South Africa 2010

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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& Ronaldo?">Was Blatter Right About Messi & Ronaldo?

by Rami Soufi on October 29, 2009 · 1 comment

Now that Argentina has qual­i­fied to the World Cup ensur­ing the pres­ence of star player Lionel Messi, bar­ring any injury or out­landish suspension,  how does one eval­u­ate the com­ments made by FIFA Pres­i­dent Sepp Blat­ter? Prior to the deci­sive qual­i­fiers which yielded  Argentina’s qual­i­fi­ca­tion to South Africa as well as Portugal’s oppor­tu­nity to do so through a  two-legged play­off clash […]

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Which Team Will Win the 2010 World Cup ?

by Rami Soufi on October 16, 2009 · 1,122 comments

Most of the heavy favourites have already qual­i­fied for the World Cup due next sum­mer in South Africa. Previous World Cup win­ners such as Brazil, Ger­many, Eng­land, Argentina and Italy (also cur­rent WC Win­ners) all booked their spot in South Africa fol­low­ing a long and ardu­ous road. Some teams such as Argentina have strug­gled while oth­ers such as Eng­land have cruised, […]

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Capello or Lippi: Who Has Achieved More?

by Rami Soufi on September 8, 2009 · 2 comments

It is quite dif­fi­cult to com­pare the career path of Fabio Capello and Mar­cello Lippi. Both have been suc­cess­ful coaches and both hail from the Ital­ian penin­sula. They both coached Juven­tus of Turin dur­ing their glit­ter­ing man­age­r­ial career, yet the sim­i­lar­i­ties end there. While Capello’s play­ing career far sur­passes that of Lippi’s, the gap in accolades […]

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