Daily Dose 1.25.08

Football links from World Cup Blog, The Offside and a couple other places too.

• How to beat Mali (Nigeria Blog)
• Atlas Lions reaction to defeat (Morocco Blog)
• Just three Ghanaians smiling today (Ghana Blog)
• A very through paint job (The Offside)
• Elrio Van Heerden’s mum jumping with pride (The Herald)
• Why globalization might be good for the game (Run of Play)
• The 20 ugliest players in the world (mCalcio)

Plus, today on The Offside:
Cote d’Ivoire vs Benin - OpenThread (17:00 GMT)
Nigeria vs Mali - LiveBlog (19:30 GMT)