A 1-0 victory was good enough for England to get 3 points. However, the match left the English asking more questions about their team than being particularly happy. Paraguay isn’t the strongest of sides. England creeped to victory rather than having a convincing performance. Any thing can happen in football but I don’t see England causing a serious threat in the competition if they don’t improve on the pitch drastically.
The Soca Warriors are celebrating. 10 men Trinidad and Tobago have held off Sweden. Sweden dominated possession. Sweden attacked a lot. However, they hit very few shots on target and nothing materialised into goals. There was the very good defending by T and T and the excellent keeping by Shaka Hislop. It is all about scoring goals though. Maybe Sweden should not have kept that extra man marking Stern John and had attacked more. The English will be very happy with this result. It makes qualifying for them a lot easier!
Argentina vs Côte d’Ivoire 2-1
The match was expected to, and produced, the best match of the tournament so far. The pace was faster than any thing we have seen in the tournament. There was controversy as well when the ball crossed the line (looked like that to me at least) but the referee did not give a goal to Argentina early on. That did not matter as Argentina scored two more. Drogba pulled one back to make things exciting in the last 10 minutes. Ivory Coast have a lot of talent and would have easily qualified in most other groups. It can still be possible as they can give Holland a run for their money.
The World Cup is the world’s biggest event for the world’s most popular sport. When your team wins, you can feel great; when your team loses, you can feel terrible. It’s what makes soccer exciting — some years your team does great, other years it may be a real struggle. If soccer is your source of happiness, then your life can go up and down.
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Jesus is so sporty. It is sad that some fans still blame him then.
It is here then! The match which promises so much. The match every one - particularly the Barcelona and Arsenal fans have been waiting for.
Arsenal, in their best years in the recent past (a couple of years ago when they were winning domestic titles) were performing very miserably in Europe. It was a very good team but critics said that it could not be termed great until it won the big ones in Europe. This, the performance so far, is probably a couple of years late. It was totally unexpected that Arsenal would reach the Champions League final in the year it almost finished 5th in the English Premiership - some thing which exemplifies how it has been a crazy ride of emotions for Arsenal fans. The ride isn’t over. There is still pondering regarding Henry going to Barcelona (some thing I, as a Barcelona fan am very much over excited about). Regardless of that, the season could be perfect for Arsenal if they do manage to win the Champions League.
The FA Cup is one of my favourite tournaments. It is made for the underdog. It gives them enough room to cause an upset and have some truly special magical moments. There is the financial reward which goes with each win, of course - so important for development of smaller sides.
Today, then, most people who aren’t Liverpool fans, will be supporting West Ham and hoping for a memorable victory.
Liverpool start as big favourites. However, West Ham do have some dangerous players and a victory for them is not impossible. Watch it if you can.
Update: Liverpool wins in penalties in what was a memorable FA Cup final. The Gerrard goal in injury time to tie it up 3-3 and force extra time was a blinder. From there, Liverpool looked like scoring more often than the hammers in extra time. They couldn’t. That didn’t matter though as they overcame the West Ham challenge in the penalties quite easily.
The Hammers have a lot to be proud of, though. As a football fan, I couldn’t have had asked for a better final.
This Carlsberg commercial doing the rounds in England brings back memories for a generation of English fans and is quite a favourite among many. I find it quite classy.
Eriksson decided to go in with 4 strikers, one of which is Rooney (injured). The second guy is Theo Walcott - a 17 year old who hasn’t played a match yet for Arsenal at the highlest level. (Check out some Walcott videos here.) Eriksson has also picked Aaron Lennon and Owen Hargreaves. Brilliant intuitions or sheer madness?
There is drama for Ukraine too. Shevchenko is sidelined for 25 days at least. A huge blow for Ukraine who depend so much on him. It will be quite sad if he cannot play in the World Cup. First Rooney, and now Shevchenko. Drama!
Will this World Cup go down as one which missed out on the some major stars? There is still more than a month to go. Will see some more heartbreaking injuries? Or will the script unfold in such a way that we will marvel at how terrific the world cup was, with the drama looked back upon as some thing which added the spice to make a memorable tournament?
I will be watching, whatever happens! One thing is certain though - that Eriksson will occupy English discussions every where and the words, at least for now, won’t be kind.
Okay Jose Mourinho is saying how he has won 4 domestic league titles in a row - titles first with Porto and now with Chelsea:
This is my second in England and my fourth consecutive title if you include Porto.
So, a nice reminder seems apt right now of events of a few days earlier for the Chelsea fans and their manager, who a year ago, said Rijkaard was not a prolific manager.
Since then, Rijkaard has won 1 league title, is soon going to win a second one and is one game away from adding the Champions League to his kitty.
We all know it was psychological talk but reminders are always nice. :)
Well, told you it was brief! To spell it out, 6 weeks is 42 days. The World Cup is 40 days, 12 hours away. Also, 42 days will be an estimate. No one can say for sure how many exact days it will take. We can say, though, that it is a serious injury noticing the days given.
Also, if he is out for 42 days, how would he be able to just come pick up and play excellent football right from the word go.
If you believed the press hype a few days ago, Man U were going to give Chelsea a good run for their money for the title. 82 minutes are over in the Man U-Chelsea game. A 3-0 drubbing shows what the difference between a clinically and technically proficient team and a Man U - talented, yet just that still, is.
