theworldaccordingtoElFlaco

Jonathan O'Shea elucidates on various events and personalities from across the spectrum of sport (ok, football)...including a selection of articles once published on the now-defunct - and much lamented - footballingworld.com site

Monday, August 09, 2010

Will Barça boys herald a brave new frontier for MLS?

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American sports fans are renowned for their love of stats – not to mention an acronym or three. The steadily-developing MLS, still in its in...

Monday, May 31, 2010

World Cup Moments: Magical Magyars usurped by the ‘Miracle of Berne’

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Think brilliant Brazil of 1982. The revolutionary Dutch total-footballers of ’74. Or the stereotype-defying Azzurri of Antognoni, Tardelli a...

Monday, May 17, 2010

Can traumatised Germany cope with the “brutal” loss of Michael Ballack?

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The short answer to the title question is this: they can’t. At least that’s the opinion of Rudi Völler, star of Italia ’90 and Nationalmanns...

Thursday, May 13, 2010

World Cup Moments: Quinn & Keane keep Irish eyes smiling in Ibaraki

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13/05/10 Ireland’s World Cup campaign of 2002 hardly got off to the most auspicious of starts – the implosion of captain Roy Keane and manag...

Wednesday, May 05, 2010

McCarthy, Shelvey and Henderson: Young Guns (go for it!)

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‘Change’ has been a popular word in political circles these past few weeks. According to the all-powerful party machines and egomaniacal spi...

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