After a busy world cup month, life is fast getting back into a normal mode with regular controversies and debates and when it comes to debates, how can anyone forget discussing about the Qatar – the host of 2022 world cup. It has been more than one year this upcoming host has been in the news either for its hot climate conditions, or for repeated attempts to shift the scheduled world cup timing to winter, and most recent controversy is its Kafala system wherein migrated workers are treated like slaves according to various news agencies. Last week, UK's Guardian newspaper issued a story that again burned the issue whereon they said that most of the migrated workers being employed on the construction sites are not paid for more than one year and even those who are paid, got much lesser amount to what is actually stipulated in the contract agreement. It asks the governing body to intervene over the matter and pressurize the contractors and organizers to follow all the conditions specified … [Read more...]

It was the day of soccer ruling the streets right form Berlin to the Brandenburg Gate here in Germany after national team returned from Brazil with a much desired gift: The Word Cup. Whole team showcased their latest triumph and got applauds from hundreds of thousands of citizens waiting for them for hours on Tuesday. Germans world cup final victory against Argentina, especially the last moments, provoked every soccer fan to come across the street and welcome their star players winning a proud for them. The crowd started gathering around the airport where team had to be landed in the morning and then streets of Berlin were jam packed with more than three hundred thousand fans cheering their team for a memorable show in Brazil. Since, the route was decided earlier and was known to everyone, more and more fans tried to have a glimpse to national glory with their naked eye, in fact, many of them were seen crying watching their skipper holding the cup in an open-top bus. The excitement … [Read more...]

The joy of victory is unparalleled and if it is a world cup victory you can’t imagine how it feels to be in a side who just triumphed the world’s biggest soccer honor in front of millions of fans watching the moment live. Germans latest feat would surely be in our memory for a long time especially for Brazilians who tasted the worst defeat in their centuries old history. If we leave apart the journey until the finals, Germans had been rather dominating in every match but it was the final that showed them why Argentinians were not the easy ones to overcome. Their so called firing forward line could not find a hole in solid Argentinian defensive line-up until the last moment of extra time when Gotze’s chest down shot win the FIFA title for his team. Coach Joachim Low is obviously the man to be held responsible for years long training to face the toughest playing conditions in South American country where reactor scale is so high at this time of the year. Perhaps, German players looked to … [Read more...]

Germans proved their dominance over world soccer by beating Argentina by 1-0 in a close finish. The final was full of exciting ups and downs, in fact, until the extra time, score was leveled and match was heading towards the penalty shootout but then sub Mario Gotze’s amazing chest down shot to Andre Schurrle's pass gave die Mannschaft their fourth FIFA title. Though, Argentina was impressive throughout the game but just one bad shot debarred them from their world cup glory. Even captain Messi could not help his team sustain initial lead; however, more credit goes to solid defensive line of Los Gauchos who did not let firing German strikers to even come close to their goal post. Remember, how devastatingly they crushed Brazilian defense in the semifinal! Actually, it was like missing a confirmed title for the La Albiceleste coz they got many good opportunities to score the goal – more than Germans- but they could not capitalize on any of them otherwise match could have ended in its … [Read more...]

As we are heading towards the end of Brazilian world cup, FIFA has announced the list of ten players who could win the player of the tournament aka Golden Ball award for the 2014 world cup. The list is obviously headed by four German players along with Argentina who has three players representing their country. Mats Hummels, one of the Germans in the list, has netted two goals: against Portugal and France while Kroos, another one, is now a household name in Brazil for his hammering performance in the semifinal with Brazil. Other notable Germans in the list are last world cup’s Golden Boot award winner Thomas Muller who had a hat trick in the match with Portugal this time and skipper Philipp Lahm who has been a finest think tank for the Germans in this FIFA event. For Argentina, Angel Di Maria and Messi both are in good form to win Player of the Tournament award. Other players who could make it into the final ten are Neymar, Arjen Robben, and James Rodriguez for their distinctive shows … [Read more...]