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List of World Cup 2010 Teams in International Friendly Action Today
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Lots of friendly international football action today. For most (maybe all) World Cup 2010 teams, this isn't just a chance to show off the new jerseys they'll be wearing in South Africa, it's also the last game of football before the provisional World Cup squads are named in May, followed by the final World Cup squad/roster deadline on June 10th. So there's plenty to play for, especially for individual players.
Some big games too, featuring plenty of World Cup 2010 teams going head to head: Germany vs Argentina anyone? France vs Spain? Bring it on.
England vs Egypt should be interesting too, just to see what sort of reaction John Terry gets.
Here is a list of all international fixtures involving World Cup qualified teams: [read more]
The Amauri Saga Climaxes With A Silent Thud
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Eighteen months ago, Amauri was perhaps the most hotly debated international in the land - solely because he wasn't an international at all. After a big money & big talent move north to Juventus, Amauri got off to a blistering start in Torino.
This didn't impress Dunga, who refused to call up the giant Drogba-wig impersonator to the shock of many (though he was eventually called for a friendly but pulled out injured), which sent alarms blaring all over Italia because the Azzurri are still desperately searching under every rock in the peninsula for that first striker. And after years - quite literally years - it'll all culminate today when Amauri finally gets his Italian passport.
Yet after all the hullabaloo, no one cares anymore. [read more]
Zinedine Zidane Shows His Futsal Skills in France '98 vs Algeria '82/'86
Comments(2)Relations between France and Algeria have always been a bit tricky. This isn't the place to discuss the specifics, but there's a whole Wikipedia page about Algeria–France relations if you want to read up. Despite said trickiness, there is one man who can claim to be loved in both countries: Zinedine Zidane.
Born in France to Algerian parents, Zidane is unmistakably proud of his dual identity. So yesterday Zizou and other members of France's 1998 World Cup winning team played a game of futsal in Algeria vs a combination of the 1982 and 1986 Algerian World Cup teams.
The idea seems to have been to promote good will and friendship between the two nations. A worthy cause of course. But I know you (like me) are probably more interested in seeing Zidane in action on the futsal court. Don't worry, there's plenty of video below. [read more]
100 Days Until World Cup 2010 Kickoff
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There were celebrations in South Africa today to mark the 100 day countdown to World Cup 2010. OK, yes, 100 is just an arbitrary number. There's no real reason to celebrate 100 days to World Cup kickoff anymore than there is to celebrate 102 days to World Cup kickoff. I [read more]
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