“Diego Maradona is the only coach to adopt such a policy. I want to see the Argentines arrive staggering and exhausted to their games.”
— Brazilian President LULA DA SILVA, doesn’t think that Argentina’s policy to allow their players to have sex with their partners in South Africa is a good tactic. (via The Guardian)
Four days before the World Cup kicks off, the unedifying spectacle of football officials and policemen blaming each other for a dangerous stampede outside a friendly Nigeria-North Korea match at Ekurhuleni, near Johannesburg, is a little worrying for any fan arriving in South Africa. Reports from the scene say between 15-20 spectators …
Ahead of every World Cup, there are always certain guarantees: England fans fear the team will eventually be eliminated via penalty kicks. The world will underestimate the German squad. And there will be a hullabaloo over the official match ball.