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Day 24…the final reckoning….

At Italia 90’, it was the combination of Toto Schillachi’s suddenly spectacular goal-scoring abilities and Walter Zenga’s ‘none shall pass’ mentality and keeper skills, which dragged…

Day 22–Italy take on the hosts…..

Italy V Germany  Before the tournament got underway I hadn’t allowed myself to look further than the potential Semi-Final with Argentina. How-ever since Pekerman blew his…

Day 20- Quarterfinal stage

Germany v Argentina  Huge game for the host nation against an opponent they would have rather have avoided at least until the final. Klose, Podolski, Schweinensteiger…

Day 19: Brazil v Ghana

Day 19–Ghana V Brazil  (Africa v South.America…)  Michael Essien is the main man for Ghana. Muntarro returns..  BRA:>Ronaldo and Adriano start in attack..Ronaldo has scored 14…

Round 2: Italy v Australia

Round 2: (Day 18) ITALY v Australia  Gianluca Vialli represented Italy, Juventus, Chelsea, Sampdoria and other glamourous clubs as a player, and also managed Chelsea for…

Round 2: (Day Seventeen)….

The big One:: ENGLAND V ECUADOR England take on south American opposition with the hope of the bucking the annoying trend of the past two world…

(day 16)ROUND 2…last man standing

And so it begins. The group games have separated the rough from the smooth, the calm from the angry, the pathetic from the capable…It is the…

Day FifteeN….running out of green….

Tunisia v Ukraine.. The Ukrainians went mad in their last game, totally demolishing the sub-standard Saudis with a delightful display of attacking football…Shevchenko was showing signs…

Day 14…my latin brothers

Day fourteen  Italy v Czech Lippi has gone crazy and selected a 4-4-1-1 formation for a game which Italy may well need to win if they…