FC Nordsjaelland's Michael Parkhurst is enjoying life as he also prepares for Champions League
action where his Danish team will find themselves in action against Chelsea, Juventus and Shakhtar
Donetsk.
Having a rather poor results in their last three consecutive matches, Chelsea's manager, Carlo
Ancelotti, still have the utmost confident on his team's strength in the Champions League and
believe that the Blues will eliminate their opponent, FC Copenhagen.
Ancelotti stated that although his team are having a difficult period, playing in a prestigious
competition such as the Champions League will bring out the motivation they needed to acquire great
results.
The Coach Approacheth... 32 Slogans Displayed On The Coaches Of The Competing Nations Of The 2010 World Cup
1. Star and crescent with one goal: Victory! (Algeria)
2. Last stop: Glory (Argentina)
3. Dare to Dream, Advance Australia (Australia)
4. The whole of Brazil is in here!
Cada una de las 32 selecciones que disputarán la Copa del Mundo a partir del 11 de junio en
Sudáfrica se trasladará en un micro provisto por la automotriz coreana Hyundai. Pero no serán 32
iguales; cada uno llevará una frase original, elegida a través de un concurso patrocinado por
FIFA y Hyundai, compañía que premió con un coche modelo i10 al participante más
original de cada nación.
Han sido publicadas ya las ovaciones para cada equipo mundialista, listas para que los
fanáticos de las 32 selecciones que asistirán a disputar la Copa del Mundo se identifiquen con un
mismo eslogan y den incondicional apoyo en el evento mas grande del mundo.
Gracias a un patrocinador de la FIFA en el que han participado mas de 50.
Johnny Jensen scored? No, not the one-off on that sunny afternoon defeat to QPR, the one which
prompted the " I was there was Jensen scored" t-shirts. No, I am talking about the one which led
to our signing Mr Jensen, that phenomenal shot which won Denmark Euro '92.
It was 20 years ago today (good opening line for a song!
Johnny Jensen scored? No, not the one-off on that sunny afternoon defeat to QPR, the one which
prompted the " I was there was Jensen scored" t-shirts. No, I am talking about the one which led
to our signing Mr Jensen, that phenomenal shot which won Denmark Euro '92.
It was 20 years ago today (good opening line for a song!
Benfica set to offer Arsenal reject a lifeline by BA Euro 2012 has been good for Nicklas Bendtner,
even though his Danish team were unluckily eliminated from the competition last night. His
performances have sparked interest from a number of clubs, and hopefully he will soon be on his way
out of the Emirates.
It seems inconceivable that anyone will be able to mention Denmark in relation to the European
Championships without turning the clock back twenty years, to when the Danes were hastily assembled
following the forced withdrawal of Yugoslavia from that summers tournament in Sweden and then went
and won the entire tournament.
The 2-1 comeback win for Denmark against Belarus in Aarhus underlinedthe
importance of the host nationprogressing in a tournament.
While it might be too big a leap of faith to credit DanishFootball
Association chief Allan Hansen's claim that the UEFA U21 tournament "has caught the imagination of
theDanish public," - too many of them were enjoying the
Pentecost weekend holiday to watch their Under-21s lose to Switzerland - the Denmark v Belarus
clash was an 18,000 sell-out, double the crowd of any other game so far.
The last time we saw Nicklas Bendtner parading around a hotel lobby he was sans trousers; a
situation we were most pleased about.
How times have changed. Bendy is pictured on Danish sports site sporten.dk today, clutching the
bundle of loveliness that is his six month old son, Nicholas.
The Arsenal and Denmark striker Nicklas Bendtner is often castigated for his over-confidence and
big-headedness, but his Danish team-mate Thomas Sorensen reckons that the Gunners' striker used to
be even MORE big-headed when he was younger! The Arsenal sports psychologist Jacques Crevoisier
recently said that in tests for ‘self perceived competence,' (i.
Something to read while reminiscing about the Danish team of the mid-80s. Here's a quick vid of
them in action, overturning a two goal deficit to beat Belgium at Euro '84... TV is the spiritual
home of football, says Jim Lovetoy (Football Ramble) Collected footballers tweets (FootballFilter)
Sven in turning down payday shock!
.All the attention was upon Portugal and most of the fans were worried about hither and tether and
things going neither. But Portugal managed a win despite losing Cristiano Ronaldo which rules him
out of their last qualifying Group match against Malta. This away match was extremely crucial with
Portugal needing a win for keeping [.
Ajax may won the Eredivisie this season, but the traditional powerhouses of Dutch football
were frozen out in the top goalscorers list where,as Luke Edwards explains,the
names at the top came from somewhat unexpected sources.
Normally, if you were to take a glance at the top scorers in the Eredivisie you would expect see
representatives from the big three of Ajax, PSV or Feyernoord.
Each team at the 2010 FIFA World Cup has a dedicated bus painted in their countries colors and with
a slogan on the side. Here is a list of the World Cup bus slogans, some of which have turned out to
be not that appropriate. Our favorites are the Netherlands' "Don't fear the big five, fear the
Orange eleven," New Zealand's "Kickin' it Kiwi style," Serbia's "Play with the heart, lead with a
smile!
Danish team sports brand hummel has launched a 2010 World Cup inspired range in time for this
Friday's tournament kick-off. The range features a series of tops and trainers as its backbone. The
collection includes Old School Zip Tops and low Stadil Slimmer trainers (first seen on Football
Fashion back in February) in red, white & [.
*Pasadena College product Yura Movsisyan, the former Real Salt Lake striker, scored twice today
for Danish team Randers in their 3-1 victory over Silkeborg.
Here's the description of the two goals courtesy of Google translation from Danish to English
from the club's Web site:
"Again, it is energetic Yura Movsisyan (in the 35th minute), who brings kronjyderne the
lead.
The Team: Some people call Denmark's national football team "Danish Dynamite."
I on the other hand think that moniker sounds more appropriate for some strange shot of liquor than
a soccer squad. The fan in the pic has apparently had a few too many such concoctions, and now he
is physically ill.
Denmark is the third team I am reviewing in the series about the 32 countries participating in
the next World Cup in South Africa. I already covered Cameroon and Japan which are in the same
group as Denmark.
Denmark's star moment in international football is undoubtedly when they won the 1992 Euro
organised in Sweden.
Prepare the cocktail weiners and stock up on cheap champagne, Kickettes, because we're throwing
a homecoming bash for Benny Feilhaber.
One of our favourite fuzzy Americans has just signed with the MLS (from Danish team AGF Aarhus)
to play with the New England Revolution and could make his debut this weekend when the Revs take on
Sporting Kansas City.
There are number of columns out there that rattle off the "Americans Abroad"...that is those,
typically in the public eye and candidates or former member of the USMNT, whose squads had games
over the weekend and how they fared.
Typically, we'll do some here-and-there of Americans abroad games we watch, offering a little
more in-depth than just a stat line to give you a feel of precisely how they did.
Proud day for SPANISH SPORT & SPANISH HANDBALL with SPAIN winning the home team Sweden 23 - 24 in
the Handball World Championships 3rd place game to take the Bronze Medal. Spain have had a
wonderful tournament only being defeated by the mighty Danish team by 4 points in their semi -
final clash. An excellent match with an extraordinary defensive effort that kept out Sweden &
allowed the Spanish
Nic Townsend of Doing Goals examines Allsvenskan'scontribution to theWorld Cup.
A friend of mine recently remarked that he didn't know why since he couldn't think of a single
player currently playing for an Allsvenskan club who was likely to play in the World Cup.
Former Danish international becomes the latest victim of a relatively recent trend of assistant
managers getting the boot rather the manager.
The former Arsenal midfielder thus follows Rovers' chief scout, chairman, finance director and
secretary out the Ewood Park door and one wonders if Steve Kean will be next.
Dennis Marshall, the 25 year old left back for Los Ticos tragically passed away in a car crash
which also claimed the life of his wife. He was returning from his grandfather's funeral when his
car collided head on with a truck near San Jose, the Costa Rican capital.
Marshall saw action five days ago in the Gold Cup quarterfinals against Panama where he scored
his first goal, an equalizer which resulted in a penalty shootout loss for his team.
In the first of a four-part series, Some People Are On The Pitch assesses the wide range of
football kits you'll be seeing during the 2010 World Cup, looking at the output of each
manufacturer in sequence.
Adidas
With twelve World Cup countries in its portfolio, Adidas is once again assured of maximum
visibility when the competition gets underway tomorrow.
