Archive for June, 2006
Beckham is confident England will eliminate Portugal from the World Cup
Friday, June 30th, 2006
David Beckham is confident England will advance and beat Portugal at the FIFA World Cup quarter-finals.
He insists England are more than capable of dealing with a physical match against Portugal in Saturday’s quarter-final match in Gelsenkirchen. England have struggled at times with the heat in Germany, while Portugal’s second round match against Holland saw […]
Saturday is England’s best chance to beat Portugal in World Cup quarterfinals
Thursday, June 29th, 2006
Can Sven-Goran Eriksson finally get the better of ‘Big Phil’ Luis Felipe Scolari in England’s World Cup quarterfinal clash with Portugal on Saturday?
Scolari has stood in England’s way in the quarterfinals of their last two major tournaments - firstly with Brazil in the 2002 World Cup and then Portugal in the Euro 2004 championships.
And once […]
Italy heavy favorites against Ukraine in World Cup quarterfinals
Thursday, June 29th, 2006
Ukraine have reason to be proud, reaching the quarterfinal round of the World Cup in their first foray into the competition. However, the end of their run is nigh because Italy lie in weight in Hamburg on Friday.
Oleg Blokhin has done extremely well in guiding the eastern European side this far. Their defence looked disastrous […]
Argentina face biggest World Cup challenge vs hosts Germany
Thursday, June 29th, 2006
What a FIFA World Cup quarterfinal clash is in prospect when host nation Germany and South American powerhouse Argentina stake their claims for a place amongst the last four of the World Cup. There will be fireworks.
The stats based on past meetings between the two nations gives rise to how closely matched they have been […]
Ronaldo, Zidane in World Cup ‘98 rematch as Brazil face France in quarterfinals
Thursday, June 29th, 2006
Two of the most criticised players during the FIFA World Cup finals knocked another nail into the coffins of their critics as Zinedine Zidane and Ronaldo boosted France and Brazil into the World Cup quarterfinals.
Zidane - accused of being too old and tired - scored the third in France’s 3-1 win over Spain while Ronaldo […]