With the USA being knocked out by Ghana last night the Mexicans represent the North and Central American federation’s final chance of a place in the last eight of World Cup 2010 and standing in the way of that aim are the not insurmountable nation of Argentina. The two sides have remarkable similarities in their […]
“Your time starts now.” So much of the World Cup is qualifying. Nations qualify for the next stage of qualification – North Korea went through three rounds – and then they end up in four team groups with the aim being to qualify once more. So after two years of trying – starting today – […]
§197 · June 22, 2010 · France, Mexico, South Africa, Uruguay · Comments Off on Mexico 0 Uruguay 1 & France 1 South Africa 2 · Tags: Álvaro Pereira, Andrés Guardado, Bongani Khumalo, Carlos Salcido, Carlos Vela, Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Diego Lugano, Diego Pérez, Djibril Cissé, Edinson Cavani, Florent Malouda, Francisco Rodríguez, Franck Ribéry, Giovani dos Santos, Guillermo Franco, Javier Hernández, Katlego Mphela, Luis Suárez, MacBeth Sibaya, Nicolas Anelka, Óscar Pérez, Pablo Barrera, Thierry Henry, Yoann Gourcuff
France are a curious side capable of whipping up the team and nation into a storm as they – to borrow a phrase – march on but with a tendency to simply not perform and when they have a head of steam up to blow up. Zinedine Zidane in the World Cup final overtook Beckham […]
§116 · June 17, 2010 · France, Mexico · Comments Off on France 0 Mexico 2 · Tags: Abou Diaby, Carlos Vela, Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Efraín Juárez, Éric Abidal, Florent Malouda, Franck Ribéry, Giovani dos Santos, Guillermo Franco, Héctor Moreno, Hugo Lloris, Javier Hernández, Jérémy Toulalan, Nicolas Anelka, Óscar Pérez, Pablo Barrera, Patrice Evra, Rafael Márquez, Sidney Govou, Thierry Henry
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