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Their last appearance was in the 1982 World Cup. This time they beat Bahrain, 1-0 with Plymouth's Rory Fallon scoring a goal just before half time.
The All Whites had to go through some very anxious moments in the second half as Abdulla Omar was brought down in the box by Toney Lochhead for a penalty. The visiting Bahraini fans began celebrating as a draw would mean qualification. But Syed Adnan's weak effort was saved by goalie Mark Paston, to the delight of thousands of home fans.
There is a special connection to the last All White success. Fallon's father Kevin, was the assistant coach of that 1982 team. After the match, Fallon said he had not yet caught up with his father.
"I'm looking forward to that. Someone said he was crying before the match. I just want to thank him for all those 6am starts when I was six and the time he has put into me."
Congratulations to NZ on this special victory!
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The first of all let me greet you and wish you all the best in life and work. My name is Mile Hristovski. I am born on August 2,1954 in Bitola, Republika Makedonija. I live in my native place with my wife and two daughters . I have completed a Faculty of Economics.
I was one of the greatest talents in football but I had no luck at all. I broke my right leg 3 times during the period from my 17 until my 20 year ( the third time I had very serious injuries of the ligaments knee), so that I did not succeed to fulfill my greatest
Wish to become a known football player. Some of the people knowing me very well spoke that I had been a greater talent from Pele.
My best football characteristics were: the velocity, the great radius of moving, good perceiving of the play, the subtle techniques, but the best of all and without any competition was my dribbling. Simply said, when I had the football on my feet no one could took it because of it my legs suffered.
It happened very often to take the football from our football keeper and to dribble all opposing football players who were to attack me even their goalkeeper did it. In situations 1:1 the opposing players absolutely had not chances. It does not mean that I was selfish or not having any sense for collective play and rationality of the game. I had endless solutions and the only way for the opposing team was to foul me if they reached me to do it.
I would like to present you my training program for young football players at the age from 6 to 18 years old. According to me, even in the strongest league in the world there are some football players who have not technical solutions particularly in small place, in conditions of a pressing play.
All my football knowledge is based on my natural talent, as well, as on my great experience which is result of my long year fundamental analyses of the football play of each football trick of each possible variant of that trick of each touch of the football play from all possible directions and corners etc….
It enables me very easy and quickly to construct ( invent) new football tricks, new variants of the existing football tricks with numerous combinations of the football tricks (Over 600 different football tricks – variants of football tricks. There are 10-15 variants per one tricks).
My opinion is that the future should be aimed towards achievement–performance of such skilled things with the ball football player as a single one, and in the football play of the team as an entirety for which is simple considered that they could not be made.
For ex: The certainty in the ball control with the legs to be so much improved as to reach the degree of certainty in the ball control of the handball means that the leg in the football play to be as exactly as the hand in the handball play. Further on a permanent ( continuous) activity of the both legs at the ball control i.e. we make a jump with one leg ( jumping over) while at the same time with the other leg we touch the ball. We have to endeavor towards achievement of high results in order to get out from the common –average things.
Namely, my greatest wish is all that I do know to be presented on the field and to be seen by the audience if not directly by me then to be through the play of the young football players learning them with my skill and if necessary I will work at least 12 hours per day.
I do not know whether some the football players have more specific, subtle and various football technique than mine.
I do not know whether the football players know as many tricks as I know.
I do not know whether they have so many football solutions with the ball as the field as I have.
As well as they have so rapid overthrowing of performance of the football trick into another football trick.
I would like to mention that my technique is not usual juggling with the ball (which means that the ball is not in skyward, but it is always down on the grass.) Although my technique is very specific, it is on the highest level of subtlety and sophistication. In essence, it consists of great number of rational and quick decisions with the ball, a huge number of soccer tricks and different variants of those tricks, with quick transition (transformation) from one to another soccer trick or variant of a trick, with very great change of direction of ball movement and the body, and etc.
My training consists of many specific elements, but with far less elements, characteristic for the classic way of training. In my program, I devoted a great attention to the individual work (individual training), for each football player, particularly. Its positive sides to be raised on higher possible level and his negative sides (faults) to be removed, and if this is not possible, then to be amortized as much as possible.
My football technical I am presenting it in the next different ways:
1. I am spiting the football tricks in parts.(phases)
2. I am explaining every part (phase), and also presenting them slowly.
3. Give explanation on which leg in which moment is the balance of the body.
4. I highlight the things that the players need to pay special attention to.
In fact, my football technique is top achievement in the football technique, the perfection in the football technique.
If the team is consisted by football players who would only overcome 80%-90% of my football technique, then FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester United, FC Bayern Munich, Juventus FC,… always will be inferior in the football matches with that team. and at any time it will be credibly defeated-not only in scores (with goals) so well absolutely in any field of the football play: with number of chances, football play quality, contens of the football play, timely hold of ball, continuity in the play, dynamics and etc.
I confirm that:
1. I shall give enormous contribution in the creation of real football magicians which could do nearly everything with the ball. I confirm –guarantee that for 3-4 years I will contribute a lot in creation of many soccer players who will be better than those about which nowadays the famous European clubs give enormous sums of money.
I guarantee that I will give a huge contribution to the creation of top football players, such football players as have not been seen before, football players who could play in the strongest leagues in the world: Spain, Italy, England, Germany and France. When I talk about achieving great results, I do not think of average results neither on very good results. Also, I do not think of any excellent results, but on super and extra results, I think on creation of football players, who, with their quality will be able to compete with the best in the world: to Messi, C.Ronaldo, Ibrahimovic, Xavi, Iniesta ... In other words, the results will be far beyond all expectations.
2. I am a proper ( real ) football encyclopedia.
3. I am the biggest and at the same time the cheapest football playing investment in the world.
I would like to be a trainer of young footballers from 6 until 18 years of age, for any vacant place if you have it in your football training centre ( in your football club, academy ) for young footballers.
In my country, there are not any conditions for work, there are no any football terrains.
I am sending you my own CD (DVD) (by this e-mail), filmed in the year 1997 and 1998, in which I am presenting only a part of my football technique with imaginary opponents.
Also, I am sending you part of my training program (Theoretical part) with young football players.
However, my training program includes far many things, exercices with a ball individually in smaller or larger groups and collectivelly of all that presented in the CD. I am very grateful in advance and I am looking forward to your answer.
Two links:
Extract from the program for training of young football
Theoretical part
To attain the highest football results, to create the best football player, according to my opinion is necessary to be optimally joined 3 elements of equal importance, such as:
1. Talent for football
2. High quality coach/coaches and
3. Training, i.e..the discipline of the training, as well as the diligence of the football player.
Without any of the previous started elements (with only two), we could have only average football players, which could give only average results.
Or concretized, namely:
- Only with one element (any of them) we shall have results under level.
- With two elements (any of them) we shall have average results.
- With all three elements optimally joined we shall have the highest results.
Here, I would like to mention the fourth important element, that is, the conditions for work but I will not talk too much for them because I consider that all big football clubs, among which is also your club, have conditions for training.
Now, I would like to mention the most important features of the football game and football team, shortly. I will try to explain for each of them, with only exception of the area of perfection of the individual football technique, the control over the ball and the dribbling about which I would pay more attention.
1.Homogenity and Elasticity of football team
-the team has to act homogeneously as one encircled entirety, and in the same time to be with a high degree of elasticity.
-it is not advisable to come to one large open (vacuum) space between the offence and defense.
-Active participation of nearly all football players in the attack and defense.
(In order this to be realized, as well as many other suppositions the team should have universal players, with velocity and irreproachable physically well prepared football players and with football players which know each other very well.)
2. Continuity in the game
- a game with big oscillations
3. Velocity in the game
-a game of the first and the second ball.
-(It is very difficult to be done in conditions of pressing game.)
4. Making of own specific game
-making of own specific game which will differ from game of the other teams
5. Responsibility and rationality in the game
-A game in which will be involved a very small risk
-responsible execution of assigned tasks by all football players
-responsible of selfishness in the game
-avoidance of provocations by opposing football players, the judge, the audience of the opposing team and sometimes an avoidance by own audience.
6. Finding out of the real place for each football player in the game.
-the football play is a large mosaic, while the football players are a part of that mosaic, so that in each piece will not be put where it belongs, the mosaic will not be completed, i.e. the results will fall behind.
(In other words, in order, in order to be found out an adequate for each football player, in which he will give to the team as much as he could, then his qualities will be used the most).
7. Collective play
-to pass the ball to that football player of your team who is in more favourable position than the football player who has the ball on his feet.
-to be made the simplest solution, which is the closest to the optimal solution
-to enable to the football player of our team who possess the ball to have more solutions (3-4 solutions), i.e. 3-4 open football players of our team, and the dribbling to be the last solution.
-collective play in conditions of pressing play
(Passing of the ball with stronger kick than the normal one with an aim not to be taken by the opposing football player, direct pass into the feet of our football players, only in some exceptional circumstances, and etc.).
8. Per necessity, setting of play which will depend on the play of the opposing football player
-when the opposing team is objectively more qualitative, more superior than our team.
9. Leading of the team during the football match
-a change of the previously foreseen way of play during the football match
-making of adequate replacements.
10. Making a play in conditions of results chasing (Aggressive game) and making a play in conditions of keeping of result (Passive game).
11.Interruptions of the game
-a special attention to be paid to the interruptions in our favour, as well as to the interruptions in favour to the opposing team.
12. A special concept of pressing play
-football match training on double smaller area (terrain) than normal one
-a game without a ball, i.e. opening of the football players of the same team
-blockage of the team opposing side in conditions of pressing play.
13. Concept of positional game
-in the modern football is very little represented.
-it is often applied in conditions when we are in inferior state in regard to the opposing team, i.e. when we have not a sufficient number of high qualitative football players, especially universal football players.
14. Perfection of individual football technique, control over the ball and dribbling
-always the best solution is that solution which is the simplest, i.e. as I have mentioned above, the most favourable is when our football player has more possibilities- solutions which will depend on the game without a ball of the football players of their team and etc.., and even in such circumstances is very easy to dribble the opposing football players of our team. However in the modern football when is present more and more the pressing play at the football terrain very often should be dribbled, i.e. in my opinion, in future, in the football will win the technique, dribblings, ability, one move, one double pass..The time passed when some football teams due to superiority in physical readiness, although poorer in football knowledge win those football teams in which were present more football masters, or in fact they made no training at all. Now, all teams from the first league, as well as from the second league will be approximately equally ready in physical regard, now will be present the pressing play and should be made a surplus of football players and in such a play will succeed only the great football masters great technicians the great dribblers.
My golden football rules are as follows:
1) The football game is played 51% with the head and 49% with feet (it is normally that it should not be conceived literally but essential i.e. during the football game should be thought very much and very quickly.
2) Each football player should feel the ball as a part of himself, but not as something strange, something unfamiliar.
3) The ball should be loved, should be caresses and not to be beaten, notto be mistreated.
4) When the ball is led, it should be kicked after each step and not to be let uncontrolled long shots.
5) When the opposing football player is close, the ball should be pulled and it should look like as it is binded (connected) for the leg, so that we shall always touch it before the opposing football player and in the smallest part of the second, per necessity we shall change the direction of moving.
6) When some football player from our team moves the ball in our vicinity, it is advisable to accept the ball and to move it forward, but not to let it and run after it, because a lot of time will be lost and it could be easily taken from us.
7) When the ball is blocked by the opposing football player, it should be satisfied two conditions: 1= our legs and our body should be always be between the ball and the opposing football players. 2= the ball absolutely must not be rested, it should always be in move.
8) When the ball has a tendency of moving toward us is necessary 1= quickly (in a part of a second) to see the situation all around us, i.e. the position of the football players from our team and the position of the opposing players and to make a quick decision if it will be passed to somebody of our football players on first ball, or if it will be accepted ( stopped) and if it will be stopped is necessary to be done the following:
2= to be binded for the leg with which will be put in our possession (control)
and in the same time.
3= to be blocked by the potential attacker (opposing football player)
9) When passing the ball it would be paid an attention upon: 1=moment,
2=direction, 3=strength and 4=felsh if is present, i.e. if it is necessary.
10) Perfection of the double pace on one leg.
11) Maintaining of the balance in any situation.
12) The football player observed as individual, at least must have an imagination
(of course not to be detrimental of the collective play of the team), which means that it must not be 100% limited with stereotypes.
If the previously stated rules are respected then the ball will be obedient and the football player will have the control over it, but not it over him.
I would like to mention two mail aspects of building the ball:
1= Dynamic way when the ball is in permanent move together with our legs,
2= static way when the ball is rested and is blocked by putting of our leg in direction of the leg moving of the opposing football player who has an intention to kick the ball. Much better is the first way which one is not only more effective but also is less risky from the aspect of injures.
My dribbling technique in cases of 90% is based on following 5 elements:
1= my body and my legs to go one side and with ball in the next part of the second to go the opposing side, so that always go to the wrong side i.e. he will go on one side.
2= the ball needs to be in permanent move 3= always to be in mind on which leg is the weight of the opposing football player (the balance of the opposing football player). 4= the distance of opposing football player, and 5= my speed of running.
With the dribbling could be achieved the following aims:
1= to pass the opposing football player.
2= to gain a space (area) with which will be changed the situation on the terrain.
3= to get a foul (this is very important when is in the vicinity of the opposing goal).
All dribblings- tricks and different variants of the tricks could be applied individually, or in combination depending on the concrete situation on the terrain.
Hristovski Mile
Prilepska 70/30
7000 Bitola
P.S. Contact: 1) My E-mail:
Yours faithfully,
Hristovski Mile
Ul.Prilepska 70/30
7000 Bitola
Republika Makedonija
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See this article by Wenger about van Persie? What a class guy to pen such an article after losing such a player.
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Either way it was a moot point since it all evened out in the end (saved penalty). Not to mention that United's dominance of the match resulted in a deserved win.
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They always do just good enough.
For the board this is great, since they want to make money.
For the young players this is great. It gets them experience playing across different tournaments.
For the fans it's bittersweet. The team is always involved in Europe as well as going fairly far in the FA and League cups, BUT (and a big BUT), no trophies. So the team gets by doing enough to keep fans wanting to come back and keep hoping for more to come, but it is always just out of reach.
In some respects I do admire Arsenal. They do play nice football. I also do appreciate their more pragmatic approach to transfers and player development and how they run the club. However, the lack of trophies is the number one thing that fans are looking for and Arsenal has not had one in years.
A club has got three sides,players,board and the fans. With the financial gains of the club,players should be highly paid to win silveware for the fans to feel proud. At Arsenal,its only the board thats happy
Thank you for the sensible critique. Me and my neighbor were just preparing to do some research about this. We got a grab a book from our local library but I think I learned more from this post. I am very glad to see such great information being shared freely out there.
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Todd, absolutely agree. There is indeed talk of an inquest and possible prosecutions. I think if that happens, then real closure and healing can begin with the names of all those good innocent people cleared.
It's about time that some form of justice was begun. The next step needs to be a new inquest and to see some justice done in the form of consequences for those involved in the cover-up.
It is sad enough that such a horrible thing happened to begin with. Add the way in which everything was handled and the way innocent Liverpool supporters were drug through the mud with 23 years of people having to live with it.
Yes, we did! Thanks, correction noted and made.
We got the result! Danny Williams, not Miller right?
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what a great artical
What a great player he is.He will probably return to the Ligue 1.
great blog by the way, I have read a lot of comments on twitter, and cant believe some England fans who have critisised or put the team down for beating a pub team.
The facts are in recent years England have struggled against smaller nations, and this is the biggest win for a long time and the 1st time they have scored five since that night in Germany.
Lampard and Gerrard looked good and I was impressed with Baines,
Reservations over Glen Johnson and up front, as Defoe wasted a lot of chacnes
RvP has already exceeded expectations. He will hopefully spur on Rooney to a good season as well. Hernandez can fulfill the Solskjaer role and Welbeck can hopefully score a bit. Kagawa looks promising and Cleverley perhaps has a little ways to go. Glad to see Berbatov move on as well as I felt sorry for him.
Thanks, Kev for those encouraging words. It'll be good to get Wilshere back. And how about that RVP signing? Sir Alex seems to be proven right.
I have confidence Wenger will do well with his new crew. It is the true test of manager to make do with a new lot and so far so good for Arsene. Good luck this season and even as a Man Utd fan I am looking forward to seeing Wilshere back. He is a difference maker.
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Players have way to much power !
If harry was still in charge i reckon modric , would have been put in his place. AVB is a soft touch.
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"As an Arsenal fan, RVP's roll out today was a painful one to watch."
Barca has one step to win the super cup.
Nice article.
To share the thematics of the 2012 London Games, I think it's worth to look at the big picture of the games so far. This is really more to complement your post,, but today I happened to be reading the National Post and found a pretty interesting article that takes a look at the high and low points of the games so far. I personally found it a pretty interesting read and if you're up for it, I think it's really worth a glance: http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/showlink.aspx?bookmarkid=NTHCORI48A51&preview=article&linkid=f7363fcc-72e9-4332-8b2a-f577514ffd45&pdaffid=ZVFwBG5jk4Kvl9OaBJc5%2bg%3d%3d
Go Canada, France some wine bibbing girls anyway.
To share the thematics of the 2012 London Games, I think it's worth to look at the big picture of the games so far. Your post addresses some very valid points, but today I happened to be reading the National Post and found a pretty interesting article that takes a look at the high and low points of the games so far. I personally found it a pretty interesting read and if you're up for it, I think it's really worth a glance: http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/showlink.aspx?bookmarkid=NTHCORI48A51&preview=article&linkid=f7363fcc-72e9-4332-8b2a-f577514ffd45&pdaffid=ZVFwBG5jk4Kvl9OaBJc5%2bg%3d%3d
Peter, a bit hyperbolic bringing up a WWII reference. At least this is a more healthy competition and hopefully there won't be a body count. But yes, go USA!
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Great article on FIFA's goal-line technology approval and what it means for the future of soccer.
Kev, De Rosario reminds me of a more attacking Juan Sebastian Veron, someone who could control the pace of the game and open it up with his passing ability. He could have left when he was at the Earthquakes or Dynamo at his peak. Now he's 34 and its too late.
Always figured DDR would make a move to Europe as he seemed a cut above the rest in MLS. Plus, he always seemed come thru in the big games.
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Great player, but I love xavi better!!!
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not good enough to play for arsenal, should find a job in other second tier league
Suarez made a mistake but unforgiven, so does Terry but he awarded apologize because he is english man
Brazil definitely have a strong squad lined up for the Olympics. However, even if they do win the gold, it will be somewhat misleading since most of the other countries competing are fielding weaker teams (under 23 like Spain).
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I highly doubt Malouda will have the chance to go to Santos. The reason why is because the wages for him are too high and plus Santos are obviously only looking for a financial gain off of such a deal.
Thanks, clash! The Melvins are a great band. Will try and keep posting music that is interesting and when relevant to soccer :)
great shourin. you seem to have a good taste when it comes to music.
The sooner sep is gone the better!!
I wish a few countries had some balls and set up independent of fifa.
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This is genocide according to international law
Anti-racist is a codeword for anti-white.
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Always was a big fan of John Terry and Chelsea. Sometimes the emotions in the game get out of controll. Hopefully this happend here
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I agree. Thanks for lloking at the article.
Are you on twitter? I'd love to keep tabs of your latest articles.
Michael, nice write up about Arsene Wenger. He's one of the game's great managers but of late seems to have become deeply obsessed with the business end. He needs to get back to coaching, finding talent, and figuring out how Arsenal can get some silverware. I think Arsenal were supposed to be the blueprint for FFF but their lack of success can be treated as evidence by other clubs you need to spend.
I agree with you about the precision shooting by Beck's. I would had done the same thing, divers and floppers a very common thing in soccer now. The league should punish players who fake injuries to buy time and divers who would rather steal a PK than try to score on their own.
Fascinating article. I particularly enjoyed the remark about Arsenal's methods being better suited to the Bundesliga. I wonder if Arsenal have peaked too early in the race to become financially self-sustaining before the FFF laws are fully in affect.
I'd really appreciate it if you could check out my blog http://footballshortsuk.wordpress.com/ There's a piece about the history and philosophies of Arsène Wenger which you may find interesting.
Keep up the good work
Enjoy the moment, Spain! You are kings of the soccer world. Leave it to overall brilliance in the pitch. While everybody else is talking dynasty, let's rethink that point for a while and watch Olympic soccer. That's another big test and we're sure they'll come up big again.
Viva Espana!
And why not? Echoing the sentiments of my fellow footballers, too many superstars of the game have walked away without even the benefit of a salute.
So how's it gonna end for Beckham, really? Sans a place in the England football squad, notoriety? Seems Zidane and countless others are in good company.
Speaking of listings, this in a land where pink unicorns roam, England as number four? See here: http://www.fifa.com/worldranking/rankingtable/index.html
The game was a little disappointing. It would have been a lot more enjoyable if it was a 11 on 11 game.
With Spain's overall splendid performance in Euro 2012, will the name of Viva Espana be written on the next World Cup?
Spurs can better find another couch instead of AVB, a young coach but I think it's not enough for the Spurs, he had some luck with all of prices at Porto, because Porto was already a very good team.
Interesting article fleshing in more information about the cognitive dissonance surrounding and affecting Mr. Balotelli: http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2012/jul/01/profile-mario-balotelli
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spain will kill the italians, 3-1
I just enjoy the game and forget about the color of a man skin or where he's from. I hope Mario scores more goals at EURO 2012.
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The constant cycle of insouciant bigotry fomenting and pusillanimous apologies continues unabated--it is reprehensible. Given the unabashed malignant intolerant atmosphere (and in equal counter the discernible lack of concerted coordinated abatement) this is par for the course. This is unacceptable.
It was not so easy after all, like many people tought....
That's the price you have pay when relying on just one player. Not his day and the whole team is doomed...
Del Bosque might go for the first option only to wear Portugal down as they push and probe with their suffocating possession and wait for Andres Iniesta or Xavi to crack one open.
FINALLY! A sports news page that agrees with me about rooney and the fact that he is shocking for england! I can understand why the media don't want to blast him because it's unpatriotic almost, but we need these kind of comments to wake people up to the reality that Rooney can't/doesn't perform for England anymore.
I hope Spain win this semi final. Spain 3 - Portugal 1.
Mo, I did notice Balotelli and Joe Hart having a bit of a psyching each other out ritual before the penalty - two City team mates going at each other but are you telling me the Italians were snooker like picking corners beforehand? Maybe they just knew the English were going to be terrible when it came to scoring their penalties.
Kev, the English have never had much luck in penalty shootouts, losing 6 of the seven in these big competitions (Euro + World Cup). Why they thought their luck would change is beyond me. Maybe they were encouraged by Chelsea's display against Bayern in the CL final but that was leaving too much to chance. England lacked any midfield presence and the Italians just dominated that area to set up their attacking chances.
Much like the 2002 WC final when Germany went all out in the first 15 minutes only to succumb to Brazil 2-0, I think England went for it early on in hopes of the early goal after which they would defend in numbers. It didn't pan out, but to their credit, they got to PK's where their chances increased greatly. No such luck though.
Speaking of the latest Euro penalties, did Mario Balotelli point to the corner in which he scored? If so, it follows (or sets) Pirlo's theme of derision.
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Nasri's a punk ass bitch. He won it all with City and then had to gloat. Stay quiet and people might excuse your leaving. And then I heard he was griping about the French press. Now this.
Zidane held them together I always felt because he was one of the greatest of all time. He routinely toyed with opponents, even in WC finals. But he must have been a good guy in the locker room to keep the ship afloat.
I'm torn with the Spain France match. On the one hand, I want someone to oust the perennial winners but on the other hand, Nasri is pissing me off so much I can't be bothered pulling for the French.
There was a fifth official right on the line and he missed that! Each coach should be afforded two challenges - it should take but a few minutes to render a verdict with video replay which can be built into stoppage time.
Kev, I agree with your point. Progress should be based on overall group performance and goal differential should take precedence over head to head - in fact, if those performance based criteria deadlock then a tie breaking extra match should be considered.
the world is full of bad people. you just cannot prevent 'fans' from doing so. It's their attitude, their drunkness... these people come to provoke, to fight with other fans later.
A group of people always seek for things to identify with. A typical way to do so, is to blame or to insult someone they all can agree upon.
Most common are hooligans which you can find in every country. racism is everywhere. it is sad indeed. but i believe in respect und the good people :)
I disagree with Grant. Head-to-head is less representative than goal difference. It is a group of 4 teams. Why not let Sweden progress over France since they are clearly better in a head-to-head? Well, they don't progress because they lost the two other games, while France won and drew (i.e. Sweden performed poorer than France). By the same logic, Russia performed better than Greece as measured by goal difference. Right?
Anyways, the Russians and all the other teams knew the rules going in.
That was a goal. But at full speed it is so hard to get that right. Less than a second to see it has crossed the line, with a white post, white shoe, white sock and white ball. Hence, the need for goal line video analysis. Like I have said before here, college football (in the US) effectively does replay for every single play. Easier of course in American Football where there are stoppages. The NHL also does an excellent and timely analysis of goals. Time for FIFA to get with the program.
Kev, it seems UEFA and FIFA follow different rules when it comes to tiebreakers in the Euro and World Cup. The Euro prefers the head to head when it comes to a three team tiebreaker whereas group performance (goal differential, etc.) dictates who gets to advance if two teams are tied. Its the other way around in the World Cup. That's why Russia went home over Greece and Spain vs Croatia were accused of conspiring to take Italy out before their match. Here is Grant Wahl's opinion on these conflicting and confusing set of rules.
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Maybe I'm just sad that the dynamic Russian squad with a Dutch advocate (;p) who were playing more Dutch than the Dutch themselves are out. I don't like the head-to-head tie breaker. It is a group of 4 teams and you should be rated against the whole group. Seems fairer, more representative, that way. As such, goal difference is a good reflection of that. Alas, nyet such luck. Has the Euro tournament tie-break always been this way? Or new this time around?
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Greg, thanks for that, No not all Poles are like that. I work with a number of them in the USA and they have not one racist bone in their body. But there is some institutionalized bigotry back in their country which one gets to see undiluted in the football leagues. Is it malice or ignorance? Only time will tell, the latter as you suggest, is easier to fix over time and with sensitization.
Mo, yes he did. It wasn't just an intriguing notion - the entire Spain contingent complained about the dry Gdansk stadium pitch. Obviously Ballack knows a thing or two about what can impact a high tempo, short passing game.
Ballack may have had a point: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/jun/11/euro-2012-spain-complain-pitch-italy
I was born in Poland and have spent 20 years in Australia and I am very ashamed that my fellow Poles are behaving this way. I was looking forward to seeing my birth country admired by the world instead of condemned. The only thing I can do is apologise for my fellow countrymen. I hope that this bigotry is the result of ignorance rather than malice - ignorance is easier to fix. The only explanation I can attribute to Poles behaving like this is the relative isolation from the greater world.
Another closet shame of Poland is anti-semitism... but that is another story.
In any case - please don't conclude all Poles are like this.
Thank you for noticing that glossy stink bomb, ESPN should be thoroughly embarrassed and fans righteously indignant—we deserve better analysis (comparing the NBA finals commentary segments ESPN produces to their limp EURO fare makes your usage of the word 'zombie' high praise.)
It turns out to be a bad decision to host such a tournament in these countries as they don't deserved it at all!
It was not an exciting game, but Portugal did get the better chances for the lead twice against the crossbar.
The finish in football is important and Gomez did this.
Germany was not really in good shape today, with this Germany the Netherlands makes a lot of chances to win Wednesday.
Vaclav Pilar will be one of the best players in Wolfsburg...
Mo, that is true. The clip where the Polish football head denied those fascist fans were performing the Nazi salute and instead were using their hands to point to the opposite fans was quite insulting.
Hear hear, Shourin.
As insidious as the open bigotry is the pernicious denial of it from the organizers (how insulting.) Pure disgrace—making sure things will remain as before when this is long over.
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Well, the Germans are all powerful and they win most of the times. Therefore they can be deemed as the House of Baratheon. This Dutch team plays dirty at times (Nigel De Jong and Mark Van Bommel are reputed enforcers) to try and win so one can call them House of Lannister. The Danish are a small country but they disproportionately do well in the Euros so House of Stark seems to suit them well. And the House of Greyjoy is all about dysfunctional siblings and suspicion which dogs the Portugese team. They don't like the naturalized Brazilians and CR7 doesn't trust his team mates.
I love Game of Thrones too but your analogy doesn't make sense. What are the similarities between the different houses and those teams?
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Thanks, Kev- that could have been a potentially sticky situation. Happy birthday to your daughter on her 5th. Is she a budding Utd fan? You could of course put in a good word for Arsenal if she's undecided.
u know what the difference is?! in the UK they actually report incidents of racism! those saying what the BBC shows is incorrect or completely false are just lying to themselves or oblivious to whats really going on in these countries. i have personally seen in both counties, insane racism. and what was my mistake? choosing to go there in my brown skin. u mentioned there were 209 reported cases in Poland? what u should really say is thats the number the government wanted to show in their statistics. i saw more than 209 racist acts in 1 day in Ukraine too. i know the entire population of these countries are not all racist, but dont make excuses for those who are. the problem needs to be addressed. it certainly is a real one!
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Just glad to have averted some sectarian hate mail for you. Enjoy the Argentina v Brazil match Saturday. I would be there save for my daughter's 5th birthday party!
Kev, you're correct. My bad.
I hope he does well. Looking forward to watching him play. Nakamura played at Celtic, right?
Leo Messi is one of my favorite players. I always love to watch him play, especially with Argentina.
The refereeing was quite disgraceful at the controversial moments you mention, undermining the substance and spirit of the entire affair.
All, the footage os the footage, how can anyone dispute what your seeing and hearing? Shame shame in 2012...
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Joey Saputo does come close to Del Piero's knee
When he states that Del Piero wanted to come to Montreal only for the money, Joey Saputo is not in a position to built himself the image of an individual with high moral values on the back of a guy who is thousand times more valuable than him. Joey Saputo and his family are part of the italian mafia, which is composed of people obsessed by the accumulation of infinite riches by all kinds of legal and illegal ways. They are the kings of greed and Joey Saputo, a daddy's rich kid born with a spoon in the mouth, doesn't even come to the knee of Del Piero, a guy who built himself alone by training hardly since a very early age. When one is ready to play for a team belonging to the italian mafia, he does it for the money, not for the love of the scums. All the Montreal Impact players know that their employer is part of the mafia. Same thing for a great number of the other MLS players. This kind of information circulates very quickly.
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Solid review. Our second half was pretty decent and with a little luck the game could have easily been 2-3 or 3-3. The PK was questionable, looked ball-to-hand to me honestly. Either way Gooch had a terrible game.
I got to attend the game myself.. beautiful weather, great night, just needed a better result. Oh well.
beautiful British propaganda in the Soviet style. As for me, the message is clear do not fly to the euro in 2012, spend money at the Olympics in London, where it is safer not have bombings and riots in the streets where residents set fire to their own city and rob their neighbors.. BTW 500 000 British visit Poland every year not even one have reported a racist incident in Poland... 43,426 incidents of racism were recorded in 2009 in United Kingdom where in the same year in Poland 209 cases of race related crimes were recorded.....
Rajiv, a definite reality check here although one has to say there were some positives to be taken from the match - some good pressure by the USA at the end. Rafael had to look sharp and there was Gooch's chance that hit the upright. Wish Klinsi had brought Dempsey in earlier.
Lets not forget this was more or less a brazil under 23 team preparing for the olympics facing a virtually full strength usa. A ways to go yet for us methinks.
BBC should be able to produce more proffessional and balanced documentary than Mr Roger's piece.
Liam, I was thinking the same. De Rosario has been stellar wherever he goes. I don't the last time De Guzman had a good game.
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It's sad that De Guzman is making 3 times as much as De Rosario makes now with DC(about $650k), when their quality is not even comparable. Toronto only wants to spend money on Europeans.
Kagawa is awesome! But I love Dortmund and can't stand Man Utd... soooo this news kind of sucks, lol.
I wish Dalglish had been more successful this past season. I was kind of hoping to see him do well, but eh.
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Kev, They look like they're clicking as a team. Klinsi has Edu, Bradley, and Jones play to their strengths without crowding the midfield or creating redundancy. Hope they continue to do the same against Brazil. I'll be at the Argentina vs Brazil game which should see some good football too.
I was at the match. Great atmosphere and an enthusiastic crowd. I met several US fans who were at their first national team game and I was very encouraged to see many of them there. Hope we can play well against Brazil.
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There really is no point, John Henry only hearing one side of what went on during Rafa's tenure, then drawing a conclusion from that, because it don't tell the full picture now does it?
Certainly not when the likes of Ayre that clown Parry, Purslow or what ever cockroach you want to pull out from that rat infested swamp, is drip feeding poison into his ears.
Rafa set the bench mark for our club with his hands tied behind his back, until someone repeats what he achieved; his ghost will still haunt the corridors of Anfield, that's a FACT! And the fans will yearn for his return, good luck on that, because you're going to need it.
I wish more than anything in this world that Liverpool could find owners that shared the same passion and heart for the club, because Rafa would be back Liverpool manager tomorrow, in fact, he never would have been let go.
The last set of owners would have been booted out long before him, but we don't live in an ideal world do we? And the club is not in the hands of the people who really care for it more than anyone else, the supporters and for the right reasons that truly matter.
What ever Rafa does in the future, I am there 100% behind him, (Like he was for us supporters, through the dark days) which ever club that maybe.
I want to apologies to Rafa on behalf of my football club Liverpool FC, I bow my head in shame, its been infected with self interested parasites, who have no morale dignity,you deserve much better than this, just remember if it was up to us, the supporters, you would be treated better than this.
All the best Rafa wish you well, hope you find a club that's worthy of your hard work, dedication, determination, commitment and vision
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Many people are bitter about the Chelsea win, having a go at Terry, saying they were lucky. Fact is we're Champions of Euraope, get over it. CHAMPIONS OF EUROPE!!!! Get it? Good. Cause no matter how you try and twist it the fact will always be just that!!
Its been a long time Chelsea is in the podium. Ive been a Chelsea fan for a long time and this is the moment ive been waiting for....
Still cannot believe Bayern through this game away. Quite obvious that it was written in the stars for Chelsea to win the cup after the games against Barca and now Bayern. Bitter as I may be, fair play to them as well for winning; they were resilient and it ended up paying off.
JT should not have been able to have the Trophy, FL played a blinder of a game and should have held it a loft with another player that played and was not sent of for kneeing somebody!And getting changed into a kit who is he kidding? The man is the worst human being you could hope to meet.
Thanks, Mo. Really can't fathom Nasri's reaction. He should be basking in his club's success not resorting to petty, baseless attacks on his former club.
A bastion to classlessness, you said it beautifully, Shourin.
Kev, that is a bit too far fetched. If we've learned one thing over the years it is that Barton's actions aren't guided by any forethought. Now, I could buy City doing that on purpose yanking Barton's chain and expecting a reaction like that.
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Couldn't agree more. I'm reading Declan Hill's book now: http://www.howtofixasoccergame.com/. And Barton's actions sure did help out his old club didn't they? Coupled with his past, it is not much of a stretch to make one wonder if the fix was in. But, honestly, who knows? It sure would be hard to script such drama.
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Kev, Utd fought valiantly. This was the most gripping Premiership to date because Utd did not give up. But I must say Giggs and Scholes are long in the tooth and the club needs new blood. The Glazers really don't have the same sort of money that City's owners have, so it will be interesting to see where they get their new talent.
As a Man Utd fan who became a United supporter back in '83, the year I lived in Manchester and had the good fortune to have a family friend set us up with season tickets to Man Utd, it is not all bad that Citay won the EPL. Well, we did in fact live in the shadow of City's old ground, Maine Road, and I must say I'd rather have City win it than the likes of Chelsea or Liverpool. Fair play to City. What an epic finish.
To me i tink wenger should also b sack, he dosnt want any troph he jst making money 4 d club. Ramsey should leave arsenal as well otherwise arsenal 'll never win anything
So close, but I think it was not a goal. Had Andy Carroll not been celebrating, perhaps he could have gotten to the rebound fastest? Good effort from 'pool to come back and make it an interesting finale.
Hey Kev, hope Arsenal can oblige Utd, it helps them too in the race for third.
Nice analysis. Thanks.
It's breaking down for Citay it seems. Mancini's exaspserated, defeated look even when City made it 3-2 were so telling. Lets hope Arsenal does us a favor and we can take care of QPR. Then it will be all over.
Reyes, I think there are some explanations for this phenomenon - technology that improves soccer shoe design hence an improvement in performance by soccer players. But make no mistake what they are doing is marketing the illusion if you buy the shoes, you play like these stars. Which is of course nonsensical because you have to have the talent and go through the rigours of training to get to the level of these players. These ads are targeted towards kids who want these shoes for the "coolness" factor and will bug their dads to buy them. Its the same as clubs coming up with a new jersey every year - they want you to buy it to keep up.
This game was very exciting and an evident display of Bayern's crushing potential as well as Arjen Robben's individual skills, talent and abilities. The French team will have the very difficult almost seemingly impossible task of turning things around at the Allianz Arena. But could this prove to be easier than for Milan to acquire the ticket to the next stage at the Camp Nou against Barcelona? Or which of either is the more complicated?
Although this was a last minute victory for Mexico's cause, the U-23 squad has shown an impressive form which allowed them to win all of their first three matches. They will face Canada this weekend for a ticket for the upcoming Summer Olympic games and rumors have been surrounding some of the members of Mexico's squad about scouts looking for next "stars" to flee to the Old Continent. How true could this rumors be? And if true could their possible participation in the Olympics be the stage to launch them to European football.
Watching this video and knowing about soccer shoes as a soccer player myself I wonder sometimes about the ever-changing technology that revolves around football; I wonder if it serves to ease things for players by aiding their performance on the pitch or is it just "merchandise"?. Keeping in mind that football before all the technology witnessed many stars of the game, do you feel that the technology is really needed, or that its just a way to get the public and fanatic more involved in the game by purchasing the cleats, jerseys, and soccer balls worn and used by athletes such as CR7 or "The Flea" Messi?. Perhaps like you mentioned the technology serves to sell people the illusion of playing like their favorite soccer star?...
Watching this video and knowing about soccer shoes as a soccer player myself I wonder sometimes about the ever-changing technology that revolves around football; I wonder if it serves to ease things for players by aiding their performance on the pitch or is it just "merchandise"?. Keeping in mind that football before all the technology witnessed many stars of the game, do you feel that the technology is really needed, or that its just a way to get the public and fanatic more involved in the game by purchasing the cleats, jerseys, and soccer balls worn and used by athletes such as CR7 or "The Flea" Messi?. Perhaps like you mentioned the technology serves to sell people the illusion of playing like their favorite soccer star?...
I was one of a many inter milan fans. I am sorry to state that Inter Milan are in eighth position in serie A and could drop even further. I hope the new coach can bring Inter Milan in a better condition.
interesting post - looks like heathy is back in fashion...!
Sports all the way ...thanks for posting...
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Mo, Jonathan Wilson and Simon Kuper, two of the most knowledgeable writers of the sport. Wilson had a similar article about Barca's "pressing" a few years ago in the Guardian.
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Kev, you're right. Much ado about nothing .....
Mo, that is beautiful!! Will blog about it. Thanks, my friend.
you might get a 'kick' out of this:
Ludicrous. Remember seeing a photo of Zidane and a few others from the French squad smoking cigarettes at their hotel during WC 2006. If Zidane can do it...
As an LA Galaxy fan, after four long years he finally conviced me of his dedication to his team last year. All in all he has helped the MLS. Nice website. Check mine out at 1donttreadonus.blogspot.com
It is a blog dedicated to the US National team, MLS and Yanks abroad.
Nina, I think the American soccer vs European football issue is quite relevant but there is an explanation because soccer in this country has to compete for attention with sports like the NFL, NBA, and the MLB that dwarf it in terms of following, money, and media exposure. So soccer is that scrappy underdog that nips around your ankle. Beckham's transfer was seen as a serious first shot to reverse that imbalance. And here he was eying a England spot and looking at AC Milan as a legitimate stepping stone rather than MLS. It was Fabio Capello who said his chances for selection were slim if he continued to play in the MLS. I think it got a lot of people including Wahl and Donovan upset.
It is interesting how the Spurs have decreased their performance after the rumors of Redknapp to the national team started. The team is in risk of losing their champions league spot. They had a point advantage over Arsenal at one point and now Chelsea is also fighting for that spot.
Patrick, some figures put the incidence in the USA as 1 death per 220,000 professional athletes. Not sure of the figures in soccer or if there is a difference in amateur levels. There have been fewer than 100 such deaths in this country. There is .2% to .5% rate of prevalence in the general population with HCM (the heart condition that causes these deaths) or 1 per 500. Here is a link:
Fabrice Muamba was in critical condition and is fighting to stay alive. Muamba colleagues say his sympathy and fellow players pray Muamba quickly improve.
Muamba fight ...
Just a bit of perspective. Here in San Francisco, quite an international mix of soccer fans, coaching, playing amateur level, and the like. Very rarely do MLS games or players come up in conversation, there's simply no interest.
Shourin, I wonder if the attacks are primarily in top flight competition or are the rates similar in amateur soccer? In other words, is there stress at the pro level that produces more of these attacks?
Thanks for keeping on top on this.
Thank you for the reply. Yes, you are probably right about Donovan. I was putting all the blame on Wahl because I was so surprised by his book. I had enjoyed his football coverage in the past and didn't expect the tattle. He seemed to have been speaking for a school of American fans - and local sportswriters and bloggers (present company excluded) - who appear to be in a seething frenzy of American Soccer v European Football and do anything to fan a flame of resentment. He lost all my respect at that point.
It was a tough thing for MLS fans to handle the national team involvement but Becks had not expected to be considered again, and many US fans didn't know his history, probably didn't know what that meant to him, or how deeply involved he had been for so long. Beckham's P.R. people might have seen the need to present his side better, but that's often no use anywhere and as often backfires - club v country is a historic dispute and this was just a more intense version if you think about it. I'm certainly anxious when my players go on international duty as they so frequently return injured or with knocks. But I'm still proud to watch them - maybe if it had been USA duty...?
Regarding Milan, on the one hand, and this is not to demean US fans, but I don't think they understood how loans spells and transfers work in the rest of the world (although MLS players soon caught on). Beyond that, they had a point, one that would have been made by any fans. However there was an explicit lack of acknowledgement that players are only human and that the draw of any athlete to the highest level of their competition is a great one, something many don't realize they'd miss once they step out. (See Scholes' return). Having mentioned the second Manchester United player, I should say I'm a Liverpool fan so I was surprised to be so interested in how Beckham fared in the US. It may have been because I was living here, and we all know him from the England set-up. In any case, most fans of football did enjoy seeing him do well once again with and against the talent he was surrounded by at Milan, whether we sympathized with the Galaxy fan point of view or not. You only go through once, and for athletes that part of their lives is not the longest run. Sometimes we should sympathize or at least see the point, not a point of view that makes me popular at home, btw! And you will notice that Galaxy and MLS fans more than sympathized when it was Donovan's turn to go to Everton a couple of months later.
And yes, Cobi is one of a handful of non LFC players I have always loved. Fantastic and always seemed to be a lovely lad. Best luck to him!
Nina, point(s) taken. You correctly point out the arrival of Beckham to the Galaxy was ineptly handled by Alexi Lalas and Tim Leiweke - everyone expected nothing short of an instant impact. A title in the first year, huge attendances for all times to come, soccer beating out the American sports. Beckham has had to fight all that hype and those injuries. But he did not help too with his bad timing- one eye constantly out on the English national team, his Milan short term loans when the Galaxy needed him to focus on the domestic season. And Wahl's gossip did damage him but Donovan knew what he was doing spilling all to a journalist who was writing a book about Beckham. That is what sold so many copies and put Wahl on the map. It's par for the course. Love Cobi Jones, though - Mr Galaxy and one the most outstanding talents in US soccer history. Yes, here is hoping the NY Cosmos becomes reality.
Look at the Galaxy and MLS' "brand" recognition and the media attention they get around the world - and I mean everywhere - since Beckham joined: from zero to total. Its not a coincidence that Galaxy started going on Asian tours off-season the second they got Becks, they wanted him in no small part because he is so popular in those markets (and they obviously weren't getting invited before).
A personal thing about the documentary - I cannot abide Grant Wahl. I think he is a whinger with a chip on his shoulder (about what who knows) who betrayed his "friend" Landon Donovan by including things in his book that Donovan thought were said between the two of them. Donovan obviously regrets having said them and to whom - speaking to a journalist is never off record. But worse is his terrible portrayal of Beckham as the root of all the club's ills his first two years with them (the club that was second from the bottom of the table when he arrived). I was embarrassed whilst reading his silly book as read like a particularly catty gossip rag and I couldn't believe it was lapped up in the states.
The fact that throughout his book and again in this piece Wahl keeps referring to Terry Byrne as Becks' "best friend" makes me cringe. What are they, school boys? Whatever he thinks of how the man did his job, he did have have a job along with a title. Its not as if Becks had asked one of his mates up from the pub and told him to muck in. There is no mention of the fact that Beckham's people may have gotten involved because Galaxy management seemed to have lost the plot in that first season. They handled the media terribly and they played their most expensive signing whilst severely injured. If someone had been looking out for Beckham AND the teams' interests, instead of that day's till contents, they wouldn't have gotten off to such a terrible start.
Btw, tht man who Wahl continues to condescendingly identify as simply the "best friend" is currently partnered with Cobi Jones, probably the best player in US soccer and certainly LA Galaxy's history, as well as Eric Cantona, to bring another MLS franchise and youth academy to NYC. I'm pretty sure those two are better qualified to judge a football professional than Mr Wahl.
Otherwise, some interesting perspectives were on offer.
Jaileer, Samir Nasri started looking elsewhere after half a season of good football. Adebayor had one good season when he started talking up AC Milan. They all wanted more money. Not so with Fab. He was a Gunner for 8 years, four of them as a talisman. He did not cut and run at the first hint of Barca's interest - it took them three years of playing mind games to pry him out. In those years he provided unmatchable quality and heart to the midfield. I still cannot forget the season with Flamini as a deputy. Or the penalty he took with a broken leg against Barca. Or squaring up to Mark Hughes or spitting at Hull. He was Arsenal and he left for his boyhood club also out of a sense of loyalty. Not money. They don't make them like Fabregas any more.
Kev, I think it will come down to cash flow for Utd to replenish their midfield which looks a bit dicey right now. They have had to fork out for De Gea, Jones, and Young. Plus, the Glazers spent a big chunk on buying back Utd bonds. They are out of the CL so they can't expect the TV money. Their pool of ready cash has dwindled very quickly. I think Fergie is pinning his hopes on Tom Cleverly who really is Ryan Scholes in waiting. And Welbeck is a force up front. So there are options within the club.
Loyalty? From the man who forced his way out of the club after being thrown a lifeline and nurtured into a world-class player? Barca undervalued him, threw him away, deemed him expendable. Arsenal and Wenger believed in him and made him into a superstar, he abandoned us and you laud his loyalty, of all things?
What's next, a glowing review of Samir Nasri? An emotional review of the potential return of Adabayor?
Thanks for the post. Agree with your sentiments. Didn't see the match since I don't pay the extra cash for GolTV here in the States. That Rafael brain freeze was horrific. Talk about hairdryer treatment. But despite the domination by the Basques, United would have given up just two goals thanks it seems to De Gea saves. But what does Fergie expect when he starts Giggs and Jones in the midjust as he did against Basel? My pal thinks its Fergie's way of mailing it in and pointing out his need for some fresh blood in midfield. Or why not Scholes and Carrick in the middle and Ferdinand starting or is it that the league is more important?
Hear, hear, Shourin, Hear, hear.
Mark, bets are AVB maybe heading to Inter or returning back to Porto.
Maureen, good observation. Pia Sundhage is getting some stick for keeping on less technically gifted Buehler and Amy LePielbet on the pitch. Older players like Shannon Boxx and Carli Lloyd are not quite quick enough.
It is because Buehler does not stay with her mark, just like in WWC.
The problem is that many fans these days are driven by the same expediency, especially at the top. AVB may have been taken on on the basis of his three year strategy but once he had signed on the dotted line it was always going to be instant success or else.
It is different lower down. When you support a perpetual League One club as I do you will settle for anyone with his own transport and a 20-year plan. But not at Chelsea.
AVB is young enough and bright enough to bounce back from this. But he made a mistake going to Stamford Bridge.
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Pele is king of football....Maradona is king of king....He was as absolute genius & i feel pele is nowhere near him....Pele never dreamed of a player who could demean his stature....Maradona not only demeaned pele but just overshadowed his stature....If Maradona wud hv stayed in Brazil he wud hv scored 2500 goals....Lets us end this debate for once & for all....PELE jaa DARU peele
Das ist wirklich Fussball heute! Wahnsinns Tore. Soccer is the best.
Undoubtedly three well-scored goals. Although I believe the penalty wasn't justified... From where I sat, it looked more like general confusion than an actual foul. Oh well. Allez les suisses!
To be honest... Real Madrid didnt deserve on 3 points there.. but always in very good team is one player can handle match.. and it was Ronaldo
You're welcome, Mo. Feel deeply about Arsenal's direction or lack thereof.
I have always liked the Ghanaian national side, and their fans are some of the greatest in the world. I hope they will qualify for Brazil.
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Hi Shourin! Great articles man! The sport that inspires the world! Pretty cool soccer movie happening on kickstarter, might deserve some talk on your blog! :) Wishing you the best my friend
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with this defeat, I think barca increasingly difficult to get the La Liga title
Shourin, thanks for pouring it out the many. Arghhh.
Why did Dalglish wait so long to apologize ? Was it pressure from the owner forcing it out of him? The shirt sponsors also put pressure on him. Why is he so angry with any interviewer? Why dud the club persistently support racism?
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Enrique, quite true about Tevez but he also knows his playing days are numbered and if he's to leave City then he at least has to behave for the rest of the season.
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Nobody doubts that Tevez is a great player, but often overshadowed by his bad behavior within the team, that is why regardless of the quality of this player, I do not know to what extent his return affect or benefit the team.
Luis, I remember Suarez kicking the ball at half time at the Utd bench but must have missed the part where he cleaned his shirt. That is pretty awful. No doubt about his racism here but hopefully with his apology, there will be no further incidents involving him.
What most people did not see is Suarez cleaning his shirt after Valencia tapped his shoulder following his ball kick against united bench! that is the final evidence of his racism!
Mo, the Zambians might have something to say about that! Quite a few pundits were already talking about the advantages of having a team with no superstars. African teams somehow seem to perform inversely to their star power. Case in point - Senegal.
I rooted for Ivory Coast and Ghana, but congratulations Zambia. The world has to find a better way than roulette victories (though it makes for a gripping debacle.)
There is nothing better than an apology. I think Suarez is doing it
Good point, Kev. That early headstart in hand-eye co-ordination skills is really important. And all American sports really emphasize that aspect of catching and throwing. I still remember Tim Howard's amazingly quick, deep, and accurate throws which would kickstart those US counterattacks.
Interesting post. I, too, have wondered the same thing. And as a American goalkeeper who played at the NCAA Division-I college level, I always liked the idea I once heard mentioned by Nick Webster of Fox Soccer. That is that American kids grow up developing hand-eye coordination at an early age and so are ahead of the curve of the rest of the world, relatively speaking, in terms of goalkeeper skills. What American kid cannot throw and catch a football or baseball or shoot and catch a basketball. All of these driveway/backyard games require hand-eye coordination in spades. It struck home when we were tailgating for a USA WC qualifier in Hartford prior to the 2006 WC several years back. Ironically enough, a bunch of us yanks were throwing an American football around and several euros amongst our group were woeful at catching and throwing.
The Saints, bidding to follow in Norwich's footsteps and win back-to-back promotions, currently occupy the second automatic promotion spot in the npower Championship and Adkins will rest some key players for the fourth-round replay at St Mary's Stadium.
Teenagers Luke Shaw, James Ward-Prowse and Jack Stephens are set to be involved again.
Adkins said: "Having put ourselves in the race to get promoted, the league is the priority. But it's great to have a cup run and we want to win all the games we compete for and we want competition for places.
"We've got a good, strong squad of players and now and again we want to utilise the youth. We've done that in the two cup competitions this season."
Millwall turn their attention to the cup after Saturday's defeat at derby rivals West Ham left them hovering just above the relegation zone.
The Lions are set to be without captain Paul Robinson (thigh) and deadline-day signing from Wolves, Andy Keogh, is ineligible, so Tottenham loanee Harry Kane or former Saint Dany N'Guessan will start up front.
Hamer Bouazza, Jordan Stewart (both groin), Tamika Mkandawire (knee) and Therry Racon (ankle) are still out.
Wenger would make a very good national manager - keep those big egos in check, wouldn't have to worry about transfer budgets, proper emphasis on talent. But I believe he's being eyed as Laurent Blanc's replacement. I think the FA should have let Capello go after the World Cup - they did that man a huge disservice by pulling the plug on him so late. England always has a managerial or player crisis before a big competition. All self inflicted of course. I have my reservations about Harry as a tactician but the players seem to like him wherever he goes. Which counts for something since England's managers have been an unlikable lot - Sven Goran Eriksson, Steve McClaren, Fabio Capello. But all this counts for little as you mentioned with the genuine lack of quality players.
Shourin you think the players didnt warm to the manager well they are all over paid egotistic cant trap a ball yet type players. Capello's record of results was as good as I can remember any England manager ever
achieved. Ferdinand that Twit he thinks Harry is the man for the job. Its bloody laughable the whole of England is going mad ! I wonder what John Terry thinks about it all ! They always shoot themselves in the foot. The Media have been whingeing about Capello for at least two years. All to sell newspapers and create news. Harry is not the only manager with ability what about Wenger he is more liker it and he would sort out a lot of problems for the longer term good of England !!
Arsenal fans want a change too ! English hypocrisy lives !
Mo, anytime. Roland Martin takes these cheap shots all the time. Feels good getting back at him.
Borderman, I think Capello had some good qualities but he wasn't really the sort of manager who the players ever warmed up to - he was dry and aloof. His selections reflect his cautious nature and his Milan upbringing, always going for the older, more experienced players. Having said that, I agree, England will not win any major honours because their players are not good enough except for maybe Rooney.
On point post, Shourin. Thanks.
How prescient, Shourin. Good observation.
The problem here is interference from the Media , the FA Chairman , Politicians and any oher Tom , Dick or Harry ( pardon the pun).
Was Harry sacked by Spurs before his trial no! Harrys a dumbo not a bad manager though but no way is he in Capello's class ! There is no one on this planet who can work with England they are just impossible to work with. Just accept that England players are not nearly good enough now to win major honours simple as that!
Fabio I wish you all the very best your an honourable gentleman and way above the crap
that hounded you out of your job.
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That had to have been one of the best Man U - Chelsea matches I've seen in a while. Nowhere near as intense as the 2008 UEFA Champions League final, but still a very good match!
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Mario, glad you liked it and it brought back your childhood :)
lol this is awesome , i love mario it reminds me of my childhood :)
NSider - please give us a break. If you want to blog about something, drop me an email, and I'll get you an account. Shourin's love for Arsenal is not something we worry about. If you want fair and balanced reporting, try Murdoch's Fox News!
On soccerblog, we're fans first, reporters second. We love the game. And yes we're also biased towards international teams like Brazil (especially Tele Santana's Brasil) or individual players like Lionel Messi.
Join the fun, NSider. The only thing we ask of our bloggers is that they don't turn their posts into ads for products and services from vendors...
There isn't a balance at all. The Arsenal stuff is just too much in this blog.
Let me stress I don't hate Arsenal at all - I actually admire the Gunners. And I really think that your writing style is very good. But this is just too much, and I think you would do well in a dedicated Arsenal blog.
Wooowwww good jobTheo, you are my hero! RVP and Ox's are wonderful! King Henry, you came back!
Another RVP hat-trick and The Ox's first goals in the league, as well as Henry adding to his record league tally send us to a 7-1 rout of Blackburn! An emphatic 3 points in the bag...!!!! wonderful score for arsenal.
Good played.....
Nsider, yes, I am obviously a huge Arsenal fan and a lot of my postings reflect that. It's mostly on match day and on club issues. But I also think there is a balance when it comes to posting stuff about other clubs and soccer in general.
Shourin, seriously:
I've been following this blog since 2006, and I really like your contributions here, but I really think you should write stuff like this in an Arsenal fan blog, not here.
Keep the Arsenal posts in this blog as long and as many as the other teams'. Please.
Sidney, he's been axed by the FA as England captain.
I think he is a great player but after everything that happened to him, he will be better off as Captain.
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Its a fucking terrible tragedy, the soccer its family, friends, not violence :(
It's not just soccer. It's sports in general. We pretend that a little competition is a good thing while out of control competition leads to violence. But to me, that's like saying that a little drug use is OK, maybe smoking crank, as long as you don't inject heroin into your eyeballs. It's a bad continuum. Here's what I think about competition: http://daisybrain.wordpress.com/2010/02/22/against-competition/
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Lets hope so. Got crucial games against Bolton, Sunderland, Blackburn, which need to be won before we get to Spurs, Liverpool, AC Milan.
A tough game and exactly what we needed,a comeback win.Let's hope this will be the game to kick-start our season.Go gunners!
Sadly, we didn't win against Utd. On one hand we're shocked that fans react the way they did last weekend, on the other hand, Wenger refuses to acknowledge any flaws or shortcomings. If this gets more and more polarized, then things are bound to end badly.
Sheila, they have scored 31 goals in their three matches. It's a feast of rubbing it in!!
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Interesting reading.... For me this confirms in my mind that Wenger is covering for a board that won't release the funds needed to get us back to where we deserve. Funny how Wenger used to spend and in recent years hasn't?!??! Firstly it was obviously due to paying off the Emirates but not it's clearly because Stan Kroenke is enjoying the profits of the Arsenal regardless of the success. We need to stop jumping on the bandwagon.. If we beat Utd today Wenger will be amazing again lol it's unbelievably fickle. Let's all stick together.
Seems kind of unsports(wo)manlike to keep scoring after 8 goals or so. Just rubbing it in?
Chris, you're welcome. Lets hope you're on the vanguard of more insightful analysis. Good luck.
I agree with you to some extent ..... but even Stan Kroenke who has not invested a single penny of his own money to buy players knows that keeping players who add to the wage bill but contribute very little is bad for business. Especially if you are a self sustaining model. Btw, Kroenke has been a very disappointing owner (if you can call him that) because other than platitudes (100% behind Wenger, Arsenal is a winning club, blah, blah) he has offered very little in terms of vision and material support. So yes, Wenger might be covering for them but in the ultimate analysis, you have to see him as complicit in the whole business, since he seems to have no differences with the board, and they with him.
Good read, I would go along with the deadwood argument to a certain extent but I also have another theory on the situation:
In the past if Arsene has wanted to spend then the board have backed him eg. The Reyes deal approx 19 mil, Wiltord deal approx 15 mil but this was before we had potential buyers sniffing around now I think while Peter Hill-Wood of old was releasing money when Wenger wanted it is now getting pressure from Stan Kroenke to not spend as it isn't good business sense and let's be honest as a business man he's only interested in one thing. This is the reason why I think Nasri, Fabregas were ultimately sold because Stan saw huge amounts of profit in just 2 players and wasn't fussed about the dent it would leave.
On the face of it Arsene Wenger is the one everyone is blaming as Arsenal keep slipping but I think he's simply covering for the guys upstairs.... Why you ask? Simply because Arsenal have always been a well oiled and well run club with a certain togetherness a very much us against them feel if you like so it's important to keep that going. This is not down to Wenger and every true fan knows that this has all started happening since David Dein left and Stan Kroenke became the majority man at the Emirates this simply runs deeper then it seems.
i think it will be a good news, like what thierry henry has done recently for arsenal, it always give fresh look again
Mo, thanks for the link.
Here is another very good rundown:
do not give madrid there was a chance to retaliate in the copa del rey final second leg at the Camp Nou stadium
ihala madrid!
Get him on board!
This article is very interesting. While my video has been met with lots of comments regarding the limitations that the flow of a soccer game would put on a next-level analysis, you took it a step further in a way that brings up some great points.
Could the mechanics of sport be implemented in such a "bash you over the head" type of way in soccer? Probably not. But then again, it doesn't need to be all-or-nothing...simply making some kind of effort to include a deeper analysis would do much to help viewers interact with the sport they are watching, which is the next step soccer in the U.S. must look to take, in my opinion at least.
I think realistically Nando won't be going anywhere in January but quite possibly in the summer if he continues his below par performances.
Good read many thanks.
Jason, actually Indians love their football too. Unfortunately, they are starved off good quality football in their own country and turn to the Premiership/ Serie/ La Liga. This competition could see thousands coming to see players like Cannavaro, Fowler, Pires, and play a better standard of football. Obviously you're not going to get the marquee names but this is a very good start. Keeping my fingers crossed.
The IPL cricket league was a great spectacle, mainly due to the unbelievable fans andtheir love for the sport, I'm not convinced that a football competition would attract such interest.
Good points for sure. I personally think Kean is damned if he wins and damned if he doesn't, fans didn't agree with his appointment in the first place so every excuse to vent their frustration and they do which if we are honest, really doesn't help the squad. Blacburn need to stick together if they are to survive.
i love u Henry
1 chance = 1 score
iam very happy arsenal signed for matias suarez
poor for malaga's goalie, really disaster for them. But madrid's performance is good, they can defend the score
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I feel that the analysis in this video holds the key for what is needed in order for soccer in America to take the next step.
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Gave me goosebumps!!
Loved every second… Haven't had that feeling as an Arsenal fan for a long time but when Henry scored… Speechless.. Even on Facebook the non Arsenal fans were commenting saying the legend returns. The sum up for me was when one of my mates a Leeds fan tweeted "oh well if we were going to lose I'm glad it was to such a superstar".
I'm also going to enjoy those fans both Arsenal and non winding their necks back in after saying it was a bad move bringing him back. Arsenal runs in his veins I'll never forget his reaction, my reaction, everyone's reaction when Thierry Henry scored on his second debut.
He left a legend and returns a god.
I love it! Congrats on making a difference in a big way!
Rooney was correct to point out that the takle was a 2 footed lunge.
The Rule :serious foul play . Examples include a dangerous slide tackle from behind, or an "over the top tackle" in which a player raises his foot so the cleats could hit a player, or a two footed tackle that takes down the opponent FIFA has broadened this definition by saying that "Any player who lunges at an opponent in challenging for the ball from the front, from the side or from behind using one or both legs".
having been on the receiving end of a 2 footed lunge which broke my leg in 2 places i have no simpath. There is no grey area where people use excusses such as he got the ball or there was no contact made, its the intent in the players choice when he decided to make the challenge/lunge with 2 feet knowing it is against the rules and that is black and white of it.
If you watch it again, it wasn't until Rooney had held out his arms in protest that Foy blew the whistle a couple of seconds later. Foy wasn't even going to call a foul until Rooney told him to do it. You can also see Rooney holding up two fingers, probably telling the ref it was a two-footed tackle and to send him off.
The FA might as well give Rooney a whistle and a set of cards if he is going to make game-changing decisions like this.
It is imminent that Tevez will leave Man City this January, the trouble for anyone looking to buy him is that he comes with a reputation, which ever manager decides to buy him is going to have to be very aware of this.
Mo, King Kenny could have said he found racism unacceptable. He could have said as manager he would talk to Suarez about his code of conduct. But he didn't. He lost a golden opportunity. You can defend a player but you can also point out his behaviour was wrong.
I agree with you completely, what a reprehensible example of a toxic cocktail of, misplaced priorities, denial and a pinch of pusillanimous prigishness priggishness.
By evidence in the FA report excerpts, it does match that Suarez acted as a bigot. Despicable. Can he (and other bigots) truly reform their ways? Luta continua.
He is really ugly, but a great player and i think he is not racist
Paul, my sentiments exactly. It's been a stellar run considering we're playing with four center backs. And only one player who's been delivering goals. The percentages should be against us but we've been eking out wins. It's not classic Arsenal but we'll take it whichever way we can.
Good article.... My views as an Arsenal fan are quite realistic in that after the start we had most of us fans would be estatic to find us in fourth at the start of 2012 and to see everything wide open.
We have done so well with the injuries we have had there's certainly more of a grit and determination about the arsenal again which can only be a good thing... The injuries we have though will all be back relatively soon ish so Henry along with maybe Bridge on loan now the verminator is injured would be good shouts.
I think I would go down the route of Podolski like you mentioned aswell for when Henry leaves... He would be a perfect signing for us.
In conclusion things are much rosy then the were and cany wait for Wilshere to be back too... Here here for the new gritty Gunners and may 2012 put us back on the map.
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When Tevez wants to play and is on form, he's as good as anyone, his workrate and goalscoring ability are top class. However, he never seems to leave clubs on good terms, essentially you buy him with his ego as an added extra!
Que paso con el? o siempre fue asi? antes me gustaba mucho como jugador.. Ahora no se..de repente parece que sintio todo seguro y aflojo...
Tevez crying about moving back to Argentina to be close to his family are like a hoax........ There is too much competition in the City Team for Tevez to make even a Start from the bench.... Plus his attitude lacks commitment
i think VAN PERSI deserves to be in the best club in the world.
Who punishes à linesman who Willingly(?) makes these kinds of mistakes. I say, never allow him in an official match again. If you make these kind of Decissions on these critical moments you re either incompentent or bribed. In both cases theres no place for you in professional football. Ajax should be able to take him to court for the damage done, financially aswell as from à sport point of view
It was disgusting. This was clearly à bought match. Zagreb should be disquallified for à couple of years as well as lyon. I think à formal investigation is in order. I don t think Thatcher UEFA has got the guts for it.
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Dempsey is an inspiration to many young players here in the US. He seems to truly enjoy the game and has the support of his team.
Thank you for the YouTube compilation. I like how he shows his joy after scoring. In my area of the US (Minnesota), one of our U8 players was recently yellow carded for "excessive celebration." He "airplaned" after making a goal. I can see that celebration should be done in moderation and needs to be respectful (not gloating or taunting). However, not allowing any form of celebration is just not right.
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I am a Man City fan and its great to see them overpowering the Spanish team. I am confident that they will go a long way in the UEFA champions league.
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City is enjoying an amazing start to the season.
I doubt they will go very far though in the champions league, mostly due to lack of experience.
I know Barca was better than Man U. They truly are magnificent. They are my favorite European team!
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Hi Kev, I think Phil Jones should have been on the pitch right from the start. He's shown he can defend. Having said that City looked awfully good. This definitely is not a one sided derby any more.
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Johnny Evans!? Even the announcers say it...he has a big mistake in him every match. So clear to anyone who follows Utd. I'd take John O'Shea at center half over Evans any day of the week.
Still though, City were clinical. We'll see how things are after the Christmas/New Years spell.
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Adams took a dive but at full speed, understandable call.
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It's still early doors, but I wonder if Citay have the staying power.
Yes.. Spain is one of giant in world soccer.
I just can't see anyone realistically beating Spain in a competitive match.... They are a different class. If they don't retain the Euros then itll be a major surprise.
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The real shame for Arsenal is that they have a very wealthy minority owner gagging to spend on the club but he cannot. I'm not an Arsenal supporter, but you have to feel bad for a team that is pinned in the corner due to a totally clueless majority owner.
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Pittsford, not "Pittsfield".
THAT IS AN AWSOME PICTURE OF A SCARY CLOWN IN THE NUKE BLAST AT THE SAME TIME. If Wenger can't pull Arsenal out of this deep dive, we will be soon reading about him in past tense. Good luck to him and all of the Gunners' fans out there.
Uncle Tony, thank you, much appreciated. Keep on reading the blog! Glad you had a great time with mom and dad.
Great work Shourin, keep it up. Got your blog address from mom & dad, with whom we spent 4 glorious days.
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i know these guys are paid millions (which is stupid) but everyone makes mistakes and people get so annoyed by it and take the mick out of them forever. One mistake on the pitch can haunt you for the rest of your life.
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Now when I look back to this matches I see obvious: Arsenal is not team good enough to be competative in high standards needed for winning Premier League and UEFA Champ. League. They just need changes.
i guess it's the curse of "el nino"
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Wow, I totally forgot that Maradona is coaching in the UEA. Does somebody have more information about his team and the league.
I only read in the newspaper. Maradona is making 3.5 million Euro a year.
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Definitely don't think Arsenal have anything to worry about. The chances of having another goal scored like that against them in the next six months is pretty low.
Liverpool will take the league this year,i believe it.
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At 9/10 secs, right after he disappears from view, Ozil jogs off, and you just make him out passing to the right.
Generally I agree with your sentiments about Arsenal so far but I bet they will be top 4 again. Man Utd and Chelsea almost guaranteed to be there so among Liverpool, Tottenham, Man City and Arsenal, I'd say Arsenal still have a fair shot at making it. Wenger should not be misunderestimated at Dubya would say. Will check oddschecker.com for the bookmakers point of view on this...
my friend had a valid criticism of both Chelsea and Norwich players, they reactions were too cold to such an incident
we compare it with an incident in saudi league between biggest two rivals (Hilal and Nasr) when the best player in saudi history had a similar incident and lost consciousnesses immediately
it was at 97 at age of 38
reaction was so different even from the rival club
and the medical team that came, was actually the rival team because it was closer to them
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I love Arsenal
lol very funny incident
well, without video technology these incidents will never stop, it is just the limitation of human eye
i remember once was refereeing a friendly game of friends .. the play was at one side, when i spotted two players (away from the ball) teasing each others,
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i had nooooo clue what happened, i didnt call for any foul, and one player was looking so strangely to me lol
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Ben, I remember the abuse on Alves. Thanks for reminding me. And thanks for the insight into Spanish football and its traditions - a lot of it is very political and reflect the autonomous nature of the regions. Mou probably believes by reminding everyone that the "real" seat of power is Madrid he can use it to be even more divisive. Hopefully the Merengues realize that there is a huge price to pay with him in charge.
There was racial abuse on Alves in Bernabeu too, and Mou didn't touch his nose for Messi but Alves (anyway, Madrid has more powerful loudspeakers for his propaganda than any other). And well, Mourinho is damaging Spanish football, I tell you. Maybe it is different in England, but in Spain you can read the history of Spain watching football. He is playing with fire all the time, and it seems he doesn't know where he is. All teams have a past in La Liga, some are linked to Franco and old power, like Real Madrid of course, and Mou likes to dismiss every single "small" team (I'm a Spaniard, a Celta de Vigo supporter). He dismisses what is not from Madrid, what is not "truly" Spanish and stuff, saying things like "As a Portuguese, I cannot understand why bla bla bla". He is playing with fire, just to get a title (he is so obsessed with Barca). And now he is like the leader of a sect. Mourinho and his followers are destroying (Spanish) football. That's my opinion, and some (probably many) merengues would agree with me.
Andrew, the racial abuse of Marcelo is unforgivable. But it is hardly confined to Barca. It's a Spanish phenomenon and not a terribly new one. Thierry Henry was subjected to it and so was Shaun Wright Phillips. I do agree La Liga is in great danger of being engulfed by these two clubs who will drive other clubs into irrelevance as they wage war on each other. Mou's actions cannot be condoned however because it represents a new low. His coaching seems to be secondary to his transformation into a rabble rouser. Which does little to differentiate him from the fan who abuses Marcelo. All they bring to the game is ill repute. At this point Man Utd is better served looking for someone else after Sir Alex's retirement because Manchester could become a tinderbox of seething grievances with him in charge.
Referee can not run away from this one, he has an assistant, he did not take time to consult him. He could also look at players reaction, Anderlecht were complaining about something and Bursaspor blaming themselves for what happened.
Mourinho was out of order, certainly, but some of the things Barcelona did were worse. Namely the hour and a half of racial abuse that Marcelo received from the home crowd, which, sadly, has gone almost completely unmentioned in the aftermath of this game. But, I suppose FIFA and UEFA don't want their poster team being accused of one of the worst crimes in football, so they just hide it as best they can. They should be forced to play a match behind closed doors for the actions of their fans. Instead, they'll just get away with it, and Mourinho will probably get a ban for something far less significant and damning.
Mourinho isn't damaging Spanish football like a one man demolition crew, though. Barca and Real both are rapidly annihilating their league, with their unstoppable superiority and financial rape of every other team in the league. They cheat almost as much off the pitch as they do on it. That's why players are going on strike. That's why their current system isn't sustainable. I hope it comes crashing down around them soon. For as pretty as their passing might be, their ethics, or complete lack thereof, can never be accommodated for in my world.
For all the mistakes United or Arsenal may have made leading to debt and more frugal days than they would have initially hoped for, I think any self respecting fan would rather support either of those teams. At least they keep their dignity. And for these ridiculous circumstances, you are correct to say that Mourinho may be costing himself the future United job. Only time will tell.
Spitz, that harsh characterization comes from comments grumbling about Fabregas having sold out. I agree with your second part though and now landing a trophy in his first 10 minutes at Barca, he might be tempted to say "for what" once again.
Maverick, thanks! Duly noted, correction made.
Real Madrid have always been know through the years for playing some of the most attractive football in the world.
Many commentators are now calling them one of the dirtiest clubs in the world, with too much physical play, dangerous tackles and sour grapes. How has this happened. They started the last match against Barcelona playing magnificent but again it descended into a brawl with their over aggresive play. It was a total disgrace to football. What has gone wrong at this club?
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This will be the end of his carrer. teamkleding Just get money in his last years of his carrer.
Finally, the longest transfer saga has finally finished but it has come at a cost. Barcelona have really spent money to impress the world again how brilliant their midfield is when they have already shown it for the past couple of years. Can't they see that they need to get a centre back if they really want to trophies again? Don't get me wrong here and I am sure everyone in the whole world has been saying this that Cesc is a great player of great qualities. He knows the Barca possession game very well infact ever since he has been playing in La Masia when he was 10 but in truth Xavi is in his best form and we have a new, young emerging midfielder Thiago Alcantara who not just score one of teh best free kicks in the Under 21's World Cup but had a grade A+ preseason for Barcelona in the States.
On the other hand in our defence we see that Pique and Puyol are our only two defenders who have had plenty of experience in their position. On numerous of occiasons we have seen that we have to get Busquests, Mascherano and Abidal to replace Puyol or/and Pique when they are injured. These three players haven't had enough experience at the centre-back position. With Milto taking too many injuries and was released a few weeks ago we don't have anyone else to replace Pique or Puyol. We cannot rely on Andre Fontas and other reserve defenders to fill in their positions because they haven't had first tem experience yet and it will take some time for them to develop into quality defenders. Even though we got Cesc cheap from Arsenal, I still reckon that we have gone over our banks to get someone who we don't need when we do need someone in the backs. mI hope next season or in the half-year sale they we will become wise and buy a centre back.
May I also add that where is Cesc going to play in the starting line up?
After a brilliant season, both Xavi and Inestia won't really be heading the benchs, will they? I also don't think that he will play in Busquests position because he hasn't had enough experience playing as a defensive midfielder. The most likely position will be heading the benches and coming on for either Xavi or Inestia.
Even with my negitive comments I am pleased that he has come back. I don't think I could stand another season with another long transfer saga and anyway he wasn't really committed to Arsenal in the last few weeks. He should be playing against Real tommorrow in the Supercopa. Enjoy your stay Cesc! Welcome Back!
The foul was on Lucas Leiva and not Dirk Kuyt.
Agree on the senseless part though.
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To call the heel flick a moment of subversion is pretty harsh. I saw it as a poorly timed attempt at injecting life into a pedestrian performance. But it would appear that after leaving it all on the field 2 seasons ago and accruing so many injuries, he looked up and said "for what?"
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Spitz, Arsenal would never go for Wesley Sneijder. It's not because they don't believe he'll be good - he might fit in perfectly. It's his wages. At $360,000 per week he's one of the most expensive players in the world. Arsenal's most expensive player is Fabregas at $200,000 per week. They never go beyond that limit. This is the reason that Nasri is leaving (although he denies this saying he wants to leave for a club that 'wins' titles)- Arsenal were refusing to pay him more than $130,000 per week. It's a matter of a 'balanced approach' and one I actually agree with.
Am I the only person who thinks hijacking Wesley Sneijder and picking up a solid defender is a good idea? Maybe it's a logistical nightmare getting Sneijder to agree to settle with an apparently less ambitious team in light of the Man Utd. speculation, but he gives our green central midfield a chance to ripen while keeping our quality level on par with the top 4.
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Kev, that is a good point but I still feel he won't be enough - it was Inter's defense and Diego Milito that won them the CL.
Utd can win the league without Sniejder, but they need him to beat Barca
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Spitz, its been frustrating to see Arsenal muddle their way through in this transfer period with very few of the real priorities being addressed. One understands the instinct to retain the two best players in the squad but lets face it they were already seeing a future away from the club. In moments like this you have to weigh your options and make quick decisions. Now after dragging his heels for over a month, Wenger makes a decision but still doesn't get his priorities right and now with the season upon us its almost too late.
Andrew, the decision not to sell Nasri to Utd is really based on the historical rivalry between the two clubs which of course, in more recent times has been pretty one sided. But still that perception remains. City is a direct threat to Arsenal but I think they're still considered a novelty act with their megawatt acquisitions - they're not taken seriously by Utd themselves. It's the same way with Liverpool. Remember the ugly fight between Utd and 'Pool when Gabriel Heinze decided he wanted to leave. Ultimately he left for Marseilles. There is a small coterie of peers in the Premiership and City still isn't one of them - that does not mean in the future they won't be taken seriously but they've set themselves a high bar and Mancini is going to be under enormous pressure to deliver the Premiership this time.
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I find it a bit strange that Wenger is willing to sell all of his want-away players to City, but not one to United. I understand the rivalry that exists between the two as well as anyone, but it still doesn't make sense to me in this case. I see City as more of a threat to Arsenal's status as a permanent top 4 team, because, let's face it, although they would be strengthening United en route to another title challenge, should that really concern them? I mean, with everything that is currently going on at Arsenal, and everything that's happened over the last few years, I feel that solidifying Champion's League football should be the priority for now, and then focus on titles again. Furthermore, Wenger said last year he would've been happy to finish second. Instead they finished fourth, so why repeatedly help strengthen the team that finished directly above you as opposed to the one that is three spots above you?
Now, it is worth mentioning that United only offered 20 million (which is still a fantastic return on a 1 year contract), and City may offer up to 25, but aside from the price, the firm stance that United can not have Nasri seemed a bitter emotional decision as much as anything else.
I think you nailed a lot of truth here. Over at Man Utd., Rooney saw an acceptable future, therefore regardless of how ugly things got in the media he signed an extension. Nasri's decision NOT to sign an extension yet seems to be based on the direction of the club as well - one he didn't see changing for he better. Top 4 finishes "against all odds" are cute, but it's not what football players play for, especially when the road to 2nd-best is riddled with high profile errors and meltdowns. You don't leave it all on the field knowing that next season, the other teams have gotten MUCH stronger and you haven't even addressed your deficiencies. As a Football Club your actions need to symbolize your commitment to excellence, especially if you've verbalized your intent. That seems to be the difference between Ferguson and Wenger.
Great second half from Man u. City still have a lot todo by the looks of things. Friendly match? didnt look that why from watching it.
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arsenal will be doomed without the likes of fabregas and nasri. they are the ones that drive that team
i tend to agree with pep
friendly is just a friendly, and i seen so much examples in my life
i remember when zizou joined RM prior 2002 season, they played a friendly vs. Al-Ahli from Cairo. We thought that RM will win 6-0. It was a very nice game and Al-Ahli had a deserved 1-0 victory
later on that season, RM won the CL
also, a famous but lousy team from Saudi and while having a lousy season played a friendly vs. RM with full stars, amazingly Al-Nasr from Saudi won 4-1 with some very nice goals
that game was in june 2008, just after RM won the spanish title
despite the fact it is a friendly game, but Chivas worth a lot of admiration for the passion and great goals
Spitz, Bendtner definitely is an improvement over Chamakh who after his promising start really faded. Wenger misused Bendtner putting him out on the wings- he's a classical centerforward. I've heard that the Sporting Lisbon deal has fallen through and he might go to Stoke.
Kev, Cesc will probably come off the bench with the result in no doubt, get minutes if Xavi gets injured, and play Copa Del Rey matches. Should be a fair amount of exposure and within two/three years be ready to take over once Xavi calls it a day.
How much playing time will Cesc get at Barca? More in the coming years I guess as Xavi ages.
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I think he offered more physically than Chamakh who looked downright feeble in the 2nd half of the season. I'm hoping that "fatigue" wasn't just an excuse for his poor form and a solution has been found. In any event, I think the deal benefits both parties. Bendtner deserved regular first team action. Along with misuse as you pointed out, he was the victim of untimely injuries and a deep squad.
For a long time football is money making business and not a game. That's why we have Uefa Champions League in the first place. Uefa and Fifa must keep the process in steady control since any break down in system can cause bankruptcy of major European clubs
He was the best defender in the Copa America. And I think he's got the mentality to play at the Premier League level. A cheap and solid choice for Arsenal imo.
Why is Wayne Rooney #3? Sure, he can score goals, but he doesn't have fantastic skills.
Hernando, I'm afraid it is my personal opinion. But from his performance at the Copa playing at the highest levels against Brazil, Colombia, and Paragay, he's exactly the sort of defender that Arsenal need. I wish Wenger would take a chance on him.
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Although I would like to see him playing in my favorite foreign team, and also being a Venezuelan... I don't wanna get to excited. This is your personal opinion or does it come from something you've heard?
I saw this match utterly ridiculous reffing going on!
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Kev, they just kept getting better and you can see they play as a team. Brazil and Argentina have a lot of work to do.
Such a pleasure watching Uruguay with Suarez and Forlan. Very happy for them. Their keeper Muslera is top drawer, too.
I love Gervinho!! We could have come to Sevilla last year. I wish he had signed for us, he will be top player in a couple of years.
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N. Waleed, Venezuela was the better team and as the record shows Paraguay made it to the finals by not winning any of their matches. When you think about it football is not even Venezuela's no 1 sport - it is baseball and then comes winning beauty pageants like Ms Universe or Ms World.
for me it looks like an offside, as he was standing on the path of the ball directly, making it impossible for keeper to focus on the play
however, i still agree that Venezuela deserved victory especially with 3 balls on the post
well, what the team really deserves is a lot of respect for the big progress they did for the game in the last decade
practically they left the competition without losing any game (as the FIFA counts it in its stats, PKs is a tie)
I swear some of these managers have more doublespeak than a politician!
SO are you thinking its a good thing or a bad thing?
i hope uruguay would be a record 15th win in the copa
Why the anger, Fred S? We supported the US team wholeheartedly and wrote fairly knowledgeably about them (I don't pretend to be an expert on them). Maybe we can do more serious "reporting " after this World Cup.
N. Waleed, it was a terrible penalty. But nowhere near as bad as the goalie. That's the reason why it's gone viral. The UAE player faces sanctions for trying this cheap stunt and rightly so.
Here's the way it is.
The USA Football Team are wonderful and you guys in sports "reporting" are cheap rotten trash.
i seen this video and honestly i didnt like the penalty at all. i think it was very slow, and the keeper was very bad. i think the keeper should have saved it, and at that time, it will make more hits on youtube as one of the top bloopers of the year
The problem is with Tevez and Dimaria. They both seem to only run with the ball and not score or setup others well. Sergio Aguero should be upfront with Higuain. I cannot believe how argentina loses with such talent. Mascherano is overrated and argentina need another distributor alongside Mascherano.
Wenger has to step it up - if he has the funds ..then cmon on!!!
Matt, I think Barca are now just playing games. They have these surrogates -Xavi, Pique, the Catalan mayor all making these incendiary statements. I take your point about team morale with Fabregas but in the same token it will be a big boost if he does not go and reverse this Arsenal is a sinking ship that the media have latched onto which is dragging everybody's spirit down.
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Replace the Shoot-out with the GO! Period! - How much longer must ties in the world's game be settled by guesswork? Drop the shoot-out for Goalies out (GO!) period! - 15 minutes with no goalies. This removes two players from the field instead 20, and let's a variation on the real game decide the outcome. The GO! period would be one, high-scoring period with the players playing as they do worldwide in parks using the fundamental soccer skills of passing, dribbling, positioning, field-vision … the game of soccer!
Giovani, I thought so too - they played so well. And then came those disastrous PKs.
I really thought the us could win it all
Its weird I know a lot of people who are actually watching this - this year
While I do think the odds are slightly better that Fabregas stays, Barca would most likely be able to pick him up relatively cheap. Everyone knows he is unhappy at Arsenal and not exactly the best material for the captaincy. Fabregas is a liability to their team's morale, and the Gunners need to find a way to get rid of him.
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They're still in debt. But it's not as bad as it used to be because they floated a successful bond issue which cut the debt considerably.
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Congratulations on the classification, despite being Brazilian and be very sad with my selection! It was an exciting game, worthy of a final. It is an invitation to visit us, i´m sure like Brazil. Bjs. César Sena.
Kev: The two teams that have impressed so far have been Colombia and Chile. They look like complete teams. Both have excellent creative playmakers in Fredy Guarin and Matias Fernandez who set the tempo of the midfield. And Colombia's Falcao and Chile's Alexis Sanchez are top quality strikers.
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I think it is funny, that everywhere you look, it says. "Fred saves Brazil". I do not think, it was a save. It was just not a complete dissaster. But 2-2 agains Paraguay, can never be good enough.
I am from Denmark, and we have a Brazilien player in our league, who just said, that Brazil is on the right track and about to become as good as earlier. But to me, that is not the case. It looks like, they are far away from what they used to be.
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This game was poor in many respects. You could say it was a defensive battle, but there were so many uncompleted passes, to borrow some American football lingo, especially from the Brazilians. It was hard to watch. The Chile v. Uruguay match was far more entertaining.
This was an amazing game. Mexico deserved to win after the heroic return of Gomez and his triumphant return to the game to score this historic winning goal. Just amazing!
Two goals and an assist against a team that couldn't seem to get on track during the whole tournament doesn't make a great impact.
What she does have is great confidence and gall fueled by the complicity of refs who fail to acknowledge that quite a few of her great moves are aided by cheap fouls on her part. No one can get near to her because they will be called not her. And when she is kept in check - as was done by Guinea of all places - then she pouts, complains to the refs and throws mini temper tantrums.
Let her play true soccer and stop the theatrics. If she is so good then let her show it and only it.
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SeeingRed .... love your moniker. The referee is Gyoengyi Gaal from Hungary and she's been officiating FIFA matches for eight years. She apologized later saying she had missed the handball completely. This is not the first time she failed to see a blatantly obvious foul. In 2005, the entire Montpellier squad walked out of their semi-final match against FFC Frankfurt after an incident when one of their players was struck by the German goalkeeper. She was ejected along with the French player who received her second yellow. Montpellier's coach thought the red card should have led to a penalty. Chaos and confusion reigned for 15 minutes before the French side were persuaded to return. Gaal is not going to officiate the rest of the group matches and probably won't do so either in the knockout stage too.
Where did FIFA find this referee? FIFA is just protecting their own incompetence by blocking this video. Just as appalling as the handball were the blatant and dangerous fouls that went largely ignored or worse, met with an inane smile by this idiotic referee instead of receiving a red card. If FIFA were serious about women's soccer, rather than blocking it they would publicize the entire match video as a teaching aid on how not to ref a match.
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ForeBarca, points well taken. However I think the development of an attractive quotient becomes a drag if the product itself is flawed. This has to do with being taken seriously. The best woman player is Marta, not known for being photogenic or her product placements but Brazil has its legions of fans across the world because they've managed to replicate the success of their the male counterparts. I think Gloria Steinem's opinion matters because she had first hand knowledge of how the commodification of sexuality drove every other consideration into the ground.
I remember when Fiorentino Perez dismissed Ronaldinho claiming that the Brazilian looked like a donkey. Fiorentino Perez chose the ebullient Beckham, of course. And, yet, Ronaldinho, the uglier one, ushered in the sunshine to world football, and how he did! Yet I believe that if women can win a hefty sum as advertising caches, then they should be permitted to do so. After all, like any footballer, their career years are rather short. Without regard, most people-men and women would any day choose an attractive female over an unattractive one. So while Gloria Steinem might decry the sexualisation of women sports, there is an audience for attractive women, which, will in turn, probably result in increased sales in products that these women peddle, products such as Omega watches or Dove deodorant. On the other hand, Gloria Steinem the once attractive doyen herself worked at a Playboy club as a bunny. So, how can she decry the rather explicit sexualisation of the German women's U-20, if and when she decries it? Nonetheless, it is a sad fact of life that attractive women get more attention than the non-attractive ones, even in world football.
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There are some sentiments that were brought up here that are important to shed light on. The US soccer market has to continue to warm up and catch up to Mexico. Clearly, still a different class of player on Mexico's squad. All the money pumped into Futball creates class players. No American player could have scored the goal that Dos Santos did. Bottom line is who is televising and paying for tickets? Speak the dominant language represented. I watched on Univision.
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Agree completely...I watched the match here in Costa Rica, where it was broadcast on a national network, and found it much more enjoyable with commentary in Spanish.
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Neymar has great skills, i would love to see him at barca. (he wants it himself). But Barcac Coach Guardiola says no to Neymar :/
B.Smith09: RVP is not a classic centerforward. He does not really have the aerial capability or the quickest feet in the box. His best position is just behind such a player but unfortunately there is no one capable at Arsenal at the present moment - both Bendtner and Chamakh have proved disappointing. His 18 goals are a testimony to all those qualities that you've listed above but imagine how much more potent Arsenal would've been if RVP had gotten one consistent partner.
RVP secondary striker? 18 goals this season 2 back behind the leaders...and he didnt even play a full season...the man can stand alone on the front line he has the intelligence, finesse, and finish to change a game in one run.
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Kev: Not too shabby I've to say. That Paul Scholes he done alright, I reckon!
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They're a great team pretty much at their peak. Arsenal and Man Utd tried to play a decent standard and didn't just try to stop them, which is admirable. Problem is, Barca are on a different level to anyone at the moment.What United really lacked more than anything was composure from the midfield.Thanks for sharing this,great information .
Barcelona is flat out unbelievable! Those guys play like they have eyes in the back of their heads. The space that they keep between each other is like a geometric masterpiece! One guy runs with the ball and two others stop in their tracks to create a perfect triangle...its amazing!!!
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Kev: I think the best bet would be to start Darren Fletcher for his disruptive qualities - his tackling has an edge and might force Xavi just enough out of his rhythm for Utd to mount some effective counter attacks. If he's not fit then Carrick who is obviously a more complete holding midfielder. Rooney will probably be on Busquets because he's the link between the backfield and midfield and a lot of the movement originates from him. Jonathan Wilson made an observation that Park Ji Sung is possibly Utd's best defensive midfielder/winger because of his superb tracking skills which will be used to pin back Alves. Valencia comes in handy with his crosses which is where Utd have an advantage and service from the right to Hernandez and Rooney could trouble the central pair of Pique and Puyol. I think it will be vital for Utd to go for the opening goal that was denied two years ago so both Rooney and Hernandez should start. My starting line up is VdS- Rafael- Vidic- Ferd- Evra, Valencia -Fletcher- Giggs- Ji Sung Park, Rooney - Hernandez.
Klaus: It could well be Peter Schmeichel because of the longevity of his Man Utd career. Most goalies are long term investments. But my point is who made the most impact in his first year/ debut considering the amount paid. Usually they happen to be strikers. I don't think there will be too many to compare to Hernandez.
Ferguson's best value signing was Peter Schmeichel for 600.000 pounds. Hernandez might be the best valued strikers (you are also only comparing him with other strikers), but Schmeichel has to be the overall best valued.
That question was hardly a go at Giggs. Still though, it will keep anyone else from going there in the run-up. Awful timing for Giggs. But Fergie let it be known in no uncertain terms, he has got his players' backs!
Starting lineup:
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Seems to me the real question is who to start in the middle of the park? Rooney will likely play withdrawn and defend the deep Barca midfielder like he was dispatched to do against Chelsea. Fletcher would be the go to guy but is he fit? Then Anderson for his better tackling over Carrick? And then is it Scholes or Giggs who starts? Finally, at right back, speed over experience? Would love to hear your thoughts.
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Neil: Neil Lennon was reacting to a dangerous provocation. What if the fan had succeeded in harming him? If he leaves Celtic it will be because of danger to his physical well being. Which is a huge shame because he is not bad news for the club- they are actually doing very well under him.
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Im a Rangers fan,i dont agree with what happened last nite,but i do seem to remember Neil Lennon attempting to jump on the guys head is that not assault aswell based on the fact that the guy missed him????Also during this game a Hearts player was sent off for lashing out at Charlie Mulgrew shouldnt he be in the dock aswell if ur gona charge a fan then shouldnt it be the same for a player??I dont mean to sound biased or for what happened but surely Celtic will look at this and realise that Lennon brings Bad News to there club....
Football, City's achievements can be viewed as remarkable given the monotony of Mancini's need for 3 holding midfielders. I've not seen a club loaded with such attacking talent play so timidly. Only Carlos Tevez and David Silva break that mould. I think Spurs have a bit of an Arsenal problem - no finisher and shaky at the back.
Kev: There is an article in the Guardian where he categorically says he will stay in Porto. So you're right. The problem he faces is retaining players especially Falcao.
Villa Boas will move on eventually but it is likely he will stay with Porto for another season to try to have a successful run the Champions League. They've already won the league; they are in the final of the Portuguese cup after scoring 3 goals away to Benfica in the 2nd leg, winning 3-2; and in the final of the Europa Cup. They are odds on to make the treble and then he can try for a repeat of the UEFA/UCL double a la Jose.
Spurs seems to have played a bit better. It is a pity Crouch scored this stupid own goal to waste Spurs' efforts and send City to Champions League. Nevertheless, City's achievements are remarkable this season.
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Andrew and all Man Utd fans: Congratulations! You deserve it. This was not the best Utd team by far but in terms of rising to the occasion it ranks second to none. There were significant moments when they looked like they had feet of clay. But self belief is so powerful. And can we say Sir Alex was canny enough to realize Chicharito's potential and to retain Rooney after his gold digging ways. Rooney has matured into the complete offensive weapon. You're the side that plays 38 games the best they can and the result show that desire. It was touching to see Sir Bobby Charlton's look of utter delight at the prospect of a 19th title. The most storied club in English history.
As a United fan, I'm in wonderland today. However, I have to say, Ancelotti deserves all the credit in the world for even bringing Chelsea back into this title race. It would be a travesty if he were to be sacked for a trophyless season, although I couldn't really blame him if he walked, what with the constant undermining from Abramovich, and having to deal with the insanity and infiltration of the London media on a daily basis within his club. I can confidently say that short of somehow resigning Mourinho, they will not find a better manager than the one they have now.
Fantastic, Manchester United always seem to come through when it counts. The atmosphere in Manchester today is fantastic.
His comment is racist pure and simple. Why did he single out the blacks? Because we are the monkeys making spain not to achieve anything till they got rid of us? How convenient! I think the Europeans with all their civilization are past this point.
Basilio: I appreciate your sentiments. After reading some more, Laurent Blanc might have advocated changes in the training process to favour technical skills more than speed and strength but he then resorted to racial stereotypes to make his point. In doing so he overlooks black footballers who used skill and craft to become the players they are - Thierry Henry, Patrick Vieira, Claude Makelele come to mind. In the USA it used to be no black could be a quarterback in American football because they were perceived to lack the vision and the decision making skills. Now every other quarterback is black. Blanc used racism to make a point and that is why his statements are so damaging. As for the dual nationality issue, it appears French players of other European origin have proven to be opportunists. They have poisoned the well for a larger group of players that are black and players of N.African origin. This quota system is skewed against them.
I'm sorry, but who says Blanc is racist or even wanted to do anything racist. Blanc was looking forward to change, improve the youth selection and education in football. For many years, the DTN prefered to hire young guys really athletics, in order to develop a strong game. Viera, Thuram, they come from this generation, this positive discrimination where your strenght, power, and dynamism were more important than technic. Black people are far more athletic, in football, than any other. They stand strongly, mainly in the defense lines. Is that racism? No, because it's because of their skills that they go there. Blanc wants to develop a me spanish game, with more "electric" players, smaller, faster...so he wants to look to youngster who have those skills when they were eliminated early in their carrier before. He just wants to make a balance.
Then looking at the nationality stuff, yeah, that's annoying for a coach, a manager, or a federation to lose all this potential (and they paid to develop it...) because any Polish (like recently) or Ivorian or whatever, federation offers them a selection early in their carrier when the way the French national team seems still far away. So, Blanc, wanted to have a better look to those questions. That's why he talked about it. And as a busy and honnest man, he did not took two hours to say what he wanted to say when he could say it in a few words. Because he also never imagined that anyone would tell him one day that he was racist! Because, deep inside him, he is just not!
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Bil: Couldn't agree more. Barca came off best in these series because it was a better football team. But I blame Mourinho - Real has some great players but he's not exploited their talents with his anti-football. Every club he goes to has to wallow in filth but it does not seem to matter how he does it because he is so successful.
Kev: I think that was Franck de Bleeckere, the referee's assessment too. It should have been in fairness a free kick because of Pique's interference. Barca seems to neatly divide between divers and non divers. Busquets, Alves, Pedro, Masch on one end and on the other end of the spectrum Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, Villa who remain mostly upright. Its as if Pep Guardiola delegated roles for a plan C. But I don't think this will happen against Utd. English clubs and fans are harder on divers and Barca wouldn't want that spectacle to define them with the world watching Wembley on 28th May.
Does it matter to any sane football fan if it was goal or not? The referees always make mistakes, it's part of the game, isn't it?
If Real was a greater team than Barcelona in these series then it would have qualified with or without the help of two refs. Instead its world-classed players chose to compete themselves in cards, controversial fouls and famous post-game quotes.
Believe me or not, even such a tragic mistake doesn't spoil a match more or less than any other mistake during a match.
So in the end, everything is a matter of perspective.
He will never stack up to Diego maradona unless he single handedly wins for a Napoli like club and brings 2 world cups home for Argentina
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I believe Ronaldo tried to take out Mascherano but he disguised it well, didn't he? Or could you make the argument that Pique started the dominoes tumbling? Anyways...
Still though, the Barca players go down far too easily. What makes you think it will stop when the play Schalke or United? I'm not making excuses for brutal tacklers but divers bring it on themselves. See CR7 in the EPL. Messi, on the other hand, rides tackles and it reminds me of seeing old George Best footage. I have rarely seen Messi dive or bitch and moan like so many others do. As a United fan, I'm hoping 1) we can finish off Schalke and 2) have a better showing against Barca in the final, this time around.
N. Waleed: I agree. Pepe came charging with his right leg up and it was clear that he was not playing the ball. It is also a matter of his reputation - he's been suspended for 10 matches following his assault on a Getafe player kicking and stamping on him repeatedly.
he will still deserve a red card
law of the game, injuring a player, or an attempt to injure him is the same
similar to the first red card in a world cup final in 1990 to argentina. if you checked it carefully, Monzon didn't hit Klinsman but was intending to
Renato: I did watch the game and am equally aware that Pedro and Busquets acted most shamefully. Pepe's tackle is in dispute but the referee made a reputation call. Diarra and Adebayor should have been booked a few times over. So there were quite a few villains on Real's part too. Plus, they played so negatively unlike the Copa Del Rey. Mourinho clearly was playing for a draw and sneaking in a goal. Its as if he had no attacking options.
Arsenal won against both Chelsea and United on Emirates. It's a pity they didn't manage to win against much weaker opposition and registered so many draws instead. Ramsey has a bright future at Arsenal and is a player to watch next season.
Sorry but you are completely and totally wrong... you must have not watched the game... it was clearly on barcelonas side.. . so you are saying that real won copa del rei by lucky?? go watch games dude and not be worried about anybodys accounts...
All big Indian companies like Reliance, Bharati, Toyota, Honda etc. should take Soccer as a passion. (Soccer can be a big business in future)Indian Soccer just requires one small push. Should grow along with Economy at pace of 8 to 10%, State & central government to give some incentives to foot ball clubs. I love to see India winning AFC in my life time. Unfortunately dirty cricket killed all games of India.
British: Falcao, Cardozo, Matias Fernandez, Fabio Coentrao are all set for big summer transfers. The Portugese league has been sending up quality players for a while. Looking forward to a Porto vs Benfica final.
Kev: Mourinho's tactics should have been to go all out for a win at home. Real have a very good record at the Bernabeu. He had the choice of Benzema/ Higuain to partner Ronaldo and Kaka to improve creativity. The problem is whereas in Inter, Mourinho could rely on Zanetti, Maicon, Lucio, Samuel and Motta at their best; the Real defense does not measure up in quality. Arbeloa, Albiol, Ramos, Marcelo with Pepe are not in the same class. Florentino Perz built this team to attack - even the Madrid press is showing its disapproval of Mou's negative tactics.
Porto proved once again they deserve to win the Europa League title. Falcao is one of the best strikers in Europe now and many big clubs will make offers to Porto for transferring him.
I too wondered about his tactics for this match. If you take Mourinho at his word, he was trying to keep it 0-0 as long as possible. With Adebayor at the half, he put in a striker and he claims for the "third phase", he would have gone with two or three strikers, I forget his exact words. That would be a late game punch and would minimize the Barca threat. Seems quite reasonable tactics vs a side like Barca.
Good catch, Kev. I remember that clearly.
Mourinho left out the Lehmann red card against Barca in the CL final.
Mourinho's men face a really tough travel to Camp Nou in the second-leg of this semifinal. Barcelona will definitely play the Wembley final against United.
I feel sorry for Blackpool with their current situation. They are the team playing some exciting football if you compare with other promoted teams from last season. They are not scared to attack against any team as the game against man united demostrated. I hope they survive for another season.
man united just defeated schalke. top class! schalke had absolutelly no chanse! amazing pass by rooney. loved the game. hope tomorrow's game will be enjoable too!
Hi Rob: Somehow that 30 + miles to Gillette has a lot to do with it. Even the Red Bulls nominally a New York team is less than 10 miles away in their Harrison, NJ home. The Revs should be jumping on the soccer specific stadium bandwagon. Kansas and Houston are moving to new stadiums and DC United could also get their wish for a new home away from cavernous RFK if their financial wranglings are sorted out.
Speaking as a Revolution season-ticket holder, who's been to many a lonely night at cavernous Gillette Stadium, the location also has a lot to do with it. It's far from Boston. Couple that with a couple years of lousy, uninspiring play, zero or bad marketing, and a city that expects the best, and it's not going to be a success. They're doing more things right this year, but a downtown stadium will always be the key to making a big leap.
bravo kaka! mourinho should put him against barca in champions league!
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Once again, Arsenal missed a good opportunity. They could have been just 4 points behind United now if they only had known how to hold on to that lead. Besides, 6 draws in 10 matches is a bit too much. They wasted all their chances of winning the title this season.
I think he is also a member of The Bilderberg Group. At least this is what i've read, to be honest he scares me.
Bale deserves this award as he is a phenomenal player. Besides, he is expected to improve in the years to come.
Hernandez had showed consistency and proved his talent as a five-star striker.
As we Americans say, he comes through in the clutch. He'll have a long memorable career, no doubt.
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Add in the Scholes red card and Berbatov's two missed chances and you can safely conclude that United gave it away. Berba was a bit unlucky. Hart made a great save on the first one and the second chance tap in was rising as it came to him. But credit to Citeh for defending well.
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And lets not forget Ji Sung Park. One of the biggest names on the Man Utd bench.
KevNYC: I think Wilkins dismissal was one of the factors but there are others - Chelsea's lack of depth on the bench. They have Gael Kakuta and Josh McEachren while United can call on Giggs, Chicharito, Berbatov. Another is the demise of Frank Lampard. There was a time when he would have taken Malouda's pass and blasted it past Van der Sar. Ancelotti also relies on a 4-4-2 which loses attacking power because its two central midfielders are essentially holding. Plus, this is a Chelsea team that is definitely on the older side.
Chelsea were unstoppable at the beginning of the season and then after the Wilkins dismissal, something happened. They went downhill fast. There must have been some internal strife or it was simply irrefutable evidence of Ancelotti's lack of power?
Zoky: An equally corrupt organization like FIFA is suspending the FFBH for corruption?? This will be the first time. When FIFA suspends football associations it has to do mostly with representation and political interference. Kenya got suspended because it had two rival football authorities, the same with Poland. Greece and Iran were suspended because the governments were deemed to have meddled in the affairs of the football associations. The big loss is to the BH team fighting for Euro qualification. I can't see patriotic Bosnians supporting that decision. And thanks for the correction on Arkan - for some reason I thought he was a Partizan Belgrade supporter.
Chelsea have been clearly dominant party has had several chances to score a goal but today it has found a calling Vander Sar wall looking very safe throughout the party, which has much merit unemployed has prevented Chelsea scored a goal. It is certainly showing very good form.
Rooney scored the only goal with which Manchester United has been winner of the match but my opinion is an unfair result but this is football not always play to win the best if not the scores more goals.
You got some facts wrong here mate. First of all, all the people and football players in Bosnia are supporting this FIFA/UEFA decision, because it will finally force FFBH corrupted leadership that did nothing good to Bosnian football out. Most of them didn't have any football careers and people demanded their replacement for a long time but couldn't do anything about it. Everybody is cheering to the appointing of the 6 member commission that will permanently replace those figures that were poisoning Bosnia&Herzegovina football for years. On a side note, war criminal Arkan had nothing to do with Partizan Belgrade but he was the leader of Red Star Belgrade fans.
this was a very enterntaining game, i think Manchester United just got closer to winning the championship, i dont see arsenal making a last run for it. Too bad chicharito didnt play! And good for berbatov that keeps increasing his goal count....Now lets wait to see how the champions league game against chelsea will be....
The E: I was being tongue in cheek. Of course, these celebrations are quite silly and have nothing on the real ones like a dance, or a back flip, or saluting the fans. But they've been a rash of these "look at me, I'm so cool" ones in the recent past.
What is a player do to celebrate? I don't know, one of the millions of other celebrations that players manage to do that doesn't even breaking the rules of the game.
Taking Jersey's off? Boring, Don't care. Swearing in a camera and breaking broadcast laws? Still Don't care. Wearing a mask? Still. Really. Don't. Care.
All the good and creative celebrations do not involve any of those.
Just a shout out to all soccer players!! You rock!
this was a fantastic game. iniesta is genious! i think he is one of the best midlefielders in the world af all time.
barca had some mistakes in deffence, but shakhtar was unable to use thes mistakes, maybe better club could do it.
we all are waiting for el classico in champions league. wish i could watch it on stadium
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Chelsea controlled the game, they just could not score, they're really not lucky
Did you know the term Soccer originated in England as an affectionate name for the game. In the US, the popular game, Gridiron is known as Football. It has always been this way.
In Australia and New Zealand, the various rugby codes are known as Football, affectionately known as 'Footie.' It has always been this way.
The game known as Football in Europe is also known in Europe as Soccer.
When you say football, it means different things in different countries. When you say Soccer, EVERY country on the planet knows what game you're talking about.
You can insist on calling it Football but when you say the word SOCCER, the confusion stops.
Why are we being told we now have to call it Football? Rugby will always be football here in Australia and you better believe Gridiron will always be called Football in the US. Why legalise confusion? The controlling federation for the whole world until recently had the word Soccer in its title. Who is the person with nothing useful to do that started this push to tell us we cannot call Soccer, Soccer? Let's reverse this childish stupidity and call it what we always have.
Football means different things in different countries.
Soccer always means Soccer, The Beautiful Game!
Ralph Graham
Spitz: Some of Wenger's decisions have been baffling. Where to begin? Not buying a central defender in the transfer season. Starting Nasri down the right instead of centrally. Persisting with Walcott as a winger when he's more comfortable as a striker. Taking out Arshavin when he looks most likely to score. Waiting for 60 minutes or more to make a substitution. Persisting with players who've become stale and ineffective like Denilson, Diaby, Eboue, and Rosicky. And the worst of them all, the decision not to go for a quality goalkeeper.
wow..great news..is MJ played soccer?
That's was cool. And great they made it right.
My sentiments exactly.
Manchester Utd. can show the character and tactical adjustments to come back from 2-0 down against a team desperate to avoid relegation, yet we can't break through against Blackburn.
I'm also pretty concerned with our tactics when we force crosses into the box REPEATEDLY against a larger, more physical team while Bendtner and Chamakh are on the bench. Apparently Van Persie, Nasri and Arshavin are more desirable aerial threats.
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You're right Roy. My idea was that he'd be able to use his athleticism in isolated scenarios. But a football mind which comes from experience and honed spacial creativity is even at a premium at the highest levels of the game. I didn't mean for it to sound like he'd make the team or anything. But I'm not sold on the idea that he's unable to grasp soccer principles solely because he's hardwired to think like an American Football player. I'm of the opinion that the jury's still out on his footballing IQ and his limitations are the situational awareness and technique that come from years of development experience from an early age.
haha that was completely goofy! Ha he chested the ball perfectly down and then looked like he just got smacked on the head because he was looking all over for the ball. That sucks cuz then his team lost possession of the ball.
Wow what a goal!!
The ones I grew up with were the TANGO AND AZTECA.BEST EVER!
i think the whole talk about qatar temperature is bit exaggerated. it won't be any worse than 1994 WC at USA when players had to adapt to playing at noon at a very sunny day.
i am from saudi, and we got very similar climate, and all kids and guys play extremely normal. I got to mention including European Expats as I used to play with one of the British/European Expat team (lol so i was the foreign player for them)
usually we play 4:30 PM without any problems. When we get around mid-July to mid-Sep, yes, actually, you gotta play at night, and for those whose their fitness can afford it.
Any other parts of the year, if you excuse by weather heat, I tell you, you will look anything but a real man.
the hope that the video replay will be used as a political lobbying tool vs. Blatter
not that hammam is good, but seems he knows how to play the political game
i was disappointed anyhow that platini didnt nominate himself for FIFA, as he was my hope to have such a respected figure who played the game and almost knows everything about it (despite his comments before that he is a http://www.billigachanel.com/chanel-vaskor/chanel-ladervaror/chanel-vaskor.htmlgainst videos)
Just like to point out that a scam is a scam, there's nothing like nigerian scam...
The world is full of scammers doing different scams all the time...I'm not aware of British scam or American scam but scams do take place in these countries.
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okay, best three players today are all 5ft7in and Snejider who we can say also deserved the award in a way, was 5f7i
i always say
skills gives you 1point in soccer
physical ability adds a 0 (total is 10)
mental skills adds a 0 (total is 100)
professionalism adds a 0 (total is 1000)
if skills gones, you end up with zeros only
and little bit of my glossary
physical ability: is a combination of physical strength, speed and flexibility
Spitz, not taking away the athleticism of Ochocinco at all - he's all of that. But soccer has different visuo spatial skills required. It is also relatively unscripted compared to the NFL which make picking up its nuances more difficult. The soccer coach has relatively little to do while football is a beehive of intense sideline activity. It will be a huge change after 10 years.
Kev: I think there is this self selection aspect at work in the bigger soccer playing countries too - usually it is rugby that gets the jocks. But the reasons the US is unable to compete at the highest levels is not because the game is being bypassed by the likes of Vick, Owens, or Ochocinco. Rather it is the level and intensity of exposure. Promising soccer players don't have the sort of academies or the intense training regimens that one dedicates the rest of their lives to as in Europe or S. America. Being a part of a weaker regional conference like the CONCACAF which assures WC participation without really breaking into a sweat does not help either.
Patrick: Thanks. The beauty of soccer is that the most supremely gifted players do not have to have to be physically intimidating or of a particular height requirement. Which is not the case in the NFL or NBA. The only exception I can think of is Jerry Rice.
n.waleed, the player was Mauro Tassotti and he elbowed Luis Enrique in the face bloodying him. He received an 8 match ban.
not too optimistic
video was used to punish players after the game since long time like what happened in QF WC94 of Italy Spain, dont recall the italian player but he was suspended few games, as he punched a spanish player
the hope that the video replay will be used as a political lobbying tool vs. Blatter
not that hammam is good, but seems he knows how to play the political game
i was disappointed anyhow that platini didnt nominate himself for FIFA, as he was my hope to have such a respected figure who played the game and almost knows everything about it (despite his comments before that he is against videos)
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Well written Shourin. The leap to soccer, even for the most gifted athlete, is daunting if not impossible.
Interesting. During this past WC when there was regular radio coverage, in the US, of WC games, the local NYC sports talk radio guys actually spoke about soccer in a non-disparaging way. One theme was that the US will only be able to compete at the highest level when athletes like Ochocinco and Terrell Owens and Michael Vick etc are playing soccer. Imagine Ochocinco as your Peter Crouch-like target man or Gooch-like defender. Michael Vick as your attacking midfielder. Will it happen? As an example, look at how the wide receiver position has changed in past several years. The big and fast receivers now dominate.
Maybe a bit harsh. Chad will most likely have the troubles in tight-space possession that come from time away from the game. But his foundation should be such that it's a matter of time before he's able to improvise & express himself as well as impose his athleticism on the game. He has also instantiated unfamiliar skills into his training regimen to keep his focus and adaptivity levels high for some time now.
Anon, your point about certain players going for the ride is well taken - Denilson, Eboue, Rosicky, Diaby. They just don't have the passion or the commitment. That is because Wenger mollycoddles them - he blames it on the refereeing, the pitch, the lack of height. Everything but them. And Walcott is wasted as a winger - he should be developed as a striker. We would not need Bendtner then. Arshavin seems to be improving in demeanour- he is more assertive after the Barca goal. Which bodes well because he's such a talent.
Here I want to point out a conundrum.
Wenger has instilled a sense of discipline in his players off the pitch. He's had zero tolerance for the Jermain Pennants and David Bentleys. But this sense seems to vanish once on the pitch - Arsenal's self inflicted wounds are too numerous. Unlike Rooney, Andy Caroll, or John Terry who seem to want to shag every other man's WAG, crash their cars, or end up urinating on someone's porch/ porsche. But come match time these players are the embodiment of commitment. Rooney is a perfect example - he's tabloid sleaze, but on the field, he's motoring around finding ways to contribute even when he's not scoring goals. On the other hand, the Arsenal players can be brought to mum, are just slackers barring a few on match day.
Can't quite explain it except between SAF and Wenger, there seems to be a difference when it comes to where a zero tolerance policy should be applied.
Good memory, Bossman! Would love to see a different winner other than the usual suspects.
I recall you writing this post 4 years ago. Prescient.
How times have changed.
After a 40 minute wait last week, I finally got through the online queuing system and got ready to purchase a couple of Arsenal vs. Liverpool tickets.
For the first time ever, after a few minutes of contemplation, I closed the window and thought 'fuck it'. Two tickets would have cost me £120 (face value) and then when you add food and travel you're looking at £150 for 90 minutes of football. Poor football.
I don't mind the fact that Arsenal lose, in all the years I've been supporting them, there have been plenty of disappointments along the way: it's part of football and something every fan should accept. The thing I do mind however, is paying £150 to watch a bunch of disorganised, lazy and accident prone amateurs.
I don't consider myself to be a biased supporter. I'll hold my hands up when we are beaten by the better team (Barcelona x2 years) and I can accept that every team has the odd blip on the radar. Win or lose, all I ask of my team is commitment and effort. And not the fake type that Arsene keeps rattling on about in his post-fight press conferences. REAL commitment... like the old days.
But this current team are becoming a joke.
No doubt, Arsene is a great business man and has spotted some incredible talent over the years, but in recent times it seems that he has become a stubborn old fool. For the fourth successive season he has stuck with players that are simply not good enough: players that have had a chance to prove themselves time and time again but have fallen flat...
Denilson. His recent performances have been pitiful. Next time we play watch his lack of effort and commitment. Doesn't press, doesn't have any urgency. He'll take the wages with no trouble though.
Walcott. I feel sorry for Theo because in my opinion he isn't a winger. Theo has incredible pace but the truth is, his footballing brain and ball control aren't up-to-scratch. Most of the problems stem from position: because he plays so wide, he has to always cut inside to get a shot away or work a through-ball: not his greatest talent. I say just put him up front and have his pace scare other teams into submission. Running in a straight line and at goal he's frightening, and he's not a bad finisher.
Eboue. Why is he still on the books?
Rosicky. Not a bad player and a likeable guy, but just not good enough. His goal tally for an attacking midfielder isn't going to win championships. Simple.
Goalkeeper. I believe this is pure stubbornness on Arsene's part. He knows there is a problems there: the fans know there's a problem there. The truth is, sometimes you have to pay over-the-odds for a player - that's the cold, hard fact of this league. I think he's cutting off his nose to spite his face and the team (and fans) are suffering as a result.
Bendtner. If the Arsenal team won trophies based on arrogance and chit-chat alone, no doubt, Nicklas Bendtner would have won the league by himself. Awful, nervous first touch and always bizarrely out of position. How many times do you see him run into the box as a cross is about to be delivered? And I'm sick of his hot-potato, quick tap-back to the halfway line when he recieves the ball in a threatening area. His instinct for goal is appalling. In my opinion, he had a golden chance to silence his critics in the dying minutes of the Barcelona game. Ultimately, we were proved right.
Diaby. The new Patrick Viera? I don't think so. Ironically, they are both playing in the same league at the moment and I know who I'd rather have in a red shirt. Once again, no passion and no awareness.
One final point. The thing I find the biggest mystery of all is the players who are criticised and side-lined in place of these misfits. Vela (better than Bendtner and hardly given a chance), Ramsey (loaned to Cardiff... why?), and why is Arshavin always singled out? Out of all the Arsenal players, he's the one who genuinely seems to care. He loses the ball; he tracks back. He gets a chance; he shoots. The truth is, he's always been inconsistent and erratic. He was having a nightmare against Liverpool and then popped up with 4 goals: same can be said of the Barcelona game. He might not be the perfect article but you know what you're going to get from him and he's never been any different.
I don't see anything for Man U to be scared of this season. The title is there's, no worries.
Actually, Ferdinand is out for the season, which all but eliminates United's already slim hopes of winning the Champions League. Additionally, Rafael is out for at least 3 weeks, John O'Shea for 5 weeks, Wes Brown is also now injured, though it is not yet determined for how long, and Vidic is expected to be back for West Ham, though not guaranteed.
The only defenders left for United at this point are Evra, Smalling, Fabio, and David Gill's son Oliver, who has never once featured for the club. Needless to say, for once, this international break is a relief and may just save United's hide here, assuming that we don't lose more players on international duty.
Elsewhere in the team, Park is back, Hargreaves is training (fingers crossed), Anderson may return to training in two weeks, and Darren Fletcher continues to be sidelined by a mystery virus that has plagued him and ruined his form for the majority of this season.
However, if Vidic isn't back for West Ham, or soon after, the title is anyone but United's. Carrick, while a very versatile player, is no centre back.
Also, according to Stuart Holden's Twitter, the injury news isn't good for him, although he did not go into specifics. Hopefully it's nothing nearly as severe as the injury he picked up against Holland last summer.
I am looking forward to watch this fantastic match and find out how Chelsea will redeem themselves with the unforgettable loss against Man Utd.
I am looking forward to watch this fantastic match and find out how Chelsea will redeem themselves with the unforgettable loss against Man Utd.
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oh i enjoyd yesterdays night so much!!! great play.. nice football..
I totally agree with you about pepe. i'm a real madrid fan but i hate this player. HE MUST BE BANNED for more than 10 matches. seems that it's not enoufh for him!
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This is a great move by Wenger. Hopefully Lehmann hasn't lost his touch since he retired. The last thing the Gunners need is another mistake-prone keeper. Lehmann was slightly known for his gaffs, but still better than Almunia.
That's exactly the point .... RVP's sending off had little bearing on the match. We would have still struggled to keep the ball and Messi would have scored anyway. Busacca's decision was terrible but more importantly it gave Wenger another chip on the shoulder. But I agree with your point - the refereeing is getting bad to worse.
Wenger is famous for deflecting attention on to other people, specifically referees, when his side aren't performing. If he didn't have a history of doing this, I'm sure we'd all sympathise with him. Yes, Busacca shouldn't have sent RVP off; it was an awful call. But Wenger has to deal with it, and the fact of the matter is, Arsenal wouldn't have won the game even if he had of stayed on the pitch. What's done is done.
As for Busacca, he summed up the general feel about referees at the moment. Subsiding standards. And there seems to be action taken by FIFA, or the FA or any other governing body about poor refereeing. Something has to be done.
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George, that exchange led to RVP getting his first yellow - totally unnecessary. Wenger should have tried calming down his main striker. I am a huge Arsenal and Wenger fan. But it is getting a bit tiresome to see these attacks of paranoia.
A war of words? I really wouldn't call Abidal putting a hand around RVP's throat and RVP cursing of off a 'war of words'. Sounds a like a little bit of a biased review.
I posted this after the Carling Cup nonsense...
This team is littered with mistakes...
Jens Lehmann - Barcelona. CL final 05/06 (Early sending off)
Gael Clichy - Birmingham 2008 (Caught sleeping and gave away a needless penalty)
Gael Clichy - Tottenham 2008 (Gave ball to Jenas at 4-2, which led to goal)
Lukas Fabianski - Stoke 2010 (Too many to name)
Lukas Fabianski/Sol Cambell - FC (Fumbled once and then the back-pass debacle)
Laurent Koscielny/Wojciech Szczesny - Carling Cup Final. Birmingham 2011 (No communication gave away late goal)
Kieren Gibbs - CL Semi Final. Man U. 2009 (slipped and allowed Park to score early away goal)
There's probably loads more.
Bottom line is: leagues titles and cup finals are decided by these induvidual errors. This team is not mentally equiped to deal with the big occasion. Fact.
You can now add this...
Cesc Fabregas - Barcelona. CL 2011 (Needless backheel in the 46th minute)
The list continues to grow *sigh*
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Great goals. Good for Argentina
This team is littered with mistakes...
Jens Lehmann - Barcelona. CL final 05/06 (Early sending off)
Gael Clichy - Birmingham 2008 (Caught sleeping and gave away a needless penalty)
Gael Clichy - Tottenham 2008 (Gave ball to Jenas at 4-2, which led to goal)
Lukas Fabianski - Stoke 2010 (Too many to name)
Lukas Fabianski/Sol Cambell - FC (Fumbled once and then the back-pass debacle)
Laurent Koscielny/Wojciech Szczesny - Carling Cup Final. Birmingham 2011 (No communication gave away late goal)
Kieren Gibbs - CL Semi Final. Man U. 2009 (slipped and allowed Park to score early away goal)
There's probably loads more.
Bottom line is: leagues titles and cup finals are decided by these induvidual errors. This team is not mentally equiped to deal with the big occasion. Fact.
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That's crazy. How sterile an environment do we need to create for our kids?
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I don't think he's very good, the same as his recent Man City hat-trick, he should have scored more goals.
Really strange that he's at Real Madrid now, be he can't believe his luck! lol
i do love a close game its what football is all about.
lol this is from the saudi league
i didn't know about this throw
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n. waleed, it would appear that Abdel Aziz Bouteflika of Algeria is next facing a people's revolt of his emergency rule. What a turnaround. All that bad blood forgotten as Algerians inspired obviously by what happened in Egypt and Tunisia. And in an interesting twist the Italian government could fall as Silvio Berlusconi faces protests as he's investigated for a sex scandal involving an underage Moroccan girl!
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yesterday was a historical day, not just for Egypt, but for the whole Middle East. Yesterday was the collapse of Berlin wall of the Middle East.
Egypt is the heart beat of the whole region, and for the last four decades, the region was sleeping because Egypt was so.
Celebrations went in most of the Arab countries, many of them went into streets. I went with family here in saudi arabia to dinner outside to celebrate the great news, and the restaurant was distributing flowers.
The most interesting thing that people in Algeria went down to streets to celebrate, but the police stopped them and had some confrontations. Algerian government worried a lot that the domino impact will reach them (which already started today).
The whole Algeria-Egypt thing was created by both governments, especially son of Hosny, Gamal Mubarak who escaped to London after the first week of revolution. Last year he was the one who escalated the incident, so people got around him.
He was supposed to be the next president, but now it is just history.
Let's hope that this change will be for the best, which all indications are in that direction so far. This will improve the whole region.
yesterday was one of best days in my life
we consider it as the best event i seen in my lifetime, and many friends say i knew it is coming, but never thought we will live long to see it
this is my favorite pix for this wonderful event
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Way to go bro.. i guess liverpoo are getting rejuvenated ... thank god
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Tim, that may have been the linesman's thinking too but there was no way one could interpret that as Kos deliberately trying to backpass to Szczesny. It was quite clear that he was aware of Saha but the ball accidentally rebounded off him. Many commentators have said that this would just lead to teams trying to exploit rebounds in similar fashion to keep strikers onside. Yes, Lee Mason did have an horrendous game. 8 yellow cards - 29 fouls called.
Interesting that Moyes thought it was offside too. My understanding is that because Koscielny made a deliberate attempt to play the ball, that nullifies the offside so the goal should have stood technically. If it had been an accidental rebound/deflection then Saha would have been offside. Of course, I would argue that Kos only played the ball in the first place because he knew Saha was there - an instinctive and understandable reaction for a defender.
Regardless, the fact is the goal stood but we won anyway.
For me, the biggest problem is the offside rule itself. There are so many nuances, and even players and managers don;t fully understand it. The job of the officials is hard enough as it is without having to interpret all these grey areas.
Having said that, Lee Mason had a stinker. He lost control of the game early on by not punishing overly physical play with yellow cards, and for constantly refusing to play advantage. Useless.
I read Agostinelli's latest WSJ article. Made me smile from ear to ear. I am happy knowing there are powerful men out there who preach what others fear to state...the truth. The man is a legend!
Go Germany!
Barcelona are formidable at the moment, they just cannot stop scoring. I was keeping track of the scores at my blog http://www.soccerbettingpredictions.org/live-football-scores/
This is not the "other" Ronaldo. This is the real, original, better Ronaldo!
Berbatov is master class. He isn't faster, stronger, or more skillful than most players, but he has fantastic awarness, and a very smart football brain. Brains over talent all day long. Just ask Wayne Rooney. All the talent, no brains. Sorry Wazza, but its true!
Classic contender for best own goal AND best goal of the season. Have not seen many great goals this year at all. This one is great!
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Wow - how refreshing to see another team at the toip, this is what makes football so interesting.
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Nine months ago, this would have seemed impossible, but Holloway has put together a squad that can survive in this Division.
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the local news came that this 22 years old player who scored both goals is a saudi who was discovered by qatar scouts in 2002 (i.e. when he was 14). he is from my city jeddah.
same exact story happened with previous qatar team keeper. a guy from senegal playing in one of the famous "district non-official leagues".
there were few other stories like that. they got scouts living in saudi.
i found it very smart. a country with less than half million locals but with very good administration know how to exploit talents and where to find them.
in contrary, saudi, rich in population 23 million locals with rich talents and passionate for football. however, worst sport system.
talents are not used, a lot of money spoiling the players and their discipline. also, making them too costly to move to europe.
bad atmosphere for national team (they changed coach 24 times since 1994 WC), last was few days ago. today, saudi was first to exist asian cup.
till 1994 we had fairly okay soccer federation, and this why saudi team did well.
then the new administration took over till now.
unless it changed, world won't see another nice goal in WC to remember from saudi.
if my vote counts, I would voted for Messi. yet, i don't disagree with anyone selecting Xavi or Iniesta.
in general, people base the selection either on the performance of the player, or the achievement he got that year.
Most people who go with performance might select Messi (or Xavi). If you go with achievemements, you will pick Spaniard or the Dutch stars.
i think what went bit lucky for Messi, as he got two people from Spain competing for the award. Let it be one of them who stars much more than the other, the award would have gone to him.
being both xavi and iniesta in the race, it diluted the votes between them
i think a key reason that football is not part of culture yet in india, and in a smaller country, but still with a lot of population, Pakistan
most of the people i know from these two countries are into cricket so much, but not at all into football
the country that puzzles me is China. It is advancing so much in all industries and emerging to become a global power, and people there loves football. however, the football team seems didn't advance yet
by the way, in 1982, it was China that should have qualified to the WC not New Zealand. Saudi team did a very lousy last game of the group against New Zealand and lost 0-5 at home. That result made China and New Zealand equal in everything and they had to play a decisive game, in which NZ won it.
in all my life, since 1982, till today, i have not seen any real development for Chinese football.
That was a good fights last year because the phil.is the hardest team.It looks good for them.
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the ref of the game sparked big debate after he did three controversial decisions
a clear penalty
and a disallowed goal and a red card
china got big favor from the ref
anyhow, kuwait is not a strong team
but ref dramas will continue to be part of the game
Great match!! score only 1-0 but win anyway!!!
i am very happy that messi back to score from free kicks. i was wondering in recent months, what went wrong? he continued to score goals in every possible way, except the free kicks.
now, it is messi as usual :)
n. waleed,
Passionately stated. I like the points you make. Yes, this is not new but in Qatar's case it is more dire. And Mohammad Bin Hammam maybe the next FIFA chief after Blatter - he's that powerful.
I am not a big fan of giving the passport to a foreign player to play in national team. but unfortunately, this became the norms of today.
US did it a lot in the past (i remember nigerian player plaed in 1992 confederation cup just after one week of getting the passport)
japan did it a lot, belgium, portugal, tunisia and many other nations.
we should not blame a country with 350,000 locals.
apart from this issue,
i expect qatar to bring the game from amateur level in that area to a professional level
this region is behind in football not because of lack of skills, or love of football, but because lack of professionalism
today, the only decent big sport academy in both Afro-Asian continents (if we exclude japan, korea and china) is lying in qatar. we will see the first impact in five years time.
Mohammad Bin Hammam, the head of Asian Football Federation is a big contravorsial issue, and has the biggest influence in winning WC 2022.
Many other countries in the region don't like him as he stand against the traditional unprofessional way of playing the game, and don't go with the flow of PR compliments (royal families treats ...etc).
He has big influence in setting up the first Asian Champion League in a professional way. He puts a lot of pressures on other associations to bring their soccer facilities to another level to accept them in this competition as a "professinal league"
for the first time, asian soccer federation started to behave with some professionalism.
Hammam is the best figure in adminstrative field in Asian football in many years.
here is part2 of my comments:
- Weather: saying that even winter brings sunstroke is very exaggerated, unless you are talking about 2 weeks old infants!!!!
In reality, after checking avg temperatures, WC can be held even in June without even air-conditioned stadiums, and it will still be very okay. Games only need to be played at 4pm onwards
it will be still better than the conditioned played in 1994 WC when they played during noon times.
- Human rights: Sorry, but i dont want even to start with this topic. HR is a political propaganda to make certain nations appear as the bad ones, that need to be taught a lesson.
In reality, Qatar lost respect of all of the respected education and media community in the region who cares about HR issues, because Qatar was an ally in one of the worst HR issues in last few decades:
they provided the backbone support to all US strikes vs. Iraq that resulted in half million innocent people killed, in conservative estimates. As Qatar opened its land to have the biggest US base in the region.
However, I don't like mixing sport with politics.
It is a very tricky game if we started with this.
- Honestly, I was expecting Qatar file to come second after Australia. But, I never expected US, Japan or Korea to win, otherwise it will be a big mistake.
Having a WC in a new land brings to much good to football.
- Finally, Qatar won't provide the entertainment that people might get in Australia, but it will bring big luxury and convenience to soccer fans:
1. It is very much accessable by airlines from all the continents. It is in the middle of all continents.
2. Travel distance in Qatar will be very less. It is a dream land for a fan: you check in in one hotel and you can see much groups and games, that was never possible before.
I remember i was trying to attend 2006 wc, but didnt make it. I studied how many cities, games and routes I make with reasonable budget. I came into conclusion, I should compromise so much of the games i wanna attend, and limit my trip to two cities only.
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In contrary, I don't have any skepticism about Qatar ability to organize a world cup.
Most media skepticism coming from lack of knowledge about that area and how it developed in last two decades.
First of all, when we talk about Qatar, we talk about Dubai and Qatar together. They are growing at the same way exactly, and Dubai is setting up the trend, and Qatar is only few years away from that. They copy/paste Dubai experience, and they been very successful in that, even surprassing Dubai in some areas. They have so much similarities together. And if you see Dubai today, this is what you expect Qatar to be. They are not far away from that.
As a tourist, Dubai provides better practical services than Europe (hotels, transportation, airport, all sort of services, cleaniness, convenience, security ....etc). Yes, it feels so artificial, sort of the feeling you get when you visit Las Vegas or Orlando. Qatar is not far at all in these services.
- Qatar hosting Asian Cup will be peice of kick. They did that in 1988. They hosted Youth World Cup 1995 successfully, in just 3 weeks of
prepatations when Nigeria was ruled out at last minute. Also, Qatar hosted Asian games 2006 which is a bigger event than the previous two. That one
had 10,500 sports people.
- The idea that Royals throwing money without knowing what to do in them is an absolute myth. Countries like Libya, Nigeria, Brunai, Iran, Iraq, Venezuella all are very rich countries with very bad infrastrucure and services. UAE and Qatar are rich, and yes, spending a lot of money, but building world class facilities in very professional way.
- Between Bahrain, Qatar and UAE, they hosted many World Class tournaments, like Formula ones, Tennis, Golf, Regby, World Club Cup ...etc, with
big success. WC 2022 will be the biggest of them.
- I remember attending a marketing seminar in Dubai last year, and there was a speaker from a company that is working with the government in developing the image of Qatar for the future. One of the things, they put sports as one of the key factors to develop Qatar Campaign.
Now on the other point of the National Team, I think this is not a criteria for success of World Cup.
Otherwise, USA was a joke team when USA was selected to host a WC. It hasn't qualified since 1950 to a WC, though competing in a continent with practically one strong team. When US was selected to host 94WC, it created significant international criticism and skepticism.
Also, media used to say: Soccer is not even one of top sports in the country. I remember commentator saying "there is no news on WC opening on TV. All the channels are talking about OJ Simpson, Did he kill his wife or not?"
Time proved giving a chance to a country like that can boost the sport to another level.
In general, Qatar team with "Aspire Academy" will change a lot in five years. In 10 years, it will be a very good team.
This is part1
I have part2 on my comments :)
It's a shame to hear this..but hey, at least Tevez has it (he never disappoints me)
yes it was!! it kept me on the edge of my seat :)
But not the best news for Carlo Ancelotti...
It was a great match. Discipline was exemplary.
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That was a terrible miss. Especially from someone as clutch as Donovan.
Chicharito does it again!! He's making all of us proud! keep up the GREAT work boy :)
Had Landon scored that PK last year in the final, all would be well since the Galaxy (Becks + Landon + Bruce) would have won their MLS cup and perhaps the both of them would be allowed to go.
This is too cute.. What can we say, it's in the boy's genes.
I love the mini ferrari :)
Agree! Glad someone's taking action to clean this mess!!!
Good for them...Barca needs some real competition! :)
Real Madrid's stepping up the game... good for them because Barca needs some real competitors! :)
I'm glad there is going to be something done with all this. It all a little unfair, the fact they promised votes and the 'fair' democratic countries didn't get a look in as they play by the rules
Dirk Kuyt is a good player, just doesn't score goals!
Scott Parker is class, I wish Liverpool would have signed him a few years ago, he's a little be old to rejuvenate the squad now really!
I just love the video, i always look for such moments, thanks for posting.
Gary Neville has been a liability for about three seasons now. Every match in which he plays he routinely gets caught out. It's like a broken record. I don't see why Sir Alex plays him. His idiotic handball against Bayern in the CL still irks me when I think about it. United on much more solid footing now.
I don't think leonardo is the right choice for inter . He is great soccer player for both ac milan and brazil . But he is not good as a coach yet .
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if we wers going to do a maradona now 4-1-2-1-2
----higuain------dimaria----- banega masch and padtore as a barca like middle 3 messi free role and dimaria forwsrd wing higuain as 9 striker 1 forward runner from back 4 ZABALETTA as he does for man city....its a hybrid 4-4-2/4-3-3 its like barca 433 crossed with argentina/milan/chelsea 4-3-1-2 and with a sub can change to any of above
i think bastista will play messi in the same role as he matures
I've seen Messi a million times play & my jaw still drops every time he makes a move. He's an excellent example of a passionate player. He's really in it for the love of the game!
Go Messi :)
Now this is what I call football!
It does always seem to happen us unfortunately
Kev..... 3-1 is a perfect takedown. I think Song was huge and he may turn out to be the new Vieira. In physicality Arsenal matched up well with Chelsea which to me has always been the Achilles heel. Their defense held strong and did not allow Drogba too many looks. Chelsea looked pretty one dimensional after that.
Nice article. Seems to me that Arsenal have lacked an enforcer since Vieira. You need a midfield enforcer a la Vieira/Keane/Makelele. I never really thought of the person as an enforcer until I was watching a WC game with a hockey fan. He saw parallels and realized some players need protection to flourish. I haven't seen enough of him but is Wilshere this sort of player?
Re today, though, now is a good time for Arsenal to play Chelsea with the Blues' recent troubles. I for one would love to see an Arsenal take them down. NYC snow day is perfect timing for the 3pm kickoff!
A huge opportunity wasted by Man City, I can't see them winning the Premier League this season, maybe 3rd place?
thanks for this interesting post
i like to add yesterday wonderful dribble and also avoiding a dive
what i like most about messi is his attitude and discipline and the way he grew up .. he is good examples for kids to follow
what is said in this post about messi reminds me of what used to be said about the brazilian ronaldo when he used to play at barcelona at 1996 and 1997, that he used to fight till the last moment and does not dive at all, it shows very clearly in his famous solo goal
messi does not COUGH catch up with whats his silly rap name CR7.... messi looks down at his own ankle and see,s COUGH CR7 looking up in amazement messi catches up with no man.....lol
with veron and samuel germany would have been destroyed there 1-0 win with no pred time and training camp in there pre wc freindly was a great display vs germany as was there 1-0 win in Uruguay.
maradonas 1 single midfielder was exposed vs mexico veron should have rejoined masch in midfield and samuel in back line
continue to play messi as the A/M or drop tevez put mesi with higuain then play pastore as a A/M-WINGER and veron and masch and dimaria that would have balanced the side perfectly
the back 4 vs germany should have been henze-samuel-demi-bardisso
with lots of practice time in the camp the solid 4-4-2 would have grown into a more attacking force yet maintained a solid defense
then just rotate between messi behind the two forwards or pastore JOB DONE veron could have rested on and off durring there campain and pastore and balotti would just rotate in his central position
the 4-4-2 idea that beat uraguay and germany with practice and tweeking would have won argentina a world cup
the zanetti nonsense pisses me off the guys had more caops than anyone WON NOTHING its zaballettas time now
world cup line up argentina should have been
or mesi in pastore posision and tevez up front
put its all too late now lol
WOW, its really a great moment, i am really happy to check out this news, i am sure this season is for him.
You need to get to their level, face your players one-on-one and learn something about each and every one of them so that you are better capable of coaching to their needs.
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zidane, nice skill. zidane was a best footballer at his era. remember what he doing at world cup although he was in injuried?
Sorry for going off topic, but I think it is important for every football fans to read this article which was written back in May. This was even before the ball was kicked at the World Cup.
How would you explain this?
Spain winning the World Cup and Russia winning the 2018 bid. Kill two birds with one stone?
I don't think soooo!!!!!
Good job Marseille. And better luck next time Chelsea...
☮ Red Alert: The Crash.
I just discovered that the long awaited Market Crash is programmed by a fascist splinter group for the January 7/8, 2011. The sole purpose of "The Cantona Call" was to ensure that journalists would talk about the "soft lead" (see video below) that created a butterfly effect from Rennes. Guess what? Guess what they talked about it. Pass it on.
"In one of the greatest investment markets in the world, namely, New York, the influence of speculation (in the above sense) is enormous. Even outside the field of finance, Americans are apt to be unduly interested in discovering what average opinion believes average opinion to be; and this national weakness finds its nemesis in the stock market."
There is Still Something we can do to Protect Ourselves:
☮ La Nouvelle Économie.
Cantona UN Jour, Cantona Toujours.
Good question, Kev. I suspect anything that Sven Goran Eriksson would be involved in would be a comparable horror.
Just when you thought Newcastle were settling into the Premiership, Ashley et al blow it bigtime! What was the last horrid managerial change to compare to this?
Great..thanks for sharing
La Nouvelle Économie. (in English)
La Nouvelle Économie. (in English)
Shi*t inter lost again, I don't like. Replace Benitez Morrati
Not fully satisfied in new mascots. The same as 3 years ago.
Hernanes came from the team I root for here in Brazil: São Paulo. Since he arrived at Rome to play for Lazio, the squad has changed.
I knew it was going to change. Every São Paulo fan knew. :)
CRon should change his name to CMoRon
the tongue-in-cheek "Drinking Guide to the 2022 World Cup" http://www.goseewrite.com/2010/12/world-cup-2022-drinking-guide-qatar/
Not surprised Qatar won the bid. Money talks. And they have so freakin much of it. The bitter side of me hopes their air conditioning breaks in the stadiums in the 120 F heat; hate to have to answer for that!
I had watched this video many times, and it was very very disappointing that this goal was missed.. :(
The people of Middle east are crazy about Soccer. I am very happy for Qatar and the rest of the region. We need good news coming from that part of the world. I hope this inspires the youth of indulge in sports rather than violence.
Also very disappointed with some of the comments here. The people living in Qatar may have a different lifestyle than us, but they deserve this as much as any other nation. Also an event like this will help the liberal forces in the middle east and will be a defeat for extremist.
They gave the world cup to a country that still uses lashes as a legal, public punishment. They better set up extra lashing posts outside the matches for when the European nations arrive.
i was so impressed by the file that Qatar prepared for the world Cup 2022, and I don't regard it to oil money only. it is how the money is employed in a smart way
being from a nighbour country (Saudi), i remember some friends visited qatar on 1990, and as i always hear "it was a country that is so much behind, so boring, there was one big road only, and many times, roads are incomplete, with a lot of sands"
I visited Qatar a decade later, it was already advanced with skyscrapers and big towers.
Today, it is one of the hottest real estate in the whole Middle East together with Dubai. Dubai is more fun, but Qatar is as equal fun for real estate dealers.
What is worth mentioning, is 1995, when Nigeria was about to host to the youth world cup, and FIFA decided to drop Nigeria for health reasons.
Qatar jumped in, and was ready to host Y-WC in just 21 days.
Today, Qatar managed to be top of art and compete over Korea, Japan, Australia and USA. I know many people will keep talking aout backstage lobbying. I think if this is true, it is part of the game.
I was happy in particular to hear that about 40 billion dollars will be spent in the infra structure. This is what will remain with people.
About the team, Qatar might have acceptable team by next decade. Few years ago, they launched top of art, world class, sport academy aspire for kids and young people
some players already in olympic and national team came from aspire
fantastic site and very interest articles.
Thanks for the video, i really enjoyed it a lot.
I wish Italy will be the ranking No.ONE team!
I agree with Tyler 100%.
Whenever you see an advertisement on TV against racism, 100% of the time it is ALWAYS a white person being racist and never the other way around, maybe because white people are the only people in the world who are racist... (That's sarcasm for those of you who can't pick on it). The Africans in Zimbabwe, South Africa, Uganda, Mozambique, Eritrea, Angola, Algeria made racist policies towards whites after coming into power ranging from appropriation of their property, expelling whites from the country they had lived in for their whole lives and state sponsored murder of whites (Zimbabwe, S. Africa). You will probably think to yourself now "But white people did horrible things there first!", my response to that is simply look what they did when they had the opportunity, they're just as bad as us, so why continue to feel ashamed of what we did when they don't? Answer me that one logically, I dare you to even try. Africa for Africans, Europe for Europeans, .-
Funny Football Chants
look at the video again...fabregas is trying to hold chamahk's arm down when he lifts it. the ball hits chamahk's arm
Thanks very much. I have been a United fan since 1983 but I only learned of this a couple of years back.
Mourinho waxing lyrical about Sir Alex Ferguson.
Wasn't aware of that at all.Thanks for pointing it out.No offense intended.
Very well aware of it, Kev. Soccerblog will try and respect the Man Utd or United tradition of naming the club. Sorry for the slip up.
Though not widely known, "Man U" is considered an insult:
n.waleed, agree with you there! No contest.
i give my vote to the first goal for hamit
It is always a great match when you watch a rivalry team match up with each other.
interesting video, very visual, especially when they start to rip their skin off , ouch!
this is great article! and good to know all that stuff!
great game.probably should have been a tie.

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