REAL football
Immediately after the full-time whistle was blown on the FIFA 2010 World Cup final, a friend of mine said: “Alright, now we can get back to real football.”
WC 2010: Lippi’s lesson for Domenech
In 2006, Marcello Lippi and Raymond Domenech took their respective teams to the World Cup finals in Germany under very different circumstances.
England conundrum
A lot of people were saying that on paper, England should have beaten Germany in last weekend’s World Cup match. The problem for England was that the players themselves seemed to believe it.
WC 2010: Old Italy? Think again.
Italy coach Marcello Lippi has been criticised for snubbing young talents for his World Cup squad, but Italy weren’t the oldest team in South Africa.
WC 2010: Tossing away the game
By the end of the night, England might be forced to look to a most unlikely saviour to get them through to the next round – a flippin’ coin.
WC 2010: Off-field drama
AS MUCH as we try to focus on things happening on the pitch during the World Cup, sometimes the drama off the field it can be just as good.
World Cup on Facebook
THE 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa kicks off on Friday and, almost everyone is going to find something to do with football.