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How the European press headlined the US win
From Marca, the Madrid-based Spanish sports daily. It leads with the headline “the cure of humility” Madrid’s AS also puts it on the front page witht the headline, “so rare it is to lose” For...
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Why Spain, Brazil, Holland, Italy and maybe even Argentina can contend for...
We’ve been over the hype victims, darkhorses and well as the disappointments, but now is the time when I tell you who I think can win the 2010 World Cup. I started this post last week with five teams...
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World Cup 2010 (Day 6): European Champions Humbled
… Spain? Losing to Switzerland? Perhaps we’ve seen it all now, but this edition of the FIFA World Cup keeps suggesting that maybe we haven’t, and there’s probably more craziness to come. Spain huffed...
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World Cup 2010 (Day 11): Shrug …
… Today was a bit of an odd day for me at the World Cup. Looking back, the game weren’t particularly compelling, and the matchups weren’t necessarily something to write home about to start with. There...
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World Cup 2010 (Day 19): Wait … What? … No Soccer? …
… OK, so Spain ousted Portugal today on a nice rebound goal by David Villa, advancing Spain to the quarterfinals, where I think we all thought they would be. Portugal, aside from their 7-goal outburst...
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World Cup 2010 (The Quarters): Three Times a Charm? …
… Saturday’s 2010 FIFA World Cup quarterfinal between Spain and Paraguay probably ended as it should. After a flurry of penalties in the second half that I’ll discuss in a moment, Spain’s David Villa...
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It’s not heresy to say that the Spain-Germany match was a bit dull
Guardian/SI journalist Rafa Honigstein Oh, Rafa, Rafa, Rafa. That’s a bit harsh, isn’t it? It does not make me a know-nothing philistine because I think that Spain’s win over Germany was a bit dull and...
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World Cup 2010 (The Semifinals): CHOMP!!! …
… Well, I had a nice piece all written up to give Spain their due for beating Germany in Wednesday’s World Cup semifinal, 1-0. A game some said was boring and while I wouldn’t go that far, it wasn’t...
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World Cup 2010 (3rd-Place Game): Team Germany Outshines Magnificent Forlán …
… Deep down, wasn’t there just a small part of you, at least, that was convinced that Diego Forlán’s free kick right at the end of stoppage time was going to go in and draw Uruguay level against...
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World Cup 2010 (The Final): Spain Survive Hackfest to Win First Title …
… Even for people like me, who were rooting for Holland today, Andrés Iniesta saved us. His goal in the final moment of the second half of extra time gave Spain a 1-0 win over the Dutch, giving Spain...
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