This weekend, soccer fans around the world will be licking their lips at the prospect of four World Cup quarter-final games, each of which will be intriguing for different reasons. The games are: BRAZIL v HOLLAND, Friday, 10am ET. URUGUAY v GHANA, Friday, 2:30pm ET. GERMANY v ARGENTINA, Saturday, 10am ET. SPAIN v PARAGUAY, Saturday, […]

During his broadcast of the Italy-Paraguay match, Ian Darke, never shy in his observations of that match before him, made the astute observation that the Italian penalty area "must be a minefield" to the Paraguayans by the way they seemed to avoid it at all costs. While Darke's comment focused on Paraguay's defensive "negativity," that […]