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Round of 16 is the first stage where game could finish with penalty shoo-out. Castrol EDGE digged some facts about penalty kicks for David James : Until Lukas Poldolski missed against Serbia, Germany had scored 21 consecutive penalties in World Cup games, having not missed since Uli Stielike in 1982. This makes [...] Debate
Peter Schmeichel: proud owner of European Championship title and Iphone G3. Peter Schmeichel is Denmark and Manchester United legend. He won 5 times English Premiership, European Champion title with Denmark and he was chosen world’s best goalkeeper twice. Mr. Schmeichel who works as expert for Castrol Football agreed to answer our questions in phone interview. Q: [...] Debate
Again Brazil. According to Castrolfootball simulation Spain will be second, England will get honor third place. It is of course just a simulation, but please notice one thing: someone from this outsiders group will stand on the podium: South Korea, Uruguay, USA, Ghana! What do you think? Can England beat both Germany and Argentina? Is Brazil better than [...] Debate
Drogba's farewell with World Cup Ivory Coast won easily but it wasn’t enough to qualify. The Elephants are coming back with raised trunks. Proviong that they are one of the world’s best teams and definitely the best African team just again were unlucky to be in wrong group. Hats off Elephants end better luck next time. IVORY [...] Debate
That will be classic game. Germans are favorites but Ghana will have support of all African fans behind. Ghana is strong team, especially in the middle of the field which is usually Germans advantage. So, Germans not necessarily will have to win. Ghana need at least draw to qualify. They will go through even if one-goal [...] Debate
Brazil played much better than against North Korea and Ivory Coast much more brutal than against Portugal. Luis Fabiano scored fantastic first goal and add second with a little help of his hand. Elano added third and it would be Samba party on Soccer City Stadium of Drogba wouldn’t score conciliation goal. The real problem was refereeing. [...] Debate
United Pets of New Zealand New Zealand fans I suppose? I spent 10 hours for travel to see that boring game. So, who is now the nerd, nerds? I wrote in preview that Italy will win this game 0.25 to 0. And I was close. It was a draw but Italy was slightly better. With all my [...] Debate
Orangle clockwork: another day in office, another win. The game was uninspiring and similar to the first Dutch match against Denmark. Oranje gained possession and patiently wait for monetize it in goals. With Kuyt and van Persie they are deadly from close range, Snejider and van der Vaart are dangerous from long distance. That was [...] Debate
It should be nice to watch game. Netherlands is clear favorite but it is hard tournament for favorites… Kick off: 1.30 PM (CET). Can Japan beat Orange Clockwork? Debate
"The ball is too rounded Mr. Referee!" Was it because of the attitude? Or because of Germans had the new ball in advance? Maybe the grass was too long, but some say it was too short; maybe it was too short? Possibly vuvuzelas were too loud or fans too quiet. So many problems – it is [...] |
 Aleksander Korab works as content director at Metro, the world's biggest daily newspaper. He decided to fulfill his childhood dream of running with the football journalists at the 2010 World Cup. Much to the dismay of his wife, and as part of a premature midlife crisis, Alek plans to shave his hair, grow a beard and spend a month in South Africa watching games, drinking beer with local fans, generally hanging around and of course sharing the resulting insights into life, death and, much more importantly, football!  |
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