Category Archives: World football

This wins games

Posted on December 10, 2011 by

We all love the Barcelona tiki-taka approach to football. It’s stylish, it’s nice to watch and it’s effective. In the end though, you need physical resolve to occasional come to the fore and ensure victory.             … Continue reading →

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Great story: American Samoa win!

Posted on November 24, 2011 by

American Samoa are the lowest ranked team on the FIFA rankings. Pretty much always. They’d never won a game in their 30 official FIFA matches. Until two days ago. American Samoa beat Tonga 2-1 in a 2014 World Cup qualifier. … Continue reading →

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FIFA Rankings

Posted on November 23, 2011 by

I’m not a big fan of the FIFA rankings. I think it’s silly to go as far back as they do when tabulating results for teams for a current ranking. But there’ll be a few England fans right clicking ‘save … Continue reading →

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Spanish football – it’s no contest

Posted on November 1, 2011 by

I tend to go on a bit too much about Barcelona here but the fact that Spanish football and Spanish players are revolutionizing the game is indisputable. FIFA just put out it’s short list of 25 players who are finalists … Continue reading →

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