North Korea v Ivory Coast: Where are the African coaches?
One of my best football memories is the World Cup 1994 quarter final between Sweden and Romania. Sweden had gone 1-0 up late in the second half, after an unbelievably clever free kick and goal by Tomas...
View ArticleGhana v USA – an oil plague on both your houses?
Ghana and the USA are at opposite ends of the social justice spectrum according to whoshouldicheerfor.com, but could all this change given that new oil has just been found off Ghana’s coastline?...
View ArticleParaguay v Japan: The rising tide of inequality
Both Japan and Paraguay will be pleased to have made it to the second round and a fourth match in this World Cup. This is the fourth time Paraguay have made it to the second round, but on previous...
View ArticleParaguay v Japan: Show some respect, Alan
“Japan have played some of the best football of the tournament,” conceded a reluctant Alan Shearer before their Group F shoot-out with Denmark last Thursday. “But,” added the BBC’s former England...
View ArticleUruguay vs Ghana: if only betting on food was regulated like betting on football
As soon as the last whistle of the game was blown, car boots opened to let out the drums that had been waiting to celebrate; doors opened to let the jubilant crowd who had been watching the match spill...
View ArticleAusterity new v old – Netherlands v Brazil
In the UK and across the globe, debate, anger and fear are raging over the austerity measures that are being imposed to cure economic ailments. The World Cup has offered us welcome distraction from...
View ArticleParaguay v Spain: Cheering the overdog
A poor developing nation exceeding expectations against an EU powerbroker replete with grotesquely paid Champions League stars. The duty of a WSCIF? blogger should be self-evident. But I’m less a fan...
View ArticleArgentina v Germany: The Truman Show
Saturday afternoon sees one of the most eagerly awaited clashes of the tournament yet. Germany’s swashbuckling ingénues and creaky defence taking on Argentina’s endless array of superstar attacking...
View ArticleSpain v Germany: Fair Play?
Last night I found myself in the strange position of cheering my heart out for a Dutch team playing in South Africa – given the history of the dreadful Dutch role in apartheid that was something I...
View ArticleNetherlands vs. Spain: The Immigrant Question
Both La Furia Roja and the Oranje will kit up for a shot at their first ever World Cup titles and it’s hard to tell who might emerge the winner. With both teams never having won the World Cup before,...
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