Football Poets

South Korea 2-4 Algeria

Goals galore in Porto Alegre
Algeria second after Group H play
Attacking play a total killer
Smashing Korea in a six-goal thriller

Islam Slimani flicked in the first
Halliche headed […]

Belgium 1-0 Russia

Red Devils in great Kompany
See off Russia with a late goal
A special moment for Divock Origi
Puts pressure on Fabio’s role

22.06.14
Estadio do Maracana • Rio de Janeiro

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Nigeria 1-0 Bosnia

Topping the popularity poll
Dragons suffered a no goal

Edin Dzeko tried in vain to stick one in

Super Eagles become the slayer
Odemwingie and a prayer

To end nine World Cups without a […]

Ghana 2-2 Germany

In Stratford we served the homeless
800th game from Germany and Ghana
Black stars have a soft spot I’ll confess
I kept tabs on the World Cup drama

Gotze heads and the Germans high five
Andre […]

Argentina 0-0 Iran

Scary moments from Reza
Clear penalty by Zabaleta

Argentina stuttering to the crown

Iran didn’t get the memo
No stroll for Aguero

But you can’t keep a good Messi down

21.06.14
Estadio […]

Honduras 1-2 Ecuador

With Honduras you need a boxing referee
Enner Valencia boosts La Tri
Going second with two goals in three
For La Bicolor it’s Carlos Costly

20.06.14
Estadio Joaquim Americo Guimaraes • C […]

Switzerland 2-5 France

Hitzfeld’s defence just went static
For the first from Olivier Giroud
Matuidi chucked that second brick
Les Bleus had broken through

Karim and Giroud bodge from the spot
Swift break goal […]

Italy 0-1 Costa Rica

Brian Ruiz from the Fulham Road
Buffon’s reflexes seemed slowed

There’s a deafening silence in Rome

Azzurri raised their game for the show
No Royal kiss for Mario

For Roy’s boys are […]

Japan 0-0 Greece

Awful against the Japanese
Red card Katsouranis got the freeze

Greece’s captain the maligned sinner

Though a star man had gone
No breakthrough for Nippon

Ivory Coast are the groups big […]

Colombia 2-1 Ivory Coast

Rodriguez get set go
Then came Quintero
Les Éléphants late show
Close call from Gervinho

19.06.14
Estadio Nacional Mane Garrincha • Brasilia

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Cameroon 0- Croatia

Ten man Cameroon are out of the cup
Mega rout kickstarted by Olić
Alex Song chose to get close up
An elbow to the back of Mandzukic

Ref Pedro brandished the red card
Fire and brimstones from […]

Spain 0-2 Chile

It was Vargas who slew
Arranguiz made it two
Tiki Taka now no longer the trend

It all fell apart at the seams
For one of footballs greatest teams

All good things must come to an […]

Australia 2-3 Holland

Powering towards the Aussie goal
Robben gritted teeth and bared his soul
Angled shot as he zoomed that motorbike
Gasps at the audacity of his strike

Kickoff and a cross from the right […]

Russia 0-0 Korea

Akinfeev looked suspect, fumbling a shot to spill
Gifting Lee a “kids mistake” at the World Cup show
Jung Sung-Ryong too spilled, Kerzakhov paid the bill
A very happy birthday to Mr […]

Brazil 0-0 Mexico

There played a goalie called Ochoa
Who thwarted a Brazilian shower
With Sombrero on his head
The curly one closed his shed
Sent Neymar and the lads to the tower

17.06.14
Estadio Governador […]

Belgium 2-1 Algeria

It looked like a stumble for Belgium
Sofiane Feghouli smashed the drum
Opponents seemed lost at sea
So he tucked away a first half penalty

Against Belgique’s all star might
Fennec Foxes put […]

Ghana 1-2 USA

A goal for the Yankee
Thirty seconds for Dempsey

Black Stars hardly out of breath

Hamstring trouble for Jozy
Ayew could not guarantee

Brooks Junior wins it at the death

16.06.14
Arena das […]

Iran 0-0 Nigeria

Super Eagles faced the din
Nine World Cup matches without a win

Brazil 2014’s first goalless draw

Persian Stars comfy at the back
Obi Mikel summed the lack of attack

Team Melli with a […]

Germany 4-0 Portugal

There is one big problem for Bento
Portugal are too reliant on Ronaldo
Low’s lads went three up by half time
I tried to keep with the flow of this rhyme

Salvador is now the Iberian graveyard […]

Argentina 2-1 Bosnia

Big boys arrived at the Maracanã
In town were Argentina
When Kolašinac headed an own goal
We thought Messi would go on a roll

Aguero and Di Maria began to bore
I struggled hard not to s […]