Euro 2008 Wrap Up and The Bobs.
Jun 30, 2008 | 9:07AM | BobbyMcMahon
Best goalRussia’s second goal against Sweden scored by Arshavin created by Zhirkov. Best free kick goal (possibly the only free kick goal)Michael Ballack’s rocket against Austria. Pla... Read More
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Euro 2008 - Day 19
Jun 24, 2008 | 7:32PM | BobbyMcMahon
Semi Final PreviewGermany vs. TurkeyA late winning goal against Switzerland was regarded as a fine piece of opportunism, while tw... Read More
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Eurio 2008 - Day 18
Jun 24, 2008 | 9:45AM | BobbyMcMahon
Another break day and so an opportunity to answer some questions. Danielgregg – Something I've noticed about this tournament, don't recall if it's something unique o... Read More
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Euro 2008 - Day 10
Jun 16, 2008 | 6:24AM | BobbyMcMahon
Group B Austria 0-1 Germany
At the 2006 World Cup Germany
threw off the chains of decades of highly effective but mind-numbing play to become
one of the most entertaining teams in the tournament. Today they reverted to old habits and
produced an uninspiring but all the same, winning performanc... Read More
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Euro 2008 - Day 9
Jun 15, 2008 | 11:05AM | BobbyMcMahon
Czech Republic 2-3 Turkey
Czech coach Karel Bruckner
recalled Jan Koller the lead the attack and it quickly paid off. A weakness in
the centre of the Turkish defence was evident in their first two group games
and in... Read More
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Euro 2008 - Day 5
Jun 11, 2008 | 6:31AM | BobbyMcMahon
Czech Republic 1-3 Portugal
Two games and two wins for
Portugal and they are within a smidgen of moving on to the knock out stage. The
Czechs put in a far better performance than the opening game and can go into
the final match ... Read More
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Euro 2008 day 1
Jun 07, 2008 | 9:11AM | BobbyMcMahon
Switzerland 0-1 Czech Republic
Instantly forgettable that was this match was. Oh well it is not as if we have not become use to poor opening games at major championships. Neithe... Read More
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Euro 2008 - Part 10 of 10.
Jun 06, 2008 | 9:17AM | BobbyMcMahon
Before we gaze into the crystal ball here are some statistics collected from UEFA.com and other sources on the players, countries and club affiliations at Euro 2008. PlayersOldest – ... Read More
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Euro 2008 - Part 2 of 10.
May 29, 2008 | 6:21AM | BobbyMcMahon
Group ACzech RepublicThe Czech Republic has qualified for four European Championships in four attempts and has only lost two qualifying games along the way. How they qualifiedThey topped Group D beating out Germany by two points and finished a mammoth twel... Read More
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Euro 2008 - Part 1
May 28, 2008 | 9:04AM | BobbyMcMahon
Over the next ten days the blog will be dedicated to the 2008 European Championships. Part 1 covers some of the history of the tournament and an outline of the groups, game-days, offici... Read More
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Speakers' Corner #61 Responses
Nov 20, 2007 | 7:09PM | BobbyMcMahon
Mark - Now that LA Galaxy have a big-name Manager, if you owned the NY Red Bulls, whom would you try to get as their Manager? And, is that different from whom you think they can realistically get?
Bobby – Perhaps the biggest problem that the Red Bulls ownership has is convincing someone that they will be given time to turn this team and move it in the right direction. After a while if managers keep on getting moved then the type of manager that you are going to attr... Read More
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FIFA Under-20 World Cup Final, Czech Republic 1-2 Argentina
Jul 22, 2007 | 2:55PM | BobbyMcMahon
Argentina made it yet another FIFA under-20 World Cup win after coming back from a goal down to beat a battling Czech Republic. These two sides are played to a scoreless draw in the group stage and after an hour of play in this... Read More
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FIFA Under-20 World Cup , Austria 0-2 Czech Republic
Jul 18, 2007 | 7:18PM | BobbyMcMahon
Two goals in the opening fifteen minutes of this game killed any remote chance there might have been that this semi final could have turned out to be a memorable match for the neutrals.
Missing two of their normal starting defenders (Madl suspended, Panny injured) and their defens... Read More
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FIFA Under-20 World Cup, Day 16 Argentina 1-0 Mexico
Jul 15, 2007 | 6:54PM | BobbyMcMahon
A bit of an abbreviated report seeing that it is the fourth posting of the day. A terrific game - tight and hard-fought - and one that could have gone either way. Moralez' goal ri... Read More
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FIFA Under-20 World Cup, Czech Republic 1-1 Spain, Czech Republic win on penalty kicks
Jul 15, 2007 | 10:29AM | BobbyMcMahon
There is the old adage that if you can’t say anything good, then don’t say anything at all. So in terms of the Czech Republic’s performance against Spain I can say that they do take penalties... Read More
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FIFA Under-20 World Cup , Portugal 0-1 Chile
Jul 12, 2007 | 6:49PM | BobbyMcMahon
A largely disappointing game but with a bizarre ending. Portugal had Mano sent off for pushing a Chilean player. As the referee showed Mano the red card an... Read More
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FIFA Under-20 World Cup Day 9, wrap up
Jul 08, 2007 | 7:05PM | BobbyMcMahon
Congo beats Canada and so the four best third place finishers come from groups A, B, C and D. The draw for the last sixteen is now final and on side one its Austria vs. Gambia; USA vs. Uruguay;... Read More
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FIFA under-20 World Cup, Day 9 preview
Jul 08, 2007 | 9:05AM | BobbyMcMahon
Scotland fans are well use to failures at World Cups. But as of last night Scotland has now taken it to a different level. Scotland’s last second loss to... Read More
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