Articles tagged with "russia"
Posted on: Wales World Cup Team Blog by j | Aug 26th, 2008
Toshack will also have concerns over the fitness of his first-choice strike force.
John Toshack has named the squad for next month's 2010 World Cup qualifiers ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Aug 15th, 2008
Mark van Bommel is back. New team manager Bert van Marwijk has selected the skipper of Bayern Munich for next Wednesday's friendly against Hiddink's Russia.
The ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Jul 22nd, 2008
"You sure Cantona said this would help us get chicks?"
"Yeah. 'Check out those flamingos if you don't believe me,' he ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 28th, 2008
My initial reaction when I gave the Euro 2008 schedule was: No 3rd place playoff? Excellent. It's basically a friendly between the B teams of ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Chris | Jun 27th, 2008
The nickname typically applies to the team, but I think in the case of this picture, The Red Fury applies just as well to the ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 27th, 2008
Listen, I'm not saying Andrei Arshavin is a bad player. Clearly he's a very very good player. Russia with Arshavin were a much more dangerous ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 27th, 2008
The latest in our series of Euro 2008 comics from Chris Toy is a three parter. Seems the ghost of Euro 2008 (pictured) wanted to ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Chris | Jun 26th, 2008
Player of the Day: Sergio "Hot As Balls" Ramos. All over the place, stuffing Russian attackers, hassling Russian defenders. Probably the first game he's played ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Chris | Jun 26th, 2008
Everyone expected a vastly different game from the first encounter, but it was damn near the same thing right down to the scoreline and weather ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 26th, 2008
Spain's Carles Puyol and Russia's Andrei Arshavin challenge for a ball during this evening's semi-final in Vienna. Puyol is remarkably good in the air for ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Chris | Jun 26th, 2008
SEMI-FINAL 2
June 26th, 2045 CET, Vienna (Austria)
Spain3
VS
Russia 0
Xavi 55', Guiza 73', Silva 82'
GAME Germany v Spain it is.
Silva gol:
Guiza gol:
UEFA is saying a ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Chris | Jun 26th, 2008
Neither of these teams were supposed to be here. Spain because of their history and Russia partly because of the history they don't have. But ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 26th, 2008
Grumpy old Luis Aragones is not too happy about Spain having to wear their away shirts against Russia tonight. Why? Because Spain have abandoned the ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 26th, 2008
Now we know why Russia have been playing such an attack-minded game at Euro 2008. According to The Sun (motto: "all the boobs that's fit ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Ian Rose | Jun 26th, 2008
There are two games left in Euro 2008, the semifinal between Spain and Russia, and the final between the winner of that match and Germany. ...
Posted on: Russia Euro 2008 Blog by Nick | Jun 25th, 2008
Hello again to all. I just wanted to share my preview prior to the Russia Spain semi-final.
As you all know Spain and Russia met in ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 25th, 2008
In our latest Euro 2008 Podcast, we discuss the possibility of Euro 2008 expansion. Is 16 teams enough? Is co-hosting a good idea? I try ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 25th, 2008
Are you amazed that Spain seem to have broken their curse? The team hadn't been to the semi-finals of any major tournament since 1984 (where ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Chris | Jun 25th, 2008
The Unlikely Fan, obviously still reeling from his adopted Oranje's exit from the tournament and taking it about as well as Hillary Clinton, gives his ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Laurie | Jun 25th, 2008
Before Euros started, I posted about some of the things people could bet on and the pre-tournament odds they could get. (Fernando Torres was ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Chris | Jun 24th, 2008
These are the unheralded heroes for each team, two were pretty difficult to pick (I'll have you guess which ones), who will make the biggest ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Carter Daly | Jun 24th, 2008
You must realize first and foremost that this is not a call for Bob Bradley to be fired, although I know many of you are ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Ian Rose | Jun 24th, 2008
Among the various bits of spam in my inbox this morning, there were of course a number of messages touting the next big thing in ...
Posted on: Spain Euro 2008 Blog by Cesar | Jun 24th, 2008
As the glow of beating Italy fades, the reality of facing Guus Hiddink's Russia side in the Euro 2008 semifinals begins to take shape.
Hiddink ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 23rd, 2008
1. Jogi Low is an excellent picker
After being sent off against Austria, Germany's coach wasn't allowed to contact his players during the game against Portugal. ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 23rd, 2008
Your Euro 2008 semi-finalists are: Turkey, Germany, Russia, Spain. Of these four teams, only Spain are unbeaten. Turkey lost to Portugal, Germany lost to Croatia ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Laurie | Jun 23rd, 2008
The collective wisdom is that it's good for a national team to have players playing in the big leagues outside their own country. If ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Ian Rose | Jun 22nd, 2008
We have two games to cover with this weekend's award ceremonies. So let's get cracking. First up ...
The Life of Brian Award : ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 21st, 2008
Just like yesterday, all the good stuff was saved for the end of the game.
Despite Ruud van Nistelrooy's late equalizer Guus Hiddink became the happiest ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 21st, 2008
Most actors in today's drama were gutted... But also pretty honest.
Marco van Basten: "Russia deserved to win. They could have won with a bigger difference ...
