Sentences with phrase «recent world cup matches»

At the recent World Cup matches in England, for example, Pelé weathered some very rough play and two injuries with commendable calm.

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The striker is yet to start in the league for the Gunners, but has shown glimpses of his form returning in recent matches with three goals in his last three games in all competitions and was named in Deschamps» squad for Friday's World Cup qualifier with Sweden and friendly with Ivory Coast next week.

Uruguay are gearing up for another important World Cup qualifier match this midweek as they play host to recent Copa America winner, Chile.

What a terrifying vision of the future of football we've been served up this week.AC Milan, once the pride of a powerful and thriving seria A now reduced to shadow boxing against a really not that great United.All because they deserted their natural (and rather beautiful) defensive style of football to join the circus, brought in foreign players (especially brazilians) who think jogging back to defend is beneath them and generally put two fingers up to Italy's historic football traditions.Much good as it done them, and what a boring game?I concede that a lot of football fans nowadays do nt remember anything before the cheque book league but even they must have been struck by the sheer mind numbing pointlessness of it.Even the stewards were asleep by half time.As for the porto match well all that can be said is that they made the gooners look like an half decent well balanced football team, no mean achievement when you think about it.At least we, ve had the pleasure of listening to all those gooners and Mancs waffling on about how great they are which is always hilarious.Especially the stuff about Rooney, just wait till the World Cup when some Italian or South American defender takes him under his wing for half an hour and then see how great he is.If he can survive the WC without being sent off it will be a miracle.All the recent hype has done him no favours at all.Not that the World Cup really inspires these days, its glory days are long over and it's become a competition decided by referees rather than great play.Bear that in mind if Roons has to take the walk of shame, it's not his fault, someone told him he was a truly great player like Bobby Charlton or George Best.The problem is he looks like he believes them.

They have lost plenty of matches in World Cup Qualifiers in recent years and so, their participation in upcoming FIFA World Cup is still in doubt.

The scorching heat during the World Cup matches even led to a recent Brazilian court decision ordering FIFA (International Federation of Association Football) to include mandatory water breaks for players during a game if temperatures climb to 89.6 degrees F or more.

Kiarostami, who's written the scripts for Panahi's The White Balloon and Crimson Gold, opens his recent making - of documentary Around Five with TV footage of the same qualifying World Cup match — an event that has absolutely nothing to do with his own experimental Five but clearly alludes to Offside, implicitly acknowledging its importance.

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