As the tournament reaches its climax, Evan Harding previews the final between the Netherlands and Spain, while also searching through the ranks of the World Cup’s most inept for a nightmare ‘team’.
All creatures great and small are coming out of the ark to inform us all who will win between Spain and the Netherlands, writes Evan Harding, but what does it all really mean?
Two days out from the World Cup Final and the Dutch are talking tough, but then that’s exactly what you’d expect them to say, writes Evan Harding.
As the tournament reaches its climax, Evan Harding previews the final between the Netherlands and Spain, while also searching through the ranks of the World Cup’s most inept for a nightmare ‘team’.
All creatures great and small are coming out of the ark to inform us all who will win between Spain and the Netherlands, writes Evan Harding, but what does it all really mean?
Two days out from the World Cup Final and the Dutch are talking tough, but then that’s exactly what you’d expect them to say, writes Evan Harding.
In the final daily column, Evan Harding reviews Spain’s deserved World Cup victory over the Netherlands and remembers a childhood classic.
As the tournament reaches its climax, Evan Harding previews the final between the Netherlands and Spain, while also searching through the ranks of the World Cup’s most inept for a nightmare ‘team’.
All creatures great and small are coming out of the ark to inform us all who will win between Spain and the Netherlands, writes Evan Harding, but what does it all really mean?
Two days out from the World Cup Final and the Dutch are talking tough, but then that’s exactly what you’d expect them to say, writes Evan Harding.
Spain has adopted the love-child of catenaccio and tiki-taka, writes Evan Harding in his review of the second-semi final, which also managed to avoid mention of a certain eight-legged psychic.
A ‘70s icon was laid to rest this morning and while fondly remembered, what has emerged in its place may even be superior, writes Evan Harding as he reviews the first semi-final and previews the second.
Just prior to the semi-finals, Evan Harding puts his crystal ball to the test by evaluating his pre-tournament predictions and in some cases, revising those choices. How did he do? Let’s just say it’s a mixed bag.
If you have a job in South America, you’re probably going to have a much easier run if you’re trying to find cocaine than coaching a national team, writes Evan Harding on a football-free Monday.
Three people found their naked promises unfulfilled as Germany steamrolled their opposition in a World Cup that is proving as unpredictable as Argentina’s vanquished coach, writes Evan Harding.
Uruguay joins a select club with a victory that could be described as ‘heelish’ and the five-time champions Brazil have nobody to blame but themselves as Evan Harding looks at last night’s action and previews the last two quarter-finals. Whooo!
In a never-ever-ever-before-seen concept of looking back at a tournament thus far, Evan Harding presents his five highs and lows of the first three weeks of the World Cup, previews the first two quarter-finals and even sneaks in a Chappelle’s Show reference.
With a match-free night, we have a chance to look back on the events of the last three weeks with some measure of calm, which isn’t exactly how Nigeria’s president, Goodluck Jonathan, has seen things.
He mightn’t be kicking Yuichi Komano while he’s down, but Evan Harding is quite happy to sink the slipper into the world’s second-best player.
Brazil will be there for you like they’ve been there before, as Evan Harding remembered when watching the World Cup’s most successful team stifle the Chilean creativity. He now looks forward to the Iberian derby and Paraguay’s chance to make it South America’s best tournament ever.
The predictable English failure has finally happened, and Evan Harding looks at why, ponders the video referee question and FIFA censorship and previews tonight’s action.
The USA were chanting ‘Yes, we can’ but even in a parallel universe, it wasn’t Landon’s lads on the winning side. Evan Harding looks back at the first two second-round matches and previews tonight’s must-see fixtures.
Last night saw the most thrilling part of the World Cup and the most boring as well – all in one match. It was enough to make Evan Harding summon up a ’60s musical.
What do John Lennon, Radiohead and Alicia Keys have in common? And what does that have to do with anything anyway? Evan Harding looks back at last night’s action and previews the last four matches of the group stage.
It was a 24 hours full of heartbreaking exits, and not just for the Socceroos, writes Evan Harding. But there’s still hope going forward, and a new bidder for the 2018 World Cup.
Australia’s World Cup campaign is over despite victory over Serbia this morning and Ben Waterworth looks back at where it all went wrong for Socceroos.
