Saturday, February 27, 2010

Group F Teams, matches, Analysis and Results

Lets look at the Group F in the world cup football classification, this group has the defending champion Italy along with New Zealand, Slovekia and Paraguay, So Italy should have an easy preliminary rounds unless they manage to play very badly.

The schedule of matches for Group F looks like this:
14/06 20:30 Cape Town Italy v Paraguay
15/06 13:30 Rustenburg New Zealand v Slovakia
20/06 13:30 Mangaung / Bloemfontein Slovakia v Paraguay
20/06 16:00 Nelspruit Italy v New Zealand
24/06 16:00 Johannesburg - JEP Slovakia vs Italy
24/06 16:00 Polokwane Paraguay vs New Zealand

Some of the players to watch in this Group F:
Gianluigi Buffon, Fabio Cannavaro, Gennaro Gattuso, Andrea Pirlo all from reigning champions Italy
Robert Vitteck of Slovekia
Justo Villar and Salvador Cabanas of Paraguay
Ryan Nelsen of New Zealand

Italy vs Paraguay is the match that may probably decide the toppers of this group.

Sunday, February 21, 2010

England vs USA World Cup Football Match

Preview of Eng vs USA World Cup Football match

In one of the most looked forward football matches in 2010 South Africa World Cup Football Championships, USA will taken on England. This match is scheduled to be played on 12th June 2010 and the venue is Rustenburg - starts at 20:30 local time. Lots of English and American fans are looking forward for this Eng vs USA Group C match, this is the first match in this group.

Latest Scores of England, USA world cup soccer match:
England 1 : 1 USA

If you are interested in watching the match Live from the stadium then check the availability of the tickets for this football match:

World cup Football match Tickets

On paper England Football Team looks very strong in this group with players such as Wayne Rooney, Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard and are ranked 9th in the world, USA is ranked 14th.

Keep posting your thoughts and comments on this Group C Eng vs USA Soccer match.

Lot's of history and memories of the clash between these two soccer playing nations.

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Goalkeeping records in Football World cup championships

We have seen records about Top Goal Scorers in World Cup Football. Now lets see the opposite of the same - i.e., Goalkeeping records in World Cup Football Championships. As you know only goals matter in the final result of any Football match so Goalkeeper is the main player of any team. Either during the full time or during the penalty shootouts.

Maximum number of matches without conceding a goal
10 by Peter Shilton of England and Fabien Barthez of France

In terms of minutes - maximum number of minutes without conceding a goal
517 minutes - Walter Zenga - Italy

Another kind of record :) most goals conceded
25 goals - Antonio Carbajalof Mexico and Mohamed Al-Deayea of Saudi Arabia

Above category but within one single tournament
Hong Duk-Yung of Korea Republic in the 1954 World Cup

Most penalties saved in a single tournament during the regular play
2 - Jan Tomaszewski of Poland and Brad Friedel of United States

Fewest Goals conceded in a single tournament
0 by Pascal Zuberbuhler of Switzerland

Maximum number of goals conceded in one match
10 - by Luis Guevara Mora of El Salvador - this was against Hungary

Group E Classification matches, Schedule and results

We did see Group A, B, C and D teams and their World cup Football match schedules earlier, now lets move on to Group E teams and some interesting facts about the nations part of this. This Group E consists of Netherlands, Japan, Denmark and Cameroon, relatively this is a low profile team but is capable of upsetting any nation on its day. Netherlands has been very silent in World cup Football and they really need to raise up to the occasion at this world stage. Let us see how the South Africa World Cup proves for them.

Schedule of Group E matches at World Cup Football
14/06 13:30 Johannesburg - JSC Netherlands vs Denmark
14/06 16:00 Mangaung/Bloemfontein Japan vs Cameroon
19/06 13:30 Durban Netherlands vs Japan
19/06 20:30 Tshwane/Pretoria Cameroon vs Denmark
24/06 20:30 Rustenburg Denmark vs Japan
24/06 20:30 Cape Town Cameroon vs Netherlands

Coach details for Group E:
Netherlands coach - Bert van Marwijk
Denmark coach - Morten Olsen
Japan coach - Takeshi Okada
Cameroon coach - Paul Le Guen

Some Players to watch from this group:
Arjen Robben (Netherlands)
Dirk Kuyt (Netherlands)
Nicklas Bendtner (Denmark)
Jon Dahl Tomasson (Denmark)
Shunsuke Nakamura (Japan)
Keisuke Honda (Japan)
Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon)
Jean II Makoun (Cameroon)
Alexandre Song (Cameroon)

Friday, February 19, 2010

Watch Premier League Football Matches

EPL Football Match Schedule, Results, Highlights and Live Scores

Lets focus on the ongoing Barclay's English Premier League Football matches - EPL Football. We are now at an exciting stage of this English League where there is a tight contest between the top Football playing clubs.

In this week the following matches are being played. Watch it Live and enjoy EPL Football at its best.

February 20th Saturday EPL Match Schedule:

Everton vs Manchester United at Goodison Park
Scores Everton 3 - 1 Manchester United

Arsenal vs Sunderland at Emirates Stadium
West Ham United vs Hull City at Boleyn Ground
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Chelsea at Molineux
Portsmouth vs Stoke City at Fratton Park

February 21st Sunday EPL Match Schedule:

Blackburn Rovers vs Bolton Wanderers at Ewood Park
Aston Villa vs Burnley at Villa Park
Fulham vs Birmingham City at Craven Cottage
Manchester City vs Liverpool at City of Manchester Stadium
Wigan Athletic vs Tottenham Hotspur at DW Stadium

February 23rd Wednesday EPL Match Schedule:
Manchester United vs West Ham United at Old Trafford

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Todays UEFA Champions League Matches

Check out for the latest soccer matches in UEFA League in April 2011

Previous:
Here are the Football matches that will be played today in the UEFA Champions League Leg 1 of Round of 16. The excitement in these matches is increasing for the fact that we are also nearing the world cup football championships soon.

Check the match analysis and scores of UEFA Champions League Knock out Round of 16 matches.

UEFA Football matches on 16th of February
(FRANCE) Lyon vs Real Madrid (SPAIN)
Match Referee: Atkinson (ENG)
Stadium: Stade de Gerland, Lyon (FRA)
http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/matches/season=2010/round=2000029/match=2000465/index.html

Result: Lyon 1 - 0 Real Madrid

(ITA) Milan vs Manchester United (ENG)
Match Referee: Olegario Benquerenca (POR)
Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan (ITA)
http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/matches/season=2010/round=2000029/match=2000467/index.html

As we come near the World cup Football Championship, we are also coming to the interesting stage of UEFA and other premier league matches being played. So in this regard we have the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 First Leg Football matches being played in this and coming week. Find here the schedule for the same:

UEFA Round of 16 First Leg Schedule and Fixtures: Match Results and Scores

16th February 2010

Lyon vs Real Madrid
http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/matches/season=2010/round=2000029/match=2000465/index.html
Result: Lyon 1 - 0 Real Madrid

Milan vs Manchester United
http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/matches/season=2010/round=2000029/match=2000467/index.html

Result: Man. Utd 3 - 2 AC Milan

UEFA Football matches on 17th of February
Bayern vs Fiorentina
Referee: Ovrebo (NOR)
Stadium: Fubball Arena Munchen, Munich (GER)
http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/matches/season=2010/round=2000029/match=2000463/index.html

Porto vs Arsenal
Referee: Hansson (SWE)
Stadium: Estadio do Dragao, Porto (POR)
http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/matches/season=2010/round=2000029/match=2000466/index.html

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Group D match schedules and teams

Group D of the World Cup Championship has Germany, Serbia, Australia and Ghana as the teams. Germany is a clear favorite to top this team but Ghana can pull a surprise at any time against any team. Germany is looking forward for the title this time and let us see how their strong team perform in South Africa.

Here is the schedule of Group D matches at the World cup 2010
13/06 20:30 Durban Germany vs Australia
13/06 16:00 Tshwane/Pretoria Serbia vs Ghana
18/06 13:30 Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth Germany vs Serbia
19/06 16:00 Rustenburg Ghana vs Australia
23/06 20:30 Johannesburg - JSC Ghana vs Germany
23/06 20:30 Nelspruit Australia vs Serbia

Players who you should look out from this group D are:
Miroslav Klose (Germany), Tim Cahill (Australia), Matthew Amoah (Ghana), Michael Essien (Ghana), Milan Jovanovic (Serbia), Marko Pantelic (Serbia).

Group D Team's Coach details
Joachim Low - Germany
Pim Verbeek - Australia
Radomir Antic - Serbia
Milovan Rajevic - Ghana

An interesting fact - Germany was involved in 4 Penalty Shoot outs in World cup, and it has the credit of winning them all.

Ghana kind of has a home advantage as the tournament is in South Africa, they may be used to the conditions than the other 3 teams.

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Hospitality details in 2010 South Africa Worldcup

FIFA has a official hospitality program for this world cup championship in South Africa, they have different options both for individuals and corporates. As they say for this is for those people who wish to see the football matches in style and the organizers will ensure that the needs for such fans is taken care with creative, flexible and tailor-made hospitality offerings.

A complete section of FIFA official website is dedicated towards these hospitality services - check here:http://hospitality.fifa.com/Welcome.aspx

There are Hospitality packages that comprises of
* A World Cup premium match ticket
* Match-day hospitality benefits at the stadium such as:
- High-end catering
- Bar-service
- Dedicated parking
- Entertainment
- Gifts
- Access to travel packages (flight/bus transfers to matches and accommodation)

For more information and Travel services, Travel packages you can check:
http://hospitality.fifa.com/TravelServices.aspx

Hospitality Shop for World Cup
https://hospitality.fifa.com/e-Shop/SeriesPackageRequest.aspx

Referees officiating the world cup in South Africa

List of Football Referees in 2010 World Cup

As we are coming near to the start of 2010 South Africa world cup soccer, let us see the list of officials, referees who will be officiating the matches that are being scheduled. Referees in a football match play a very important role and they need to be impartial and always focusing not only on the ball but on both sides of the playground. And in a situation like awarding penalty, issuing a warning yellow card or a suspension red card the decision is always needs to be very careful.

We have the best of referees selected for this purpose and to do a great job in each and every single match being played

Countries and the referees @ 2010 World cup

Algeria - Mohamed Benouza
Argentina - Hector Baldassi
Australia Matthew Breeze
Austria - Thomas Einwaller
Benin - Coffi Codjia
Brazil - Carlos Simon

Chile - Pablo Pozo Quinteros
Colombia - Oscar Ruiz Acosta
Croatia - Ivan Bebek
Belgium - Frank De Bleekere
El Salvador - Joel Aguilar Chicas
England - Howard Webb
France - Stephane Lannoy

Germany - Wolfgang Stark
Guatemala - Carlos Batres Gonzalez
Hungary - Viktor Kassai
Italy - Roberto Rosetti
Japan - Yuichi Nishimura
Malaysia - Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh
Mali - Koman Coulibaly

Mexico - Benito Archundia Tellez
Mexico - Marco Rodriguez Moreno
New Zealand - Michael Hester
New Zealand - Peter O’Leary
Norway - Tom Ovrebo
Paraguay - Carlos Amarilla Demarqui
Poland - Grzegorz Gilewski
Portugal - Olegario Bartolo F. Benquerenca

Saudi Arabia - Khalil Al Ghamdi
Seychelles - Eddy Maillet
South Africa - Jerome Damon
Spain - Alberto Undiano Mallenco
Sweden - Martin Hansson
Switzerland - Massimo Busacca

United States - Jair Marrufo
Uruguay Jorge Larrionda
Uruguay - Martin Vazquez Broquetas
Uzbekistan - Ravshan Irmatov

Group C Teams, matches and results in Football worldcup

In 2010 World cup Football Championships, Group C is consisting of the following teams - England, USA, Algeria and Slovenia. And many football fans are looking towards a classic encounter between USA vs England World cup football match.

The other matches and schedule in Group C look like these

12/06 20:30 Rustenburg England vs USA
13/06 13:30 Polokwane Algeria vs Slovenia
18/06 16:00 Johannesburg - JEP Slovenia vs USA
18/06 20:30 Cape Town England vs Algeria
23/06 16:00 Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth Slovenia vs England
23/06 16:00 Tshwane/Pretoria USA vs Algeria

Players to watch for in Group C
Wayne Rooney (England), Frank Lampard (England), Landon Donovan (USA), Tim Howard (USA), Karim Ziani (Algeria), Robert Koren (Slovenia).

Group C Team's Coach details
Fabio Capello - England
Bob Bradley - USA
Rabah Saadane - Algeria
Matjaz Kek - Slovenia

First match in this group is between England and USA at Rustenburg. We are expecting some good fight for the top 2 slots from this group. Lets see which of these teams will perform better.

Countries and their main Football Leagues

Top Football league's in different countries (First Division)

Here are the top football playing nations and their prime football league. Some or more of the following countries do play across these leagues and there are championships that are structured accordingly.

It is a privilege to see the best of football players play in these leagues from different countries and in the coming world cup football championships they will play for their countries and against their co players in these soccer leagues/divisions.

Country - Football League
Argentina Primera Division
Australia A-League
Brazil Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A
Cameroon MTN Elite one
China Chinese Football Association Super League
Colombia Futbol Profesional Colombiano
Egypt Egyptian Premier League
England English Premier League
France/Monaco Ligue 1
Germany Football-Bundesliga
Italy Serie A
Japan J. League Division 1
Netherlands Eredivisie
Paraguay Primera Division de Paraguay
Russia Russian Premier League
Spain La Liga
Turkey Super Lig
USA/Canada Major League Soccer

FIFA World Football Ranking Table

FIFA / Coca Cola World Team Rankings (Football/Soccer)

Here are the latest nations ranking from FIFA, this is an updated list that was released on February 2010. I am publishing the top 20 nations by rank as per Coca Cola / FIFA world ranking. Spain tops the table of these rankings. Let us see how these will change after the world cup football championship.

1 Spain
2 Brazil
3 Netherlands
4 Italy
5 Portugal
6 Germany
7 France
8 Argentina
9 England
10 Egypt

11 Croatia
12 Greece
13 Russia
14 USA
15 Nigeria
16 Chile
17 Mexico
18 Switzerland
19 Serbia
20 Cameroon

Surprisingly there are no Asian teams in top 20 and only couple of countries from Africa make it to the top 20. If you want to know how your country is placed or if you are interested in knowing the rank of a particular country then do check this page:

http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/lastranking/gender=m/fullranking.html

Friday, February 5, 2010

John Terry Sacked as England Team Captain

Chelsea Football star John Terry has been sacked as England Football Team Captain after a 12 minute meeting with national team manager Fabio Capello. So with this move we are going to have Rio Ferdinand (defender) as the new captain for England and Steven Gerrard as the vice captain. With only few months away from the world cup football championships not sure how this move will effect England Football team performance in 2010 South Africa.

The move of sacking John Terry as England Captain comes after the news was made public about his alleged extra-marital affair with an England team-mate's former partner (Wayne Bridge). The woman under discussion was Vanessa Perroncel (33). All this happened while Terry's wife Toni was on holiday in Dubai

You can get more updates and latest news on this story at:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1248816/John-Terry-sacked-England-Captain-showdown-manager-Fabio-Capello.html