Liverpool were knocked out of the League cup on Wednesday night by Swansea who have never in their history reached the quarter finals of the competition.
The excellent weekly radio football show Cafe Calcio returns to the air next Friday, and for
this series one of its regular features will be the Street Pharmacists Guide To Football. Here's
co-host Chris Roberts on the more-ish effects of the Premier League for the supporter of a
newly-promoted club.
Well they say if you don't ask, you don't get. At the weekend we marvelled at the creation of a
Rene Higuita scorpion-kicking Subbuteo figure, and allowed ourselves to dream of other fantasy
football figurines. Top of the list was a pec-pulsating Mario Balotelli a homage to his memorable
goal celebration after melting a [.
Well they say if you don't ask, you don't get. At the weekend we marvelled at the creation of a
Rene Higuita scorpion-kicking Subbuteo figure, and allowed ourselves to dream of other fantasy
football figurines. Top of the list was a pec-pulsating Mario Balotelli a homage to his memorable
goal celebration after melting a [.
The Norwegian girls made it to quarter-finals of the U-20 Women's World Cup
yesterday, cementing their position as the tournament's surprise package. Admittedly, they felt a
little dispirited after their opening defeat to South Korea last week, but fought hard in their 4-1
victory over the Argentinians yesterday.
The Brazilian women's team are set to face Japan in the Olympic quarter-finals
tonight and it's a game the 'selecao feminina' can't afford to lose
(uma tarefa grande!)
If luck is anything to go by, the girls will play at the Millennium Stadium in
Cardiff, where they defeated Cameroon 5-0 and New Zealand 1-0.
Win two tickets to England v Ukraine at Wembley in September - originally posted on
Soccerlens.com
With Euro 2012 all done and dusted and the new 2012-13 season underway, England's players will
be starting to look towards the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. The Three Lions start their World Cup
qualifying campaign in September against Moldova, with the side's first home match against Ukraine
at Wembley on September 11th.
1) MVP:Andres Iniesta being named the tournament's best
player: The Spanish attacking midfielder has been one of the world's best players for the last few
years; however, he was not even Spain's best player during Euro 2012. The decision to name him as
Euro 2012′s best player seems questionable and an escape from a more complex decision which
likely would have seen players such as Andrea Pirlo, Mesut Ozil, Xabi Alonso, Ilker Casillas and a
couple of other players all picked ahead of Iniesta.
Mais um jogo da Eurocopa, foi realizado no dia 01/07/2012, na cidade de Kiev-UKR, onde jogaram as
seleções da Espanha (1º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção da Itália (12º no ranking da
FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram: Copa do Mundo
1994Boston09/07/1994 ITA2:1 (1:0)ESP Quarter-finals1934Florence01/06/1934 ITA1:0 (1:0)ESP
Quarter-finals1934Florence31/05/1934 ITA1:1 a.
Mais um jogo da Eurocopa foi realizado no dia 21/06/2012, na cidade de Varsovia-POL, onde jogaram
as seleções da Rep. Tcheca (27º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção de POrtugal (10º no ranking
da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram: Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo
1990Lisbon15/11/1989 POR0:0TCH First stage1990Prague06/10/1989 TCH2:1 (1:0)POR First
stage1986Prague25/09/1985 TCH1:0 (1:0)POR First stage1986Porto14/10/1984 POR2:1 (1:1)TCH First
stage1966Porto31/10/1965 POR0:0TCH First stage1966Bratislava25/04/1965 TCH0:1 (0:1)POR First
stage Eurocopa
2008Geneva11/06/2008 CZE1:3 (1:1)POR First stage1996Birmingham23/06/1996 POR0:1 (0:0)CZE
Quarter-finals
Eliminatórias Continentais
1976Porto12/11/1975 POR1:1 (1:1)TCH Preliminary round1976Prague30/04/1975 TCH5:0 (3:0)POR
Preliminary round Amistosos
1930Lisbon12/01/1930 POR1:0 (0:0)TCH Mundial Sub-20
1989Riyadh17/02/1989 TCH0:1 (0:0)POR First stage Os árbitros, são:
Referee Howard Webb (ENG) Assistant referees Michael Mullarkey (ENG), Sander van Roekel (NED)
Fourth official Jonas Eriksson (SWE) Additional assistant referees Martin Atkinson (ENG), Mark
Clattenburg (ENG)
Mais um jogo da Eurocopa foi disputado no dia 18/06/2012, na cidade de Poznan-POL, onde jogaram as
seleções da Itália (12º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção da Irlanda (18º no ranking da
FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram: Copa do Mundo
1994New York/New Jersey18/06/1994 ITA0:1 (0:1)IRL Group matches1990Rome30/06/1990 ITA1:0 (1:0)IRL
Quarter-finals
Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo
2010Dublin10/10/2009 IRL2:2 (1:1)ITA First stage2010Bari01/04/2009 ITA1:1 (1:0)IRL First stage Eliminatórias Continentais
1972Dublin10/05/1971 IRL1:2 (1:1)ITA Preliminary round1972Florence08/12/1970 ITA3:0 (2:0)IRL
Preliminary round Amistosos
Liege07/06/2011 ITA0:2 (0:1)IRL 2005Dublin17/08/2005 IRL1:2 (1:2)ITA 1992Foxboro04/06/1992 IRL0:2
(0:1)ITA 1985Dublin05/02/1985 IRL1:2 (0:2)ITA 1926Turin21/03/1926 ITA3:0 (3:0)IRL
O quarteto de árbitros, foi:
Referee Cüneyt Çakır (TUR) Assistant referees Bahattin Duran (TUR), Tarik Ongun (TUR) Fourth
official Viktor Shvetsov (UKR) Additional assistant referees Hüseyin Göçek (TUR), Bülent
Yıldırım (TUR)
Captained by USA international defender Steve Cherundolo German Bundesliga club Hannover 96 made it
to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Europa League last season. Die Roten (The Reds) also finished
in...
There has been quite a lot written over the last few days on the subject of the Olympic Games
and its various interactions with association football. A lot of this in particular the hand-
wringing chip wrapper fodder about how the behaviour of competitors over last couple of weeks has
somehow 'shamed' our national game but there is perhaps a grain of a point to be made about the
different feeling that Olympic football has had about it in comparison with the standard, bread and
butter that we usually imbibe to the point of intoxication.
In which Neymar plants an absolute scorcher of a peachy plum (scorched peach plum? Mmmm...) past
Belarus in front of the Stretford End at the 'Lympics yesterday...
Huzzah! How about this for a snapshot (taken from the Stretford End and found on
Tumblr)?
In which Neymar plants an absolute scorcher of a peachy plum (scorched peach plum? Mmmm...) past
Belarus in front of the Stretford End at the 'Lympics yesterday...
Huzzah! How about this for a snapshot (taken from the Stretford End and found on
Tumblr)?
Olympics: Brazil and the elusive hunt for gold... is a post from: Just Football
Brazil take the Olympic Games very seriously, arguably more seriously than even
the Copa América and the Confederations Cup. But unlike at World Cup level, theirs is a history
failure at Olympic level.
Of course they did. How could they do anything else? If the Olympic football tournament wasn't a
"proper" international football tournament already, it became one after what someone will surely
call Team GB's "ignominious quarter-final exit on penalties" on Saturday night. Nevertheless, those
questioning the legitimacy of Olympic football might point to Team GB's failings on a night when
everybody else in Britain seemed to win an Olympic medal of some description.
Those pesky quarter-finals do their worst yet again. By the time Hope Powell's Team GB got any
cohesion into their game against Canada, they were already a (terrific) goal down and the
initiative had flown across the Atlantic, never to return.It was a sad, slightly flat way for Team
GB's otherwise impressive campaign to end, tempered by the fact that the Canadians ended it with an
excellent display.
Great Britain's women fell at the first knockout hurdle at the City of Coventry stadium on
Friday night, losing to Canada in the quarter-finals.
The 2-0 scoreline was a fair reflection of a game in which the hosts struggled to replicate
their match-winning performance against Brazil just days before.
Craig Bellamy is refusing to get carried away and start dreaming of winning an Olympic medal.
Team GB faces South Korea in the quarter-finals on Saturday after going through the group stages
unbeaten.
Bellamy, who has been one of the stand-out performers for Stuart Pearce's side, is keeping his feet
on his ground after experiencing so many disappointments on the international front with Wales.
Anything the Team GB women's team can do, the men can do too, if with a good deal less style.
After his side's 1-0 win over Uruguay yesterday, the Hope Powell of men's football, Stuart Pearce,
declared that they had played some "outstanding football" to clinch a quarter-final place. Pearce's
eyesight must be a good deal better than mine, but however hard it was to watch as a football
match, Britain's win – of both match and group – was worthy and deserved.
Team GB kicks off against Uruguay today at 2:45pm ET on NBC Sports Network and NBCUniversal Soccer
Channel (as well as NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Olympics Live Extra app). Great Britain only needs
a draw to qualify for the quarter-finals, ...
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Despite their 0-1 loss to a resilient Great Britain Olympic side yesterday, the
'selecao feminina' (Brasil women's team) have made it to the
quarter-finals of the Women's Football tournament. However, the task will not be any easier as they
will face current World Champions, Japan.
London 2012 Olympics: Team GB women defeat Brazil in front of a record crowd at Wembley
Telegraph.
It isn't often than I get the opportunity to pump myself up whenever a British team plays a team
from Brazil, but today at the London 2012 Olympics, the Great Britain women's team beat the
Brazilian women 1-0 at Wembley and put themselves in prime position for a medal in the quarter
finals.
London 2012 Olympics: Team GB women defeat Brazil in front of a record crowd at Wembley
Telegraph.
It isn't often than I get the opportunity to pump myself up whenever a British team plays a team
from Brazil, but today at the London 2012 Olympics, the Great Britain women's team beat the
Brazilian women 1-0 at Wembley and put themselves in prime position for a medal in the quarter
finals.
Senegal's Papa Souare's attempted decapitation of Mexico's Hector Herrera see's just a yellow
card during Mexico's 4-2 extra-time win in last nights Olympic quarter-finals. While many blame
Mark Clattenburg for not sending the player off, what about his assistant who had the clearest view
in the stadium and failed to help Clattenburg out with the decision.
Senegal's Papa Souare's attempted decapitation of Mexico's Hector Herrera see's just a yellow
card during Mexico's 4-2 extra-time win in last nights Olympic quarter-finals. While many blame
Mark Clattenburg for not sending the player off, what about his assistant who had the clearest view
in the stadium and failed to help Clattenburg out with the decision.
On Saturday, Brazil take on Honduras in the quarter-finals of the men's Olympic football
tournament. Mano Menezes is expected to makes changes from the side that eased past New Zealand
midweek. Chelsea's new signing, Oscar, should return to the midfield with Lucas Moura dropping to
the bench.
Two games into the Summer Olympics and the USWNT have already reached the quarter-finals.
Earlier today, the United States took on Colombia, defeating the country 3-0. Don't let the score
fool you though, the Colombians gave the US a run for their money all match long. Despite a lack of
shots from Colombia, their squad played strong defensively, making tackles and blocking a barrage
of shots from the USWNT.
The wait continues for Arsenal to secure a piece of silverware but winger, Theo Walcott, believes
there is the potential in the squad and the right man in charge to bring titles to the club.
Despite the fine football we constantly see coming out of the Emirates year after year, the Gunners
are still looking to claim their first title since the FA Cup back in 2005.
Up for grab again.Here we go again as tomorrow will see the resuming of the League Cup competition
with another chance for the clubs to complete for a silverware.
What has made it more interesting is that everyone will have their fair share of chances of
grabbing one of the two pieces of silverware offered in this mid-season tournament now renamed as
"Starhub League Cup" with the sponsorship that tied with the package announced earlier of the year.
Yordan Letchkov, the bald midfielder beloved by anyone old enough to remember USA 94, has been jailed for two years for corruption. Perhaps most famous for getting his shiny noggin on the end of a cross to knock Germany out of the 1994 World Cup quarter-finals, Letchkov had since moved into local politics.
Ladies and gentlemen, we are to the home stretch. The games mattered before, but now they really matter. Way more than they did before. Now it's lose and you're out. Done. Finished. All those other words. As we talked about last week, the Scorpions and the Rowdies don't have to compete in this play-in game, due to their being one and two respectively in the league standings.
With the 2014 World Cup qualifiers beginning this month, it's the perfect time to assess which
countries out of the home nations can make it to Brazil in two years' time.
England
Roy Hodgson appears to be overseeing a transitional period for the Three Lions with a mixture of
ageing but established stars being complemented by plenty of exciting, up-and-coming talents.
Last season APOEL FC (Greek: Α ΟΕΛ) topped their UEFA Champions League group stage pool before
making it to the quarter-finals of the tournament. This season the twenty-one time Cypriot First...
Bloody hell, when was the last time this happened? I recall Persib playing Selangor a couple of
years back at the Shah Alam Stadium but that sticks in the memory 'cos it is the only one!
Arema IPL are looking at playing a series of friendlies in Singapore!
No dates have yet been announced but the games will have too take place before Arema take on Al
Ettifaq in the AFC Cup quarter finals.
PETALING JAYA: Negri Sembilan are hitting top gear and coach Mohd Azraai Khor Abdullah is grinning
from ear to ear. The defending champions started off with a lacklustre 1-1 draw with Felda United
in their opening Group C match but proved their title aspirations by whipping Sime Darby 4-0 in
their second match on Saturday.
You're no lady, Lady Andrade. The Colombian forward threw a nasty right hook at Abby Wambach as
the US striker fell onto the pitch clutching her face. Play continued on with the referee unaware
of what had just happened and the Colombians continued their unsportswoman like conduct by keeping
the ball in play.
