You know who I liked in the 1st round, now let me share my favourites of the 2nd. 1. Portugal. Noone could beat these brilliant guys of the 2nd half of the 2nd match. Their 1st three times were pretty dull, but compensated in full by their 4th. 7-0 win against North Korea was unbelievable. [...]
To continue with my thoughts about 1st round, here is the list of teams that underperformed in the 2nd round. 1. North Korea. One of the teams that surprised me in a good way in the first match, collapsed in their second. Portugal have surely made their way through the group stage with the stunning [...]
I talked about the teams that failed my expectations. Let me be optimistic now and rate those who performed better than I expected 1. South Korea. These guys were playing so easy against weak-willed Greece – I am not sure whether this was their virtue or problem of the rivals but I was impressed, really. [...]
I feel like I need to share this from time to time So here is my rating of the teams that failed my expectations after the first round. I don’t have a chance to watch all the games, so this is solely from what I could see and judge. Anyone is welcome to argue. 1. [...]
Yes, it’s about football (soccer) again… and it’s probably going to be from time to time during the coming month, you know why But this post can also be linked to marketing – it’s about the players who know how to make money for themselves and for their teams. The rating was published by Forbes [...]
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6 Comments » A nice timely move from Yahoo to hire the football star as the brand ambassador during the FIFA World Cup. The project will drive more users to the online company’s products and the first ads featuring one of the planet’s biggest stars will appear in the UK later this week. Becks is not supposed to [...]
Zalim Posted in Advertising, Marketing Tags: branding, David Beckham, FIFA world cup, football, Marketing, soccer, yahoo! 1 Comment » A video from Wieden+Kennedy London for Nike was directed by famous movie director Alejandro Inarritu. It tells the story of a ball that jumps from one player to another (the players that participated in the project were: Cristiano Ronaldo, Didier Drogba, Waine Rooney, Fabio Cannavaro, Ronaldino and others, including non-footballers Roger Federer and Cobey Bryant). [...]
Zalim Posted in Advertising Tags: Alejandro Inarritu, football, Nike, soccer, Wieden + Kennedy, Write the future 1 Comment » Coke is launching limited edition cans featuring the players of the French soccer squad that is going to perform at FIFA 2010 World Cup. The players are featured as if they are celebrating scoring a goal. The box rooms 12 cans with the images of Steve Mandanda, Franck Ribery, Patrice Evra, William Gallas, Lassana Diarra, [...]
Zalim Posted in Design, Marketing Tags: coca-cola, coke, collection, Design, FIFA world cup, football, limited edition, Marketing, soccer No Comments » By the end of April consumers (not in Scotland, Wales or Ireland, I guess) will be able to find a new Mars chocolate bar in stores. Being a sponsor for English football (or soccer, if you prefer that) team in South Africa World Cup, the company has made a decision do make a radical change [...]
Zalim Posted in Business, Design, Marketing Tags: chocolate, chocolate bar, England, FIFA world cup, football, JKR, mars, soccer No Comments » 
