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The last week or so has said a lot about England, the state of the country, its sporting culture
and the team that is supposed to represent it on the stage of international football. Apathy levels
with the national team, however, are growing to the point at which it may become pertinent to ask
the question of what the England national football team is actually for.
The last week or so has said a lot about England, the state of the country, its sporting culture
and the team that is supposed to represent it on the stage of international football. Apathy levels
with the national team, however, are growing to the point at which it may become pertinent to ask
the question of what the England national football team is actually for.
Morocco will host both the 2013 and 2014 FIFA Club World Cups.
Iran, South Africa and the U.A.E. all withdrew their bids, leaving FIFA to bring the competition to
Africa for the first time. The hosting is set to be rubber-stamped in Zurich in December.
The North African nation has a strong soccer tradition, and the national team memorably became the
first African nation to win a group in the World Cup Finals, topping England, Portugal and Poland
at Mexico '86, before losing to a late Lothar Matthaus goal from eventual finalists West Germany in
the next round.
The 2-1 comeback win for Denmark against Belarus in Aarhus underlined the
importance of the host nation progressing in a tournament.
While it might be too big a leap of faith to credit Danish Football
Association chief Allan Hansen's claim that the UEFA U21 tournament "has caught the imagination of
the Danish 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.
