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World Cup 2010 Blog: Nothing Spices Up International Friendly Week Like Match-Fixing

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Nothing Spices Up International Friendly Week Like Match-Fixing Posted: 11 Feb 2011 07:43 AM PST France v Brazil? Portugal v Argentina? Germany v Italy? Bosh. The big game of the international friendly week was found far off in the corner of Antalya, Turkey, where Bulgaria and Estonia scrapped it out to a 2-2 draw. Not your typical marquee friendly, but this wasn’t your typical game. There were pregame rumblings that the fix was in, and the fact that all four goals came via penalties did nothing to quiet the whispers. Three of the four penalties seemed like perfectly dreadful tackles, with one a foul but starting just outside the box (though we’ve all seen that given as a spot kick many times), but there’s more. The same agency which set up this friendly also set up Latvia v Bolivia. Three goals, three penalties. (Can’t quite find any highlights.) In total: 1 agency, 2 friendlies, 7 goals, 7 penalties. No, not suspicious whatsoever. “The situation becomes even more confusing taking into account the fact that all three goals in the previous match were also scored from penalties.” Latvia beat Bolivia 2-1 in a friendly in the Mediterranean resort of Antalya just before the Bulgaria-Estonia game. Hungarian referee Krisztian Selmeczi was in charge of both matches. “We don’t know this referee and we can’t say he acted intentionally when awarding the penalties,” said BFU vice-president Atanas Furnadzhiev. “We’ll inform UEFA and they will probably investigate the match.” “The friendly was organised by an agency with whom we’ll not work anymore,” Estonia FA spokesman Mihkel Uiboleht told local media. “We received information of a possible manipulation even before the game as the same agency also organised the match between Latvia and Bolivia and there was the same scenario there.” Something smells rotten in Antalya.

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World Cup 2010 Blog: “No One Can Hit The Goal Anymore” plus 1 more

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No One Can Hit The Goal Anymore Posted: 10 Feb 2011 09:10 AM PST Hey, look at that – a horrible sitter miss. Quelle surprise. But doesn’t it appear these have seemed to reach epidemic levels? Someone’s always been banging on about “the worst miss evah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”, yet they’re rarely worthy of such lofty status. Recently, however, I’ve been inclined to agree with a good number – starting with that poor, poor Marlon de Jesus. Yesterday it was Hugo Almeida managing to push the ball closer to the corner flag than the wide open goal mouth; unbelievable realtime, and it’s equally as unbelievable now. Somewhere, Jonathan Wilson is devising a solid theory as to why the rise of the false nine is destroying the art of punching in punch-ins.

A Name to Remember: Edson Montaño Posted: 10 Feb 2011 04:25 AM PST The South American U-20 tournament is almost over, with Uruguay and Brazil fighting it out for the tournament win on the last matchday Saturday. Going into the tournament, it was always going to be the Neymar show, and with his seven goals, it hasn’t disappointed there. But there are always more stars than one in a tournament like this, and one who has gotten some attention is Ecuador’s Edson Montaño. If you're a football fan looking to put more than your opinion on the line on how the Sub-20 will end up, you could do your sports betting at BetUS. Montaño might be smart bet to score on the final day against Chile, who have conceded nine goals in their last four matches. Montaño plays his club football at Belgian club KAA Gent, who spotted him at the 2010 COTIF youth tournament and signed him from his boyhood club El Nacional in Ecuador. He’s still finding his feet in Belgium and has only one appearance so far, but his performance in Peru this month may earn him the faith of his club and give him a chance to shine in Europe. Montaño is tied for second on the tournament high scorer, and has gotten his four goals in clutch moments. To this point, he is Ecuador’s only scorer in the final group stage, and his two goals in the stage have won his country their four points. In the opening match, he blew the tournament wide open and made some friends in Brazil) by scoring the only goal in Ecuador’s 1-0 win over Argentina. And he did it with a header from a corner. Edson Montaño is not a tall man – 5′8″. In his next match, he could be forgiven for a hero hangover. Instead, down 1-0 to Uruguay in the second half, Montaño scored an equalizer that would hold for a 1-1 draw. In Uruguay’s four final stage matches, this is the only one in which they have dropped points. In preliminary group A, Montaño’s goal vs. Paraguay was also a game-winner, giving them the points to even qualify to the final stage. Clutch. – This post was brought to you by BetUS

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World Cup 2010 Blog: “Unfriendly Friendlies: Hernanes Unleashes His Inner de Jong” plus 1 more

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Unfriendly Friendlies: Hernanes Unleashes His Inner de Jong Posted: 09 Feb 2011 03:10 PM PST Brazil’s Hernanes greeted France’s Karim Benzema with a very unkind handshake this evening, that in the form of a Nigel de Jong* to the chest. He was obviously sent off for his unfriendly greeting, landing instant infamy in the land of the YouTube and semi-creative GIFs. Of course while the tackle was unfriendly, he was given consolation from Jeremy Menez of Roma, archenemy to Hernanes’ Lazio. See? Even horrendous tackles can bring people together. * Source: Urban Dictionary. When you are unexpectedly kicked in the chest by a male or female wearing cleats. Has a tendency to break multiple ribs which then puncture lungs causing internal bleeding and death. That Guy just got De Jonged! (Benzema would get his revenge, too.)

David Trezeguet’s ‘98 Shirt Stars In The Score II Posted: 09 Feb 2011 08:14 AM PST The script reads likea straight-to-video sequel of the Robert De Niro/Edward Norton movie The Score: Customs officials have priceless French artifact in their possession, only they don’t quite know the true identity of what they hold, readying it for destruction. Only David Trezeguet’s shirt from the 1998 World Cup Final, though valuable, isn’t exactly priceless and this one is missing the elaborate heist aspect in which the artifact is saved from the fire so that it can be stolen. This one burned. Burned, burned, burned. Collector: angry. Very, very angry. Because while customs officials thought the shirt was a counterfeit, it wasn’t. Oliver Demolis bought the shirt from a Brazilian over the internet and had agreed to pay 7,350 euros ($10,030), which he is now trying to claim back through the courts. "It was a well-known seller and the jersey was official. It was the last piece in my collection," he told newspaper Le Dauphine. "When I went to get it they told me the shirt had been destroyed by customs because it was counterfeit. I went mad." You have to wonder if, a. by “last piece in my collection” he means the entire France side from that World Cup final. Sounds possible at the very least. b. and if so, why the hell did he give out his real name? A real life De Niro’s going to be burrowing into his rumpus room in the middle of the night very shortly. So basically this is The Score II, only this one involves lawyers and tearful memorabilia collectors rather than the staging of an epic heist.

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