Month: July 2010

The culmination of a month of toil, jubilation and heartbreak is set to come to a showpiece head in the magnificent surroundings of Soccer City in Joburg on Sunday, as both the Netherlands and Spain will compete to be crowned world champions.

Manchester United want Wesley Sneijder, but does the Dutch star want Manchester United? Unfortunately for United, that doesn’t appear to be the case. Sneijder, whose five goals have helped the…

What Wesley Sneijder has achieved in just under a year is incredible. The 26 year old Dutch maestro was deemed surplus to requirements at Real Madrid when Florentino Perez brandished…

The two defeated, deflated semi-final losers will have to rejig themselves and climb back into the saddle for one last swansong, as the World Cup’s final running order is still in need of settling.

Tune in for the final pint size episode of the Soccerlens World Cup Podcast! Hosts Adrian Clarke & Iain Spragg assess the semi-final action and talk Maradona, Goodluck Jonathan, post…

Well here we are. 62 games played and only the 3rd place play-off left along with masterpiece of a mouth-watering final featuring Spain against the Netherlands. Both nations have players who’ve played in Champions League winning…

Buenos dias a usted and welcome to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. Spain raised their game (slightly) to beat Germany in last night’s semi-final clash, but I’m afraid…

Diego Forlan has been one of the brightest stars at the World Cup. The former Manchester United and Villarreal man, who now plays for Atletico Madrid, led Uruguay to a…

Germany 0-1 Spain 2010 FIFA World Cup 7 July 2010 Spain would move into their first ever FIFA World Cup final with a 1-0 win over Germany. The score was…

Spanish giants Barcelona have been forced into seeking a huge €150 million (£125 million) bank loan, in order to pay outstanding wages owed to their players and members of their…

Ah! There’s that word again. ‘Pragmatism’. It surely is the most overused term at this summer’s World Cup and probably for a good reason. Whereas as beforehand I’d only ever…

Morning all and welcome, once more, to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. In what may turn out to be the smallest statue ever conceived, the Argentinian house of…

Mauricio Espinosa, the referee’s assistant during the England vs Germany quarterfinal match, gave an interview to Ovacion, an online portal of the El Pais newspaper from Montevideo, Uruguay shortly after…

Brazil, Spain, Argentina, England and Holland. These were the five nations who were most people’s favourites to win the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Only Spain and Holland are left as…

Uruguay 2-3 Netherlands 2010 FIFA World Cup 6 July 2010 The Netherlands would advance to the final of the World Cup with a 3-2 win over South American side Uruguay….

Historically, there’s no comparison between Germany and Spain. Except for 1930, 1938, 1950 and 1978 Germany has been right up there in the final stages of the World Cup. Three…

As of next year, the two most prestigious individual accolades in world football will cease to exist as seperate entities, and merge to create a single globe-spanning award. France Football‘s…

England Arsenal Offered Portuguese #1 Portuguese side Sporting Braga have approached Arsenal about signing keeper Eduardo. The 27-year-old, who had an impressive showing in Portugal‘s World Cup run, could be…

Uruguay have not been tested by a tough opposition in the 2010 World Cup so far. Their test was to come from France in their opening game but we all…

Uruguay has arrived at the semi-final stage of the World Cup for the first time since 1970. They are the last hope of South America after the early exits of…

Welcome once more to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. Today’s ‘Who Asked You?’ award goes to former Cuban prime minister Fidel Castro, who wins hands-down for his oddly…

The spectacular Moses Mabhiba stadium in Durban will play host to the second of the World Cup semi-final ties, as an irrepressible young German side square up to a decidedly patchy Spanish outfit in a re-run of the European Championship final from 2008 (incidentally, a final Spain won 1-0).

After an amazing group stage performance for the South American nations participating in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Chile Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina failed to deliver in the final stages…

In keeping with tradition, Uruguay will yet again go into a World Cup game unable to shake that seemingly perennial ‘underdogs’ tag that hangs like an albatross around their collective necks.

What Joachim Low has done in four years since taking over the reins of one of the biggest jobs in world football is nothing short of wonderful.The German head coach…

Excerpts from today’s World Cup Podcast, with Adrian Clarke and Iain Spragg: Adrian Clarke: Maradona, Argentina, they are out. Iain Spragg: Who would have thought it? England are officially better…