By Rob | 19th October 2009 |
Joel Santana, the beleaguered South African national coach has quit.
SAFA announced that they had accepted his resignation this afternoon. This follows loud calls for his head to roll from many quarters. Although the national side faired relatively well in the Confederations Cup earlier this year they were not able to win a single international
Read more…Joel Santana Resigns
By Rob | 15th October 2009 |
Argentina 1 – Uruguay 0
The guessing is over and we will see the likes of Lionel Messi, that great Player Number 10, in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Argentina had a close call against Uruguay by leaving the scoring to the 84th minute. Maradona has some hard work ahead to improve the form
Read more…Argentina and Maradona squeak home
By Rob | 14th October 2009 |
Iceland 1 : South Africa 0 (International Friendly)
Although even before the kick-off Bafana-Bafana had it’s back against the wall in Reykjavic, Iceland, the team, coach and country really needed a win to raise the spirits in the lead up to the World Cup next year.
For the last two games the South Africans have been without
Read more…Santana and South Africa continue to disappoint
By Rob | 13th October 2009 |
Tonight sees South Africa pitted against one of the European minnows. Although Iceland is far below South Africa on the FIFA rankings it’s recent form against it’s more powerful neighbors should be giving Sanatana nightmares.
5 September: Iceland 1-1 Norway (World Cup qualifier)
12 August: Iceland 1-1 Slovakia (Friendly)
6 June: Iceland 1-2 Netherlands (World Cup qualifier)
Bafana-Bafana’s recent performance is dismal in comparison:
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Read more…Santana in the firing line
By Rob | 8th October 2009 |
This weekend sees FIFA events worldwide.
The U-20s sees the quarters with the big ones, I guess, being Germany – Brazil and Korea and Ghana. But the rest of the games should all be crackers since there are a number of underdogs with little to lose and willing to play their heart’s out.
It’s another 2010 qualifying
Read more…FIFA Full Weekend