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The Asian football giants will seek a rerun of their semi-final entry in the 2002 World Cup. But before that, they must get past the group stage, and their immediate stumbling block is Greece whom they will face on Saturday, at Port Elizabeth.

After he took over from Alfio ‘Coco’ Basile as coach of the Argentine national squad, Maradona has tinkered a lot with the team, trying out over 100 players in less than 18 months. Finally, here are the Argentines, at the world cup, with a team that’s top heavy in attack.

England were lucky to win their final warm-up game against Japan before boarding their flight to South Africa for the World Cup. Six minutes into the game, Japan converted Yasuhito Endo’s corner kick, past goalie David James, to go one up. But England were saved embarrassment, and prevailed 2-1, thanks to own goals by Tanaka and Nakazawa.

Italian chef Marcello Lippi found Mexican chili too hot for his liking, after the South Americans beat Italy 2-1 in a World Cup warm up. Italy were never in contention, after Carlos Vela’s early strike. With less than 10 minutes to go to the final whistle, Alberto Medina doubled the score. Italy’s consolation goal came when Bonucci scored in the final minute.

USA’s game plan should hinge on counter-attack, but with a formidable England midfield in place, getting ball possession is going to be a problem for the United States. A counter-attack on the rebound could be led by Donovan supported by Clint Dempsey…

Football is the king of all sports, it is sport which combines strength with intelligence, courage and elegance, attracting a lot of young kids, who try to copy their idols they see on television. Also, they feel happy of being able to achieve performance in such a domain. Football is a team sport which is played between two teams made of eleven players, each of them trying to introduce the ball in the goal, hitting it with their foot or with any other part of their body, except for the arms.

The World Cup will kick off on Friday at Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg. Hosts South Africa will play Mexico in the opener. South Africa are playing in this tournament by virtue of being the hosts, and there’s no pressure of expectation riding on them…

Story of David Villa, at the moment one of the best striker in the world, should be an example for every young soccer player. David Villa showed to all of us that if you love what you are doing, you can achieve almost anything.

Soccer is known as both Soccer and Football. In the entire European region, the game is known as Football where as in North and South America it is called Soccer. The game of soccer has evolved centuries before the birth of Christ. It is basically a European game as it originated first in ancient Rome and Greece. It was known as harpatsum in Ancient Rome and phaininda in Greece. Even the Native Americans played sports similar to soccer that was called pasuckuakihowog, pok-a-tok and asqaqtuk. Soccer’s rules were formalized at Cambridge University in the year 1848. In Northern America, people consider soccer as a European sport hence though it is popular, it is not widely known. Northern America has sports like basketball and football that are highly popular. You must be wondering if soccer is not famous then how can football be famous. In the Americas, rugby is known as football, hence the confusion.

7 ways to be a better soccer goalie Being a soccer goalie is tough and takes a lot of work to become the best that you can. One of the most important positions in a soccer game is goalie because the keepers prevent the ball from going in the net. This position is only the only position where you can use your hands.

My article talks about how to be successful in scoring goals in soccer. If you follow these seven tips your chances of scoring will increase.

Seven tips to help you buy the perfect cleats for your soccer needs. Helps you understand the reason you should buy certain type of cleats and why. Also explains the different reasons cleats have different options.