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2010-06-13 Germany 4 – 0 Australia W
2010-06-03 Germany 3 – 1 Bosnia-Herzegovina
2010-05-29 Hungary 0 – 3 Germany
2010-03-13 Germany 3 – 0 Malta
2010-03-03 Germany 0 – 1 Argentina
2009-11-18 Germany 2 – 2 Ivory Coast
2009-10-14 Germany 1 – 1 Finland Q
2009-10-10 Russia 0 – 1 Germany Q
2009-09-09 Germany 4 – 0 Azerbaijan Q
2009-09-05 Germany 2 – 0 South Africa
2009-08-12 Azerbaijan 0 – 2 Germany Q
2009-06-02 United Arab Emirates 2 – 7 Germany
2009-05-29 China 1 – 1 Germany
2009-04-01 Wales 0 – 2 Germany Q
2009-03-28 Germany 4 – 0 Liechtenstein Q
2009-02-11 Germany 0 – 1 Norway
2008-11-19 Germany 1 – 2 England
2008-10-15 Germany 1 – 0 Wales Q
2008-10-11 Germany 2 – 1 Russia Q
2008-09-10 Finland 3 – 3 Germany Q
2008-09-06 Liechtenstein 0 – 6 Germany Q
2008-08-20 Germany 2 – 0 Belgium
2008-06-29 Germany 0 – 1 Spain n
2008-06-25 Germany 3 – 2 Turkey n
2008-06-19 Portugal 2 – 3 Germany n
2008-06-16 Austria 0 – 1 Germany n
2008-06-12 Croatia 2 – 1 Germany n
2008-06-08 Germany 2 – 0 Poland n
2008-05-31 Germany 2 – 1 Serbia
2008-05-27 Germany 2 – 2 Belarus
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2010-06-13 Serbia 0 – 1 Ghana W
2010-06-05 Serbia 4 – 3 Cameroon
2010-06-02 Serbia 0 – 0 Poland n
2010-05-29 Serbia 0 – 1 New Zealand n
2010-04-07 Japan 0 – 3 Serbia
2009-11-18 Korea Republic 0 – 1 Serbia n
2009-11-14 Northern Ireland 0 – 1 Serbia
2009-10-14 Lithuania 2 – 1 Serbia Q
2009-10-10 Serbia 5 – 0 Romania Q
2009-09-09 Serbia 1 – 1 France Q
2009-08-12 South Africa 1 – 3 Serbia
2009-06-10 Faroe Islands 0 – 2 Serbia Q
2009-06-06 Serbia 1 – 0 Austria Q
2009-04-01 Serbia 2 – 0 Sweden
2009-03-28 Romania 2 – 3 Serbia Q
2009-02-11 Serbia 0 – 1 Ukraine n
2009-02-10 Cyprus 0 – 2 Serbia
2008-12-14 Serbia 0 – 1 Poland n
2008-11-19 Serbia 6 – 1 Bulgaria
2008-10-15 Austria 1 – 3 Serbia Q
2008-10-11 Serbia 3 – 0 Lithuania Q
2008-09-10 France 2 – 1 Serbia Q
2008-09-06 Serbia 2 – 0 Faroe Islands Q
2008-05-31 Germany 2 – 1 Serbia
2008-05-28 Russia 2 – 1 Serbia n
2008-05-24 Republic of Ireland 1 – 1 Serbia
Marcello Lippi หวังว่าอินเตอร์มิลานแชมเปี้ยนลีกชัยชนะเป็นลางดีสำหรับอิตาลีก่อน FIFA World Cup
อินเตอร์ชนะ Bayern Munich 2-0 จะชนะการแข่งขัน club ยุโรปยอดเมื่อวานนี้และเป็นครั้งแรกที่อิตาลีชนะ Coppa Italia, กัลโซ่ และแชมเปี้ยนลีกในฤดูเดียวกัน ”ฟุตบอลยุโรปได้จบด้วยชัยชนะพิเศษของทีมอิตาลี”Lippi กล่าวว่าในวันอาทิตย์
ผู้เล่นในทีมหลาย Inter จะเป็นฟุตบอลโลกที่ไม่มี แต่จะแสดงอิตาลี ผู้เล่นมุ่งแอฟริกาใต้ที่ทำให้ประทับใจมากใน Lippi และทุกคนสามารถ Diego Milito อาร์เจนตินาส่งคะแนนสองเป้าหมายในเมื่อวานสุดท้ายในกรุงมาดริด
ความพยายามของเขาเข้ามาอยู่ในฤดูยอดเยี่ยมที่เขาคะแนนเป้าหมายเฉพาะในอินเตอร์ของชัยชนะ Coppa Italia สุดท้ายกว่า Roma และในฉากสุดท้ายของละครฤดูของสโมสรลีก title – clinching at Siena Milito ยังพยักหน้าในเป้าหมายสำคัญในขาแรกของอินเตอร์ของแชมเปี้ยนลีกกึ่งสุดท้ายกับบาร์เซโลน่าที่ชาวอิตาเลียนชนะ 3-1
Today we’re taking a look at the home and away jerseys of France, as modelled by Karim Benzema to the left there.
All World Cup 2010 jerseys are available to see and buy in our World Cup 2010 store, but the idea here is that we take an honest and semi-critical look at the home and away shirts of all 32 teams at World Cup 2010. Remember, everything below is just personal opinion / kneejerk reaction and I’ve got no fashion credentials other than accidentally seeing about four episodes of Project Runway. So whether you agree of disagree I’d love to get your reaction to these shirts in the comments.
France Home Shirt
The royal blue colour of the France jersey always looks good in my opinion, but it’s the red and white around the mid-section that I’m not fond of here. I know it’s meant to represent the blue, white and red of the French flag, but the pattern just seems a bit… random. Unfinished even, like the two sections were meant to meet in the middle but didn’t quite make it. If I was feeling cheeky the I’d suggest an alternative pattern. Like maybe Thierry Henry’s handprints. But I’m not, so I won’t.
A much more successful attempt to incorporate the tricolore can be found if you look a little higher up. All adidas jerseys carry three stripes on the shoulders, and this one is no exception. But there’s a band of red running between the second and third stripe, producing a subtle but clear pattern of blue, then white, then red on the shoulder. I love seeing examples of team specific design within the standard template, and the shoulders of the French home jersey are a perfect example.
France Away Shirt
The white away jersey allows the three striped tricolore on the shoulders to stand out even more. Definitely a good thing. Meanwhile the thin grey vertical stripes on the body prevent the white from being too white and making you go blind. I quite like the collar too, with a nice mix of blue and gold. It’s somewhat rare for the away shirt to trump the home shirt, but I’m pretty sure that’s what’s happened here. Hopefully France will wear the away shirts vs Uruguay in Group A, and then find themselves facing another blue team in the knockout rounds.
You may as well have a good listen to this song now, because you’re going to be hearing much much more of it during World Cup 2010. It’s called “Wavin’ Flag” by Somalian-born Canadian-rasied hip-hop artist K’naan, and and is the official song of Coca-Cola’s World Cup 2010 campaign. For the record it’s NOT the official song of World Cup 2010. It just may as well be, given Coca-Cola’s prominence as World Cup sponsors.
For the fizzy pop and football version, K’naan is joined by Latin-Grammy winning Spanish pop singer David Bisbal for an Anglo-Hispanic version that’s intended to represent global unity. Might sound cheesy, but I’d argue that having one song that people of two languages can enjoy has to be a good thing. Unless you speak only French, German or Japanese.
As for the song itself… have a listen. Try and tell yourself you don’t like it. Then realize that the song is still playing in your head long after the above video has finished. Now wave your flag.
We continue our review of World Cup 2010 kits with a look at what Mexico will be wearing in South Africa. As mentioned before, I have zero fashion credentials. Unless sitting through The Devil Wears Prada and finding it reasonably enjoyable counts. Which I’m pretty sure it doesn’t. But I can offer an honest reaction that hopefully stays away from being either too snarky or too serious.
Big news is that between World Cup 2006 and World Cup 2010, Mexico made the switch. The big switch. From Nike to adidas. So the home and away versions of their three stripe manufactured World Cup 2010 kits (as modeled very seriously by Francisco Palencia to the left there) can be found below.
Mexico Home Shirt
If you’re thinking “that looks a bit plain” then I’d agree with you. At first glance anyway. Because after a few looks at the Mexico home shirt I’ve come to think of it as very clean and simple, in a good way. The green, white and red colours of El Tri are very clearly represented. Green body, red stripes on the shoulders, and white collar with a red trim. Everything just right. Except… my only complaint would be the armpits. As with all adidas World Cup 2010 jerseys, there’s a splash of colour under the arms. This works better with some jerseys than with others. Unfortunately the effect in this Mexico home jersey is that the wearer appears to bleeding from the armpits. Like maybe it’s on a bit too tight (which may be true in the case of Francisco Palincia, above. Go up a size man!)
Possibly the best thing about this jersey is the underlying pattern. As with the adidas South Africa jersey, the body of this Mexico jersey features a symbolic pattern. For South Africa it was the flag, for Mexico it’s feathers, which apparently represent the Eagle Warrior (the bravest in the Aztec army) and also the eagle on the Mexican Football Federation crest.
Mexico Away Shirt
Mexico’s away shirts have been white for as long as I can remember. But no more. For World Cup 2010 Mexico’s away jerseys will be black. It’s such a big change that you’ve got to admire the balls it took to make this decision. I’d say the black suits the feather motif nicely, and also helps the red and green elements stand out. Even better, armpits are green. So no armpit blood here. Only complaint is that the black design means there’s no room for white, and so one of the “El Tri” colours is missing.
When discussing the history of any sport, any talk of the “greatness” is bound to be met with a quick hop in a time machine, going back into the annals where myth and storytelling often displace fact and reality to the back seat. And this was necessary in a time when most could only follow sport through the words of others; words which were often embellished, contorted, polished, creating an aura which far superseded the event. Similar to the children’s game which starts with a simple sentence at one end of the room and morphs into something entirely different by the time the exercise ends.
A lot of times, great moments are much simpler than we think. Sometimes great moments are just that: moments. Moments without grand results, without a decisive impact, without parades, and without babies being made on the streets. Merely a single moment in time meant to be enjoyed. And equally as often, these moments are right underneath our noses.
Philipp Lahm had been injured in the buildup to the World Cup, you may remember, and he was still in a cast when Germany met up with Costa Rica to kickoff the 2006 World Cup in Munich. This never put his spot into doubt, really, but you also didn’t meant you would expect that, a mere five minutes into arguably the biggest game of his life, he would send the crowd into an uproar. His crowd in his country. It was the perfect opening to what would become a wonderful World Cup run for Germany.
It was also a brilliant goal from a mite of a man who’s long been mentioned in the discussion of the world’s best fullbacks. And it was proof that great moments don’t need to end with a trophy.
But perhaps greatest of all are the opening seconds of that movie, in which Lukas Podolski hurries to throw the ball in five minutes into a group game, yet acting like it was the last minute of injury time in the final with Germany down a goal. And this would be the part where we open up the forum to German fans for jokes, potshots and everything in between.
Can you imagine if both YouTube and blogs had existed in sixties? The events of the 1966 World Cup final would have caused internet meltdown. For those unfamiliar, here’s what happened:
It was hosts England vs West Germany in the final. West Germany had equalized to make it 2-2 late in the match and take it to extra time. So, 11 minutes into extra time, England’s Alan Ball crossed the ball in, and Geoff Hurst turned and shot from just outside the six yard box. The ball hit the bar. The ball bounced down. Either on or over the line. Then Wolfgang Weber headed the ball clear.
The England players celebrated a goal, the West Germany players protested. Swiss referee Gottfried Dienst looked confused, and so consulted his linesman Tofik Bakhramov (who was from Azerbaijan, not Russia, though he was technically a citizen of a Soviet state at the time, which is probably why he became known as “the Russian linesman”). Bakhramov said goal, and it was 3-2 to England.
Here’s a YouTuber of the goal (or “goal”?), with German commentary:
And with English commentary:
It’s been 44 years since that happened. In the intervening years mankind has been to the moon, mapped the human genome and found a way to make Andy Serkis look like a giant gorilla. Yet we’re still arguing over whether goal-line technology is a good idea or not. But that’s another argument for another day.
Obviously Hurst went on to score his third and England’s fourth. Since England won 4-2, you could say the controversial nature of the third goal can be ignored. But since the fourth goal was a direct result of West Germany pushing forward in search of an equalizer, that’s not a great argument. So we’ll ignore that and agree that this is the goal that won the 1966 World Cup.
So, the big question: Did it cross the line or not?
Today we’re taking a look at the home and away jerseys of France, as modelled by Karim Benzema to the left there.
We continue our review of World Cup 2010 kits with a look at what Mexico will be wearing in South Africa. As mentioned before, I have zero fashion credentials. Unless sitting through The Devil Wears Prada and finding it reasonably enjoyable counts. Which I’m pretty sure it doesn’t. But I can offer an honest reaction that hopefully stays away from being either too snarky or too serious.
