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World Cup Payday
The best way I’ve heard the World Cup described is that it’s a sprint, not a marathon. In a sport where the best players on the biggest club teams often have to play a 50+ match season, seven games over a … Continue reading
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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 Nigel de Jong … Continue reading
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Dutch Courage vs. Spanish Elan
Thirty days later and we’ve arrived here: The Final Countdown. One game, two European teams, both of whom have been stuck with the “choker” label in recent years. Half a billion people are expected to watch the final. No pressure, boys. Let’s ease … Continue reading
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The Oracle of a Paul O…
I love that title… Here’s a little bit of the buzz surrounding Sunday’s final. Paul the Octopus has predicted Spain to beat the Dutch in Sunday’s final. The mollusk medium has a 100% record in picking champions. Of course, PETA thinks the … Continue reading
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Puyol powers Spain into final
Not only will a European nation win the World Cup outside Europe for the first time, but the tournament is now guaranteed a first-time winner as well, after Carles Puyol’s second half header gave Spain a 1-0 victory over Germany, … Continue reading
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Formation of the future?
Bastian Schweinsteiger is a key cog in Germany’s formation. This World Cup may go down as one to revolutionize soccer for years to come. Whether or not Germany beats Spain in today’s semifinal, there is no doubt they have played … Continue reading
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Maradona’s men meet their match
There were long faces and dark mutterings around the family home of my Futbol Guapa after her Albicelestes met another early exit from the World Cup Saturday, thrashed 4-0 by Germany’s young stars in the day’s first quarterfinal match, a … Continue reading
Oranje bowl over Brazilians, while Black Star misses mos’ def(initely)
What a cracking day to sit on the couch and do nothing except watch footie. World Cup favourites Brazil lost to the Netherlands… and I’ve desperately tried to write in a Dutch oven joke. No luck, feel free to write … Continue reading
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Make or Break for Maradona
Diego Maradona hasn’t been able to stop smiling since arriving in South Africa. After all, vindication feels pretty damn good. Wasn’t he supposed to lead his beloved Argentina to certain doom? That’s what most pundits believed before this tournament began. … Continue reading
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Whither withering Albion…
As if on cue, the English handwringing has begun. Once more, The Three Lions have failed to reach the final of a major tournament… and once more, the finger-pointing and navel-gazing has started in earnest. Football analysts will speculate for the rest of … Continue reading
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