We’ve known for a long time that there would be a Franz Beckenbauer farewell match–it was announced at the annual meeting last fall; Still when confronted with the task of reflecting on Beckenbauer’s career, my internal reaction was one of dread. After all, even in English, there must 10,000 essays, articles, blog posts and whatever [...]
The Semi Finals Uruguay 2 Holland 3 Two goals in three minutes from Wesley Sneijder and Arjen Robben helped to see off Uruguay and put Holland into the World Cup final for the first time since 1978. For a long time the Dutch looked short of ideas but still had quality when it mattered in [...]
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 [...]
