Peter ShulmanJun 26, 20185 minTitanic to Messi(anic) through Rojo-Tinted GlassesFrom aspirational to beatific to snakebit to utterly lost and ever so strangely found, Argentina stumble across on the right foot of...
Peter ShulmanJun 26, 20182 minFrance-Denmark: A Misdemeanor against FutbolOur 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 ShulmanJun 26, 20184 minRonaldo Stuffed, Salah Stutters, Iago Gets His Ya-Yas Out! Day 12 ReviewedThere were a few unsurprising elements about a generally surprising day: Uruguay are mind-numbing to watch; Group A was the “Group of...
Peter ShulmanJun 24, 20183 minColombia-Poland: Youth Infusion DeliversFeeling 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 ShulmanJun 24, 20184 minGermany-Sweden: Kroos Resuscitates the PatientAt 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 ShulmanJun 23, 20184 minClockwork Red: Hazard & Lukaku Scythe TunisiaNo team has been more entertaining and synchronous in the attack than the star-studded Belgium, and unlike other celebrities...
Peter ShulmanJun 23, 20184 minGermany-Sweden: Kroos Resuscitates the PatientAt 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 ShulmanJun 22, 20185 minCroatia-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 ShulmanJun 21, 20183 minPeru Kante Get By France: Match ReportAnother bad day for long-haired svengali coaches with talented attacking teams that can’t finish, no matter how much we like them....
Peter ShulmanJun 21, 20183 minOde to Morocco, Slain by King and ZombiesMorocco has much to rue today, both for having been able to squeeze a goal from dominant performance today, and for not finding this...
Peter ShulmanJun 19, 20184 minColombia-Poland-Egypt: Day of CalamitiesThe 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 ShulmanJun 18, 20184 minEngland-Tunisia Report: Wild about HarryA 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 ShulmanJun 18, 20183 minBelgium-Panama Match ReportUntwist your knickers, punderatti! The first half was a bit stultifying, but Belgian probed, Panama got some good stops from the keeper...
Peter ShulmanJun 18, 20183 minBrazil meets Swiss Precision FoulingAdd cynical fouling to banking, watches and chocolates to the national specialities as the Swiss bring buzzkill to what was shaping up to...
Peter ShulmanJun 17, 20184 minMexico!-Germany: 8 Takeaways1. The Mexican National Team Coach is a job that people turn down, because it’s impossible. The most intense, fervent supporters in the...
Peter ShulmanJun 16, 20182 minCroatia-Nigeria Review: King Modric ReignsOne 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 ShulmanJun 16, 20182 minPeru-Denmark Match Report: 5 TakeawaysDefinitely the first game where the result stings. Peru was utterly more entertaining, more positive, more interesting, more...
Peter ShulmanJun 16, 20186 minVillain Bowl!: Spain-Portugal Match ReportOh. 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 ShulmanJun 15, 20181 minGo 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...