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Who says Tevez is under Par?

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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 back in his homeland.

Indeed, the former United man even entered a  golf tournament for both professionals and amateurs in Buenos Aires, which he won after partnering  golfers Sebastian Fernandez and Andres Romero.

When quizzed about the state of mind of his golf chum, Fernandez said: “He did not say anything about his problems with his club, but I was struck by the peace he had. He plays golf very well.”

At least if his football career permanently grinds to a halt after the drama with City, Tevez might be able to make a few shillings on the golf course.

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On this day – 5 January 1919

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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 were the Tie Cup (1900-1919) and the Honor Cup (1905-1920)). The trophy was donated in 1913 by Ricardo Aldao, president of the Federación Argentina de Football at the time.

The 1918 edition, actually played in January 1919, was the third consecutive appearance for Racing, who lost to Nacional in 1916, but defeated them in a two-legged final in the following season. They returned to the competition after completing an unbeaten 1918 season in the domestic league, winning 17 of their 19 matches and drawing the other two. Peñarol had fared almost as well in Uruguay, winning 15, drawing two, and losing one. They had also won that season’s Honor Cup the previous month.

On the day, Racing won 2-1, but it was their last appearance in the competition. Peñarol went on to win their first Copa Aldao in 1928 and finished as runners-up five more times.

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World Cup 2010 Quarter Finals

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World CupThe 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 for stamping on Arjen Robben with 17 minutes to go and, although Dunga’s side gave everything they were knocked out in the quarter-finals for the second successive tournament.

Uruguay 1 Ghana 1 (Uruguay win 4-2 on penalties)
Ghana looked certain to become the first African side to reach the semi finals when Uruguay’s Luis Suarez was sent off for a deliberate handball on the line in the dying seconds of extra-time. However, Asamoah Gyan’s penalty hit the crossbar with what was the last kick of the game.
Gyan took and scored Ghana’s first spot-kick of the shoot-out but John Mensah and Dominic Adiyiah both had their efforts saved by Fernando Muslera, before Sebsatian Abreu dinked the decisive penalty beyond Richard Kingson to break Ghanaian hearts.

Argentina 0 Germany 4
Germany took Argentina apart to book their place in the semi-finals and end Diego Maradona’s dream of winning the World Cup. Inspired by Bastian Schweinsteiger Germany scored four times for the third game at this World Cup in a devastating display of attacking. Mirolsav Klose’s 2 goals moved him to within a goal of Ronaldo as the highest ever scorer at World Cup finals.

Paraguay 0 Spain 1
David Villa scored a late winner to book Spain’s first ever appearance in a World Cup semi-final as they beat Paraguay. Villa’s 82nd minute goal, his fifth of the tournament, hit one post, rolled across the goal line before hitting the other post and ending in the goal.
It was a heartbreaker for Paraguay, who had also never reached the quarter-final stage before, and who earlier had seen an Oscar Cardozo penalty saved by Iker Casillas. Xabi Alonso also saw his retaken penalty saved. Spain’s normal passing game seemed to be absent for this one and they will need to improve if they want to make the final

The Semi final line up
Uruguay v Holland
Germany v Spain

World Cup 2010 Day Seventeen

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World CupSunday 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 proved me wrong with an astounding display of comedy defending that a schoolboy team would have been ashamed of.
No doubt, all the talking will be about Lampard’s disallowed ‘goal’ but in reality we just werent good enough to beat a confident and organised German team.

And you seriously have to question a manager who, when the team is chasing the game and desperately need goals, decides to bring on the ultimate goal machine that is Emile Heskey…

Another 4 years of hurt

Argentina 3 Mexico 1
Argentina showed how it should be done as they cruised past Mexico to set up a quarter-final tie against Germany, but they were aided by yet another terrible decision on a day of controversy.

Just as Frank Lampard’s shot that clearly crossed the goal-line was not awarded in their match against Germany, so Mexico had the right to feel upset by another example of awful officiating as Carlos Tevez scored the opener despite being yards offside, a fact which was borne out by a reply shown on the giant screen straight after.

A mistake then gifted Higuain a goal, before Tevez got his second with a stunning effort into the top corner. Mexico clawed one back in the second half, but Argentina always looked in control.

Surprisingly, despite the controversies in both games, there were no red cards today!

It really is about time Sepp Blatter got his act together and joined the real world and agreed that video technology can be used…

The Last Sixteen

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World CupFriday 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 win in Munich back in 2001

And then there’s the meeting between neighbours Portugal and Spain, both sides full of class and so looks like being a very entertaining game

The Last 16 draw in full:

Uruguay v South Korea
United States v Ghana
Germany v England
Argentina v Mexico
Holland v Slovakia
Brazil v Chile
Paraguay v Japan
Spain v Portugal


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