Buzzin Football

With little over three weeks to go before England’s first World Cup fixture against USA, it seems fair to say that Fabio Capello still isn’t quite sure of what his best eleven is.
After last night’s friendly against Mexico, Robert Green – who made two excellent saves in the first half – seems to be the [...]

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In June or July when Argentina get knocked out of the World Cup, all fingers will be pointed at El Diego Maradona. His bias for picking players who play in Argentina has been his downfall and yet he still refuses to accept that this has categorically not worked.
You’d think after barely qualifying for the 2010 [...]

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After David Beckham suffered an achilles injury in March and was ruled out of playing in the 2010 World Cup, there were several headlines stating that he wouldn’t be in South Africa this summer.
However, it has emerged that is isn’t strictly true. Although the LA Galaxy man won’t be at the tournament in a playing [...]

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As he was stretchered from the pitch during Sunday’s game with Chelsea, Stoke City goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen must have thought his World Cup dream was over. The initial diagnosis was a broken elbow – an injury which I imagine is both as serious and painful as it sounds.
However, x-rays revealed that the joint had been [...]

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It is perhaps Sven Goran Eriksson’s hardest job. If transforming Notts County into a Premier League club was a tough task, taking on the post of Ivory Coast coach with the World Cup looming is even more onerous.
It many ways it is an attractive job – the Elephants are perhaps the strongest African side and [...]

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