“La Furia Roja” has been dominating the global stage for a bit more than 5 years now, winning two European championships in 2008 and 2012, one World Cup in 2010, and one second-fiddle Mediterranean games in 2009. This emphatic dominance has been accompanied with a style of play that impressed pundits all over the world; … Read more
With the World Cup just under a year away and Brazil’s surprise win over Spain in the Confederations Cup Final, on the 4th July 2013, FIFA updated their World Rankings. There have been some impressive rises and some rather ungraceful falls by national teams in the lead up to the World Cup. The new rankings … Read more
On Sunday night, England nearly reduced Brazil to their first loss on home turf in eleven years in a friendly match in the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. Despite the 2-2 finish in a meaningless post-season international friendly contest, Roy Hodgson can take a lot of positive points heading into the upcoming four qualifying … Read more
With 12 months to go before the 2014 World Cup Finals in Brazil, who are the players in pole position to make Roy Hodgson’s final 23 man squad? Here I look at the players I believe will go to Rio, and split them into the ‘Dead Certs’, ‘Probables’ and ‘Long Shots’. I also list the … Read more