What has happened to Maicon and Nesta?
Maicon and Nesta are men enough to prove the doubters wrong after being exposed by Bale and Real but in the big games they need to start performing again.
Brazilian defender indifferent to becoming Galactico
Inter Milan full-back Maicon refuses to get carried away with all the speculation linking him to Real Madrid. Former Nerazzuri boss Jose Mourinho has been keen on bringing the Brazilian to the Bernabeu ever since taking charge in Madrid a few weeks ago. But despite his willingness to reunite with the ’Special One’, Maicon has no...
FIFA’s World Cup All-Star Team
There are plenty of World Cup best XIs floating around. Mr. David Beckham did one just before the final, and we did two ourselves, split between semi-finalists and non-semi-finalists.
There’s only one XI that goes in the history books though, and that’s the FIFA one. The FIFA World Cup All-Star Team was decided by the votes...
David Beckham’s World Cup XI
We saw David Beckham looking very coach-like on the England bench at World Cup 2010. There was even a (made up) rumour that Beckham would be replacing Fabio Capello as England manager after the team’s World Cup exit. That rumour seemed to mysteriously disappear the second Argentina exited the tournament and proved that inexperienced coaches...
Reliving The Best Goals Of The World Cup
This was spotted on 101GreatGoals this morning and it’s absolutely wonderful. A simple compilation of the tournament’s best goals without a suspect musical soundtrack, but rather the real time commentary, enjoying the goal as designed – with the backdrop of a jubilant fan. And the occasional swarm of locusts.
It’s almost impossible to pick the best...
Maicon: “Holland is very strong”
In what is sure to be one of the most anticipated quarterfinals in recent history, Brazil is set to take on Holland. Brazilian right back Maicon has already started the mind games ahead of their encounter, praising Holland for their strong defense and big names.
“Winning is always important. It gives us confidence to win like...
Match Preview: Brazil v Ivory Coast
Sunday, June 20th at 19:30 GMT from Soccer City Stadium, Johannesburg
While Brazilian fans can’t wait to face Portugal in their last group stage fixture, they couldn’t have asked for a better way to prepare than taking on a spirited Ivory Coast side. The Elephants held the Portuguese to a goalless draw in what many considered...
Spain vs Brazil: Wingback quality makes the difference
In yesterday's match Brazil ran into a North Korean roadblock which frustrated their attack in the first half. In the second half, they were able to turn it around by releasing Maicon and Michel Bastos, and the two wingback with...
World Cup 2010: Brazil 2 North Korea 1
The ITV announcer can't quite believe Maicon's goal....
Poll: Maicon’s Goal for Brazil – Cross or Shot?
It took Brazil 55 minutes to finally get past North Korea. Maicon broke the deadlock with the above goal. Just one question: Was it a cross or a shot?
I’m adamant that it’s a shot because a) he uses outside of his foot, and b) Maicon’s just that good. Others disagree. Let us know what you...
Match Review & Highlights: Brazil 2 – North Korea 1
The verdict: it wasn’t quite like watchin’ Brazil.
To be fair, we knew what we were getting from Dunga and we also knew, or at least thought, North Korea would run out five in the back and four in the midfield, but it still wasn’t a vintage performance from the perennial favorites. Much of that was...
Mourinho targeting Maicon and Kolarov
Lazio's Aleksandar Kolarov is thought to be on Mou's wish list Jose Mourinho is already making noises about revamping Real Madrid's defense and midfield. Two areas that could do with improvement if they want to challenge Barca. Maicon is set...
