Buzzin Football

Last night I watched an interesting documentary presented by Match of the Day presenter and former England striker, Gary Lineker.
Lineker went to Spain to see how they had turned around their own misfortunes.  It’s difficult to see how, now they are currently European & World Champions but before this latest wave of success, Spain had [...]

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Imagine an international football tournament involving the best teams in Europe, where there is no diving or cynical play acting, where there are no players angrily gathering around the referee after every decision and no imaginary cards waved.
Imagine a competition of top quality football being played by footballers that you are unlikely to have heard [...]

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Giovanni Trappotoni’s Republic of Ireland team were robbed of a World Cup finals place last night when French striker Thierry Henry broke the Irish hearts with a deliberate control of the ball with his hand to set up an extra time goal for William Gallas on 103 minutes.
Ireland had done everything right during a [...]

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The Republic of Ireland coach Giovanni Trapattoni has called upon his squad to play with ‘warm hearts and cool heads’, ahead of tonight’s World Cup qualifying play off against France.
Words were exchanged in a few heated moments at the end of the first leg in a confrontation between Lassana Diarra and Keith Andrews and Trapattoni [...]

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Following a hastily arranged meeting with The French Football Federation Federal Council in Paris, it has emerged that the laughing stock of International football management Raymond Domenech will remain as coach of the French national team.
Standing on the touchline in the pouring rain watching your team failing to qualify for a major final, is quite [...]

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