After watching the Italian national team’s disastrous exit from the World Cup, I could not help but think that such a flaccid performance was required not just once, but twice. Why? The myth of the 2006 champions has punished la Nazionale for far too long, and such a powerful story like being ‘i campioni […]
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The group stages have concluded and now we can all look forward to good old fashioned knockout Football. What this World Cup has provided us so far has been, well, a bit baffling really, it has provided little in the way of genuine thrills and excitement but a huge amount of intrigue. It has been […]
“Goodbye in Italian.” How do you say that in the native tongue of Italy? After today’s disastrous end to Italy’s 2010 World Cup campaign, you may want to remember the word “addio” as in goodbye World Cup 2010. To think that the two finalists for the 2006 World Cup Final are both out in the first […]
I was going to do a live blog for the USA game against Slovenia, and in retrospect I wish I had done, because instead I went early to watch England’s dire performance against an organised Algeria side. There was also the fact that the USA game was hugely entertaining and I’m expecting their last match […]
Amidst the battle for the right to host the 2018 World Cup, England’s bid was dealt a severe blow as British paper, The Mail On Sunday decided to run a story which stated that Lord Triesman (who at the time was the head of the English F.A and the England World Cup bid) suggested that […]
Being from England, I’ve never been keen on our own national anthem. Sure, God Save the Queen will still get me excited, but I’d prefer it if Land Of Hope And Glory was our personal national anthem, and this mainly stems from the fact some countries have great national anthems. You may find national anthems […]
The past few days has seen a number of provisional and even final squads announced for the World Cup, but today two of the most anticipated provisional squads were revealed. England has delivered their 30 provisional players amidst controversy regarding manager Fabio Capello’s involvement in a bizarre form rating website which sports his name. Italy’s […]
