I sure had this type of French "overseas department" to thank, as they are simply French territory, same as the France homeland. There's a tiny...
Ireland was the same as Uruguay. Since their first World Cup appearance in 1990, they were also a binary scoring team, either 0 or 1 goal, for...
Since I started following the World Cup in 1970, I've always had the impression that Uruguay was an ultra defensive team. This point of view was...
South American teams had a better head-to-head when they play "away" to UEFA, i.e. in the European World Cup. In straight knock-out games...
Prior to July 8, 2014, European teams have never beaten a South American team in a the knock-out rounds (1930, 1962, 1978 and 2014) of a South...
Well, three World Cups later, this phenomenon that England being Brasil's lucky mascot is still true. So far England has qualified for 15 World...
Once again, as long as it's not on European soil, the U.S.A. is doing OK. 1930 Uruguay - semi-final 1950 Brasil - gigantic upset of England 1994...
It's been 8 years, 2 World Cups ago, since I posted this message, yet the formula still holds. Since 1966, the 3rd place team of the World Cup,...
Just play like a team that cares, those 19 points would have put us right there at 81 points. Guess what? that would tie with Man Utd for the lead.
Don't blame the ref. This team is a disgrace. They keep giving up last minute goals that lost points: Swansea, Reading, Newcastle, and now. 3 Wins...
Just remember this little fact. Chelsea has never lost to a German club in the knock-out round of any European competition, still hasn't,...
It seems like destiny is on our side. - whenever the final is in Munich, a new team would be crowned champion (1979 Forest over another newcomer...
Luiz's penalty was HUUUUUUUUUUGE. Had he not converted, Chelsea would have been down 0-2. We could have kissed it goodbye!!!!
That's right. Since 2008, either Barca won it, or the team that eliminated Barca in the semi won it. Strange, isn't it?
First London club to win; First new team in 15 years to win (since Dortmund). What a night!!!!
