On 17 July 1994, Italy lost the World Cup Final in a penalty shootout to Brazil when their top scorer of the tournament, Roberto Baggio, sent his attempt over the bar. Simply making it to the Final was a minor miracle for Italy, who opened their tournament campaign with a first-round loss to Ireland. And, [...]
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Déjà vu is never a nice thing to have first thing on a Monday morning. Roughly a calendar year after announcing his retirement the first time round, Brazilian legend Ronaldo has confirmed that he is now retiring from the game with immediate effect, after finally admitting defeat in his long-standing battle against dodgy knee ligaments, [...]
Having been a near-constant fixture on the radars of Europe’s elite since the age of 13, Santos’ wünderkind Neymar has found himself linked with big-money moves to all and sundry on a consistent basis for at least the last couple of years. Neymar, now aged 18, reportedly came to within a gnat’s knacker of joining [...]
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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 [...]
Monday 28th June – Day 18 The favourites are through Holland 2 Slovakia 1 A great goal from Arjen Robben and a late Wesley Sneijder second gave Holland a deserved win over Slovakia and reach the quarter-finals. In his first start of the competition, Robben fired in a superb low drive from 25 yards. Sneijder [...]
