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The upcoming European Championship looks like an exciting one. It looks to be dominated by the two World Cup finalists of 2010. Let us take a look at their squad. The undoubted favorites, and the regnant footballing stalwart is Spain. The Spanish have, undoubtedly the best style of football in the world. Their key virtue is that even if they don’t have the quality players...
Published: August 17, 2011
Ireland has produced some great players over the years, the likes of Giles and Keane as well as current stars Shay Given and Robbie Keane. This slideshow is a list of those great players of Ireland. All-Time Top Scorers for Ireland Robbie Keane-51 goals Niall Quinn-21 goals Frank Stapleton-20 goals Don Givens-19 goals Tony Cascarino-19 goals John Aldrige-19 Goals Noel Cantwell-14 Goals Gerry...
Published: August 11, 2011
Overview: England This side was built by Sir Alf Ramsey, the Englishman who had previously managed Ipswich Town to the League title. He famously dropped Jimmy Greaves, then perceived to be the side’s lynchpin in favor of a youngster called Geoff Hurst. Ramsey ushered in a defensive era in World Football due to his introduction of the wingless 4-1-3-2 formation, which focused on work...
Published: June 16, 2011
This Euro 2012 qualification campaign has seen some impressive performances thus far, even a couple of upsets and new gems emerging from the rubble of unsuccessful World Cup campaigns. There have been dazzling performances, tricky wingers and 5-0 thrashings! Without further ado, let us review the standout performer from the top five countries so far in qualifying. Begin Slideshow Read More →
Published: June 13, 2011
Holland is one of the greatest footballing nations in the world. Dutch clubs such as Ajax, Feyenoord and PSV, have excellent and well-recognized youth systems (particularly Ajax), which have produced some of the greatest players ever to play the game in a Holland shirt (Johan Cruyff being the prime example, in Rinus Michels’s total football side of the ’70s). As a national team, the...
Published: June 12, 2011
England played Spain in the opening game of the UEFA Under-21 European Championships. In the 14th minute of the match, Ander Herrera headed in a flick-on during a corner to give Spain the lead. Spain then settled into their mesmeric tempo of passing, which so characterizes tiki-taka, with Thiago Alcantara and Juan Mata being England’s tormentors-in chief. As the first half wore on,...
Published: March 25, 2011
Fabio Capello has not been hugely successful as England manager. He has guided the Three Lions through an impressive qualification campaign of nine wins and one loss (for the World Cup in 2010), but failed to make an impact at the tournament itself (being beaten and knocked out 4-1 by Germany in the round of 16). Now he faces a last shot at redemption in the form of Euro 2012. He started off the qualification...