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World Cup Semi Final Predictions: July 6th/7th 2010:

Hello everyone. My predictions for the quarter finals went ok. I got two out of four. The correct predictions were Uruguay beating Ghana & Spain beating Paraguay. I didn’t expect Germany to thrash Argentina 4-0. The same applies to Brazil losing to Holland. I suppose the Germany result makes England look better than Argentina as England only lost 4-1 or 4-2 if you want to count Frank Lampard’s disallowed goal. Germany must be favourites for the World cup now that Brazil have been knocked out by Holland which I have to say pleased me as I am fed up with Brazil doing well at World cups almost as much as Germany. It now falls on Spain to try & stop the Germans but I don’t think they will. I will post my final preview as well as an overview of the whole world cup in context of my predictions before Sunday. Good luck.

Match 60: Semi Finals: Holland – Uruguay: (Tuesday July 6th 7.30pm):

Holland beat Brazil 2-1 which was a major shock to them as well as the rest of the footballing world. This has been a world cup of shocks so I suppose I should have known better when I predicted Brazil to win & not Holland. Can the Dutch repeat 1974 & 1978 & reach the final but this time go further. We will see. I think they will beat Uruguay in this game to at least emulate the great side of the 1970’s. Uruguay have really done well to reach the semi final stage for the first time since they won the world cup for the second time in 1950. They beat Nigeria on penalties in the quarter finals but only after Nigeria had missed a penalty in the last minute of extra time. Pity the poor Nigerian player who missed the penalty. The same of course applies to the Paraguay player who missed a second half penalty against Spain when the score was 0-0. He had to be consoled by his team mates as he was in tears after the final whistle. You couldn’t but feel for him. Uruguay are the only south American side left in the tournaments which is something you would have not betted on even if you were start raving mad. Stand up that bloke from Darlington. Ha. The Dutch to win then & they could be facing a repeat of the 1974 final by playing Germany & some revenge for that defeat. Personally I hope not as I would rather they play Spain & that way we would have a new name on the roll call of winners of the World cup & not the bloody Germans again. Do I am come across as bitter?

Result Prediction: Holland to win

Score Prediction: Holland 2 Uruguay 1

Match 61: Semi Finals: Spain – Germany: (Wednesday July 7th 7.30pm):

I went to church today & asked God to let Spain win this game. He said no trouble my son as no one likes the Germans at football. Most of Europe would agree with him. Despite that I think the Germans will win mainly because they always seem to when it comes to semi finals. My memory tells me that they have only lost two semi finals in 30 odd years & that was at the last World cup when they lost to Italy 2-0 & the 1988 European Championships when they lost to Holland 2-1. The full boring list of semi final victories going back to 1974 is as follows:- 1976 European Championships (Yugoslavia 4-2) 1980 Euro Championships (Top of their group), 1982 World Cup (France on Penalties), 1986 World Cup (France 2-0), 1990 World Cup (England on Penalties), European Championships (Sweeden 3-2), Euro 96 (England on Penalties), 2002 World Cup (South Korea 1-0) & the 2008 European Championships (Turkey 3-2). Depressing isn’t it. Spain play great passing football but have had to work hard to break sides down as was proved by their last 16 game & the Quarter final victory against Paraguay. This game will be remembered for both sides missing penalties, firstly Paraguay when the score was 0-0 & then Spain five minutes later when the referee made a crazy decision by making Spain take their penalty again because of players encroaching in the penalty area albeit by about six inches which was in total contrast to Paraguay’s penalty where just about everybody encroached. Hmm. Spain missed the second penalty & it took a brilliant piece of football to unlock the Paraguay defence which enabled David Villa to score another goal to put him top scorer in the World Cup. Manchester City fans must be chomping at the bit to see him play for them next season. I do have to say that Germany have played some great football going forward but it will be a question if Spain can get through their defence? Germany have destroyed England (4-1) & Argentina 4-0 but this game could be closer. It is of course a repeat of the 2008 European Championship final which the Spanish won 1-0. The German side they play in this game is a very different one than that of 2008. I think the Germans will win because they look like they are going to win again & that is depressing.

Result Prediction: Germany to win

Score Prediction: Spain 1 Germany 2

Good Luck everyone & see you all at the weekend for the final.

Douglas Martin

sportingways.com

July 5th 2010

Champions League Predictions: Tuesday/Wednesday March 15th/16th 2011

Match 1: Manchester United – Marseille: (agg: 0-0): (Last 16 Second Leg: Tuesday 15th March: 7.45pm):

United are still fighting on all fronts for the treble after beating Arsenal 2-0 on Saturday in the FA Cup quarter finals at Old Trafford. Can they do the treble like they did in 1999? I think they will do the double but fall in the Champions League. However, they should beat Marseille in this game to progress to the Quarter finals of the Champions League. Unless someone cane knock out Barcelona I can’t see them winning this competition.

The first leg was a boring 0-0 draw but a useful result for United. Marseille won 2-0 at Rennes on Friday night which leaves them after the weekend results 4th in the table, four points behind Lillie in top place. The win at Rennes was a great result as they are second in the table. It will be interesting to see if Marseille retain their title in what is a very close title race in France.

United have lost their last two league games away at Chelsea & Liverpool. The latest defeat was at Liverpool last Sunday when they went down 3-1. This now means that Arsenal are three points behind them but with a game in hand.

Personally I think United will win the Premiership title as Arsenal seem to have shot their bolt so to speak with defeats to Barcelona, Birmingham & United in the last two weeks which seems to have completely deflated them. We will see.

So, United to win this game reasonably easily & let’s hope for their sake they avoid Barcelona in the quarter finals.

Result Prediction: Manchester United to win
Score Prediction: Manchester United 2 Marseille 0

Match 2: Chelsea – FC Copenhagen (agg 2-0): (Last 16 Second leg: Wednesday 16th March: 7.45pm):

Chelsea won the first leg of this tie 2-0 & so should start favourites of course. Chelsea won their last league game when they beat Manchester United 2-1 at home with a very suspect second half penalty. However, it has opened up the title race but I fear that Arsenal will be unable to take advantage.

Chelsea are out of all competitions bar the Champions League & so they will obviously be putting all their resources into winning this years title of champions of Europe. Alas, I feel they are simply not good enough & will fail. They should still manage to beat Danish side FC Copenhagen however and reach the quarter finals at least.

Copenhagen won 1-0 away at the weekend which leaves them a massive 19 points clear at the top of the table. In fact they have only lost one game all season & have a massive goal difference of plus 34 & this after only 21 games played due to the winter break. Hmm, a very close Danish league then..

Apart from the Champions League Chelsea have a battle to finish 4th in the final Table to enable them to play Champions League football again next season. At present they are 4th, three points above Spurs who are 5th. The game between the two sides at Stamford Bridge could prove vital in deciding who finishes 4th.

A Chelsea win then & the only question is by how many goals Chelsea will win the game by?

Result Prediction: Chelsea to win
Score Prediction: Chelsea 3 FC Copenhagen 0

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World Cup Quarter Final Predictions: July 2nd /3rd 2010:

Hello everyone. My predictions are getting better for this World cup as I correctly predicted 6 out of 8 of the last 16 games in terms of Result Predictions & got two correct scores. The two correct scores were Uruguay beating South Korea 2-1 & Argentina beating Mexico 3-1. I correctly predicted the correct results for Germany beating England, Brazil beating Chile, Spain beating Portugal, Holland beating Slovakia & of course Uruguay beating South Korea & Argentina beating Mexico. My percentage rate in terms of correct Predicted results in now around 47% & rising. This is good after the crap start I had. Good luck for the Quarter finals & see you all for the semis next week.

Match 56: Quarter Finals: Holland – Brazil: (Friday July 2nd 3pm):

Holland beat Slovakia 1-0 in their last 16 game as I predicted & now face Brazil in the quarter finals after they beat Chile 3-0 in their game. This will I think be a tight game as both sides have obviously come to this World cup to win & not entertain as has been proved by their performances & results. The last time these sides met in the World cup was in 1998 in the semi finals when Brazil won on penalties after a 1-1 draw. Holland will therefore be looking for revenge. I don’t think they are going to get any revenge because Brazil are past masters at winning games that they could so easily lose, in other words they get the luck when it counts. They are the Manchester United of International football. Both sides deserve to be here at this stage of the World cup but I think Holland will be going home which is a shame as I have been hoping that Holland one day will avenge 1974 & 1978 when they reached the final both years yet lost. Oh well at least they can console themselves with the thought that they have a much better record in world cup history than England but then hasn’t everyone bar Scotland. A Brazilian win.

Result Prediction: Brazil to win

Score Prediction: Brazil 2 Holland 1

Match 57: Quarter Finals: Uruguay – Ghana: (Friday July 2nd 7.30pm):

Uruguay are having their best world cup since the 1950 when they surprised everyone including Brazil when they beat them in the final in their own country as they were hosts. They beat South Korea 2-1 in their last 16 game & after toping their group are obviously in good form. Ghana beat the USA 2-1 with an extra game goal which was tough on the states as they played well in the game but Ghana prevailed. They are the only African side to progress out of their group & are flying the flag well for Africa. I think that Uruguay will win this game as they are playing better & have a better defence as well as a very good attack that seems to be taking it’s chances better than Ghana who have missed a few this world cup. Should be a close game but a good one. Both sides have done well to reach this far & credit is due to them especially when you consider the sides that have fallen by the way such as Italy, France & of course England. Good luck to both sides as I think that football needs the underdogs doing well as I gets bloody boring to see the same sides winning all the time. Uruguay to win.

Result Prediction: Uruguay to win

Score Prediction: Uruguay 2 Ghana 1

Match 58: Quarter Finals: Argentina – Germany: (Saturday July 3rd 3pm):

As far as I am concerned this is the best game of the quarter finals & it is not hard to see why with the way both sides are playing. Germany’s young side destroyed England 4-1 in their last 16 game & don’t be fooled by England’s goal that was wrongly disallowed as Germany would have won 4-2 as they were that much better than England. They had a great attack that England’s defence couldn’t cope with. I blame England’s performance on our bloody media mainly as the pressure they put on the players has had a bad affect. More on that at a latter date. Argentina beat Mexico in their last 16 3-1 as I predicted & played well against a good Mexico side that yet again failed to reach the quarter finals in the world cup. Maybe next time chaps. I think Argentina will win this game as they just have enough experience to beat the Germans & will also be looking for revenge after being knocked out by the Germans at the last World cup on Penalties. Should be a really good game & I really suggest you watch this game but watch with the TV turned down as the commentating at this world cup has been so bad that it will put you off. Honest…

Result Prediction: Argentina to win

Score Prediction: Argentina 2 Germany 1

Match 59: Quarter Finals: Spain – Paraguay: (Saturday July 3rd 7.30pm):

I think that Spain are destined to win this world cup. Just a hunch based on the fact that they have got the monkey off their back by winning the European Championships in 2008. They play some great football with their neat passing which makes it very difficult for other sides to get the ball let alone create chances & win the game. Spain beat their geographical rivals Portugal 1-0 with a goal from David Villa who is a superb player with a great scoring rate for Spain. He is the one they will have to watch if Paraguay are to stand a chance. Paraguay do stand a chance because they have a great defence & will therefore make it difficult for Spain just like Portugal tried to do on Tuesday night. Paraguay have to defend & sit back because they will get massacred if they try & attack. For this reason alone they deserve to go out & they will. Spain have never been beyond the quarter finals in a world cup which is a crazy record. They are set to put that to be d by winning this game but they will have to break down Paraguay which could test their patience. & yours if you are going to watch the game.

Result Prediction: Spain to win

Score Prediction: Spain 2 Paraguay 0

Good Luck everyone & see you all next week for the Semi finals

Douglas Martin 

sportingways.com

July 1st 2010

Europa League Quarter Finals previews Atletico Madrid – Valencia, Benfica – Liverpool, Fulham – VfL Wolfsburg and Hamburger SV- Standard Liege

Europa League Quarter Finals Thursday April 1st, 2010 Kick-off time 21.05 h – The Quarter Finals of this years edition of the Europa League seem to prove the competition is a legitimate addition to the Big Ballroom Dance of the Champions League. Games as Benfica-Liverpool, Atletico Madrid-Valencia and Hamburger SV-Standard Liege all see either former European heavyweights pitched against each other, or teams with an attraction factor high enough to want to turn your TV on.

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