In the 50th (yep, already at 50) episode of Inside the Six, we continue looking forward to an exciting and important weekend of international football.
Dave Trotter from FrenchLeague.WordPress.com – who I suppose we can call our France correspondent – talks to me about the Ireland-France match-up in the UEFA playoffs.
In the second segment, Chris Riordan [...]
This morning in Zürich, FIFA drew that UEFA’s top eight group runners-up into the four two-legged ties which will determine the final European participants in the 2010 World Cup.
Those match-ups are:
Republic of Ireland vs. France
Portugal vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina
Greece vs. Ukraine
Russia vs. Slovenia
The draw had the eight teams broken into two tops, with the top [...]
Nice to have you back, Karim. The Madrid striker had a brace today against Tenerife.
Watching Karim Benzema’s brace (with an assist) against Tenerife gave me a huge sense of relief. Why am I – a dude from San Diego who’s never met Benzema – relieved that he’s scoring goals?
I go into that [...]
A brief version of my Dave Trotter, French football discussion appeared in Episode 24 of Inside the Six. Episode 25 is the hour long version of the conversation, a sprawling epic that makes the director’s cut of Kill Bill look like a freaking Snuggle commercial.
Actually, it’s no longer than a normal Inside the Six.
You [...]
The 24th episode of Inside the Six has been distributed by World Soccer Reader. You can also listen to the show below or (after this post is published) via my iTunes feed.
This is a series of nine, short posts that will be synthesized into one article for World Soccer Reader.
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Lyon’s 3-1 win over Nancy on Saturday also illustrated some of the happy quandaries depth has created for trainer Claude Puel. The process of sorting the quandaries out could leave Lyon as prepared for a Champions League run as they have been in recent years; however, there is the chance Puel will not be [...]
San Lorenzo striker Gonzalo Bergessio signed a four year deal with Ligue Un side St. Etienne. Portugal’s Record reported the news earlier today. The rumored by unconfirmed fee is €6.2 million.
After a failed stint with Benfica, Bergessio moved back to Argentina and helped San Lorenzo’s title push in last season’s Apertura. This [...]
Lyon’s 5-1 win over Anderlecht in mid-week Champions League qualifying received only a few, passing comments; nevermind that at this stage last season the Belgian champion (then Standard Liège) was pushing Liverpool to the limits in the final qualification round.
True, Anderlecht is not the Belgian champion. That’s still Standard Liège, who get [...]