Best of the bunch: WC Starting XI
So, Spain are World Cup champions after beating a Netherlands team that left Dutch legend Johan Cruyff hurting inside. Even on top of the world, Xabi Alonso might also be feeling a bit of pain – as...
View ArticleI’m on a boat!!
Spain brought the World Cup to Madrid and touched off a celebration that had everyone in the country flying the same flag for once. Even Fernando Torres wore his country’s colours for this one, while...
View ArticleIn South America, fresh faces will feel heat fast
New Brazil boss Mano Menezes will hope things are thumbs up from the get-go in his new gig. With the 2011 Copa America now less than a year away and the 2014 World Cup set to be played on their home...
View ArticlePainful day for Europe’s giants
Less than two months after the World Cup final in Johannesburg — and with their club seasons in their infancy — Europe’s finest met up again for the first qualifying games for Euro 2012. But it seems...
View ArticleBatista stakes his claim in Argentina
When Sergio Batista was given the reins of Argentina’s national team on an interim basis, reactions in his home nation were mixed. Some were still mourning the resignation of national icon Diego...
View ArticleIt’s grim up north
Sam Allardyce recently claimed he could coach the likes of Inter Milan and Real Madrid successfully, and that in essence the jobs there are much easier than his present one at Blackburn Rovers. He...
View ArticleThe Falcao Final
Skittish Colombian… Wednesday night’s Europa League final between Atlético Madrid and Athletic Bilbao was billed as an all-Spanish affair between two teams that live off the scraps of La Liga’s big...
View ArticleWorld Cup 2014 Preview: Groups A & B
It’s finally here: the high holiday for soccer geeks, er, fans like myself. The World Cup is one event that lives up to its hype, and the world is really watching. You look at the field and you see...
View ArticleSpain’s Pain, Dutch Dreams and Chile’s Voodoo on the Socceroos
THAT goal… After seven blindingly-good matches over two days, I’m already a bit knackered (several pints of cider having nothing to do with it). There have been some shockers and lots of goals… good...
View ArticleEurope’s Poor Performance… and Other Useless Stats
The major story lines leading up to this World Cup were all about things that had little or nothing to do with football. Faulty or incomplete stadiums, paltry labour conditions, a populace acting as...
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