Netherlands 3-0 Italy: O Cannavaro Where Art Thou?
Netherlands 3-0 Italy. The Azzurri’s adventure at Euro 2008 could not have started worse. 3 goals like the 3 words which can be used to describe today’s match: offside, counter-attack,…
Goalkeepers and Technology in Football
With professional goalkeepers complaining about the new EURO 2008 ball, I feel like, as a member of the greatest union in football, I need to shed some light on this…
Euro 2008 Statistics
More Euro 2008 statistics and data to feast on before and during the summer tournament. What’s included: players with the most games / goals at the Euros, the oldest and…
Euro 2008 free-kick and penalty takers
“Set Pieces: for and against – ignore them at your peril”, so said former England manager Graham Taylor in a quote immortalised in the 1994 documentary – Do I Not…
The Euro Ended Before It Even Began For Fabio Cannavaro
Photo courtesy of Paul Blank, www.postproduktie.nl. On Monday, in a training accident in Austria, Fabio Cannavaro, the “Berlin Wall” and the great captain of the Italian National Team, saw his…
No friendly fun for Three Lions quartet
Fabio Capello took his 22-man England squad all the way to play a friendly international against Trinidad & Tobago on Sunday, but left four players wondering why they even bothered…
Ebbsfleet United and MyFC: Where do they go from here?
As seasons go, Ebbsfleet United’s 2007/08 can rank as a successful one. Their first appearance at Wembley resulted in a well-deserved victory over Torquay to take the FA Trophy. Liam…
adidas EUROPASS: Field-Testing the official Euro 2008 Football
Images courtesy of adidas. As is their custom, adidas designed a new football for Euro 2008. “Like +Teamgeistâ„¢, the official match ball of the 2006 FIFA World Cupâ„¢, the adidas…
Jack Warner, Unethical or Savvy?
Jack Warner is the President of Concacaf, Vice-President of FIFA, and one of the sketchiest businessmen you could encounter. His questionable ethics when it pertains to advancing his own self-interest…
Over-30s set to shine at Euro 2008
Top-level international football is a young man’s game these days, but try telling that to this lot. I’ve scoured the 16 squads at Euro 2008 to find an experienced XI…
Euro 2008 Roundup (01 June 08): Injury concerns for Romania and Russia, co-hosts wrap up preparations in style
With a week to go before Euro 2008 starts, the 16 participants are busy with their final tune-ups before next weekend. Some teams look to be on firmer ground than…
World Football Elo Ratings for Euro 2008 – an alternative to FIFA rankings?
Four years ago, Dan Leo told me about a new ranking system. At least, it was new to me. Like most of us, I had grown accustomed to the monthly…
Top 50 Ranked Teams in FIFA and Elo (30 May 2008)
President Joseph “Sepp” Blatter of FIFA. As a follow-up to my last article about the World Football Elo Ratings, Ahmed asked me to provide the top 50 teams from the…
Euro 2008 Squads
Euro 2008 features 16 teams with each consisting of a squad of 23 players (with 3 goalkeepers). The final squads were submitted on 28 May 2008 and the teams will…
Portugal Euro 2008 Squad
Though Portugal lost just one game in qualifying Group A – the only group with eight teams – they had to endure a nervous finale before clinching their place in…
