Watching Brazil against Argentina in the semi-final of the Olympic games this morning, I felt like I was in a timewarp back to the late 1980’s. That’s because NBC, in their infinite stupidity, are breaking for TV commercials in the middle of the game.
And just as it routinely happened in the late 1980’s (including the […]
Tags: Argentina · Brazil · NBC
This week, two Manchester United players made their debut for the club in quiet circumstances during a 2-0 friendly win against League One side Peterborough United. The match was noteworthy because of the debut for two of United’s rising stars, Rafael and Fabio Da Silva.
The two 18-year old Brazilian twins agreed to join Alex Ferguson’s […]
Tags: Brazil · Fabio da Silva · Frank de Boer · Gary Neville · Manchester United · Phil Neville · Rafael da Silva · Rene van der Kerkhoef · Ronald de Boer · Watford · Willy van der Kerkhoef · peterborough united
So with the Olympic torch set to be lit in five days I thought it might be a good time to have a look at how the football side of this global gathering will affect the Premier League when that kicks-off the following week. Well in fact the football side of things kicks-off two days […]
Tags: Argentina · Brazil · FIFA · Holland · Italy · Premier League · USA · United States · schalke
On the European Continent and on the British Isles the view of the Olympic football Tournament is completely different than in the rest of the world. In Europe the tournament is seen as more of a nuisance than anything, while among those in the Western Hemisphere and in Africa it is seen as big deal.
Nigeria […]
Tags: Blackburn Rovers · Brazil · Germany · Italy · Liverpool · Manchester United · Mexico · United States
I’m on vacation this week in North Carolina, so the quantity of blog postings will dwindle, but I’ll try and write when I get the opportunity. It’s actually a great week to visit the EPL Talk Community where you can read blogs from six EPL Talk readers and participate in the message boards.
While in Durham […]
Tags: Argentina · Brazil · Major League Soccer Talk
If you missed the Brazil against Uruguay semi-final of Copa America last night, you could have seen a classic. The entertainment value was extremely high as both teams came so close to winning the match within regulation. Uruguay continually threatened Brazil and were unfortunate not to win the match. After ending 2-2 in regulation, the […]
Tags: Blackburn Rovers · Brazil · Carlos Tevez · Major League Soccer Talk · TWI · Uruguay
For the second night in a row, there’s been a huge upset in Copa America. The opening night it was Peru’s emphatic 3-0 win against Uruguay. Tonight, it was an even bigger shock as Mexico annihilated Brazil with a 2-0 win.
I say annihilated because Brazil was hardly in the match. After a lacklustre first half […]
Tags: Brazil · Chile · Ecuador · GolTV · Mexico
By John Nicholson
And so another England game is consigned to the history books. It is a sign of just how little is expected of England that this morning, the press is writing up this performance as ‘reinvigorating.’ Indeed, much of the press coverage seems to see it as a return to some sort of form.
This […]
Tags: Brazil · David Beckham · England
