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November 21st, 2008 | By:
chris |
3 Comments
It's not perfect, but cut off the bottom piece and add a more gladiatorial piece for the bridge of the nose and you're talking.
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November 21st, 2008 | By:
chris |
7 Comments
Coming as a surprise to absolutely no one, William Gallas has been stripped of the Arsenal captaincy for his very uncaptain-like rant yesterday aimed at "Mr. X" (the good money's on RvP). It's also being speculated he will be dropped from the squad to face Man City this weekend, while the band ... [read]
November 21st, 2008 | By:
Daryl |
0 Comments
We found out about two unique methods of motivating footballers today. The first involves watching pornography as a reward for winning matches, the second involves breaking blocks of wood in half. Guess which one comes from Denmark.
As revealed in Scotland's Daily Record, FC Copenhagen's players are being rewarded for every win with ... [read]
November 21st, 2008 | By:
Laurie |
4 Comments
Looks like we've got a veritable MLS Designated Player exodus on our hands this off-season.
All "loans," of course.
First we learned that David Beckham was heading to Milan. "On loan." To "maintain his fitness" in case Fabio Capello came calling.
MLS and Beckham were ... [read]
November 20th, 2008 | By:
Chris |
1 Comment
After turning down the chance to, a) coach a relatively sizable European club for big bucks or b) tour the Mediterranean with [insert name of random secretary here] for the year, instead venturing to a new continent and a country whose football he knew little about, Sven's job security is suffering greatly ... [read]
November 20th, 2008 | By:
Chris |
2 Comments
So you want to promote the Confederations Cup 2009, the "soft opening" for World Cup 2010 in South Africa. A tournament which hasn't had much, if any, good PR. What do you do? Call in the hot chick cavalry and tell them to jump up and down. (They're all Miss Something Or ... [read]
November 20th, 2008 | By:
Daryl |
5 Comments
Brazil vs Portugal was billed as Kaka vs Ronaldo. If that was so, then someone raise Kaka's arm. Brazil won 6-2 with the Jesus-owned playmaker pulling the strings.
More importantly this was Dunga vs Carlos Queiroz, two embattled coaches who couldn't really afford a defeat. OK, it was only a friendly, but a 6-2 defeat to a former colony? That doesn't ... [read]
November 19th, 2008 | By:
Daryl |
8 Comments
There are some proper World Cup qualifiers on today, in Asia and CONCACAF. And there are some big friendlies happening too. Germany vs England and Brazil vs Portugal look huge on paper. But easily the most interesting game of the day is Scotland vs Argentina. It's not often you can say that, ... [read]
November 19th, 2008 | By:
Laurie |
2 Comments
Today's games: A dollop of Oceania, a dose of Asia, a lot of CONCACAF, and...San Marino vs. Czech Republic?
Yes, that's our token European WC qualifier for the day. (Any others you may see going on are friendlies.)
Here's a look at the qualifying games taking place today, ... [read]
November 17th, 2008 | By:
Laurie |
0 Comments
If you're in Argentina and looking for news on the internet about Diego Maradona, you may soon be out of luck. Due to lawsuits, the Argentinian google may be forced to block any links about Maradona (among 110 other people) that don't go to major news sites.
From Time Magazine:
What ... [read]
November 14th, 2008 | By:
Chris |
3 Comments
That man is checking for unexploded WWII bombs before construction begins on a stadium in Poland for Polkraine 2012.
"Theo Walcott gallops down the right side, one defender to beat and...and...Theo's just been blown up!"
Yes, this is going to turn out well. ... [read]
November 13th, 2008 | By:
Daryl |
20 Comments
Well, that didn't take long. Reports in the Argentine press yesterday already have Diego Maradona threatening to resign as albiceleste boss. One week before his first game in charge.
The row is over Maradona's choice of assistant. El Diego wants his World Cup '86 teammate Oscar Ruggeri to be assistant manager and Argentina ... [read]
November 12th, 2008 | By:
Daryl |
8 Comments
Not everybody agrees with the FIFA World Rankings. According to our poll, 64% of World Cup Blog readers prefer the World Football Elo Ratings System. But whether you agree with FIFA or not, the rankings matter. For example, they're used to determine the seedings system when qualifying groups are drawn.
The November numbers ... [read]
November 11th, 2008 | By:
Daryl |
5 Comments
Ghana captain Stephen Appiah's career is on hold. He's out of contract, and the likes of Juventus and Arsenal are rumoured to be keen, but right now everyone's busy arguing over money.
The problems started with a knee ligament injury in 2007. Appiah was with Fenerbahçe at the time, but the club apparently ... [read]
November 5th, 2008 | By:
Daryl |
0 Comments
Cricket fans will know all about the Stanford Super Series. It's basically high profile games of exhibition cricket, with billionaire Allen Stanford putting up $20 million in prize money to make it happen and tempt the best possible players into being involved.
It's been a bit of a circus, with players clearly only ... [read]
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November 21st, 2008 | By:
sscouser
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6 CommentsRemember what I wrote about the disadvantages of friendlies?
http://malawi.worldcupblog.org/team-news/will-friendly-matches-on-november-19-make-a-difference.html
Walcott was injured when he slipped on the rain-soaked pitch in Berlin during a training session on Tuesday ahead of England's friendly win over Germany. It seems Wenger agrees with me that November 19 friendlies were meaningless.
As well as losing Walcott, Wenger
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November 21st, 2008 | By:
sscouser
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0 CommentsIn the context of FIFA Law regarding offside, Law 11, the following definitions apply:
“Nearer to his opponent’s goal line” means that any part of a player’s head, body or feet is nearer to his opponents’ goal line than both the ball and the second last opponent. The arms are
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November 21st, 2008 | By:
Jan
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7 Comments
The best of the rest of the Eredivisie and Royston Drenthe proved to be a "nice team" but couldn't avoid losing 0-3 against Young Sweden...
Fresh and energetic, the Dutch B-team attacked, supported by fans, some scouts and a couple of club coaches. A couple of huge opps were missed by
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November 21st, 2008 | By:
Carter Daly
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1 CommentsAgainst a Guatemala side with something to play for, you have to admit, that was an incredibly dominate performance for a bunch of kids and MLS players.
The fans got everything they could have wanted. A starting lineup including Cooper, Freddy, and Jozy provided to be the catalyst to what
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November 21st, 2008 | By:
Rami
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6 CommentsThis game is somewhat bittersweet in that it was a great performance that no one got to see live. TV7 never got its act together to get the rights on time so most everyone who was interested listened to it on the radio. However, after reading multiple match reports, listening to technical analysis, and watching the match highlights, I can safely say that our players delivered an above average performance considering the long list of absences.
The remodeled team, which included three players making their Eagles debut (Ifa, Allagui, Saihi), dominated the proceedings in the Ghanaian heat and easily could have won the game by a wide margin. Sure Ghana hit the crossbar once and had some threatening moments but they were few and far between when you compare them to our sustained pressure throughout. What is most positive about the result is that it came away from home (and not just anywhere, in West Africa where we will face Nigeria away next summer) and our players showed great understanding, movement, and creativity. Not bad for a team made up of players who were largely unfamiliar with each other.
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November 20th, 2008 | By:
Afshin Afshar
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0 CommentsThanks to the AFC’s scheduling, Team Melli’s last three games come at them like whirlwind! In the span of a short 11 days, the boys have to fly to Pyongyang on June 6 to face Korea DPR, back to Tehran to host UAE on June 10, and back to the
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November 20th, 2008 | By:
Andrea
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6 CommentsI would like to first say that this game all around embarrassed me as a Mexican football fan.
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November 20th, 2008 | By:
Brooks Peck
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13 Comments
Well, the first step to The Amazing Criswell's prediction has come true.
Landon Donovan will, in fact, join Bayern Munich on a loan deal starting January 1 and ending anywhere from mid-March to the end of the Bundesliga season.
We'll have plenty more on this development later, as I'm sure
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November 20th, 2008 | By:
Tamim
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3 CommentsIn a game that was played in the shadows, Egypt entertained Benin's squirrels with five goals in style with an average performance suited for the guests.
I think the last time we won with such a score line was…ummm Cote D'ivoire 4-1 (Djibouti is an exception) and in a friendly (Sudan….o-4) so I guess we have something to cheer about.
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November 20th, 2008 | By:
James
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1 CommentsTurkey powered in four goals againts the home side Austria. Three came from boro star, Tuncay Sanli. To be honest, Austria played much better than us in the first 30 minutes, they attacked fast and finally got the breakthrough on the 28th minute. Volkan thought that hoezl was going to
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