Football Poets

Powerful, pacey sprint
Killer thrust of a shark
Thunderous super strike
Yes thats Robben’s trademark

Sneijder struck a second
He with the fiery remark
Slipping home from Kuyt
Yes thats Wesley’s hallmark

Foul by […]

Javier Aguirre’s second spell
Aztecs faced the Messi test
Early magic from Lionel
Tevez at his rampaging best

Latin rivals with a patient game
Possession is very much king
Showcasing supreme technique
Shimmery as […]

Free State Stadium gore
Heaviest loss since fifty four
Targeting fallibilities at the back
Low turned to the torture rack

Two from Klose and Podolski
Upson rose to nod in free
Lampard’s bounce shot well over
No […]

Jolly Rustenburg’s final game
Storms brewed for Uncle Sam
The Black Stars hit town
As I dined on a plate of yam

Stars play like comic heroes
Fond memory lane trip
Roy and Melchester Rovers
Striking Ghana’s […]

Wave from the friendly stadium
Asian counter meets Latin guile
Charruas face warrior might
To settle may take a while

Suarez took over from Forlan
Welcome to Eastern Cape
Levelled by Lee Chung-Yong
Time for a […]

No urgency or creative flair
In a dull and tawdry affair
Ottmar benched record scorer Frei
Erin Derdyok come what may

World cup heartbreak in Blomfontein
Alvarez out for further pain
Had Barnetta been a little […]

Zipped, bovver booted Chile
liberating a flurry of yellow
Set play to rough up Spain
In comparison so mellow

Loftus Versfeld gasped
For David Villa solely
Magnificent left foot swipe
Came rushing out the […]

Elephants set off on a stampede
Mighty force of a burr drill
Deafening rampage in Nelspruit
Whipping North Korea three to nil

In their final Group G match
Ivorians needed a massive win
If Brazil beat Ronaldo and […]

No firework display in Durban
For sure a classic was due
No danger of breaking into sweat
For two teams more or less through

Brazil couldn’t get the maximum
Dunga’s squad struggling to enthral
Argentina and the […]

Awaited return of the megastar
From a forced two game absence
Oranje so far been notable
Arjen’s return makes them immense

Bert Van Marwijk kept to his word
Sending out his strongest line up
Van Persie clinched a […]

Land of the rising sun
Crammed into Royal Bafokeng
Head to head with red Danmark
Vicious Japanese cricket swing

Denmark may paint pretty pictures
Provoke worldwide unrest
Scrawled over by Honda and Endo
Artistic […]

In the end the fairy tale ended
Cinderella failed to make the ball
All Whites leave with heads high
Many fond memories to recall

Polokwane for rehearsal trials
Urged on by the majority roar
Where glass slippers […]

Curtains for Cannavaro’s great career
Sad end of the road for Lippi
Instantly champs to chumps
Gloomy goodbye for Azzurri

Big Robert Vittek’s brace
Holders game play all blurred
Magnificent game to boot
Kamil Kop […]

Into the left corner of the net
“I simply shot the ball,” said Oezil
Shattering the deadlock
Voted man of the match for real

Praised by Ballack and the Kaiser
Clinically settling the bill
Allemagne win Group […]

Routine Cahill leap for one nil
Holman knocked in the second
Whilst Oz went in for the kill
Nelspruit spelt the end

Schwarzer an outstanding match
Serbia struggled to pull back
Pantelic with a consolation
Letting […]

We demanded it to be right
Years before it had come right
It had to come right
Now it has come all right

Don Capello mused defiantly
Shades of eighty six and ninety
Resplendent in Royal Liverpool Red
For the flag […]

Yankee Doodle Doo
States have made it through
Donovan’s boots true
Firing his side into round two

On the brink, down and out
“Win, win,” the American shout
Heart stopping last ditch victors
Heads high as group […]

Another day, another African exit
Leaving Moses Mabhida’s blocks
Nigeria like their famous neighbours
Will now enjoy it all on the box

Menacing Uche coolly scoring
Afforded time and space to roam
Chris Iwelumo f […]

Final Group B clash
Ethniki Galanolefki Piratiko
Facing sharpest stainless steel
Asociación del Fútbol Argentino

Sir beanpole of Celtic
Rehhagl sent on the plank
Skipper Karagounis assured
Not keen on breaking t […]

Luis Suarez’s first-half header
Made Bafana’s task thinner
Mastering hold of the lead
Sky Blues to avoid Argentina

Mexican defeat in Rustenburg
Caviani’s wing on the stroke
Suarez bullet past Perez
Talk of a draw […]