Team Focus: Revised Spain Approach Fails to Reap the Rewards
by Ben McAleer
at jeudi, juin 19 2014 17:30
On Wednesday evening, Spain’s bid to retain their World Cup crown came to a premature end, not with a bang, but a whimper. The defending champions crashed out of the tournament following their 2-0 defeat to Chile, this coming off the back of their 5-1 thumping from the Netherlands last we...
Team Focus: Youthful Belgium Can Use World Cup to Build for Future
by Alistair Tweedale
at mardi, juin 17 2014 14:08
For Belgium, this World Cup has been billed as an opportunity for their young side, brimming with talent, to show onlookers the planet over the extent of their talents. It is no secret just how good the likes of Eden Hazard, Vincent Kompany and Romelu Lukaku are, but do they genuinely, as some have ...
Team Focus: Japan's 'Magic Square' Can Guide Them to the Knockout Stages
by Ben McAleer
at mercredi, juin 11 2014 14:30
Team Focus: Chile Expected to be the Top Entertainers in Brazil
by Ben McAleer
at lundi, juin 9 2014 18:15
Team Focus: Free-Scoring Bosnia Could Become Neutrals' Favourite in Brazil
by Alistair Tweedale
at vendredi, juin 6 2014 16:16
An extraordinary and somewhat surprising qualifying campaign for Bosnia and Herzegovina has seen them qualify for the World Cup for the first time in their short history. That history has been a painful one for many Bosnians and the war, quite apart from the great many atrocities that it caused, als...
Team Focus: Marquee Signings Set to See New York City FC Take Shape
by Graham Ruthven
at vendredi, juin 6 2014 14:15
Team Focus: What's Portugal's Plan B without Cristiano Ronaldo?
by Andy Brassell
at mercredi, juin 4 2014 11:45
Cristiano Ronaldo's left thigh hasn't quite gained the same repute as David Beckham's fifth metatarsal did all of a decade ago but it's heading in the same direction - at least in Portugal. The country's talismanic captain should be fit for their opening World Cup group match against Germany (to quo...
Team Focus: Chelsea Progressing Despite Consecutive 3rd Place Finishes
by Ben McAleer
at lundi, juin 2 2014 16:30
Team Focus: Spurs Have Foundations in Place to Play Pochettino's Way
by Alistair Tweedale
at jeudi, mai 29 2014 15:56
Mauricio Pochettino's appointment at Spurs earlier this week felt, at first at least, rather more inevitable than inspiring. After names like Louis van Gaal and Frank de Boer had been banded about and fans started to dream of a new manager with the status to match that which they feel their club boa...