Yesterday’s highly anticipated match between Euro giants Spain and Germany brought out the best crowds in downtown Halifax I have seen so far for the World Cup. It was a crowd worthy of the biggest game of the tournament. It was considered a ‘final’ in a sense due to the sheer magnitude of the teams […]
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Octadamus
For those who haven’t heard of him, ‘Octadamus’ – as I like to call him – is the German match-predicting octopus who so far has a 100% record when it comes to German matches. He predicted a win against the Aussies, a loss against the Serbs, and a win over Ghana. Then he correctly saw […]
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Quarterfinal Recap
We are one day away from the World Cup semi-finals and it’s a perfect time to reflect back on the quarter-finals. Miroslav Klose and the Germans are the talk of the tournament Undoubtedly, the most impressive team of the World Cup thus far has been Germany – scoring a total of 13 goals and conceding […]
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World Cup referees continue to spark controversy
Apparently England’s goal did not cross the line We haven’t even finished the second round of the World Cup yet and already it’s been a remarkable and memorable tournament. After a slow start to the competition, we’ve seen some incredible goals and some very dramatic endings. Unfortunately these moments are already overshadowed by another topic: (no, not the vuvuzelas) referee errors. In both of yesterday’s round of 16 matches the results were undoubtedly spoiled after goals were both disallowed and allowed incorrectly. Frank Lampard’s strike in the first half against Germany hit the underside of the crossbar and crossed the
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Fabio Capello – Passionate Coach.
I would absolutely love to be on the England bench during the World Cup with a bag of popcorn in my hands.
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Go USA… ?
Donovan = US Hero. I know the phrase ‘GO USA’ is not a popular one around these parts; but yesterday’s game was a reason why we all love the World Cup – not because we love the USA, but because we love drama. USA facing elimination against Algeria, score a goal in the 91st minute […]
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The end of an era in French football
Au revoir. Just when we thought it couldn’t get any more embarrassing for the French National Team, they were eliminated from the World Cup Tuesday night in a defeat to a South African team who became the first ever nation in the history of the World Cup to fail to progress from the group stages. After controversially qualifying for the World Cup in the first place, many were hoping that karma would come back to hit the French. Yesterday their hope became reality after France’s infamous World Cup campaign came to an end. France have great players in their team,
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Gerard Pique – The most unlucky player in the World Cup.
Pique – Just another day in the office. In Spain’s first match against Switzerland, Pique was kicked in the face and had to receive treatment due to having blood gushing down his head. In today’s match against Honduras, Pique had a couple other unfortunate incidents. First he absorbed a Jabulani football right into his testicles, and then he got kicked in the mouth which resulted in a mouthful of blood. I speak for every single male around the World when I say… “We feel your pain brother”.
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Spain – Disappointing the World and Halifax too.
Eser Toprak Spanish fans on Spring Garden – The day wasn’t as colorful as they had hoped. Walking around downtown Halifax on a Wednesday at 10:15 AM, the last thing you expect to see is a line of red Spanish jerseys getting ready to watch the World Cup game between Spain and Switzerland. While sitting […]