Soccerati.net - The World Cup

Peter Crouch was happy to have showed his full potential once given 90 minutes of playing time. He avenged Liverpool’s defeat against Arsenal and at the same time proved his worth to the team despite his second team status.

The player who has the height of a basketball player and skills of a footballer scored a hat-trick on an array of skills and goal on each foot and head.

Peter Crouch does not belong to the first team in the World Cup despite scoring a hat-trick against Jamaica before the 2006 FIFA World Cup as well as first team at Anfield despite his scoring efficiency in the league by scoring 28 goals since joining Liverpool in 2005 despite his limited playing time.

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England won against Andorra in their Uefa Euro 2008 qualifier match because of sheer coincidence and not because of Steve’s strategy and tactical formation.

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Diego Maradona was taken to Sanatorio Guemes hospital in Buenos Aires after falling sick. He has a history of heart failure and breathing problems which is believed to be due to his cocaine addiction.

However, statements released said that Diego was admitted due to general sickness and was not related to any drug addiction.

Whatever the cause of Diego Maradona’s sickness, we hope you get well soon!

It was too convenient for Steve McLaren to please the media by cutting off David Beckham and placing Lampard and Gerrard in the starting XI.

The England fans were delighted because they wanted to see changes after their country’s exit in FIFA World Cup 2006 and the brave moves made by Steve made him popular to deliver them to the promised land.

The fantasy is over and more than England fans care to admit, Steve’s decision backfired against them as they move closer to elimination.

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Romario scored his 999th goal with Vasco de Gama against Flamengo in their 3-0 win at Maracana stadium.

Romario’s goal came on the 79th minute and was supposed to score his 1000th goal on the 87th count if not for the heroic save of Flamengos goalkeeper.

Good for Romario as he only needs one goal for a historic; not so good because he wished he could score that goal at Maracana. His next game would be against Americano at Sao Januario stadium on Wednesday.

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I think Steve McLaren should stop worrying too much and instead start looking for a vacation spot and give his resignation as England manager. Their game against Israel is another disturbing and disappointing match ending in a 0 - 0 count.

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Gary Neville is itching to play for England in their qualifier for Uefa Euro 2008; but his injury prevents him from helping this teamates avoid disqualification for Uefa Euro more 14 months from now.

He believes that Israel is going to be a tough team to beat and the hopes of England rests on the shoulders of Wayne Rooney and John Terry. Anything can happen and it is not a remote possibility that England may not qualify no matter how unacceptable that may be.

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Why is Jamie Carragher rallying the players for their Saturday’s Euro 2008 qualifier against Israel in Tel Aviv?

Jamie says that the England players should play in the same fashion as they did during the Champions League this season. He stress the importance of winning against Israel especially after their sub-par performance with Macedonia and Croatia in October.

I second the motion that England players can thrive under pressure and one of Jamie’s example was their (Liverpool) comeback against Barcelona despite being in Europe.

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The heart of Owen Hargreaves has completely moved from Bayern Munich to Manchester United.

His value rose after his superb performance in FIFA World Cup 2006 as the midfielder of England.

Manchester United never stopped courting the midfielder placing a lot of value in him.

Manchester made it clear to the 26-year old star that he is the final piece to Manchester United’s driving force.

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Zheng-Zhi made sure Charlton kept their hopes alive in the Premiership by taking care of business.

The Chinese international captain made his people and Charlton proud by scoring a 54th minute headed goal. 34 minutes later the midfielder won a penalty that saw Jerome Thomas netting the ball.

Their 2-0 win against Newcastle is very important as they try to hold on to Premiership.

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