Playing “Nice” versus Playing “Tough” Who Wins? Costa Rica 0 Serbia 1 I visited Costa Rica twice now and every time came back thinking “Nicest People”. With football being a National Mirror that is how Costa Rica played today: Nice, Elegant football is great for the eye but not for the points. Serbia by contrast Read More
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France 2 in an underwhelming effort. Kudos to the Aussies 1; Ronaldo 3 Messi 0 in a dominant Argentinian 1:1 tie with over achieving brave and dangerous Iceland; Peru the better team 0 industrious Denmark 1; Watch out for Croatia 2 – They Came to Play. Nigeria 0 No Slouch Either
France collect 3 points in an underwhelming effort. Kudos to the Aussies As expected France collected the 3 points albeit in an underwhelming team effort. The close to a one Billion dollars aggregate worth of the French squad was not yielding the sort of return expected of the elegant and talented French. Kudos to the Read More
(Don’t) Cry for me Egypt – Uruguay 1 Egypt 0; Morocco scores on itself. Iran 1 Morocco 0;Ronaldo 3 Spain 3: A match for the ages
(Don’t) Cry for me Egypt – Uruguay 1 Egypt 0 Football can be a cruel game. Uruguay the better, more experienced team with a greater Football legacy won 1:0. But you must feel for Egypt a Mo Salah – less team was just about to prove an old football adage: tenacity, resilience, commitment and teamwork Read More
Time to predict the winner of the 2018 World Cup – We offer the TQF model
Two days before the start of the 2018 World Cup in Russia is a perfect time to join all the Soccer pundits, mavens and soothsayers be they amatures like myself or professional soccer journalists and make some predictions. Please do not challenge my credentials before you consider those “experts” who predicted that Hillary Clinton was Read More
Feliz Aniversário Pele’
To my inspirational hero – Pele’ Since I was huddled around a radio listening to a live broadcast of the 1958 World Cup final I have followed you for almost 60 years. Not only did I admire your football prowess like so many millions but even more so your personality and character. You have become Read More