All About The Beautiful Game
Well, that was exciting. The World Cup group stage is officially over, with 16 of the original 32 teams moving to the knockouts. Many of those 16 teams were not expected to advance: just look at Australia, who stunned Denmark to advance. South Korea advanced over Uruguay, Japan over Germany, Morocco over Belgium: the list…
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The World Cup has long been a proving ground for football’s most exciting talents. In 2006, FIFA created an award acknowledging this: the FIFA Young Player Award (YPA). In each tournament, the best player under the age of 21 would be given the award. So far, there have been some notable winners. In 2006, the…
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In 2014, the Dutch national team faced Spain in the World Cup Group Stages. This was no ordinary match: Spain had defeated Netherlands in the final just four years earlier, preventing them from winning a first-ever World Cup. Eager for revenge, Arjen Robben and Robin van Persie helped the Dutch thrash the Spaniards 5-1 in…
If you didn’t read part one of my article, I recommend you do. It can be found here: I wrote about the best players from the top five COMNEBOL nations. COMNEBOL, the South American soccer federation, has ten registered nations, and in this article, I will look at the five nations that I did not…
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