There are actually several examples: Platini, Van Basten, Gullit, Stoichkov, Falcão...
Although I can see the blame pointing at Maradona for this world cup... who should Argentina blame for the other ones? Bilardo? Basile?...
Germany: Runner up - Euro 1992 Champions - Euro 1996 Runner up - Euro 2008 Third Place - Confederations Cup 2005 For the record, I'm not...
1950 actually, and their last time in the semifinals was in 1970. Define domination... the last time Argentina won it all was 24 years ago......
I have to say it (and believe me this is no flame)... Argentina is slowly turning into Uruguay in soccer terms... Uruguay has wondered in the...
A dónde estan? A dónde estan? Los Argentinos que ganaban el mundiaaaal!
As a Latin American, I was happy with the fact that so many teams from CONCACAF and CONMEBOL made it through the first round... however, the way...
Any chance of Paraguay making it further down in the world cup was lost when Cabañas got shot back in January.
Divine justice... difficult to win when the AR is actually doing its job and calling the offsides. I said many times... it was just a matter of...
What I mean is... before the goal, he was applying one criteria against Mexican fouls... after the goal, he was way more linient on them. By...
Well... since the referees already have an intercom system... wouldn't it be easy for a booth referee to have access to the live feed (maybe from...
Well... he did try to make it up to Mexico... he had already shown a yellow to Marquez and advised Torrado he was hitting too much at the...
No foreign coach in their right mind would coach Mexico. Between a lack of knowledge of the medium (except for Bielsa), having to deal with a...
Having said that (and I'm Mexican), if you want to be a world champion, or at least a real protagonist in a World Cup, you need to have the mental...
WRONG! Mexico is in North America. Just because the main language is Spanish doesn't change the geography. "Mexico is located at about 23° N and...
Basically, it means people in this place do not allow us to exchange some fun lovin' jabs. The other day I was making fun of the U.S. team as they...
This could be their ondoing, as weird as it may sound. Being too attack minded has come to bite several teams in the rear over the years: Brazil...
Re: Rd of 16 spots per Confederation (R) Teams from the Americas have put the flair to this World Cup. Anyone still has an issue with the number...
Re: Match 52: R16 Mexico vs Argentina Pre Match Thread [R] Dear Santa Claus: Thank you for paying close attention to my letter and having both...
Re: Match 52 (R16) - Winner B v Runner Up A - Pre-Match Thread True, but when you have South Korea, Greece and Nigeria as your oponents, you...
Re: Match 52 (R16) - Winner B v Runner Up A - Pre-Match Thread Two things may come into play though... suspect defense and Maradona coaching....
I don't know... this could go in so many different directions... it could be a close victory for Argentina, if Mexico does a good job defending...
True... otherwise New Zealand would still be playing in the same Confederation as Australia.
We'll also have to see if "guy who managed in a Champions league vs. bearded clown in a suit" has any type of effect on this match. For what is...
There was a reason for that... Aguirre said before the World Cup that he had three captains: Marquez, Torrado and Blanco. This is why each match a...