What did Materazzi say to Zidane to provoke such a violent reation?
EDIT: I’ve had a bit of a spike in traffic because this blog is the top-ranked result on Google for “what did materazzi say to zidane.” Welcome to my blog, but I’m afraid I don’t know the answer. I’ve seen people confidently claim it [...]
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Today’s big question
9 July 2006 – 10:38 pm
Semi-finals
5 July 2006 – 11:07 pm
Well, a proper good Germany/Italy game, and a pretty dismal France/Portugal one. I’m still hoping to see Zidane take the final by the scruff of the neck and win it gloriously for France, but at this point I’d be happy just to see an attacking game with a few goals.
England out
1 July 2006 – 10:12 pm
Well, it’s been a dreadful World Cup for England. Normally, despite the disappointment of going out, there’s some glorious memory – beating Argentina in 2002, Owen’s wondergoal in 98, Gazza and Platt and Lineker in 90 – but this has been grim. No classic matches, no great new players, no win against a good team. Joe [...]
Bookings, red cards and the sin bin
27 June 2006 – 10:49 am
Having seen several matches at this World Cup mucked up by sendings off, I’m increasingly persuaded that it’s time to reform the yellow and red card system.
I just don’t think the progression of punishments is very well worked out. The free kick for minor fouls makes perfect sense. Sending a player off for genuinely dangerous [...]
England vs Ecuador
26 June 2006 – 1:15 pm
Sorry, I know it’s been all football all the time here recently. I promise I’ll resume the normal diet of half-baked arts commentary soon.
I seem to be the only person who was vaguely cheered by the Ecuador game and was left with an impression that England are getting better, even if only in teeny increments. [...]
World Cup blather
24 June 2006 – 3:36 pm
And so we reach the knock-out stages. It might have seemed like an intense, pressurised competition already, but now all matches are between two decent teams playing for survival, and the field starts getting thinned out very quickly. I almost feel there should be some kind of ceremony at this point to mark the transition. [...]
World Cup food blogging – Sweden
20 June 2006 – 11:28 pm
I’ve been trying to keep optimistic about England’s chances in the World Cup, but it’s not easy. Michael Owen was the only forward in the squad with a history of scoring lots of goals, so that injury is a real blow. Crouch actually did OK today in midfield areas, but I just don’t think he’s [...]
Argentina, Angola, and Africa
17 June 2006 – 11:56 am
Argentina played the most beautiful football yesterday in thrashing Serbia and Montenegro. That’s the kind of play that you watch the World Cup to see – great individual flair combining in a great team performance. Great goals, great skills. It was like a highlight reel. The only thing it lacked to be a true all-time [...]
World Cup food blogging – Trinidad and Tobago
15 June 2006 – 11:01 pm
Thankfully, we did manage to beat T&T, despite the fact that Peter Crouch just isn’t good enough to play for England and Sven seems to have sucked all the creativity out of the players like some Swedish football-vampyr.
Anyway, I cooked some Trini food today to mark the occasion. The recipe was from Madhur Jaffrey’s World [...]
Cult of Brasil
13 June 2006 – 10:17 pm
I wish the BBC commentators wouldn’t be quite so uncritically fanboy when they talk about Brazil. Yes, they have produced some brilliant players; yes, Ronaldinho is the world’s best player at the moment; yes the current squad is extremely talented and deservedly favourites to win the tournament. But they aren’t superhuman. Today, they looked pretty [...]
Togo vs. South Korea – live blogging!
13 June 2006 – 3:11 pm
With their glowing pink shirts and white shorts, the South Koreans look like they’re starring in a washing powder advert. The dazzle effect hasn’t stopped Togo taking the lead, though.
EDIT: the Rutherford kiss of death comes into play: almost immediately the Togolese have a man sent off and the Koreans score with a cracking free [...]
FIFA London Cup 2006
12 June 2006 – 11:00 pm
I was thinking the other day that it’s surprising and slightly disappointing that, while London is covered in England flags for the World Cup, you don’t see many flags from other countries. Something like 25% of people resident in London were born outside the UK, so there must be plenty of people supporting just about [...]
Peculiar subtitles
10 June 2006 – 1:08 pm
it’s still Michael Allen – and he scores a girl!
I was watching the football build-up with the sound off and the subtitles on.
Soccer, soca, and similar
10 June 2006 – 11:24 am
I was getting antsy waiting for the footy (an hour and twenty minutes build-up before the match clearly isn’t enough, dammit), so I thought I’d try and buy some music from each country England plays in the World Cup.
I already have a fair bit of Swedish pop, thanks to Catchy Tunes of Sweden. Trinidad and [...]
countdown: 6 giorni, 16 ore, 24 minuti, 41 secondi
3 June 2006 – 12:34 am
You will have noticed my incredible self control in not yet mentioning the World Cup.
But I was just watching a program called ‘World Cup Goals Galore’ featuring, well, lots and lots and lots of goals (top 10 free kicks; top ten goals scored by defenders; top ten goals scored by players with moustaches etc etc). [...]