All Entries in the "2010 World Cup Qualifiers" Category
19 Nations in South Africa; 28 Fight for 13 Spots
After the big round of this Saturday, more than half of the 32 spots are taken. Those going to the cup are:
Africa:
South Africa
Ghana
Ivory Cost
Asia:
Japan
North Korea
South Korea
Australia (weird, I know)
Europe:
Spain
Holland
Italy
Germany
England
Denmark
Serbia
North/Central America:
USA
Mexico
South America:
Brazil
Paraguay
Chile
And 28 nations still fight for the remaining 13 spots. After Wednesday, we will know more, and by November 14th, the 32 nations in the [...]
Dunga Calls the National Team and Naldo Returns
The two surprises of the call for the last two games of the world cup qualifying are the return of defender Naldo and midfielder Alex, ex-Inter. I’m very pleased about the latter. It is also cool to see that Diego Souza from Palmeiras stayed. The list:
Goalies
Julio César (Inter de Milão)
Victor (Grêmio)
Side-backs
Maicon (Inter de Milão)
Daniel [...]
Expected: Brazil 4 – 2 Chile
With Brazil qualified to the World Cup, the match against Chile was going to be important for 2 reasons: 1)add another victory to the incredible sequence of 18 undefeated matches; 2) test new players to join the group of 23 going to South Africa.
For that, Brazil came with the following formation: Júlio César; Maicon, [...]
See who has already booked a ticket to the World Cup in South Africa 2010.
The day was busy. Many important matches going on at the same time and some countries can already rest assured to be visiting South Africa next June. The happy faces of the day? Paraguay, Spain and England.
Paraguay played in style and beat Argentina to give the hermanos more headache. La Albiceleste is now 5th in [...]
Dunga Calls Another 4 Players for Wednesday
With the suspension of Kaka, Lucio, Luis Fabiano and Ramires and the injury of Robinho, Dunga called for the match against Chile four players who play in Brazil – it is important to remember that those playing overseas could not be called because of the rules that FIFA has. With that, Dunga called defender Andre [...]
Photo: Ghana is in the World Cup
This Sunday, Ghana became the first African nation to get a ticket for South Africa. The qualification came after a 2-0 victory over Sudan with goals by Sulley Muntari and Michael Essien. The other nations already in the cup are Brazil, Holland, Australia, South Korea, North Korea, Japan and the hosts South Africa.
BRAZIL IN THE 2010 WORLD CUP AFTER CRUSHING ARGENTINA
Brazil is the first South American nation to get a ticket for South Africa. An the qualification could not come in better fashion. Brazil visited Argentina, who, conducted by Maradona, relied on every psychological antic to hide the fact that his team has several limitations.
As expected, Argentina started the match pressuring while Brazil tried [...]
Dunga Calls the Team to Take on Argentina
Surprises are the return of Adriano, who even fat is the top striker scorer of Campeonato Brasileiro, the return of Lucas, from Liverpool, and the new chance for left-back Filipe Luís. Miranda, the best defender in Brazil, was called one more time. Pato was left out again, a clear sign that Dunga is not happy [...]
Goofy Footaballer Tributes to Michael Jackson
It seems everyone is paying tribute to the late Michael Jackson (sounds funny, this, hun?). Brazilian players decided to honor the king of pop with embarrassing goal celebrations. The worst? The celebrations brought no luck.
Diego Tardelli, the striker from Atletico, tied the match against Barueri. He did the moonwalk and everything. But Barueri was the [...]
North Korea in the World Cup
I know the country is not the “miss congeniality”, but how cool is that? Since 1966, when Portugal eliminated them with a 5-3, North Korea does not play a World Cup. Even cooler? South Korea will be there, forcing commentators to say “North” or “South” instead of just “Korea”. The qualification came after a 0 [...]
