FIFA has released its World Cup 2010 Technical Report in the form of a 9.28 megabyte pdf
document. Which might sound impressive, but only if you haven't read it. Because this thing is 289
pages of fluff, in four different languages.
The document basically contains a lot of pictures, a lot of over-simplifications, and a lot of
glossing over hard truths.
Benny Feilhaber = the USA-Mexico rivalry, the dude choking him = CONCACAF
While not officially official, word on the street is that CONCACAF is set to approve a complete
re-structuring of its World Cup qualifying competition. This may not seem like that big of a deal
(the USMNT hasn't failed to qualify for a World Cup since 1986 after all), until you get to the
little part about the US and Mexico never playing each other under the new format.
Das Stadion muss eine Begegnungsstätte sein. Es sollte so sein wie in einem Theater.
Sepp Blatter, Präsident der FIFA, hat eigene Vorstellungen von den Fans im Stadion. (Quelle:
derbund.ch)
Today's FIFA rankings are going to provide the self-loathing, masochistic English press with
more ammo to berate the English national team, and then take the easy option making fun of FIFA,
Blatter and anything else that they can't understand (statistics).
England were in 7th place in FIFA rankings after the World Cup, and now, thanks to back to back
wins in their Euro 2012 qualifying campaign, they've moved up to a heady 6th spot above World Cup
semi-finalists Uruguay.
Presidente do Comitê Organizador, Franz
Beckenbauer:
Sobre o fato de Trinidad e Tobago 2010 ter superado as
expectativas
O torneio superou as nossas expectativas em muitos sentidos, e foi
uma grande ideia entregar o evento para Trinidad e Tobago.
