Busy, busy, busy!
I have a busy Bank Holiday weekend ahead. Tomorrow we will misguidedly take on the M1 and drive up to see some Russian friends in Leeds. We always get such wonderful food whenever we visit, so it’ll be a light breakfast at chez tyger in the morning.
Supposedly the traffic over the [...]
Don’t mention Pele on this blog. Go Napoli!
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It was an inexcusable gesture and to them, and the people in education whose job it is to show children what they should and shouldn’t do, I want to apologise.
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I can’t regret it because if I do it would be like admitting that he was right to say all that. And above all, it was [...]
Team Portugal
I spent a beautiful few days in Porto a couple of years ago, and I have several Portuguese friends, so now the World Cup is over it’s time to forget the gamesmanship and move on. Ronaldo, and his teammates, may have baited the English players [...]
How will the 2006 World Cup be surmised in the annals of time?
It was a tournament that promised so much in the early stages. The groups were highly entertaining, with Argentina and Spain appearing early favourites. France looked about as good as they did four years ago (i.e. shocking), and the Germans conceded [...]
What the hell did Materazzi say?
It was sad to watch the greatest player of the last decade leave the game like that - disappearing down the tunnel. But I have to say, my first response was: “how typically French.”
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He’s the best European player since, well, since Platini really, and today Zinedine Zidane will play in his last game, not only for France, but his last ever game as a proffesional footballer.
The Observer tributes the great man, in this leader from Observer Sport monthly.
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I don’t watch the 3rd/4th Play-Off, it’s a complete waste of time, but last nights game did sound pretty good. However, my sole ambition of watching Portugal getting beaten had already been satisfied, and to watch them getting turned over again would have been too much of a good thing.
As for tonight’s game: I [...]
So there is some justice in football.
Christiano Ronaldo in tears…again
What is it with modern footballers and crying?
Seriously. John Terry: All-English hero, talisman of the English rearguard, and titan of Stamford Bridge. Lost on Saturday, and we saw him on live TV in a flood of tears. How am I supposed to [...]
Well I really crapped-out on yesterday’s prediction, so I’ll be more conservative tonight: France 2 Portugal 1
The French were outstanding in the quarterfinal and Zidane reminded us why he’s the best player of his generation – even if most of that generation now spend their Saturday afternoons ironing creases down the front of their [...]
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Tonight’s big semi-final between the hosts Germany and fellow 3-time winners, Italy, should be a very close game. Italy are without doubt the better side with a glittering array of attacking talent, good midfielders, and in Cannavaro, the tournaments best defender. However, few would argue that the momentum is not with the Germans, [...]
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If France plays like that in the Semi Final, they deserve the title. For all the bluster about Argentina, and pre-tournament hype about Ronaldinho etc., Zidane proved why he is the best player since Maradona. Sublime control, awesome vision, and the sheer audacity to chip the ball over the heads of some of the [...]
