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World Cup Day 16: Things We Learned

The knockout round got started today with Uruguay and Ghana advancing with 2-1 victories as South Korea and the United States bowed out of the competition. Here are my brief observations from the two games today.

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World Cup Day 16: Uruguay-South Korea Preview

The knockout round gets underway finally with Uruguay facing South Korea. Uruguay were impressive not conceding any goals as they topped Group A. South Korea pounced on Greece before being pummeled by Argentina. They got a tie in their final

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World Cup Day 12: Group B Recap and Best XI

Group B had an exciting finish. Nigeria and South Korea battled to a 2-2 draw and at the end Nigeria needed only one goal to advance and failed to advance after missing some easy chances. In the other game, Greece

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World Cup: Day 12 Preview

The next four days should be exciting as we enter the third and final group stage games where the games will be played simultaneously. The first day will decided the fates of Group A and Group B. Here is a

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World Cup Day 7: Things We Learned

There were finally some goals. The second group stage games have been a breath of fresh air with goals flying in after a struggle for goals in the first round of games. The first game of the day featured Argentina

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World Cup 7 Preview

Almost a full week is in the books for the World Cup and the teams are now heading into their second group games where the pressure should be rising. Argentina faces South Korea in the first game while Greece and

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World Cup Day 2 Recap: Things We Learned

I’ll have more on the England United States game, but here are my observations of the other two games today from Group B where South Korea defeated Greece 2-0 and Argentina held on for a 1-0 victory over Nigeria.

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International Friendlies Galore This Week

This is the last international date on the FIFA calendar before the end of the club season. This means this is the final chance for a lot of these fringe players to make their case as to why they should

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