I think the job is cursed with too many egos and bad eggs.
He is the man for the job. The players can relate to him.
He has a lot to ponder.
French soccer magazine L'Equipe revealed that ex-Man United defender Laurent Blanc has been offered the national team job if he wants it. The Bordeaux manager, who has impressed the football community since his appointment over "les Girondins", is said to be announcing his decision at the end of the season. Is he the man for the job?
He will play for sure, but will not be able to perform well
I don't know for sure...
John Terry is Chelsea's star player and he is in England's World Cup squad. His injury has cast a shadow on his chances of playing the FA Cup final and the World Cup in South Africa.
Football pundit's are raising the question about whether or not Kevin-Prince Boateng's tackle on Michael Ballack was intentional. Boateng's father commented today on their tumultuous relationship past but insist that he didn't try to put the German captain out of contention for South Africa. There are many coincidences involving the pair but one thing is for sure Ballack won't be doing any damage to Ghana's chance of making it out of Group D.
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FIFA has announced that the final batch of 164,000 World Cup tickets will go on sale this Friday - two weeks before the start of the global spectacle. More than 95% of the 2.88 million tickets have been sold so far, with the final drive expected to complete near sell-out crowds for most of the games across South Africa's ten venues.
Henry has been sidelined and Evra is set to don the arm band. Raymond Domenech isn't waisting time in announcing his plans for South Africa because we all know he doesn't have anytime after that. So what better way to go out than to ruffle a few feathers along the way. He has had to deal with many ego's in the French dressing room and is dealing with all those issues accordingly. But has he made the right choice is deciding on their leader or is the right man for the job somewhere else in the squad?
Ex Chelsea midfielder Michael Ballack has spoken out about the clashing ego's of England and Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard and Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard. He says if England are to do well then the two will have to alter the way they play to do whats best for the team. It'll will be easier said than done but can the pair come to their senses to carry England through the tourney or will Capello have to make some very hard decisions?
South Africa and Uruguay will meet tonight in group A. Both of them have one point from the previous game, South Africa drew 1-1 with Mexico while Uruguay got a goalless draw against France. The winner of tonight's game would significantly boost its chances of qualifying to the next round.
After being beaten 1-0 in the debut game by Switzerland Spain will be looking to bounce back and beat Honduras, a team that lost their first World Cup game against Chile. Will Spain get back to their winning ways?
Argentina defeated Mexico 3-1 in the first knockout stage of the World Cup thanks to two goals from Carlos Tevez and one from Gonzalo Higuain. Mexico did claw one back through Hernandez but it was too late. What do you think about their performance?
