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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This is the Castrol Index Team of the 2010 FIFA World Cup using Castrol Performance data to support the findings:

Goalkeeper
Manuel Neuer, Germany
Invaluable in Germany’s third place finish, Neuer made 22 saves during the tournament, at a rate of nearly four per game. Only Ghana’s Richard Kingson made more saves (24). He only [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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With the World Cup drawing to a close and England’s dismal exit out of the headlines it seems a perfect time to reflect on some of the finer points of the tournament as well as reflecting on the future for English football.
As a neutral fan watching the first African World Cup it is impossible not [...]

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