Blogs Posts in World Cup 2010 category; 27 blog posts

Robben: I will get better

Holland winger Arjen Robben believes he is not yet at his best despite earning the man-of-the-match award against Slovakia. Robben scored Holland's opener in their 2-1 triumph on Monday to seal a place in the quarter-finals of the Wo [...]

Posted On : Jun, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

World Cup 2010: even in Italy Fabio Capello is not quite tha...

Enthusiasm for the football, on the other hand, has been distinctly lukewarm. The water may be the blue of an Azzurri shirt – but there have been no Azzurri shirts to be seen, never mind England ones. The smiling African salesmen m [...]

Posted On : Jun, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

Portugal plan to attack Spain

Portugal plan to attack Spain from the outset in their World Cup round of 16 clash on Tuesday, with coach Carlos Queiroz saying they will think and play quicker than their Iberian rivals. At stake for both teams is a quarter-final berth [...]

Posted On : Jun, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

Dutch reach last eight, end Slovakia's dream run

Arjen Robben and Wesley Sneijder fired the Dutch to a 2-1 victory over giant-killers Slovakia here on Monday to set up a World Cup quarter-final against either Brazil or Chile. Robben made a 20-minute appearance against Cameroon in [...]

Posted On : Jun, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

Brazil, Netherlands qualify for WCup quarterfinals

Make way for the Oranje and the Samba Kings in the World Cup quarterfinals. The Netherlands and Brazil advanced comfortably Monday, while anger simmered over refereeing blunders and FIFA's refusal to adopt video technology to elimina [...]

Posted On : Jun, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

Spain edge Chile, both reach World Cup last 16

David Villa took advantage of a blunder by goalkeeper Claudio Bravo and also set up an Andres Iniesta goal to give Spain a spot in the World Cup last 16 on Friday with a 2-1 victory over 10-man Chile. Reigning European champions Spa [...]

Posted On : Jun, 26 2010 | Comments : 0

DIEGO MARADONA will forever be

Diego Maradona will forever be known for his infamous 'Hand of God' goal, which knocked England out of the 1986 World Cup. But he was unimpressed with Brazil's Luis Fabiano performing the same act, not once but twice, in [...]

Posted On : Jun, 23 2010 | Comments : 0

World Cup 2010 - Brazil attack North Korea for 'spoilsport' ...

Coach Dunga and his players said that North Korea's massed defence simply made life too difficult for the five-times world champions on Tuesday, who are more comfortable facing teams who open up and attack. "It was a very compli [...]

Posted On : Jun, 18 2010 | Comments : 0

World Cup 2010 Preview - Greece - Nigeria

The last time Greece participated in the World Cup finals was in 1994 and they lost all their matches without scoring a single goal. South Africa 2010 is their second appearance in the world’s most prestigious football competition [...]

Posted On : Jun, 16 2010 | Comments : 0

Tevez - We must win the World Cup

Argentina claimed the title in 1974 and 1986 and have arrived in South Africa as one of the favourites. They edged past Nigeria 1-0 in their opening game but squandered a plethora of chances. Tevez, though, is not worried about their [...]

Posted On : Jun, 16 2010 | Comments : 0

World Cup 2010: Algeria can dump England to kickstart campa...

Madjid Bougherra is convinced Algeria can breathe fresh life into their World Cup hopes by dumping England. The Rangers star was unable to help the Algerians avoid a 1-0 defeat by Slovenia in their World Cup opener.  But he reckon [...]

Posted On : Jun, 15 2010 | Comments : 0

Four-star Germany light up World Cup

Three-time champions Germany demolished hapless 10-man Australia 4-0 in a late-night World Cup goal festival which swept away the hangover caused by the day's two earlier turgid offerings. Goals from Lukas Podolski, Miroslav Klo [...]

Posted On : Jun, 14 2010 | Comments : 0

S.Africa will get better, says Pienaar

South Africa's talisman Steven Pienaar believes the host nation will get better and better as the World Cup progresses after the host nation battled to a 1-1 draw with Mexico in the tournament opener. Everton midfielder Pienaar [...]

Posted On : Jun, 12 2010 | Comments : 0