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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...
Peter Shulman
Jun 26, 20185 min read
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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...
Peter Shulman
Jun 26, 20182 min read
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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...
Peter Shulman
Jun 26, 20184 min read
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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,...
Peter Shulman
Jun 24, 20183 min read
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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...
Peter Shulman
Jun 24, 20184 min read
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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...
Peter Shulman
Jun 23, 20184 min read
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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...
Peter Shulman
Jun 23, 20184 min read
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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...
Peter Shulman
Jun 22, 20185 min read
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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....
Peter Shulman
Jun 21, 20183 min read
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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...
Peter Shulman
Jun 21, 20183 min read
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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. ...
Peter Shulman
Jun 19, 20184 min read
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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...
Peter Shulman
Jun 18, 20184 min read
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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...
Peter Shulman
Jun 18, 20183 min read
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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...
Peter Shulman
Jun 18, 20183 min read
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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...
Peter Shulman
Jun 17, 20184 min read
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Peter Shulman
Jun 17, 20180 min read
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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...
Peter Shulman
Jun 16, 20182 min read
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Peru-Denmark Match Report: 5 Takeaways
Definitely the first game where the result stings. Peru was utterly more entertaining, more positive, more interesting, more...
Peter Shulman
Jun 16, 20182 min read
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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...
Peter Shulman
Jun 16, 20186 min read
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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...
Peter Shulman
Jun 15, 20181 min read
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