Semifinal: Germany vs Spain – The ultimate midfield battle
The spectacular Moses Mabhiba stadium in Durban will play host to the second of the World Cup semi-final ties, as an irrepressible young German side square up to a decidedly patchy Spanish outfit in a re-run of the European Championship final from 2008 (incidentally, a final Spain won 1-0).
Uruguay stands alone to represent South America
After an amazing group stage performance for the South American nations participating in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Chile Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina failed to deliver in the final stages…
Semifinal: Uruguay vs Netherlands – South America’s last stand against European domination
In keeping with tradition, Uruguay will yet again go into a World Cup game unable to shake that seemingly perennial ‘underdogs’ tag that hangs like an albatross around their collective necks.
Joachim Low deserves all the credit for Germany’s wonderful World Cup adventure
What Joachim Low has done in four years since taking over the reins of one of the biggest jobs in world football is nothing short of wonderful.The German head coach…
Klose’s remarkable record, England better than Argentina and German v English youth talent
Excerpts from today’s World Cup Podcast, with Adrian Clarke and Iain Spragg: Adrian Clarke: Maradona, Argentina, they are out. Iain Spragg: Who would have thought it? England are officially better…
The Dutch should dump van Persie, but who will replace Suarez?
Excerpts from today’s World Cup Podcast, with Adrian Clarke and Iain Spragg: Adrian Clarke: Didn’t expect the Dutch to go through against Brazil. For me the Brazilians once the things…
The Suarez handball and the case for penalty goals
Excerpts from today’s World Cup Podcast, with Adrian Clarke and Iain Spragg: Adrian Clarke: Hi, I’m Adrian Clarke and cheers for joining us on pint sized Soccerlens World Cup podcast….
World Cup News: Julio Cesar Receives A Heroes’ Welcome, Felipe Melo Doesn’t!
Good morrow and welcome to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. Four games left people. Four…games…left. Here’s your round-up of all this morning’s World Cup-related news… (If you would…
Maradona: “I don’t believe that anybody is happy with this in a country that lives and breathes football.”
The road ended abruptly for Diego Maradona and Argentina at Green Point Stadium in Cape Town. The roadblock was called Germany. For the second time in successive World Cups, the…
French Legend Lilian Thuram Calls For Patrice Evra Ban
French legend Lilian Thuram has insisted that current captain Patrice Evra must never play for France again, as punishment for his role in the national team’s implosion in South Africa….
Dunga: “I consider myself the first person to blame for this elimination.”
Brazil manager, Carlos Dunga, who played for many years in the Italian Serie A, responded directly after the elimination by the Netherlands to the Milan sports daily, La Gazzetta dello…
Sunderland on the prowl for Marcos Angeleri
Sunderland expect to complete the purchase of Estudiantes right-back Marcos Angeleri for a cool £1.5 million. The finer details of the deal are going to be fulfilled over the weekend…
Where are Rooney, Ronaldo, and Messi?
This World Cup has been characterized by teams with two main traits: organization and mental toughness. While it was supposed to be the Wold Cup where Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo,…
The Future of American Soccer
US Soccer should retain Bob Bradley as head coach, maintaining the status quo. This is the easiest and safest of all scenarios and when looked at analytically from a business…
World Cup News: Four-Star Germany Thrash Argentina!
Morning all and welcome, once more, to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. There’s exactly one week left, and two of the biggest fish have now been comprehensively removed…
