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Category: ArgentinaRoberto Mancini has told Manchester City captain Carlos Tevez he must play in one match before the FA Cup final if he is to be involved at Wembley.... Read more...
Hey, look at that – a horrible sitter miss. Quelle surprise.
But doesn’t it appear these have seemed to reach epidemic levels? Someone’s always been banging on about “the worst miss evah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”, yet they’re rarely worthy of such lofty status. Recently, however, I’ve been inclined to agree with a good number – starting with that poor, poor Marlon de Jesus. Yesterday it was Hugo Almeida managing to push the ball closer to the corner flag than the wide open goal mouth; unbelievable realtime, and it’s equally as unbelievable now.
Somewhere, Jonathan Wilson is devising a solid theory as to why the rise of the false nine is destroying the art of punching in punch-ins.
Lionel Messi believes Spain, England and Brazil will be the teams to beat in South Africa, but revealed his desire to help Argentina lift the famous Trophy.... Read more...
The entire Argentina squad and all its surroundings has descended into pure, unadultered lunacy. All of it. Much, of course, is down to their head honcho, the soon-not-to-be-naked Diego Maradona, who is as influential off the pitch as he was on, just in all the wrong ways. Or right ways, depending on your vantage point.
With so much on the line at the World Cup, a meeting of some sort was held (we presume – these type of decisions can’t be made on a whim) to determine whether or not the Argentina squad could rustle up the sheets during the world’s greatest tournament. You love this sport, don’t you?
The answer is a resounding yes, with a few caveats.
“The players can have sex with their wives and girlfriends during the World Cup,” he said on Radio Del Plata. “Players are not Martians.”
“But,” he added, “it should not be at 2 a.m. with champagne and Havana cigars.”
Does Donato know something about Martians that we don’t? Is he holding out on society? Are they some sort of asexual race? Or are they perfectly capable of abstinence whilst hurtling through space for millions of light years at a time? What’s up, doc?
Since this is a family site, we won’t get into the mechanics of sex and the Havana cigar, but Bill Clinton, the freshly anointed honorary chairman of US bids for 2018 & 2022, can’t be happy about this development.
Meanwhile, Dr. Vallani requested we close with these words:
Argentina forward believes England are among the leading contenders to lift
the World Cup in South Africa this summer.
In-form Korea Republic striker Lee Dong-Gook faces an anxious wait to see if he will be fit for South Africa having endured previous heartbreak.... Read more...
Diego Maradona has named six home-based stars in his 23-man squad for South Africa 2010. FIFA.com has the details on this domestic sextet.... Read more...
Trophies and titles for Inter Milan, Penarol, Toluca and Blackpool earn these sides a place alongside Barça new boy David Villa in this statistical review.... Read more...
Read Telegraph Sport profile of Diego Maradona, Argentina coach at World Cup
2010.