In preparation for South Africa, several World Cup bound teams are playing in friendlies today to physically warmup and mentally prepare for the juggernaut tournament this summer.  Amongst today’s games, fans can look forward to seeing former England coach Sven Eriksson’s Ivory Coast for the first time since he was hired, if Nigeria can overcome [...]

A not very exciting game in the end after we’ve been looking forward to the fixture since the draw was announced late last year. Both teams seemed content to battle out a draw with second team players. Argentina tops the group with 7 points and get the reward of facing Mexico. The Netherlands will no [...]

In a classic game that had no meaning but plenty of excitement, Ivory Coast picked up its first World Cup win. This is the last time we see a team called Serbia and Montenegro and they end their World Cup campaign with no wins. You can read the play-by-play below and add your [...]

Another day, another four matches. That is what is known as World Cup bliss. We close out the action in Groups C & D. Three of the four spots in the round of 16 have been filled and the teams today will be jockeying to see who will play one another in [...]

Argentina, Netherlands, Ivory Coast and Serbia and Montenegro – before the World Cup kicked off Group C was tapped by most of the football world as the Group of Death. But death came quickly to two of the four teams with Ivory Coast giving a good showing and Serbia and Montenegro’s vaunted defense proving [...]

Leave the lederhosen at home. That is the message one can take away from the Dutch fans after hundreds of them were told to take off their orange lederhosen displaying the name of Dutch brewery Bavaria before entering the stadium in Stuttgart for their team’s match against Ivory Coast. The fans watched the [...]

I was personally left breathless yesterday after Argentina put six up against Serbia and Montenegro. I thought the first half performance by Argentina was the best display of football we have seen thus far in the tournament. While I am not ready to hand the trophy to Argentina quite yet, I can’t help [...]

The Netherlands gets a pair of two first half goals to win the match and to advance to the second round of the World Cup. Read the blow-by-blow below and leave your comments on the game.
Final: Netherlands 2-1 Ivory Coast

A wonderful display of clinical finishing saw Argentina put six goals past a hapless Serbia & Montenegro, who finished the game with ten men. We saw almost the full repetoire of Argentina’s arsenal and nearly all of them scored. They treated us to the team goal of the tournament, gave Maradona the chance to repeatedly [...]

Netherlands 1-0 Serbia & Montenegro
Solid result from the Dutch and a much needed win first up. Arjen Robben shined but apart from the goal there was not much to cheer for the Oranje. Serbia & Montenegro had one lapse in defense and paid the price for some unadventurous attack play. Thanks for all the [...]