Buzzin Football Blog

Now everyone can see highlights of yesterday’s Croatia-England match as itv have stumped up “a low six-figure sum” for the highlights. itv had previously offered half a million pounds for highlights, but were rejected by Setanta. (source: Guardian)
This week has been an utter farce for international football coverage, with German stations showing both [...]

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No one predicted an England victory last night in Zagreb against Croatia, one of the best football nations in the world, let alone an emphatic one.
It was all going according to plan when Croatia started strongly with Tottenham’s Luka Modric dictating things as the Midfield General, and Croatia looking dangerous every time they pushed forward.  [...]

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The time for international friendlies and experimenting has passed!
Yesterday, Fabio Capello named his first England squad for competitive matches. As always eyebrows were raised and much discussions was had in pubs and radio phone-ins as to agreement or disapproval over certain selections.  So here is my player by player critic.
Goalkeepers
I don’t think anyone can seriously [...]

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With a fantastic show by the GB Team at the Beijing Olympics drawing to a close, and Kevin Pietersen offering a much needed boost as the new England Cricket captain and all-round cricket messiah (even though he’s actually South African),  it’s a shame a similar lift hasn’t been forthcoming from the England football team.
England Manager [...]

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England 2 Czech Republic 2
Last night Fabio Capello and England played their fifth and final international friendly match before next month’s World Cup qualifying games against Andorra and Croatia. But the excitement and expectation that followed Fabio Capello’s appointment as England manager as all but evaporated after yet another poor England performance that lacked skill, [...]

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