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England And Italy Provisional Squads Revealed

by Rob McCluskey on May 11, 2010 · 8 comments

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 […]

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What Can We Expect From Lippi And The Azzurri?

by Rob McCluskey on April 11, 2010 · 2 comments

Ital­ians are com­monly referred to as feisty and pas­sion­ate peo­ple, and if the past two decades of Serie A is any­thing to go by, where foot­balling mat­ters are reg­u­larly debated in the Ital­ian Par­lia­ment, then it’s clear that these labels are jus­ti­fied. Italy are a strange entity though and they’re never short of controversy — […]

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What is on paper a strong team could end up being a weak one when tested by a tricky oppo­nent. How the play­ers gel and work together, how effec­tive the coach is in bring­ing the best out of play­ers, the strength of the defen­sive line and often the rise of  a rel­a­tive unknown to help […]

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The Best Players To Miss On South Africa 2010

by Rami Soufi on November 10, 2009 · 13 comments

The World Cup is almost set in terms of the teams that will qual­ify and once the play-offs are com­pleted it will be clear whether the likes of Cris­tiano Ronaldo, Thierry Henry and Franck Ribery will be present or miss­ing. In the mean­time, Sweden’s tal­ented for­ward Zla­tan Ibrahi­movic will cer­tainly not be going to the […]

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The Best Goalkeepers in South Africa

by Rami Soufi on November 5, 2009 · 25 comments

With much of the qual­i­fi­ca­tion process almost com­plete and South Africa 2010 loom­ing large, it would make sense to assess some of the world’s best cus­to­di­ans who will be present dur­ing the World Cup. Goal­keep­ers such as Petr Cech will be excluded from the dis­cus­sion since their nation failed to qual­ify for next summer’s big event. […]

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