South Africa 2010

World Cup Final Prediction

Champions 2006 Back in May, the Global Football Monitor asked fans worldwide who they thought would win the FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa: over 100,000 fans answered – and the most popular answer by far was… Spain. After the Qualification stage, Global Football Monitor ran a mini Survey, to find out what fans thought of the Group of 16 teams. Their favourite team? Netherlands So, in two sepearate surveys, the world’s football fans picked out the team they thought would win…... Read→
Brazil Sack Coach Dunga

Dunga Sacked Brazil coach Carlos Caetano Bledorn Verri aka Dunga has been sacked after his teams quarter final defeat to the Netherlands. This sacking has not come as a major shock as Dunga himself said he would likely be sacked when the team returned to Brazil yesterday. Dunga was a hero on the pitch for Brazil and won the World Cup in 1994 as captain but as a manager his defencive approach to their style of play received wide spread criticism from the Brazilian press. Corinthians manager Mano Menezes... Read→
Mini GFM Early Results

World Cup Survey The Global Football Monitor survey is currently being completed by thousands of fans in many different countries throughout the world. As we look at their opinions on ‘Which player do you believe will be the biggest disappointment?’ and ‘Most likely excuse by managers after defeat’ etc we can share some surprising early results with you. The question ‘Which player do you believe will be the biggest disappointment?’ was answered Cristiano Ronaldo... Read→
Germany v England The Aftermath

How will this game be remembered? Yesterdays match had many talking points from excellent goals to bad defending to errors by the officials. Memories of this match will ultimately be determined by were you live. If you are in Germany then you will see the match as classy, clinical performance from a German team that not many gave a hope to before the tournament but now look like serious contenders. However if you are in England then all the attention is around that goal that never was and English... Read→
Maradona, Thy Kingdom Come?

He appeared at the first group stage match in a classy suit, sporting his neatly trimmed beard and looking proud and distinguished. Diego Armando Maradona, the man whose side line antics makes sports analysts giggle like schoolboys. After all the criticism his coaching received during qualifying, the football world was watching him like a hawk, not only because watching Maradona pacing up and down the line and yelling at players, referees and linesmen is highly entertaining. No, this the moment... Read→
World Cup 2010 – Group Stage Review

In a blink of an eye 48 group games have been completed, squashed into 14 days of misbehaving Jabulanis, play acting and eventually some real drama. Here’s a review of the good, great and damn right poor. Surprise package Ridiculed on these pages before the tournament started, Japan were a revelation in the group stages. The victory over Cameroon was Japan’s first in a World Cup on foreign soil, and despite a defeat, albeit spirited, to the Netherlands, Takeshi Okada’s side were... Read→
Fans view: what happens now at the World Cup

Passionate Fans The mid-tournament mini Global Football Monitor is Live We know the Group of 16: now fans can tell us what to expect. JJoin us at the mid-tournament mini Global Football Monitor Before the World Cup began, we asked over 100,000 football fans from over 100 countries (& in 40 languages) what they thought would happen at the FIFA World Cup. The told us who had the most passionate fans (Italy), who doesn’t trust referees (England), and who would win. So now we’re asking... Read→
Germany v England Last 16 Match Preview

Previous Meeting With Germany winning Group D and England finishing second to the USA in Group C these old enemies will one again meet at the World Cup. The match will be played on Sunday at Bloemfontein 15:00 GMT and this match is sure to grab the attention of the masses. Germany Captin Lahm “There is a big history between us and they are always huge games, always interesting.” Previous meetings between the two sides have been 1966 final, the 1970 quarter-finals and the 1990 semi-finals,... Read→
France’s failure written in the stars

Domenech "not a coach" - image courtesy of Telegraph Dear oh dear, where to start with the epic failure of the French over recent years, epitomised by last night’s pathetic capitulation to Mexico? It’s hard to know who to laugh at, or indeed criticise, first – players, manager or the French FA, the Fédération Française de Football? Anyone would have thought that after the embarrassment of Euro 2008 (a nil-nil with the Romanians was followed with a battering at the hands... Read→
Spain Point Finger After Defeat

Sara Carbonero Euro 2008 champions and World Cup favorites suffered a surprise defeat to Switzerland in their opening game and rather than accepting the result and accept that they were not good enough to break down the organised Swiss defence they instead are blaming it on a TV reporter that happens to be the partner of Spain goalkeeper Iker Casillas. The nations media and fans are furious as Sara Carbonero was behind the Spanish goal reporting on camera and they believe her presence is a distraction... Read→
A Thrilling Opener For the Germans.

Germany are off to a bright start after a 4-0 win over Australia. Podolski and Klose silenced their critics by appearing on the score sheet after a woeful season in their Bundesliga clubs, and Mueller scored his first senior goal for Germany whilst Cacau became an immediate impact substitution, scoring around 2 minutes after he had been subbed on in replacement for Klose. Germany proved that despite the long list of injuries they have accumulated, they are still a force to be reckoned with. Australia... Read→
Slate Rob Green. That takes balls.

Daily Mail - Inexcusable. No, not the mistake but rather their scathing and relentless criticism of it. Thanks for the photo though. I don’t want to make any excuses about the ball. It might have moved, I don’t know. ‘But it was my mistake and I’m responsible. I’ve made errors before and I’ve been big enough to get over them and I will this one. I’m man enough to admit what went wrong and now it’s time to move on You can jump on the “hate Rob... Read→

Howard Webb’s World Cup Final

Posted by sianyr On July - 12 - 2010

When it was announced earlier this year that Howard Webb would be the English referee headed out to the World Cup in South Africa, fans were divided in their opinion as to whether he was the best choice for representing English refereeing. Fast forward months later to the end of the tournament and it seems fans are just as divided as before. Last night Webb refereed a match that made history for two reasons. First and foremost, Spain won the trophy for the first time in their many years of participation... Read→

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Spain vs Holland: World Cup Final 2010

Posted by sianyr On July - 12 - 2010

Spain finally overcame their demons to become first-time winners of the World Cup last night with an extra time 1-0 victory over Holland. In a tournament that has caused as many off-the-field talking points as on-the-field controversies, it was perhaps fitting that the match went down in the history books as the most carded World Cup final ever. The Premiership’s very own Howard Webb dished out 13 yellows and one red in total, with Everton’s John Heitinga being given his marching orders in... Read→

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World Cup Final Predictions – done!

Posted by will On July - 11 - 2010

Spain Semi Final Win Since the last semi-final whistle blew, Football Fans have filled out the GlobalFootballMonitor survy – answering just three questions: 1 Who will win? 2 What will the score be? 3 Who will score first? Subscribers have just received the crowdsourced World Cup Final predictions by email; the full results will be published on Global Football Monitor as the World Cup Final kicks off in just under three hours. VN:F [1.9.3_1094]please wait...Rating: 7.1/10 (30 votes cast)Report... Read→

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Putting our money on the next World Cup Final

Posted by will On July - 10 - 2010

Between the final whistle on the second semi-final on Wednesday evening, and the FIFA World Cup Final Kickoff on Sunday evening, football fans worldwide have predicted the results on Global Football Monitor. Fans forecast the winner, the final score, and who would score first. On behalf of our friends at the Homeless World Cup, FootballUnited & World Cup Finals Weekend sponsor Unibet, we put £60 on the fans’ predictions. It’s a (very!) long shot that Fans predict all three correctly…... Read→

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Uruguay v Germany 3rd/4th Play-off Preview

Posted by hamill On July - 8 - 2010

Down and Out July 10th 7.30pm gmt This is the match that neither team wanted, both beaten semi finalist are playing for pride alone. Both narrowly lost out by a single goal but were both second best to the final two. Uruguay have been the surprise of the tournament and Germany have been possibly the form team of the tournament yet failing to reach the final. These matches are always hard to predict. What mind set will the players be in? What do they have left to give when there is little to play... Read→

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Netherlands v Spain World Cup Final Preview

Posted by hamill On July - 8 - 2010

July 11 7.30pm gmt After the Semi Final teams were confirmed this was the final most were hoping for. The Netherlands and Spain are the two greatest footballing nations never to have won the World Cup so for one nation on Sunday will be a historic moment. Both teams have yet to hit top gear but both have a winning mentality and world class players a plenty. David Villa, Wesley Sneijder, Xavi, Iniesta belong on this stage and there are match winners through out both teams. Just look at Spain’s... Read→

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World Cup Final Prediction

Posted by will On July - 7 - 2010

Champions 2006 Back in May, the Global Football Monitor asked fans worldwide who they thought would win the FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa: over 100,000 fans answered – and the most popular answer by far was… Spain. After the Qualification stage, Global Football Monitor ran a mini Survey, to find out what fans thought of the Group of 16 teams. Their favourite team? Netherlands So, in two sepearate surveys, the world’s football fans picked out the team they thought would win…... Read→

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Germany v Spain Semi Final Match Preview

Posted by hamill On July - 7 - 2010

Germany v Spain 7.30 gmt 7/7 Torres and Villa This is an intriguing match between the original favourites Spain and the tournaments in form team Germany. Spain have yet to hit the heights but have showed a togetherness to win and striker David Villa is in top form being the match winner for Spain on a number of occasions. Germany are the form team scoring 4 past Argentina, and England in the last two matches showing just how clinical they can be when given even the smallest chance. Germany News Arne... Read→

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World Cup Babes, Uruguay

Posted by hamill On July - 7 - 2010

The World Cup is all about different nationalities and different cultures. It is also about the beautiful game with beautiful girls from all around the global making the World Cup in South Africa a much brighter and sexier show. Here are World Cup Babes from all the competing World Cup Finalists. Enjoy! Check Babes from other countries: Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Cameroon, Chile, Cote d’Ivoire, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Honduras, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands,... Read→

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World Cup Babes, Germany

Posted by hamill On July - 7 - 2010

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