Thursday, June 17, 2010

World Cup Group Stage 17/6/2010

Big results from last night's games.

Honduras 0-1 Chile
This was understandable. Chile did really well in qualifying, and Honduras scraped through on the last day. I think that Chile was the better team and I think that the win was deserved. Well done Chile. Honduras I think need to show their dominance and show that they won't be pushed over in this group.

Spain 0-1 Switzerland
WHAT!!!! Very unexpected. Spain are the favorites and Switzerland haven't been doing well in football. Spain must've been overconfident, which caused the upset. A lot of people will hope that this doesn't happen again. Can Spain recover? Anyway, WELL DONE SWITZERLAND!!!!!!!!

South Africa 0-3 Uruguay
I think that day 1 might have just been luck. There was no surprise from the result. Uruguay are a much better team than the South Africans. The Uruguayans are doing superbly well. The South Africans tried but failed. Well, there's always Brazil 2014. Will they at least take points from France in their final game?

Three more matches are coming tonight.

Argentina 2-1 South Korea
Nigeria 2-0 Greece
France 1-1 Mexico

What will happen?

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

World Cup Group Stage 15/6/2010

The First own goal of the world cup was scored today, but who scored it?

Holland 2-0 Denmark
The own goal came seconds after half-time in this game. This was actually the result that I predicted. I know what the two teams need to work on as well. Denmark need to work on defending crossess(as the own goal was a header from a cross), and Holland need to work on defending counter-attacks.

Japan 1-0 Cameroon
I thought that Cameroon would win this. Being on African soil against a team that let in two own goals in a friendly against England recently. But, Japan recovered to beat Cameroon and grab three vital points in the group of death.

Italy 1-1 Paraguay
Not an incredibly good result for the reigning world champions to start with. I guess that they do have an easy group, but it still would've been nice to win the opening game. Anyway, Italy have changed since the days of 2006. They are now an older team. As shown today, their age is starting to rub ontoi their performance.

Brazil and Portugal are in action tomorrow. Let's predict.

New Zealand 1-1 Slovakia
Brazil 5-0 North Korea
Portugal 1-0 Ivory Coast

What's gonna happen?

Monday, June 14, 2010

World Cup Group Stage 14/6/2010

A sickness prevented me from posting. But I'm back with dramatic results.

Algeria 0-1 Slovenia
This result was simply caused by the same thing that yesterday's England draw was caused by. PURE LUCK (HUGE goalkeeper error). The goalkeeper let the ball bounce past him. Slovenia will be happy to take those three points, but will their luck strike again against U.S.A. next week? Can Algeria bounce back against England?

Serbia 0-1 Ghana
This game in a way was also caused by pure luck. The game was tied for 85 minutes before a penalty was given, which Ghana happily scored. But you must also look at the fact that Ghana are a somwhat better team than Serbia. Maybe a combination of the two?

Germany 4-0 Australia
Absolute DISASTER for the Australians. They were 2-0 down at half time and then soon later, star player Tim Cahill got sent off. Germany soon scored two other goals, but their world cup hopes are at the moment in serious jeopardy. Tim Cahill out for the group stages and bottom of their group with a nasty looking goal difference. The question on the mind of every socceroos (Australia's nickname) fan tonight is, can they recover?

Ok. The holders are in action today, as well as action from the so called 'group of death'.

Holland 2-0 Denmark
Japan 0-1 Cameroon
Italy 2-1 Paraguay

I'll be returning with the results tomorrow.

Saturday, June 12, 2010

World Cup Group Stage 11/6/2010

Hi there. After a one month hiatus from posting I'm back with action from the opening day of the World Cup.

South Africa 1-1 Mexico
This opening match was bound to be a tight game. It was only because of a Rafeal Marquez(Mexico captain) goal that Mexico even forced a draw. The South Africans had home advantage and the Mexicans had the better players. So overall, it was bound for a draw anyway.

France 0-0 Uruguay
I predicted a draw for this match, but I though that there would be some goals. I think that France have been rather shaky lately, and I think that their shakiness gave Uruguay the chance to force a draw. The results mean that all four teams must bag as many points as they can in the last two matches of the group stage.

Predictions for 2 Group B matches and 1 Group A match are now coming.

South Korea 1-0 Greece
Argentina 2-1 Nigeria
England 2-0 U.S.A.

Exciting times. How will I do in my predictions?

Sunday, May 16, 2010

FA cup final 16/05/10

Chelsea and Portsmouth battled well. But, who came out on top after a goaless first half.

Chelsea 1-0 Portsmouth
I saw the first half of this match before falling asleep. There was some very bad play from both sides. Kalou hit the bar when he was less than six yards away from the goal with the keeper gone. But, eventually, Chelsea won thanks to a Drogba free-kick. I thought that Chelsea should win with a bigger margian. But, they at least won.

I have decided that I'm going to be covering the World Cup as I'm staying in Bali this summer. Here are predictions for the first two matches on June 11.

South Africa 1-2 Mexico
Uruguay 1-1 France

Nerve racking matches. See ya then.

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Europa League Final 13/5/10

Fulham and Athletico Madrid looked like two evenly matched sides. But we do have a winner.

Fulham 1-2 Athletico Madrid (AET)
Fulham held Athletico Madrid all the way through normal time, and it looked like Fulham might win the match. But, as it turned out, two Diego Forlan strikes made sure that this fairytale didn't have a happy ending. Sorry about that Fulham. I hope that Fulham fight back from this and qualify for Europe next season.

The FA Cup Final takes place on Saturday. Let's predict.

Chelsea 4-1 Portsmouth

Can Chelsea win 'the double' for the first time in history?

Monday, May 10, 2010

Premier League FINALE 10/5/10

We came into this match with Chelsea within breathing distance of the title. Did they make it?

Arsenal 4-0 Fulham
Fulham have the Europa League Final coming up. They don't want to waste their players' energy and skill on a worthless match against Arsenal. Arsenal would have wanted to finish this season on a high, so they field a full-strength side. Fulham despite their loss against Arsenal have played particularly well this season. Congratulations Fulham and good luck in Hamburg at the Europa League Final.

Aston Villa 0-1 Blackburn
It's a real shame that Blackburn have finally got into great form, and it's the end of the season. Aston Villa during all their heroics this season should have finished on a good note. But, to no avail. They both did great jobs this season and Aston Villa have made it into the Europa League qualifiers.

Bolton 2-1 Birmingham
Birmingham were always bad away from home and they continued that streak up today. I think that Bolton and Birmingham are two evenly matched sides, but Bolton had home advantage. Hence, the win.

Burnley 4-2 Tottenham
It almost seems that Burnley shouldn't have been relegated after a result like this. Tottenham qualified for the Champions League. Is this a one-off for Tottanham? Let's hope so because they won't want results like this in the Champions League.

Chelsea 8-0 Wigan
WOW!!!!!!!! All they needed to do was beat Wigan, but that result confirms that they thrashed Wigan as well as claimed the title. CHELSEA ARE CHAMPIONS FOR THE 2009-10 SEASON.
They deserved it despite all their slip-ups and mistakes. WELL DONE CHELSEA. This means that Chelsea have won their 4th title and that if they beat Portsmouth in the FA cup, they win the double.

Everton 1-0 Portsmouth
I think that this result is because of the FA cup final which is coming up. I think that Portsmouth will want to rest some of thei good players. It's a bit of a shame that Portsmouth are being relegated, but we'll see new teams as well. Everton did well this season and can push for a Europa League place if they play like that all of next season.

Hull 0-0 Liverpool
This result sums up Liverpool's season. A 0-0 draw against a mediocre team that's being relegated. Liverpool need to come back next season with new threats and be a better side. if they don't, they will blend in with the rest of the other teams, rather than be in the big four. Hull also go down, but we see three new teams, among them Newcastle and WBA.

Man. United 4-0 Stoke
Man. United have been good this season, but they haven't been good enough to beat Chelsea. They've worked hard and they put up a good fight, but they lost. Maybe, they shouldn't have sold Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid. Who knows, but Man. United need to come back bigger and better next season if they want to pursue the title.

West Ham 1-1 Man. City
Well, it's kind of a shame for Man. City's dream season to end as if they hadn't bought all those good players. The old Man. City would have drawn away to West Ham. i didn't think that the new one did as well. Anyway, Man. City did overall well this season and qualified for the Europa League. WELL DONE MAN. CITY.

Wolves 2-1 Sunderland
Both of these teams did really well this season. But because of home advantage, it was Wolves that finished on a high note. But, both of these teams played surprisingly well. I thought that Wolves would be relegated this season, and they stayed up. WELL DONE WOLVES.

On Wednesday, Fulham take on Athletico Madrid in the Europa League final. Let's predict

Fulham 2-1 Athletico Madrid

It's all over. Only finals now. But, I'll be back for pre-season friendlies.