The last time Luiz Felipe Scolari coached Brazil against England, both teams were in very different circumstances. In their 2002 World Cup quarter-final, they lined up against each other as two of the best teams in the world. Scolari had rescued a trainwreck of a qualifying campaign and was on his way to guiding Brazil…
There were many high profile matches during the international break but two lower key matches caught my eye. The two bigger teams seem to be having problems under their new managers and the other two seem to be really progressing under their new bosses. Brazil vs. South Africa In one of Gordon Igesund’s first interviews…
Since the 2006 World Cup, Ghana have generally played a more reactive style of football. Claude Le Roy’s short two year spell saw Ghana employ a slightly more proactive style of play using a basic 4-4-2. Sulley Muntari and Michael Essien took turns to go forward and hold in the middle of the park; Quincy…
First of all, this might just be the most utterly pointless argument to have reared its head in football discussion in quite some time. What constitutes being boring is extremely subjective, and it’s not exactly something that can be changed. If something bores you, what do you do to make it interesting? Focus more on…
Slavek and Slavko were two young boys who lived either side of the Ukrainian-Polish border. The boys shared a love of football and would sneak off to each other’s villages to play with one another. When it was announced their countries would host Euro 2012, they were wildly excited and decided to have a celebratory…
