The World Cup is over and Spain are your new Champions. First Euro 2008 and now this? I guess we have to respect Spain in international competitions now and not wait for them to eventually choke. The Final was probably one of the best deciding games since I can remember (1982). Both teams wanted to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Netherlands’
World Cup 2010 – Day Twenty-Two – A Dutch Surprise
Posted: July 3, 2010 by The Mark in SoccerTags: Abreu, Ajax, Argentina, Arsenal, Baggio, Bayern Munich, Brazil, Dunga, Felipe Melo, Forlan, Ghana, Gyan, Holland, Inter, Juventus, Kaka, Mathijsen, Muntari, Netherlands, Oezil, Ooijer, Rennes, Robben, Robinho, Sneijder, South Africa, Suarez, Uruguay, Van Persie, Werder Bremen, World Cup
Day twenty-two saw Brazil’s run come to an end and Asamoah Gyan (Rennes) miss one of the biggest penalty kicks in the history of the World Cup. It doesn’t top Roberto Baggio’s miss in 1994 but it’s up there. The Netherlands find a way to fight back against Brazil and Uruguay continues its improbable run [...]
World Cup 2010 – Day Eighteen – Chile And Slovakia Go Meekly Into The Night
Posted: June 29, 2010 by The Mark in SoccerTags: Bayern Munich, Boca Juniors, Brazil, Chile, CNN, Elano, Gonzalez, Higuain, Japan, Juan, Julio Baptista, Kaka, Luis Fabiano, Maradona, Mark McKay, Melo, Netherlands, Paraguay, Pedro Pinto, Portugal, Real Madrid, Robben, Robinho, Slovakia, Sneijder, South Africa, Spain, Van Der Vaart, Vittek, World Cup
Day eighteen is in the books and Brazil and the Netherlands continue to roll. Should be a good game this weekend when these two teams meet in the Quarter-finals. Brazil looks too good at this point to say that they won’t win the whole thing. Argentina is good but can they get past Germany in [...]
World Cup 2010 – Day Nine – Thanks For Coming Cameroon
Posted: June 21, 2010 by The Mark in SoccerTags: Eto'o, Sneijder, Cameroon, South Africa, Huntelaar, Gyan, Ghana, Australia, Denmark, Netherlands, Japan, Agger, Rommedahl, Bendtner, Paul Le Guen, Nakamura, Holman, Kewell, Rosetti, Muntari, Tomasson, Kjaer
Sorry I am a day late with this post. Sunday was very busy for me and I didn’t get a chance to write down my thoughts on the day’s action. I’ll try not to let it happen again. Day nine came and went and we finally have a team advancing (Netherlands) and a team going [...]
World Cup 2010 – Day Four – Why Is Eto’o On The Right Wing?
Posted: June 15, 2010 by The Mark in SoccerTags: Agger, Alcaraz, Beckmann, Bendtner, Cameroon, Camoranesi, Chiellini, Denmark, Di Natale, Elia, Eto'o, Gilardino, Hasebe, Honda, Huntelaar, Italy, Japan, Kahlenberg, Kuyt, Marchetti, Marchiso, Mbia, Nakamura, Netherlands, Okazaki, Paraguay, Paul Le Guen, Pirlo, Poulsen, Quagliarella, Robben, Rommedahl, Souleymanou, South Africa, Valdez, Van Persie, Vuvuzela, World Cup
Monday’s games were all entertaining but the trend of sloppy play continues. I know not everyone is Argentina but why are so many passes and crosses being missed? Is it the ball or are the players just a bit off. Maybe a little bit of both. The ball seems to just fly off the players’ [...]
