Buzzin Football

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 [...]

[Read more →]

So the 2010 South Africa World Cup is finally over and Spain is rightfully crowned the best football nation in the world. Considering the on-going pre-tournament concerns as to whether the stadiums would be finished and whether South Africa’s infrastructure could cope, the tournament was a great success.  South Africa delivered though it must be [...]

[Read more →]

According the the Castrol Performance data, Spain should take their chances at goal from distance in the World Cup 2010 final in South Africa, as the stats show that Holland goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg has been guilty of conceding most goals (3) in the finals from shots taken from outside the box.
Stekelenburg has conceded five goals [...]

[Read more →]

As the last of the opening matches in the World Cup finals finishes I expect some exciting matches to following, what has so far been a pretty boring six days of football.
A shock 1-0 defeat to Switzerland sees Spain being the only seeded team to lose their opening match, though Italy and England gave less [...]

[Read more →]

Last night I had the dubious pleasure of watching two of the teams who are among the favourites to win the World Cup in South Africa in 2010, both had already qualified and both through injuries or manager choice started their respective games without some of their best players. Both were facing lesser opposition and [...]

[Read more →]