World Cup 2010 Blog: “Photo: Streakers Are Coaches Too” plus 9 more |  |
- Photo: Streakers Are Coaches Too
- Jong Tae-Se Is Coming To Europe
- The Dutch FA: Booking Hotels With No Faith.
- Apparently Xavi Sucks At Something
- It’s Netherlands vs Spain in the World Cup Final
- Match Review & Highlights: Spain 1 – Germany 0
- Liveblog: Germany 0-1 Spain, Semifinal
- Mark van Bommel Went Career Huntin’ Last Night
- Jogi Loew’s Lucky Blue Sweater is a Big Seller
- Arjen Robben: Diving Into Our Photoshopped Hearts
| Photo: Streakers Are Coaches Too Posted: 07 Jul 2010 04:15 PM PDT
Mario Ferri streaked the Netherlands – Italy friendly back in November to tell Marcello Lippi, like every fan in the peninsula, Antonio Cassano needed to be on the team. As you may’ve heard, Lippi gifted Cassano the chance to make his nuptials instead of taking part in the 23 (21.5) man abortion sometimes known as Italia’s 2010 World Cup campaign. So Mario took to the field today during Germany – Spain to tell Marcello “I told you so”. Because every Italian is a coach. (He should’ve played a 4-3-1-2, damnit.) Pretty impressive he flew all the way to South Africa just to get the last word too, though that Superman t-shirt probably cut down on cost and flight time significantly. Mario in various states of strangulation with stadium security here.
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| Jong Tae-Se Is Coming To Europe Posted: 07 Jul 2010 04:00 PM PDT
The man who took the world by storm in telling the world he would score against all teams in the Group O’Death and staggered them twice with his brazen show of patriotism by blubbering during the national anthem has done what so many do this time every four years: parlayed the World Cup into a European contract. Only it may not be what you may think. Jong’s signed for Bochum in the Bundesliga. Excuse that – just relegated Bochum, which means one of the stars of Asian football and someone very, very skilled will be plying his trade in the second division, Bundesliga.2, next year. Not exactly the lotto everyone expects come World Cup time.
Jong’s also setting his goals more modestly nowadays.
To be fair, acclimating yourself to a new continent/league/style of play in the second division is a smart move for many players, but Jong is simply a better player than that. I’m a big fan of the “thanks for having me but I’m already planning my next move” arrivals of new transfer signees. Or even better, the “thanks for buying me and reportedly making me the highest paid player in the league but I’m going back to my old club first chance I get” – recently perfected by Yaya Toure. But regardless: Jong is coming to a European league near you. Maybe in 2011, when Bochum get promoted. So get your kleenex ready.
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| The Dutch FA: Booking Hotels With No Faith. Posted: 07 Jul 2010 03:17 PM PDT
It’s probably fair to say not too many pegged the Dutch for the final pre-tournament. They were a trendy darkhorse pick, which makes their presence in the final stunning considering they had to combat the Curse of the Trendy Darkhorse in every sport, every year; however, they weren’t really a big favorite before – or after – proceedings began. And the Dutch FA treated them as such, which is why they were looking around for a new hotel today because they’d planned to head home on July 5th. No faith, I tell you. No faith.
i. Are you telling me they wouldn’t clear out a floor for a World Cup finalist? Seriously? ii. The Dutch lack of faith is clearly a balancing act for the Dutch Nike ad in which they claimed this year’s World Cup to be spoken for before the tournament began. iii. This could also be a brilliant ploy by the KNVB in charging their players up to play beyond the expected. Probably not, but they’ll certainly like this option the best. The new digs, for those of you fangirls looking to stalk Dirk Kuyt, can be seen here:
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| Apparently Xavi Sucks At Something Posted: 07 Jul 2010 02:57 PM PDT The world’s best midfielder can’t blow a vuvuzela. Think the Dutch will petition FIFA to replace the Jabulani with a vuvuzela? There are certainly worse theories floating about. (Story of our lives.) [101gg]
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| It’s Netherlands vs Spain in the World Cup Final Posted: 07 Jul 2010 01:53 PM PDT
Second of all, this will be the first time a European nation has won the World Cup outside of Europe. Every non-European hosted World Cup so far has produced a South American winner (Argentina, Brazil or Uruguay). All that is about to change. The World Cup final between Netherlands and Spain will take place at Soccer City stadium, Johannesburg on Sunday, July 11th. Kickoff is 8:30pm local time, 7:30pm UK time, 2:30pm US eastern time.
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| Match Review & Highlights: Spain 1 – Germany 0 Posted: 07 Jul 2010 01:48 PM PDT
It's like deja vu all over again: Spain 1 – Germany 0. Paul the Octopus got it right once again, picking Spain and sending the German romantics crashing out of the World Cup…at least until Saturday, when they’ll play Uruguay in their second straight consolation game. (Must be cruel by now.) And if Paul nailed it by saying the most technically gifted team would win on a solitary goal from the head of Carles Puyol…well, we promise not to eat him. Germany would probably be okay with that. The breakthrough came when a flying Carles broke through the barrier of bodies, including his friend Pique, to crash a header past Manuel Neuer into the back of the net just past the hour mark. From there, the predictable happened: Germany pushed numbers, Spain held and countered on occasion – they, like Serbia with Germany chasing, probably could’ve and should’ve had three – but ultimately it was Euro 2008 all over again with a 1-0 final score. Both teams were tactically and defensively outstanding, countering not only overall tactics, but each little individual matchup between players. All 22 should be properly proud of how they played – almost to a man an intellectual cut above most teams this tournament – giving us, perhaps for the first time this World Cup, a game played at such a high level on both sides. And they said this should’ve been the final. No disrepect to the Dutch, but that’s probably true. I want this game framed, on my wall, and I wouldn’t sell it for anything less than Picasso money. - Are you a Spain fan who wants to be in South Africa for the final? Read our Spain World Cup Travel & Ticket package page for more information.
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| Liveblog: Germany 0-1 Spain, Semifinal Posted: 07 Jul 2010 09:24 AM PDT
Welcome to the liveblog of the Germany vs Spain World Cup semifinal. Winner plays the Netherlands in the World Cup final. Loser doesn’t. Read our Germany vs Spain preview, or head on over to the Germany blog or the Spain blog for something more insightful. Chris and myself will be hosting this liveblog. Due to the large numbers of people participating in the liveblogs we’re going to be keeping tighter control of the comments from here on out. That means we’re only going to publish comments that contribute to the discussion, because otherwise things get messy. Don’t just take our word on the match. Check out match comments from carefully selected Twitter accounts: FAN RESOURCES
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| Mark van Bommel Went Career Huntin’ Last Night Posted: 07 Jul 2010 09:17 AM PDT No one outside of the Netherlands and perhaps Bavaria likes Mark van Bommel. It’s impossible. His mother probably doesn’t love him, and I’ll stand by that. No one seems to brew up the hate like good ol’ MvB. Of course the referees couldn’t seem to brew up a yellow card for him all tournament long, either, which was a running joke until he got his long-awaited card in stoppages for celebrating what he thought was the final whistle. This “tackle” happened not four seconds before Gio van Bronckhorst’s goal.
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| Jogi Loew’s Lucky Blue Sweater is a Big Seller Posted: 07 Jul 2010 08:43 AM PDT
German fans have noticed, and the Loew sweater – made by Strenesse.com – is now in demand. All three Munich stores have apparently sold out of the &euro:199 item, with some fans apparently travelling to the Netherlands to find their very own Strenesse blue cashmere sweater. I’m 99% sure that the sweater is just a sweater and Germany scored four against Australia, England and Argentina due to the talent on the pitch. But there’s 1% of me that’s waiting to see what happens against Spain. If Germany come away with yet another 4-0 win today, then I’ll be investing all my money in magic blue sweaters. Good news is that Loew isn’t just a trendsetter, he’s also a good guy. After the tournament he’s pledged to donate the (unwashed?) sweater to a children’s charity auction.
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| Arjen Robben: Diving Into Our Photoshopped Hearts Posted: 07 Jul 2010 08:30 AM PDT
Simply put: players can’t get away with anything today. First there’s the referee and his band of merry hooligans, then there are the televisions cameras which see more than the Mossad, only to be followed into the room by Photoshop. Arjen Robben tumbled himself into a little ball against Brazil (yesterday too, but they’re not that quick). The internet has responded in kind. Hilariously.
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So now we know our World Cup finalists. It’s going to be Netherlands vs Spain, which means a couple of historic things will happen. First of all, neither of these teams has ever won a World Cup before. So the current list of seven World Cup winners will become eight. Fire up the gold star making machine, because we’re going to have a new World Cup winning nation.
You may have spotted Germany coach Jogi Loew’s blue sweater during World Cup 2010. Loew wore the eye catching cashmere number during Germany’s 4-0 spanking of Australia, during the 4-1 demolition of England and – at the request of assistant coach Hansi Flick – for the 4-0 win quarterfinal win over Argentina.
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