times World Cup winners Brazil will face Holland on Friday without their influential midfield Elano, who injured his shin in the 3-1 victory over the Ivory Coast in the group stages. Elano, who turned 29 earlier this month, scored three goals in twenty starts for Turkish side Galatasaray. The former Manchester City man has scored two goals so far in this World Cup tournament – in the opener against North Korea and just before his injury against the Ivory Coast. Brazil managed to draw 0-0 with Portugal to finish top of the group before beating Chile handsomely in the last sixteen.
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Sunday, June 27th, 2010
This assessment comes in three parts: vs. Germany; the tournament as a whole; and the future. As with my last post, I am very keen to get a discussion going at the bottom of the article. As I have experienced this afternoon, everyone has an opinion on what has happened and where to go – there is no right answer, so have a read of what I think and then I want to see what the World Cup Statistic’s readers think. We’ve been accustomed to England Football Jokes over the years, now we want to know what you think!
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Tags: Capello, Doron, England, Rooney, SA 2010, South Africa 2010, WC 2010, World Cup 2010
Posted in Managers, Match Report, Opinion, Players, Premier League, South Africa 2010, World Cup | 8 Comments »
Monday, June 21st, 2010
That weekend felt draining. I don’t think I’ve experienced so much footballing information in such a short space of time. Saturday started with the England hangover. Everyone has their own opinion as to why England continued their poor form with another failure. England fans weren’t the only ones feeling angry. The USA’s fans awoke to their own frustrations. They felt, quite rightly, that their side had been denied a 3-2 victory against Slovenia which would have capped an excellent turnaround having been two goals behind. Maurice Edu’s late goal was harshly ruled out by the referee.
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Tags: America, Australia, Brazil, Cameroon, Capello, Denmark, Domenech, Doron, Duverne, England, Evra, France, Ghana, Holland, Italy, Ivory coast, Japan, Lampard, Lizarazu, New Zealand, Paraguay, SA 2010, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa 2010, Terry, USA, WC 2010, World Cup, World Cup 2010
Posted in Africa, Europe, Ligue 1, Managers, Match Report, Opinion, Players, Premier League, Reviews, South Africa 2010, South America, World Cup | 3 Comments »
Saturday, June 19th, 2010
As the World Cup started I agreed on a (slightly bold and rushed) statement with my housemate: ‘if England don’t win the World Cup it’ll be down to the players and not the coach’ – that statement doesn’t stand so true anymore. After the USA game I attacked the England players individually with some player ratings. Post-Algeria I don’t see any point to individual assessment. Everyone was poor. The team must be examined as just that – a team.
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Tags: Capello, Doron, England, Fabio Capello, Rooney, SA 2010, South Africa 2010, WC 2010, World Cup, World Cup 2010
Posted in International, Managers, Opinion, Players, Premier League, South Africa 2010, World Cup | 11 Comments »
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
World cup winner and Brazilian coach Dunga believes his side are capable of so much more after a nervy 2-1 victory of minnows North Korea. The five times World Champions found it tough going against a side that have only qualified for one finals before, over forty years ago. Korea lined up in a 5-4-1 formation, although did counter attack well at times in the first half.
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Posted in Asia, Managers, Players, South Africa 2010, South America, World Cup | 1 Comment »
Monday, June 14th, 2010
Following England’s draw with the USA last Saturday, WCS blogger Doron has put together a number of player ratings, where 1 is the worst, 10 is the best and 6 is your average solid performance. England will be hoping to get their World Cup hopes back on track when they play Algeria this Friday.
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Tags: Doron, England, SA 2010, South Africa 2010, WC 2010, World Cup
Posted in International, Match Report, Opinion, Players, South Africa 2010, World Cup | 2 Comments »
Monday, June 14th, 2010
So England drew and collectively, a country groaned. Surprisingly the spark amongst the rubbish on show was Emile Heskey and not Wayne Rooney. I will argue that Heskey should not start England’s next game. I am no scout, I know very little about how Algeria play and therefore I am not considering that they may have a 4ft centre back who Heskey would dominate. I am writing this purely as an England fan who wants to see the England team do as well as possible and believes that in order to achieve this, Wayne Rooney is central to English plans.
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Tags: Doron, Emile Heskey, England, Heskey, Rooney, SA 2010, South Africa 2010, Wayne Rooney, WC 2010, World Cup
Posted in Opinion, Players, Premier League, South Africa 2010, World Cup | 4 Comments »
Thursday, June 10th, 2010
The Fiorentina and Italian play maker Riccardo Montolivo believes he is the ideal replacement for Andrea Pirlo, who will miss the early stages of the tournament through injury. The AC Milan deep lying play maker is set to miss the Italy’s opening two group games against Paraguay and New Zealand after injuring his calf muscle in a recent friendly against Mexico. Italy are the defending World Champions and will be aiming on July 11th to reach a joint record five World Cup titles – currently held by Brazil.
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Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
Having already seen key striker, Marco Streller withdraw from the World Cup, coach Ottmar Hitzfeld now has a new concern. Captain, Alexander Frei injured his ankle in training after a tackle from Steve von Bergen. He has been sent for a scan so the extent of the injury can be conduced.
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Tags: Alexander Fre, Doron, Frei, SA 2010, South Africa 2010, Switzerland, WC 2010, World Cup
Posted in Europe, Injury News, International, Players, South Africa 2010, WC Squads, World Cup | 1 Comment »
Monday, June 7th, 2010
Slovenia captain Robert Koren has warned his Group C rivals they will not roll over for anyone and believes his team can upset the group favourites – England. Slovenia take on Algeria and the USA before facing England on 23 June in their final group game. Many have written Slovenia off and an early exit has been predicted, but ex-West Bromwich Albion midfielder Koren, who is now a free agent, believes they can challenge for a place in the knock-out stages.
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