The USA were well on the road to their first ever men’s FIFA tournament win today (June 28th) after they took a 2-0 lead over Brazil in the final of the 2009 Confederations Cup at Ellis Park in Johannesburg, South Africa. However, they made the fatal mistake that most teams do once they get a [...]
If the South African coaching staff had read the article “Time to tear down the wall” in our football strategy section they might have made it into the Confederations Cup final. Instead, the host nation was beaten by Brazil 1-0 today (June 25th) in the 87th minute on a long-range Daniel Alves free kick that [...]
There are probably millions of Spanish football supporters around the world going WTF?
Well, in 1980 the USA pulled off the “Miracle on Ice” when they beat Russia for the gold medal in ice hockey at the Olympic Games in Lake Placid, New York, and today (June 24th) they pulled of the “Miracle on the Pitch” as they [...]
It can happen in the blink of an eye. Just ask Italy. Their Confederations Cup world came crashing down around them today (June 22nd) in the matter of a few minutes as Brazil ripped them apart with some fascinating attacks between the 37th and 45th minute to take a 3-0 stranglehold on their Group B [...]
African champions Egypt have put themselves in a good position to advance in the Confederations Cup with a 1-0 win over world champions Italy on June 18th. The result just goes to show that football matches are won, lost and drawn on the pitch and nowhere else.
Egypt deserved to win and perhaps other teams and [...]
Group A is still up for grabs in the Confederations Cup. Spain has clinched a spot in the top two with six points and will be taking on second-place South Africa, who has four points, and could win the group with a win over the Spaniards. Third place Iraq with one point will be playing [...]
Current European champions Spain did what was expected of them today (June 17th), as they reached the semi finals of the Confederations Cup in South Africa with a 1-0 win over Iraq. However, if Iraq had put a little more effort into attacking as much as they did defending, they might have slipped out of [...]
