The United States Learns About Bad Decisions
This is the very reason YouTube, possibly the world, exists. Though if you can watch past the one minute mark, that may signal a shriek for psychological help.
Apparently the United States national team made a video before their trek to Italia ‘90, in which it’s proclaimed “I never lose because I’m a champion”. Which is...
Eto’o threatens to walk away from World Cup
Samuel Eto’o eh? He sure knows a thing or two about team stability. Though he seemed to have calmed down in recent times (to the point where Didier Drogba has stopped becoming the poor man’s Eto’o in terms of unpredictability) he lashed out today, claiming he might just walk away from that big party in...
Daily Dose: 1990 to May 5th, 2010.
BBC & Pavarotti combined with Nessun Dorma in Italia 90’s opening montage.
Picking Portugal’s World Cup squad. (Portugal WCB)
Man City fine with 5th – they’ll buy Spurs. (The DA)
Plenty of World Cup tickets still available. (guardian)
The phoenix of the 00’s: the passing mid. (Zonal Marking)
Great journalism from The Sun. (Sport Without Spin)
The politics of the US...
One Night in Turin
“There are half a dozen images that define [the 1990s] this decade of change … First … is the sight of Paul Gascoigne crying into his England shirt after being booked in the 1990 World Cup semi-final against West Germany. Unaggressive and emotional, a billboard image that helped start an apparently unstoppable surge in popularity...
My Guilty World Cup Secret
Don’t panic, I’m not going to go all Oprah on you all, but I’ve got a confession to make that a man of my age can’t hide. Every 4 years, the World Cup comes around and over here in Europe we’ve a company called Panini who make sticker books for most major tournaments and leagues....
