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...French went so far in trying to outthink Senegal, Uruguay and Denmark, that they outthought themselves. Their three first-round games were almost identical. Les Bleus dominated the midfield, stringing together long sequences of complex passes that would look impossible even on a coach's drawing board. These were designed to draw opposition defenders and create spaces for David Trezeguet, the French spearhead, to slip through. When the other side refused to come out and play, the French fell into their own trap: their defenders stepped up to help the midfielders, leaving behind huge gaps. Uruguay was unable to make...
...only works when the opposition actually wants the ball. Against France, the Danes didn't: they were happy to let Les Bleus play around for as long as they wanted. And the team that won the "Group of Death," Sweden, had less than 50% possession in each of its first-round games. It isn't about how long you have the ball, but what you do when you have...
...Once the fight began, when Tyson made his customary first-round rush, and referee Eddie Cotton had to keep cautioning Lewis about clenching, it looked like a Golden Oldie was under way - maybe a standard Mike Tyson bash session, a victory by annihilation, like those of his heyday fifteen years ago, before some unexpected losses, a rape conviction, and various other scrapes with adversity had tarnished Tyson's edge...
...Crimson’s first-round matchup with Brown the week before was just as dramatic. After coasting to a 4-1 victory in Game One of the best-of-three series, Harvard found itself in a dogfight the very next night, having to battle back from a third-period deficit to force overtime...
...senior class—having lived for four years in the shadow of the 1998 team’s upset of No. 1 seed Stanford—hoped to make some history of its own this season in its first-round NCAA game against North Carolina. Harvard started off the game with a promising 8-4 lead—thanks mostly to two threes from co-captain Katie Gates—and stayed within three points of the Tar Heels through the game’s first 11 minutes. But a 14-2 Tar Heel run buried the Crimson...