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Netherlands VS Brazil
Monday, June 28, 2010
Argentina 2010 World Cup Shirt
Argentina 2010 World Cup Shirt - Official licensed Argentina 2010 world cup shirt, made from 100% polyester ClimaCool material. This is the match shirt that will be worn by the Argentina soccer team during the 2010 soccer world cup! Highly suitable for Argentina soccer enthusiasts and avid Argentina sports supporters. Remember to select your size.
TEAM ARGENTINA WORLD CUP 2010
Argentina is a country teams never missed the World Cup. Since 1930 until 2010, Argentina participated. Just got in 1938 until 1954, Argentina's rewind and do not follow the World Cup.
Of the 15 times that followed the World Cup, Argentina managed to become World Champion two times, namely at the 1978 World Cup in the era of Mario Kempes and World Cup 1986 Maradona era.
With quality players like Lionel Messi, the world's best player in 2010 and Carlos Tevez, who play in the English League, plus a coach who is no stranger, Diego Maradona, the Argentine could not be taken lightly.
Nike Unveils World Cup Football
The fever of the 2010 FIFA World Cup is at its all time high, and with just 100 days left for the first match of one of the most cherished sporting events in the world, the entire world is gearing up to dwell themselves in the colors and humiliations of soccer. One of the primary sponsors of the soccer teams, Nike Inc. has decided to ‘Go Green’ for this year’s World Cup and in the spirit of the conservation of the environment, has unveiled its 2010 World Cup kits, that are made from recyclable materials.
The all new official team uniforms from Nike have been designed and developed using 13 milloin discarded plastic bottles, gathered from landfills in Japan and Taiwan, that went through the melting process and then turned into fabric, to produce the jerseys for some of the biggest names in soccer.
Nike is the sponsor of three of the most immensely favored teams of the FIFA World Cup that includes Brazil, Portugal, and the Netherlands among others. The all new jerseys created by Nike for these teams have been termed as the most environmentally friendly and technologically advanced kits in football history.
As per Nike, each of the shirts have been fabricated with up to eight plastic bottles, amounting to a reduction of an impressive 30% in energy consumption, as against the energy used in the process of manufacturing jerseys from virgin polyester. Emphasizing in the enormity of the project, Nike stated that, is the 13 million plastic bottles would cover an area about 3,000 kilometers, that is even bigger than the entire South African coastline, the host nation for the 2010 FIFA World Cup
Monday, June 21, 2010
Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal's 'Superman'
Ronaldo has failed to transfer his superb club performances into the international arena in recent years, and is currently enduring a barren spell for Portugal, which has seen him score just one goal in the past two years.
This dry patch has coincided with a dip in form for Portugal, who limped through qualifying – scoring just 17 goals and requiring a play-off victory over Bosnia-Herzegovina to make the finals,However, Queiroz believes that the 25-year-old’s troubles in the national colours are behind him and is backing his captain to shine in South Africa.
"Cristiano is a champion and, as a player, is Superman," Queiroz said. "In terms of his mental approach to the game, he is so strong and so confident.
"It has always been this way since I first started working with him as an 18-year-old. He has a champion mind. He is someone who has always been able to perform above the demands of the game.
"It is fantastic to work with a really special player in our squad, who has shown the world that he is a winner even before the tournament begins.
Ivory Coast vs. Portugal World Cup 2010
Ivory Coast vs. Portugal World Cup 2010 Live Scores and Results – The second football gamescheduled June 15, 2010 between Ivory Coast vs. Portugal was already concluded and it was a draw. Unfortunately, the scores were 0-0 which means that no team scored any goals. This was so far the second football match with a tie of both zero goals after Uruguay vs. France which happened during the first day of the World Cup 2010 last June 11.
The first half of the World Cup 2010 football match between Ivory Coast and Portugal held at Nelson Mandela Stadium was one of the most even of the tournament so far since both football teams just kept pushing forward. Ivory Coast’s attacking trio composed of football players Gervinho, Salomon Kalou and Aruna Dindane confirmed themselves to be full of pace and movement in the football field. However, it was Portugal’s forward, Cristiano Ronaldo, who had the best chance of the opening period.
The second half was more exciting than the first one. Ivory Coast had a couple chances in the opening minutes of the second half, but neither came to goals. Portugal’s football Liedson had a header on goal in the 58th minute. However, the looping ball was easily blocked by Barry, Ivory Coast’s goalkeeper, in striking a goal.
Portugal’s win was much expected in this World Cup 2010 football match against Ivory Coat considering that they have won two World Cup titles already. However, it seemed that Ivory Coast was also trained enough to counter Portugal’s attacks in the football field. With this draw, Ivory Coast will now face Brazil in Johannesburg’s Soccer City on Sunday, while Portugal will fight against Korea DPR the following day in Cape Town.
Stay tuned to us as we will once again give you the live scores and results for the last match between Brazil and North Korea which will be held at Ellis park Stadium in Johannesburg.
Tags: FIFA, Football, Ivory Coast, Portugal, World Cup
Argentina's Lionel Messi
Argentina star Lionel Messi has declared that he isembarrassed to be compared to World Cup winning legend and current coach Diego Maradona.
The Barcelona forward and current FIFA World Player of the Year is regularly judged against the abilities of the past master Maradona but Messi says he doesn't like the comparisons, labelling them an "offence" to 'El Pelusa'.
The talismanic 22-year-old also declared that he still has to prove himself at a World Cup finals to be considered amongst the greats.
"I do not like it. I'm embarrassed that I get compared to Diego. It's an offence [to him]. To be the best player in the world I have to prove it at the World Cup," Messi is quoted as saying by Sport before adding that he is proud to represent the Albicelestes.
"I am Argentine and I like to play for my country."
Argentina kick off their World Cup campaign against Nigeria on June 12.
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Sunday, June 20, 2010
Why Africa will be biggest winner of the 2010 World Cup
The 32 nations are in their groups, Fifa president Sepp Blatter has finished flirting with the television presenter – and everyone seems to think England have an easy draw.
But the image that remains in the memory from last night’s World Cup draw here is not the expressions on the faces of men like Fabio Capello when they discovered their team’s fate.
It is the sight of Nelson Mandela, old and frail now, but still the personification of all that is dignified and fine in humanity, staring out at the star-studded audience in the Cape Town Convention Centre through a camera.
His message to a sporting world salivating about who was going to play who, where and when was beautifully simple. “It’s time,” he said.
It is time, too. Time for England to prove that they are strong enough mentally not just to get out of a relatively easy group but that they can deal with what comes next.
Because it does not look like such a great draw when you consider that our likely second round opponents are Ghana or Serbia, both fine sides, both better than the Ecuador team England struggled to beat at the same stage in Germany four years ago.
But more than that, it’s time for football and its supporters finally to embrace the prospect of Africa staging the biggest event in sport.
Time to realise that this is going to be an event heavy with significance and symbolism, a tournament that is about more than a series of football matches.
It’s about Africa taking centre stage at last, about changing perceptions of South Africa and, at least in some small ways, improving the lot of some of the people who live here.
Time to stop worrying about perceived problems and start realising that this is going to be one of the greatest and most joyous celebrations of the sport there has ever been.
Time to start thinking about the residents of Soweto who are so desperate to transform negative perceptions of their country that they are inviting supporters to stay with them in their homes during the tournament.
That way, they can see that life in the townships is not all about murder, rape and drunkenness. That way, they can see life there can be vibrant and full of warmth and hospitality.
“You have been to Soweto,” Bareng-Bartho Kortjaas, a senior writer for the Sunday Times in South Africa told me yesterday. “Did you need a police escort? Did a black man come running after you with a machete?
“Even this morning, I saw a television report from Britain saying that our stadiums are all ready but that it doesn’t matter because some of our people don’t have running water.
“But we never said that the World Cup would bring everybody water. We never said it would cure everything. Come on, what crime have we committed that people should say these things about us?”
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Carrasso was France’s choice goalkeeper
The biggest surprise in this turn of events (I never thought FIFA would grant us the exception)- is that Monaco’s Ruffier was being touted as Carrasso’s replacement instead of Landreau who was the 4th keeper sent home when Domenech narrowed his list from 30 to 24 players. Perhaps Landreau went on vacation and wasn’t available to return to the squad? Its an interesting development and gives some insight into future goalies who might be called up to serve Les Bleus!
PLAY MATCHES ARGENTINA 1-0 NIGERIA
Arsene Wenger Discusses Brazil
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger thinks that the Brazil against North Korea did not look a team that would win the World Cup.On his flight to Polokwane to watch France’s terrible showing today, the manager told the Times of India, “I felt that they lacked pace, and the midfield lacked creativity. To win a World Cup, that is important.”
The Times asked Wenger if Dunga made a mistake by not picking Ronaldinho in this final squad. He responded by stating, “You can never really tell. It is true that Ronaldinho is not Ronaldinho of two years ago. Maybe Dunga knew that best, but it is also true that Brazilian players are not as good now as they were earlier.”
Wenger finally stated that the team he had been most impressed with in the tournament after their first match was Germany.
I think Wenger is absolutely correct about the team lacking pace, particularly in the first half of the North Korea match. Felipe Melo and Juan were outrun on a couple of occasions. However, I think he does not give Brazil’s bench enough credit. I also expect the team to improve from Tuesday’s performance.
During the North Korea match, Robinho slid into Kaka’s position when Nilmar came on for him. I thought that helped increase the pace and creativity, along with Dani Alves’ substitution for Elano. If Juan gets beat like he did against North Korea again, Thiago Silva is on the bench waiting.
Gilberto Silva
In his press conference today, Dunga told the media that Gilberto Silva will play against the Ivory Coast. The manager stated it was a simple injury scare yesterday, after Globo reported that the midfielder was doubtful. Dunga stated that Gilberto Silva has been cleared to play by the team physician, and practiced normally this afternoon.
Team physician Dr. José Luiz Runco also confirmed Dunga’s words and guaranteed that Gilberto Silva would play tomorrow.
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