‘Players’ Archives
Man Utd 3-0 West Ham
Wayne Rooney scored his first goal since March as Manchester United cruised to victory to remain two points behind Premier League leaders Chelsea (download). Rooney converted a 33rd-minute penalty to end a 13-game drought after Jonathan Spector fouled young Ryan Giggs. Nani's cool finish from Rooney's neat pass made it 2-0 while Kieron Dyer hit [...]
Wigan 0-6 Chelsea
Magnificent Chelsea hit six goals for the second game in succession to leave Wigan at the foot of the table. Chelsea now have 29 goals in their past five league matches. Chelsea became the first-ever top-flight side to record a goal difference of +20 over 3 consecutive matches. After two successive Premier League hat-tricks for Chelsea, Didier [...]
(Lego) Holland 2-1 Brazil
I'm happy to see any visual representation of the dirty South American cheats being dumped out of the competition. Holland 2 - Brazil 1 in Lego - Watch more Videos at Vodpod.
An Amsterdam bar celebrates Holland’s win
The rest of the World was rooting for you, too. Thank you! Amsterdam bar celebrates Holland win - Watch more Videos at Vodpod.
Holland 2-1 Brazil
Yes, yes, yes. The first Brazilian own-goal in 97 World Cup matches, from the head of Felipe Melo, set up the victory with which Holland finally avenged their defeat at Brazil's hands in the semi-finals 12 years ago. Arjen Robben played a role in setting up both goals, the second of them scored by Wesley Sneijder, while also provoking the [...]
Is the Nike advertising campaign cursed?
I for one won't be shedding a tear for any of the trumped up little idiots who appear in the advert and who have flopped badly at the World Cup, but let's take a quick stroll through the advert just for fun. First up we have lion heart Didier Drogba, weaving past Italian defenders before dinking the ball over a goalkeeper called Palermo [...]
Poor old Ronaldo
Portugal's captain, Cristiano Ronaldo, feels like a 'broken man' after his team's 1-0 World dejected figure as David Villa's winner earned Spain a quarter-final match with Paraguay, completing a pretty rubbish tournament for Ronaldo, who failed to reproduce his club form for Portugal. Cristiano Ronaldo after Spain defeat - Watch more [...]
How to fix the England team
Listen, it really isn't that difficult... We need players who hold their positions, who know their position in the team. An advantage sometimes and disadvantage (last night) is that our whole team wants to score, they all want a shot at goal. That isn't team play. We made a strategical error. England and Germany both played evenly, [...]
Bunch of losers start making excuses…
Here's what the bunch of jokers who 'played' had to say for themselves... John Terry Terry backs Capello to stay on as England manager - Watch more Videos at Vodpod. Steven Gerrard Steven Gerrard: Lampard controversy is no excuse - Watch more Sports Videos at Vodpod. David James David James: 'Germany would [...]
Greece 0-2 Argentina
Argentina made it three wins out of three with a weakened side to confirm a last-16 game against Mexico. Argentina had 82% possession against Greece, the highest by any side in a World Cup game since 1966. Greece 0 - Argentina 2 - Watch more Videos at Vodpod.
