Month: July 2010
The Dutch should dump van Persie, but who will replace Suarez?
Updated:Excerpts from today’s World Cup Podcast, with Adrian Clarke and Iain Spragg: Adrian Clarke: Didn’t expect the Dutch to go through against Brazil. For me the Brazilians once the things…
Read more »The Suarez handball and the case for penalty goals
Updated:Excerpts from today’s World Cup Podcast, with Adrian Clarke and Iain Spragg: Adrian Clarke: Hi, I’m Adrian Clarke and cheers for joining us on pint sized Soccerlens World Cup podcast….
Read more »World Cup Podcast: Penalty Goals, German Genius and Dunga exit
Updated:Check out the latest episode of the pint size Soccerlens World Cup Podcast with Adrian Clarke & Iain Spragg. In the wake of Luis Suarez’s controversial red card against Ghana…
Read more »Welcome to Soccerlens Training
Updated:Welcome to the Soccerlens Training blog, where we’ll be sharing football training tips and videos with our readers.
Read more »Football Headshots
Headshot is a lethal blow to the head killing your opponent in one shot in real world and video games alike. When it comes to football, headshots don’t cause causalities…
Read more »World Cup News: Julio Cesar Receives A Heroes’ Welcome, Felipe Melo Doesn’t!
Updated:Good morrow and welcome to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. Four games left people. Four…games…left. Here’s your round-up of all this morning’s World Cup-related news… (If you would…
Read more »Maradona: “I don’t believe that anybody is happy with this in a country that lives and breathes football.”
Updated:The road ended abruptly for Diego Maradona and Argentina at Green Point Stadium in Cape Town. The roadblock was called Germany. For the second time in successive World Cups, the…
Read more »French Legend Lilian Thuram Calls For Patrice Evra Ban
Updated:French legend Lilian Thuram has insisted that current captain Patrice Evra must never play for France again, as punishment for his role in the national team’s implosion in South Africa….
Read more »Dunga: “I consider myself the first person to blame for this elimination.”
Updated:Brazil manager, Carlos Dunga, who played for many years in the Italian Serie A, responded directly after the elimination by the Netherlands to the Milan sports daily, La Gazzetta dello…
Read more »Sunderland on the prowl for Marcos Angeleri
Sunderland expect to complete the purchase of Estudiantes right-back Marcos Angeleri for a cool £1.5 million. The finer details of the deal are going to be fulfilled over the weekend…
Read more »The Truly Terrific Thomas Mueller
Hearing the surname “Muller” in association with German football automatically creates imagery of the legendary German striker Gerd. German football followers expect him to play with the same prowess and…
Read more »Where are Rooney, Ronaldo, and Messi?
This World Cup has been characterized by teams with two main traits: organization and mental toughness. While it was supposed to be the Wold Cup where Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo,…
Read more »The Future of American Soccer
Updated:US Soccer should retain Bob Bradley as head coach, maintaining the status quo. This is the easiest and safest of all scenarios and when looked at analytically from a business…
Read more »World Cup News: Four-Star Germany Thrash Argentina!
Updated:Morning all and welcome, once more, to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. There’s exactly one week left, and two of the biggest fish have now been comprehensively removed…
Read more »Paraguay 0-1 Spain – Video Highlights
Paraguay 0-1 Spain 2010 FIFA World Cup 3 July 2010 Spain would control most of the play and would edge Paraguay with a late second half goal to move into…
Read more »Argentina 0-4 Germany – Video Highlights
Argentina 0-4 Germany 2010 FIFA World Cup 3 July 2010 Germany would eliminate Argentina for the second straight World Cup with a convincing and dominating 4-0 victory. Unlike 2006, it…
Read more »Cristiano Ronaldo (Sort Of) Buys Scottish Club Stirling Albion!
Updated:First division side Stirling Albion have become the first senior Scottish side in history to be owned by their fans, after the club’s Supporters Trust struck a landmark deal with…
Read more »World Cup News: Paris Hilton Arrested As The Netherlands March On!
Updated:Goedemorgen and welcome to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. Now forgive me if this sounds a little bit over-dramatic, but I think that yesterday may have been the…
Read more »Transfer Rumors: German wiz Ozil admires Premier League, Manchester City land Barcelona’s Toure, and more
Updated:While Brazil’s shocking defeat to Holland and Uruguay’s dramatic win over Ghana in the first two World Cup quarterfinal ties rightfully dominated the football headlines yesterday, there was plenty of…
Read more »Gonzalo Higuain: “I live to score goals.”
Updated:Gonzalo “el Pipita” Higuain is chasing history. He currently is the leading goal scorer in South Africa and hopes to emulate fellow Argentine, Mario Kempes, who won the Golden Boot…
Read more »Uruguay 1-1 (4-2) Ghana – Video Highlights
Uruguay 1-1 (4-2) Ghana 2010 FIFA World Cup 2 July 2010 Ghana would once again go into extra time in the knockout stage but this time were eliminated on penalty…
Read more »Netherlands 2-1 Brazil – Video Highlights
Netherlands 2-1 Brazil 2010 FIFA World Cup 2 July 2010 The Dutch would come from behind to advance into the semifinals with a 2-1 win over Brazil. It started out…
Read more »Fabio Capello Will Continue As England Manager
The FA have confirmed that Fabio Capello will continue as the manager of England, despite his side’s woeful showing at this summer’s World Cup. The decision was made at a…
Read more »What’s the point in sacking Capello?
England’s loss to Germany in the last 16 of the World Cup has sparked another predictable round of tabloid inquisition and calls for Fabio Capello to lose his job. Of…
Read more »Man City’s Summer Spending Continues With The Signing Of Yaya Toure
Manchester City’s ‘summer of frivolous cash flow’ is showing no signs of relenting any time soon, with the news that Barcelona’s erstwhile holding man Yaya Toure has completed one of…
Read more »World Cup Podcast: Quarter-Final previews and why politics has no place in football
Updated:Join Adrian Clarke & Iain Spragg for the latest episode of the pint size Soccerlens World Cup Podcast. The two experts analyse all four last eight encounters with a blend of…
Read more »World Cup News: Holland Vs Brazil Will Be Rubbish, Just Ask Bert!
Updated:Morning all, and welcome to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. Withdrawal symptoms are well and truly setting in now after two whole days spent stranded in the non-football…
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