Articles tagged with "group-d"
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Feb 1st, 2006
Pedro Mantorras is not happy with the limited amount of playing time he received during the African Nations Cup and as a result he says ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 1st, 2006
After 20 games the top three goal scorers in the Iranian Pro League have scored 33 goals between them. Reza Enayati of Esteghlal FC has ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 1st, 2006
Okay I was wrong! It was not a rumor. Arie Haan did come to Tehran, and he did sign a coaching agreement with Perspolis FC. ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Jan 31st, 2006
With its team heading home from the African Nations Cup tournament via the ever popular Cairo-Lisbon-Luanda flight, Angola's football federation announced that the Palancas Negras ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Jan 31st, 2006
Ali Daei used to be the most prolific goal scorer in Iranian football. In his twenties and early thirties he scored goals with a dizzying ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Jan 30th, 2006
More than ten years ago the Dutch football legend Arie Haan came to Iran to discuss the national team job. After touring Tehran’s football facilities ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Jan 30th, 2006
A couple of Tehran sports dailies reported that the Iranian Football Federation has approached Czech Republic for a friendly. If true, this game will replaced ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Jan 30th, 2006
Okay, once again back to my favorite subject, Iran’s friendly games, or rather lack there of, in preparation for the World Cup.
News out of ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Jan 30th, 2006
In countries around the world, the media is quick to lay blame following a team's loss. In Angola, the press is no different.
Memo to ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Jan 30th, 2006
After failing to advance from its group in the African Nations Cup, Angola is hoping that the experience of playing in pressure packed games will ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Jan 29th, 2006
What a roller coaster of a day for Angola fans. Their team defeated Togo 3-2 in African Nations Cup action but it was not ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Jan 29th, 2006
Maurito is the hero, scoring with five minutes left in the game to make it 3-2.
Come on Palancas Negras!
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Jan 29th, 2006
Horrible news for Angola as Cherif Toure Mamam gets the equalizer for Togo 2-2. Angola needs to find a way to score in the ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Jan 29th, 2006
Flavio does it again, netting his second goal of the game to give Angola a 2-1 advantage at the midway point. With Cameroon leading ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Jan 29th, 2006
Kader Coubadja scores in the 24th minute for Togo to even the game 1-1. I think this has to be a very tense day ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Jan 29th, 2006
Flavio scores for Angola with an angled strike from eight yards after Togo's attempt to play offside fails in the 9th minute. Big early ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Jan 29th, 2006
The must-win game for Angola against Togo is underway in Egypt. Here are the starters:
Angola: 1-Joao Ricardo, 21-Delgado, 3-Jamba, 5-Kali, 20-Loco, 8-Andre, 13-Edson, 17-Figueiredo, ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Jan 29th, 2006
Joao Ricardo is seeing plenty of action as Angola's number one keeper during the African Nations Cup, but once the tournament is over he will ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Jan 29th, 2006
My first memories of World Cup finals go back to 1974. That year Iran failed to make it to the finals, so the football crazed ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Jan 28th, 2006
Hamburg SV opened their second half of the season with a loss against Nuremberg in the German Bundesliga.
As some of you may know, Iran and ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Jan 28th, 2006
There are only a few weeks left to the start of the AFC Champions League. Iran is represented by Saba Battery, a team based in ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Jan 28th, 2006
Sunday is a big night for Angola as it takes on Togo in a must win match in African Nations Cup action in Egypt.
As is ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Jan 28th, 2006
Yesterday Iran defeated Germany in an international tournament with the final score of 1:0. One minor detail though, it was an Under-19 youth tournament.
Okay, ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Jan 26th, 2006
Iranian Football Federation (IRIFF) and the Iranian press have been at each other’s throats for years. At times stories coming out of this feud have ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Jan 26th, 2006
Angola Press, required reading each day here at World Cup Blog, is reporting that the Angolan Federation of Soccer will pay for the medical expenses ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Jan 25th, 2006
1 GK MIRZAPOUR Ebrahim - (Foolad Ahvaz, IRN)
2 MF MAHDAVIKIA Mehdi - (Hamburger SV, GER)
3 DF BAKHTIARIZADEH Sohrab - (Saba Battery Tehran, IRN)
4 DF GOLMOHAMMADI ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Jan 25th, 2006
The news out of Italy this week was that Rahman Rezaei, Iran international defender, who plays his football for Messina of Serie A has obtained ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Jan 25th, 2006
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Angola was unable to take advantage of playing a man up for more than 70 minutes drawing with Congo 0-0 in African Nations Cup action.
Congo's ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Jan 25th, 2006
The closest most players in Portugal's lower divisions will ever get to World Cup is watching it on their televisions.
But that is not the case ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Jan 24th, 2006
Despite already playing a game and despite appearing last in its group’s standings Angola is trying to convince itself that the African Nations Cup really ...
