Passionate Fan on Fifa World Cup 2010

Italy is looking good towards FIFA World Cup 2010 especially because they have just unseated Brazil in the FIFA Ranking after the South American squad remained number 1 for the last 55 months.

This is the first time Italy became number 1 since November 1993.

Brazil is going to have a lot of homework to do and losing to a friendly game against Portugal 0 – 2 does not help their cause.

[tags]FIFA, World, Cup, FIFA World Cup[/tags]

Ananova reports that recent FIFA World Cup competition left a lot of pregnant girls in town. German maternity wards are now fully booked for April to give way to a ton load of FIFA World Cup babies.

In an excerpt:

The women say that the baby is a souvenir from the World Cup. A product of the euphoria from the tournament.

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[tags]FIFA World Cup, FIFA, World, Cup[/tags]

Alex Ferguson and Steve McLaren were old pals as Steve served as Alex’s assistant for two and a half years before leaving for Red Devils; as such, I understand the support Alex is giving Steve. He would not recommend for the replacement of Steve McLaren despite England’s first home loss in a qualifier but would instead boost his morale to perform.

Alex warned that media is putting unecessary pressure on Steve McLaren and booting him out should not be an option as the manager’s great potential would never be reached.

So what?

Filippo Raciti is a policeman who died in crowd violence at Sicily’s derby between Catania and Palermo. After the incident officials began checking stadia in Italy to verify their security systems and measures to ensure that games are safe.

Bari’s Stadio San Nicola where the qualifier between Scotland and Italy is going to be played on March 28 has been declared unsuitable to host spectators.

Francesco Totti said he would not participate in the Italy national squad anymore and would not be playing for FIFA World Cup or the UEFA Euro.

His absence to the national squad doesn’t have an impact on Italy’s future because Totti has mostly been absent during important games of the team. He was sent off after Italy lost in FIFA World Cup 2002 and was banned from Uefa Euro 2004 because of spitting on Christian Poulsen, Danish midfielder.

He was present in FIFA World Cup 2006 but his presence wasn’t felt at all.

Totti, have fun and enjoy your new found freedom.

[tags]Francesco Totti, Italy[/tags]

Hosting FIFA World Cup 2010 on South Africa doesn’t look good with delayed stadium constructions, crimes, poor department executions, etc.

The recent mishandling of the Visa of Brazilian coach Carlos Parreira and assistant Jairo Lopes Cesar Leal might result in criminal charges against them for working in South Africa without the necessary permit aside from their tourist status.

Resign as England manager. Steve McLaren is a complete idiot by being to bossy around England and even brainlessly shrugging David Beckham off the team representing a complete turnaround for squad he led for a decade.

I am no big fan of David Beckham but placing the axe for a player who exude a great deal of confidence and influence among his teamates is nothing to be taken lightly.

England has played dismal in their qualification for Uefa Euro 2008 which also endangers their FIFA World Cup 2010 bid.

Russian billionaire is giving out $40 million for his country’s national football team which I doubt would go far enough to making his country a force to reckon in world competitions. Chelsea reached the top of the league through the money of Abramovich but we are talking about a huge amount. The money given to Russian football is just the price of a star player in Chelsea.

For political, social and patriot reasons, I salute Abramovich.

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I cannot understand why McClaren is asking people to be patient while he figure out a way to make England contenders. Pathetic performances against Macedonia and Croatia saw them scoring only a single goal and their latest game against Holland was decided late in the game with a goal from Rafael van der Vaart.

We are just waiting for the official announcement but it is almost certain that Jurgen Klinsmann will coach the USA. Klinsmann was speculated to target USA a few months back even if Gulati downplayed the reports. The poll we ran on Jurgen Klinsmann leading USA was in his favor as well.

Steve McLaren and Terry Venables are reported to have a big riff between them that led to a series of lackluster performances from England National Squad. As reported on News of the World, Terry says they do not agree with each other in terms of tactics and team selection.

Terry said Steve McLaren agree with his decision to leave Steward Downing out against Croatia and change their formation to a 3-5-2 system.

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What is he famous for?

He is an upcoming defensive midfielder star who is compared to Fernando Redondo. He is making news because powerhouse clubs like Real Madrid and FC Barcelona are going after him.

Personality & likeness

He is calm and composed but his emotions explode on the field.

The UEFA Euro 2008 qualifiers is underway and below are the groupings and teams competiting to become Europe’s best team:

Group A – Serbia, Finland, Portugal, Poland, Belgium, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Azerbaijan
Group B – Scotland, France, Italy, Lithuania, Ukraine, Georgia, Faroe Islands
Group C – Greece, Norway, Turkey, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Hungary, Moldova, Malta

U.S. Soccer Federation president Sunil Gulati is lying about his need of Pekerman to coach US simply because he could not get Klinsmann to sign easily for their team after his successful transformation of German football. The poll I ran a while back indicated people want to see Klinsmann coach USA but apparently it doesn’t make any sense for him to try to build a team from a disoriented system.

We run a poll on the finals of the FIFA U-2o Women’s World Championship. The question run was Who’ll play in the Women’s World Championship Finals in Russia 2006?

The choice of answers were: Brazil vs China, Brazil vs USA, Korea DPR vs China PR, Korea DPR vs USA

The Poll results are as follows: