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Uruguay should hold its head low,very low in fact, because like its its neighbour, Argentina, it has had its Hand of God (or more aptly, arm of the Anti-Christ) moment, not in this case to make a cheating goal, but to stop an honest goal.

Rather than be beaten by Ghana in an honest game, they cheated. And then had the lack of integrity to win on penalties. Shame on them!

Go on Uruguay, do the right thing, and withdraw from the competition. Be spectacular! Instead of losing against the Dutch ignominiously, go down in history forever as the team that put integrity before success and pulled out of the World Cup on a point of principle.

Read more about why FIFA and not Uruguay is the problem

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6-a-Side Football – Strategy Really Works!

by Russell on February 6, 2008

Even after 40 years of playing football, it took me until now to appreciate playing a ‘system’. We were playing a 6-a-side match using a zonal approach. One at the back, one in the middle, one of the  right, one of the left , one up front and one in goal. And woe betide anyone that strayed out of their zone! Amazingly (to me) it works!

Last week we drew a friendly  1-1 against last season’s league champions and today we won the first league match 4-1 against weaker opposition.  

It is simple, do not follow the man or the ball, stay in your zone. 

 Number one, you last the full game and two, the opposition never has space, and hence time.

I will report back in a month on our progress. 

Our manager, Tim, deserves all the credit for our victory: we have evolved from a kick-and-run rabble into an organised outfit in two weeks. Amazing!

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