The whole Carlos Tevez saga is quickly turning into a farcical situation, with the AWOL player and his club, Manchester City, seemingly growing further and further apart by the day. However, neither side really seems too bothered by the whole affair. While the Citizens have been dominating the Premier League, Tevez has been enjoying himself [...]
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On 5 January 1919, Argentina’s Racing Club won their second consecutive Copa Aldao, defeating Peñarol 2-1. Also known as the Copa Rio de la Plata, the competition ran from 1913 to 1955 and pitted Argentina’s national champion against the champion of Uruguay–one of three separate competitions at the time between the two countries (the others [...]
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The Quarter Finals Holland 2 Brazil 1 Holland produced a stunning second-half comeback to reach the semi-finals. After taking an early lead through Robinho, Brazil were pegged back after a defensive mix-up early in the second-half gifted Holland an equaliser and were behind soon afterwards when Wesley Sneijder headed in. Felipe Melo was sent off [...]
Sunday 27th June – Day 17 What a load of…. England 1 Germany 4 I dont know why I’m surprised really, after all, I’ve been watching football for too many years to believe the hype around the England team, but for some reason, this time I really thought we had a chance. As usual, England [...]
Friday 25th June – Day 15 So now we know who the last 16 are, and there’s a couple of mouth watering matches to look out for, as some old enemies meet up. Firstly England meet Germany and what needs to be said about that meeting? Lets hope there’s a replay of the fine 5-1 [...]
