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French anguish, happiness Ireland

Thierry Henry with a controversial handball opponent of the Republic of Ireland (AP) When the clouds above the sky was overcast because the French national team tragically eliminated from the World Cup arena in 2010, the Republic of Ireland instead of rejoicing. For them, this was a “gift” for the French, who had been “robbed” ticket event finals four years, which should be theirs

Nigeria has struggled when held in Durban 2-2 draw with South Korea

Ayila Yussuf Nigerian players could not hide his disappointment eliminated Nigeria (AP) Lars Lagerback pointed at South Korea discard waste of time when facing match squad. But Nigeria coach remains congratulate South Korea.

Portugal's 7-0 victory Not Break Records

Portugal reap a landslide victory with the score 7-0 against North Korea last night. However, the victory did not alter the historical record and the record in the World Cup

FACT OF THE DAY (June 22, 2010)

Switzerland World Cup record as a team that has the highest number of minutes not conceded a goal. Until the 67th minute, was not conceded a goal against Switzerland Chile, which makes them update the previous record held by Italy, which is 551 minutes was not conceded. The last time Switzerland conceded during the World Cup in 1994 when the 3-0 defeat of Spain in the second half of normal time

Face Ivory Coast, the North Korean Tactics Change

Portugal's 7-0 defeat of North Korea to end the opportunity pass to the big-16 World Cup in 2010, although there's still one more match remaining to be served, ie, against Ivory Coast. Armed with embarrassing results in the game last night, North Korea will conduct a number of changes, especially in terms of strategy, for the least able to bear fruit, sweet in their last match in South Africa. “Even though we can no longer meet the target, we still have one game left and we will impose da mental strength to prepare for the match,” said North Korean coach Kim Jong Hun told reporters on Tuesday (22 / 6).

Lampard denies England split

Frank Lampard said England was split (Getty Images) England midfielder Frank Lampard has denied his team as experienced discord engulfed France in the World Cup in 2010 following the controversy over former skipper John Terry. Terry claims to have held talks with the players to question the strategy of coach Fabio Capello after the 0-0 draw with Algeria in Group C matches ago.

'Real Madrid will change Mourinho'

Jose Mourinho's famous pragmatism with his tactics (Getty Images) West Ham United's coach Avram Grant gives his opinion regarding the departure of former boss at Chelsea, Jose Mourinho, to Real Madrid. According to Grant, “Los Merengues” will change the football philosophy that has been adopted by Mourinho.