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Rearguard actions almost won the day with the Dutch struggling to break Danish resistance before an Agger own-goal ...

Gianluigi Buffon is not expected to miss Italy’s remaining group matches despite being replaced at half-time in last ...

As Round One of the tournament is now halfway to completion, we look back over the games so ...

Germany’s 4-0 thrashing of Australia has undoubtedly raised awareness of their World Cup potential and in Fantasy terms ...

All the attention from yesterday’s games is of course focused on England’s failure to convince and the latest ...

As we get ever closer to Fabio Capello’s first team selection and the kick-off against the USA, I ...

The opening day is behind us then with both matches ending in the same outcome but taking very ...

Well what drama. The opening day of the World Cup served up a tasty little starter as the ...

With minutes to go until the first fantasy deadline for this World Cup closes, we felt we had ...

The clock is ticking on our final McDonalds/FIFA squads so, following on from Andy‘s look at what may ...

Reading recent comments on the site, it’s been interesting to see how everyone is preparing to tackle the ...

Normally the idea of dissecting what McDonalds has to offer would prompt a gag reflex – just get ...

We complete our Group previews with the only group with three Spanish-speaking countries. Group H could be renamed Spain and the rest of the group. Spain romped over Poland 6-0 in their final friendly, and in case you missed it, that game confirmed that they are clicking on all cylinders. Not surprisingly, they deliver numerous fantasy prospects for our consideration...

Dubbed this tournaments ‘Group of Death’, Group G sees Brazil, Portugal, The Ivory Coast and North Korea battling ...

The ticking time bomb that is greatest tournament in the world is counting down at a frenetic rate, ...

Group F is, from the point of view of FIFA world rankings, the weakest of all of the groups, but one of the more predictable. Current holders Italy will be expected to comfortably top the group with New Zealand to be firmly routed to the bottom of the table. The pivotal fixture between Slovakia and Paraguay will almost certainly decide second place with most experts expecting Paraguay to prevail. The South Americans have the benefit of previous experience of football’s top competition and it’s not outside the realm of possibility that they even grab the top spot with the firepower at their disposal...

Effective set-plays have long been a key factor in deciding football matches – perhaps more so in recent ...

Arjen Robben has a chance of making Group E’s opening match with Denmark on Monday according to the ...

Based on FIFA rankings Group E is the most hazardous in the tournament but in reality it’s surely set to hand Holland an easy passage to the knockout phase. The Dutch go into the Finals off the back of a 100% record in qualifying (admittedly from an easy group) and in superb form at both ends of the pitch. The recent hamstring injury that appears to have sidelined Arjen Robben for at least the group stage is a major blow but even the loss of such a talent shouldn’t put expectations of winning this group at a canter in danger...

Group D is the only one that includes four teams who won their respective qualifying stage, while the combined FIFA rankings of the four teams involved show it to be one of the toughest to call in the tournament and therefore a gamble in Fantasy terms...