Dreams of English fans were shattered when Costa Rica defeated Italy in the Group D match confirming first English exit in the group stage itself since 1958. This is the first high profile departure from the Brazil – just after playing two games actually! Roy Hodgson, the manager of Three Lions, who has been an optimistic mentor before FIFA event began, is not ready to accept that his team could not even enter into the next stage; perhaps, he does not think his side deserves to be ousted from the event so easily. Now, reactions have started coming from every corner: while almost all are unhappy with the way England performed in first two games, there are few who are openly accusing manager’s highly overconfident approach for the biggest soccer event. There had initially been several media statements passed by the English manager saying they are in a better position to enter into the finals that put lots of pressures on players’ shoulders and result is in front of all of us. Despite all … [Read more...]

You can call it the mega night of Brazilian world cup when both the top contenders of Group D met each other to survive a place for themselves. Since, they had lost their earlier games, it was their last chance to continue in the tourney and here comes the power of your star players and Uruguayan proved to have an edge in this respect. Luis Suarez, the 27-year-old Uruguayan forward, who has until been suspected to even play in the world cup for his knee injury, played magnificently and proved why he had been the eye candy for Liverpool in the last English season. He not only fired both the goals for his team but also offered a tough resistance to English counterparts who could not offer any fight until the last few moments. Suarez scored in both the halves: first one came in the thirty ninth minute and second one came in the eighty fifth minute - just after the quality shot of Rooney. Now, let us discuss the implications of this defeat for the Three Lions, in fact, they are now … [Read more...]

FIFA’s most promising technological step, The Goal Line Technology that is being used in the world cup, will soon be subjected to some modifications as reported by the supreme governing body. The decision was taken after a confusion struck during the Group E match between France and Honduras, in fact, it became the first ever game where first goal using goal line technology was awarded in the WC, and interestingly, in its first use, a need to tweak its algorithm also originated. The confusion started three minutes past half time when Karim Benzema’s shot volley against the insides of Honduras post and ball flew back to mark the score when goalie Noel Valladares stopped it. The drama ended within few seconds coz of the Brazilian referee’s decision to award a goal to France and whole stadium chanted ‘No Goal’ instantly, quickly followed by ‘Goal’ after looking the replay on the large screen. Notably, it is the first big event GoalControl, the technology shortlisted by the FIFA to be used … [Read more...]