Titanic to Messi(anic) through Rojo-Tinted Glasses
From aspirational to beatific to snakebit to utterly lost and ever so strangely found, Argentina stumble across on the right foot of...
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Peter Shulman
- Jun 26, 2018
- 2 min
France-Denmark: A Misdemeanor against Futbol
Our lead photo, goes to the referee, Sandro Ricci, the game's most interesting character. And Stu Holden gets the line of the day: “Ten...
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Peter Shulman
- Jun 26, 2018
- 4 min
Ronaldo Stuffed, Salah Stutters, Iago Gets His Ya-Yas Out! Day 12 Reviewed
There were a few unsurprising elements about a generally surprising day: Uruguay are mind-numbing to watch; Group A was the “Group of...
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Peter Shulman
- Jun 24, 2018
- 3 min
Colombia-Poland: Youth Infusion Delivers
Feeling nervy about marking perhaps the world's most dangerous #9 in must-win game? Debut a neophyte center back duo in their early 20s,...
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Peter Shulman
- Jun 24, 2018
- 4 min
Germany-Sweden: Kroos Resuscitates the Patient
At Real Madrid, he’s known as El Cirujano, the surgeon, and if he left a tool inside the patient with the giveaway on Sweden’s first...
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Peter Shulman
- Jun 23, 2018
- 4 min
Clockwork Red: Hazard & Lukaku Scythe Tunisia
No team has been more entertaining and synchronous in the attack than the star-studded Belgium, and unlike other celebrities...
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Peter Shulman
- Jun 23, 2018
- 4 min
Germany-Sweden: Kroos Resuscitates the Patient
At Real Madrid, he’s known as El Cirujano, the surgeon, and if he left a tool inside the patient with the giveaway on Sweden’s first...
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Peter Shulman
- Jun 22, 2018
- 5 min
Croatia-Argentina: From Messi(anic) to Titanic
A week ago, summing up the Argentinian team, I wrote that they were simply too old, and “I suspect this will be a time when it becomes...
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Peter Shulman
- Jun 21, 2018
- 3 min
Peru Kante Get By France: Match Report
Another bad day for long-haired svengali coaches with talented attacking teams that can’t finish, no matter how much we like them....
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Peter Shulman
- Jun 21, 2018
- 3 min
Ode to Morocco, Slain by King and Zombies
Morocco has much to rue today, both for having been able to squeeze a goal from dominant performance today, and for not finding this...
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Peter Shulman
- Jun 19, 2018
- 4 min
Colombia-Poland-Egypt: Day of Calamities
The Day of Sudden Calamities: Each day turned on a tragic moment (or two), upending games and one of the weirder days that I can recall. ...
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Peter Shulman
- Jun 18, 2018
- 4 min
England-Tunisia Report: Wild about Harry
A just result in a game that went south. The real shame of the Walker PK call is that, the situation being what it was, it robbed us of...
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Peter Shulman
- Jun 18, 2018
- 3 min
Belgium-Panama Match Report
Untwist your knickers, punderatti! The first half was a bit stultifying, but Belgian probed, Panama got some good stops from the keeper...
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Peter Shulman
- Jun 18, 2018
- 3 min
Brazil meets Swiss Precision Fouling
Add cynical fouling to banking, watches and chocolates to the national specialities as the Swiss bring buzzkill to what was shaping up to...
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Peter Shulman
- Jun 17, 2018
- 4 min
Mexico!-Germany: 8 Takeaways
1. The Mexican National Team Coach is a job that people turn down, because it’s impossible. The most intense, fervent supporters in the...
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Peter Shulman
- Jun 16, 2018
- 2 min
Croatia-Nigeria Review: King Modric Reigns
One of the things that I love about soccer is that a guy like Modric, who looks more like an extra in "Trainspotting" than a guy who goes...
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Peter Shulman
- Jun 16, 2018
- 2 min
Peru-Denmark Match Report: 5 Takeaways
Definitely the first game where the result stings. Peru was utterly more entertaining, more positive, more interesting, more...
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Peter Shulman
- Jun 16, 2018
- 6 min
Villain Bowl!: Spain-Portugal Match Report
Oh. What. A. Game! So much to enjoy here, just epic drama and scintillating tension that was contained enough to keep it from becoming a...
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Peter Shulman
- Jun 15, 2018
- 1 min
Go Morocco! Amine Harit FTW
Hoping for some great stuff from the Atlas Lions! A lot of attacking talent and intention here. Nothing against Iran, but we could get...
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