Archive for June, 2010
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Friday, June 25th, 2010Goalies have no luck. They are the last line of defense. They have a huge space to guard from a relatively small object traveling at high speed, often directly at their heads. Plus they occasioally have a plaer or 3 charging at them at the same time they are trying to get the ball. If [...]
World Cup: Chile vs Spain – final
Friday, June 25th, 2010Some things you can predict. Others you just have to watch happen. The second half of the match between Chile and Spain had elements of both. There was no way anyone expected Chile to come out looking for a goal. There was no way anyone would have expected to see Chile get that goal in [...]
World Cup: Chile vs Spain – half
Friday, June 25th, 2010The horror, the pain, the RED card. Whatever the expectations were before the start of this final match of Group H, they have all been dashed by the half time. Chile started off the half with strength. In fact too much of it. They were on the charge and almost literally trying to run through [...]
World Cup: Brazil vs Portugal
Friday, June 25th, 2010What can be said about this match? That watching Ivory Coast try to make up the goal difference via North korea was more interesting to watch? Something like that. The first half was the only real action in the whole match. From the start Portugal made it clear what their plan was. Defend. Just stay [...]
World Cup: Denmark vs Japan – final
Thursday, June 24th, 2010On a day where Italy is out of the Group Stage, you can expect almost anything. In fact one of the least expected things had already happened. Japan was poised to move onto the Round of 16. No one counted on that early on. Least of all Group F favorite Denmark. But this was the [...]
America the undefeated
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010When Americans think of futbol, they think soccer. A sport often relegated to “grass fairies”. A simple-minded insult that does no justice to those that play the sport anywhere in the world. Soccer just doesn’t get respect. And it should. Part of the reason has to be the fact that America is not the best [...]
World Cup: Germany vs Ghana – Final
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010Group D was clearly dominated by Germany and Ghana. On paper it should have been a 2 -1 win for Germany. At the half, Ghana looked like it would defy the odds and the rankings. Then the second half started. It was an odd start. Much of the fire in Ghana seemed diminished if not [...]
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