I thought Cole, Ferdinand and Rooney were the best most technically gifted players by far for England. Gerrard played well but when compared to Spain's midfielders, no where near as creative. A few players looked lost out there: Brown, Cole, and Barry among others.teassoc said:
Blatter is a twit, I am not sure he has anything against Italy per se compared to other countries. He is trying to ruin the EPL with his 6+5 domestic-foreign proposal. I agree that Pirlo is great, but it's tough to argue that he was better than Kaka, Messi or C. Ronaldo last year.Insidious Von said:Isn't Sepp Blatter a peach.
He no longer even tries to hide his hatred for Italy. He sat next to Eusebio in the belief that being in the presence of the legendary Portuguese star would enoble him. Since Italy was fielding a injury depleted line up, most notably Gigi Buffon, a Portuguese victory was anticipated. And when Italy scored their third goal, within a minute of Portugal's goal, Blatter looked like he had a wet turd in his mouth.
Now Italy must fight their way through one of the toughest groups ever assembled for an international tournament. Add to that the fact that Andrea Pirlo must be feeling slighted by not even making the final three of FIFA's World Player of the Year - although he remains a sphinx about it. The Azzurri would like nothing more than to, once again, make Blatter eat humble pie.
Ain't it cool.
Clynnog, are you forgeting that Italy invented footie.Clynnog said:
You may be right, but it's a dubious claim.teassoc said:In case you didn't know. Started as a competition between English towns in the middle ages, involving hundreds of players and no real pitch. English (Scottish?) sailors popularised it accross the world or so the story goes.
The games between towns is a historical fact. Don't know exactly when it might have started but would be thinking around the 13th and 14th century, well before the English civil war. No doubt the War of the Roses could have led to some games being postponedInsidious Von said:
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