It wasn’t quite like the French, who boycotted practice on Sunday to protest the dismissal of star Nicolas Anelka, but England players showed their displeasure with the state ofaffairs within the England camp by drawing up a list of demands. Nine players, including John Terry, StevenGerrard, Frank Lampard and David James, went to Coach Fabio […]
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Locker room intruder was 'looking for toilet'
The fan who walked into England’s locker room after its 0-0 tie with Algeria and by his account berated the players, claimed he ended up there after following a security guard’s directions torestroom. Londoner Pavlos Joseph, 32, was arrested the next morning at his hotel for trespassing and released on bail. Joseph said that when […]
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Algerian spirit tightens up table
[ENGLAND-ALGERIA] England was outfoxed by Algeria in a game that ended 0-0 and left all four teams in Group C with a shot at reaching the round of 16. Here’swhat we liked and didn’t like about the game … What we liked … Algeria gave England more than it wanted in tightening up Group C […]
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Rooney explodes after phantom performance
[ENGLAND-ALGERIA] Insipid. Dreadful. Awful. Listless. Pick your adjective. England was deservedly booed off the field after its performance in its 0-0 tie withAlgeria. The English were almost as bad as the French in their 2-0 loss to Mexico the day before but at least Fabio Capello‘s boys control their own dynasty. A win over Slovenia […]
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What the USA must do
[SCENARIOS] Friday’s Group C matches — the thrilling 2-2 USA-Slovenia game and dreadful 0-0 England-Algeria — left all four teams still in contention forberths in the second round. Here’s what the USA and its rivals must do on Wednesday to advance … USA advances if … — It beats Algeria; — It ties Algeria AND […]
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Algeria looks to jumpstart attack against England
Algeria hopes to make amends for its 1-0 loss to Slovenia when it faces England on Friday in Cape Town. “It was very disappointing, we were full of regrets after the game,” themidfielder Karim Matmour said. “It was clear that we had a great chance to get off to a good start and we missed […]
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My World Cup: Beware of coaching nonsense
By Paul Gardner We’re now reaching the stage of the World Cup when we are forced to put up with a good deal of crap about coaches and coaching. From the coachesthemselves, of course, but also from their players (how would they dare contradict their coach?), and from their followers in the media. Of the […]
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Capello might give Green second chance
[ENGLAND-ALGERIA] Coach Fabio Capello, whose player selections for England’s opening game against the USA came underattack when he had to substitute James Milner in the first half and Ledley King at the break, won’t reveal his startinglineup for Friday’s game against Algeria, but he seems to be leaning to sticking with Robert Green in goal. […]
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Will history repeat itself for USA in second match?
[PREDICTIONS] Will the USA again save its best game at the World Cup for its second match? Will Fabio Capello‘s lineupchanges produce a win for England? Can Germany duplicate its magnificent performance against Australia when it faces Serbia in a battle of old World Cup rivals? For a look at Friday’s three games andSoccer America’s […]
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Rating the big seven
[MY VIEW] The seven seeds other than host South Africa were considered the favorites to win the World Cup. How did they do in their openers? They ranged fromGermany, magnificent in its 4-0 win over Australia, to Spain, upset by Switzerland, and Italy and England, both lackluster at best in opening ties. Here’s how we […]