Cuauhtémoc Blanco scores against France at the World Cup, June 17, 2010. Photograph by Christophe Simon/Afp/Getty Images. Mexico will be an extreme underdog when it takes the field against Argentina in the World Cup round of 16 on Sunday evening at Soccer City, in Johannesburg, South Africa. Argentina has consistently looked the best of any team in the tournament so far, and it contains not only the best player in the world, Lionel Messi—who has also been the best player in the tournament—but also the best player among the coaches, in Diego Maradona. The two teams are not strangers to one another. They met four years ago at the very same stage of the World Cup. That game went into extra time, and it took a brilliant 98th minute goal by Maxi Rodriguez to push favorite Argentina through to the quarterfinals. Argentina can argue that it didn’t really...
- 6/27/2010
- Vanity Fair
The staff at El Aguila, in East Harlem, celebrates Cuauhtémoc Blanco's second-half goal. Photograph by David Gendelman. The second of the three games in the World Cup group stage began two days ago. After the cautious play of many of the opening matches, this round of games promised a much higher level of intensity. A bad result here could spell the end to a team’s World Cup. On Wednesday, we saw the host nation’s defense break down in the second half, leading to a 3-0 Uruguay victory and, more poignantly, the complete loss of hope of the South African team’s supporters as fans filed out before the game’s end and radio stations later pleaded with the populous not to lose interest in the tournament. Earlier yesterday, a severe mental lapse by Nigerian midfielder Sani Kaita led to his being served a red card. Afterward he...
- 6/18/2010
- Vanity Fair
Electronic Arts announced that FIFA Soccer 10 is available in stores throughout North America beginning today for the PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PC, PS2, PSP, Nintendo DS and mobile. FIFA Soccer 10 launched Oct. 1 across Europe with record-breaking success, selling 1.7 million copies at European retail in the first week to become the fastest selling sports game ever and EA's biggest European launch in history. FIFA Soccer 10 has also launched to widespread critical acclaim. It is presently the highest rated sports videogame ever on PS3 and Xbox 360 with a metacritic.com score of 91. North American packaging of FIFA Soccer 10 features Major League Soccer stars Cuauhtémoc Blanco of Chicago Fire, Sacha Kljestan of Chivas...
- 10/21/2009
- by Hector Cortez
- Monsters and Critics
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