Portugal promised a festival of football and so it was delivered although probably not the football they would have wanted to showcase. Firstly to the Ivory Coast who play North Korea with the only hope of qualifying from the group coming in the Africans putting over half a dozen goals in and hoping that Brazil […]
There was a Golden Generation – the first one – in football and it contained names like Rui Costa, Luis Figo, Jaio Pinto and by the time the sun set on the careers of players every country had decided that it too possessed a “Golden Generation.” The original might not have been the best. The […]
§75 · June 15, 2010 · Ivory Coast, Portugal · Comments Off on Ivory Coast 0 Portugal 0 · Tags: Aruna Dindane, Boubacar Barry, Cheick Tiote, Cristiano Ronaldo, Didier Drogba, Didier Zakora, Emmanuel Eboue, Gervinho, Guy Demel, Liédson, Pedro Mendes, Raul Meireles, Ricardo Carvalho
Nations
- Algeria (7)
- Argentina (10)
- Australia (7)
- Brazil (10)
- Cameroon (7)
- Chile (9)
- Denmark (7)
- England (15)
- France (8)
- Germany (11)
- Ghana (10)
- Greece (7)
- Honduras (7)
- Italy (7)
- Ivory Coast (8)
- Japan (9)
- Mexico (9)
- Netherlands (10)
- New Zealand (7)
- Nigeria (8)
- North Korea (7)
- Paraguay (9)
- Portugal (9)
- Serbia (7)
- Slovakia (9)
- Slovenia (7)
- South Africa (7)
- South Korea (9)
- Spain (9)
- Switzerland (7)
- Uruguay (10)
- USA (9)
Players
Alexis Sánchez André Ayew Asamoah Gyan Ashley Cole Clint Dempsey Cristiano Ronaldo Daniele De Rossi Didier Drogba Diego Forlán Diego Lugano Dirk Kuyt Emile Heskey Frank Lampard Gareth Barry Glenn Johnson Jamie Carragher Javier Mascherano John Terry Ján Mucha Júlio César Kevin-Prince Boateng Lionel Messi Luis Suárez Lukas Podolski Maarten Stekelenburg Marcus Tulio Tanaka Mark Paston Mesut Özil Miroslav Klose Nicolas Anelka Philipp Lahm Raul Meireles Richard Kingston Rob Green Robin van Persie Roque Santa Cruz Róbert Vittek Steven Gerrard Thierry Henry Thomas Müller Wayne Rooney Wesley Sneijder Yasuhito Endo Yuji Nakazawa Óscar Pérez