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Negotiations

lima77 — Fri, 30 May 2008 12:42:50 +0000

Lately the soccer negotiation world has been on fire. Many offers have been made lately., but very few negotiations have been ended. Keita ex-sevilla has gone to Barcelona, and Edmilson ex-Barcelona has gone to Villareal. The biggest deals being talked about are Ronaldinho going to Milan, Kaka to Barcelona,Chelsea, and Real Madrid, and Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid. The soccer world seasons in Europe have ended and now the business has started. Rumors are running and Coaches are trying to get deals. Jose Maurinho has made promise to bring Deco to Inter. I would be really looking forward to seeing Ronaldinho in MIlan and his partner Eto’o in Milan too, but those players cant forget that Milan will be going to the UEFA Cup, not the Champions league. The next year MIlan team will be great in attack if we get the players expected, Ronaldinho and Eto’o who will join Pato the revelation, and Kaka 07-08 Best player in the world. Coaches have moved such as ex-Chelsea, Jose Maurinho has moved to defending champions. Although the biggest negotiation this summer would probably be Cristiano Ronaldo going to Madrid because he recently won the Champions league and is probably one of the best in the world. Last this tuesday Amauri ex-Palermo will sign in with Juventus because of his excellent performance in the Serie A Italiana. Many teams at the moment will probably wait for the Eurocopa to close deals because they want to see the European performances just incase they found someone better then they were going to buy, unless they are planning to buy a player from another continent, other than the uropean. Unfortunately many negotiations have not happened and eventually they will come and the some will shake the world and change it. Until then the suspense will stay and fans will pray all over the world for there team to get the best deal to create the championship team they want.

EuroCopa 2008 Austria/Switzerland

lima77 — Fri, 23 May 2008 16:40:15 +0000

The Eurocopa is the second biggest soccer competition, after the World Cup. It happens every 4 years and many European national teams go through though qualifiers to get to the actual competitian. This year it will be held in Austria and Switzeraland. I myself am looking foward to this competitian because it substitues the World cup for me. The biggest surprise was that England, with players like Beckham, Terry, Lampard, Gerard did no qualify. I will be cheering for Portugal and Italy because they are my favorite European National team. The favorite team to win this competition is probably Italy because they are the deffending world cup champions. Also because they have players like Totti, Cannavaro, Buffon, and Pirlo. The other reason I will be cheering for Italy is because my cousins are Italian and because I Like the soccer team.Portugal although has the third best player in the worl Cristiano Ronaldo,who recently led his team to the UEFA champions league Championship. This competition is a major competition mainly because its in Eurpe but the truth is that the cup is one of the hardest prizes to get because of all the countries in Europe.The qualifiers started about 3 years ago and it took a break during the World cup. I can’t wait for it to start and I think this will be a great year for the cup, the reason being both countries worked really hard to make it possible. Recently FIFA the international futbol federacion located in France built its home base in Switzerland. I am glad to see these small countries gaining attention., and I think unlike other famous soccer countries they will not take it for granted. The cup will start june 7 and will go until the beginning of July, because after that we have the long awaited Olyimpic games in China. But thats another topic thanks for reading.

AC MIlan vs Internazzionale de Milan

lima77 — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:47:20 +0000

This Sunday a major soccer game happen, Ac Milan played Inter de Milan and this game was known as a derby match, because they were arch-rivals. This match would decide a lot because if Inter won they would be crowned champions of the italian league and if Milan won they would bump up to 4th place and would be in the Pre-UEFA Champions league zone, but Milan also counted on Calgiari winning Fiorentina who were 2 points ahead of them. This match started really and for me to watch it I had to wake up at 6:30 am because the game started at 7:00 am. Boy was I tired because the night before I slept at 1:30 am. After being fully awake the game started. I was so nervous and I was getting really anxious for the first goal. Surprisingly Milan started of dominating the game something no one expected. The first chance came when Kaka(best player ever) made a pass that any player would die, it split the defense. Inzaghi received the ball smoothly with no problems, and kicked to the goal but for Inter’ luck Julio Cesar their goalkeeper saved. Everyone who cheered for Milan and were watching let out a disappointing ”ohh” including me. The game became more tense when Seedorf made a wondrous pass to Kaka who crossed it and Inzaghi let Milan fans down when he headed the ball and the ball slowly bounced out of bounds. It was sad to see it and my heart started beating faster then ever my eyes were glued to the game. The first half ended 0-0, Milan had pity for them because of that score. On the second half everything seemed the same Milan pressured and Inter defended. Something in those Milan players was amazing they ran from one side to the other, they wanted that game, you could see it. On the 51st minute a reward shook the nets, when Kaka obviously ran with the ball down the sideline and crossed it in and Inzaghi anticipated the Inter defenders and headed it in. Milan 1-0 Inter everyone roared with joy. I myself ran around so happy, I jumped up and down and could not contain my happiness. But yes it got better when 4 minutes later Kaka smoothly scored it with a gentle kick/tap around the keeper to the near post. Milan 2-0 Inter, it couldn’t get any better. Until Inter scored from a free kick hit by Julio Cruz. The game went on to end 2-1 for Milan. The other results also favored Milan, but not Inter, Fiorentina had lost to Calgiari 2-1 which bumped Milan to 4th place, Roma had won 3-0 against Sampdoria and were in 2nd place 3 points behind Inter. With 2-3 matches to go this got better and better for Milan and worst for Inter.

UEFA Champions League Quarter Final round

lima77 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:01:44 +0000

The second leg of the UEFA Champions league quarter-final was played on Tuesday April 8th and Wednesday April 9th. On Tuesday Chelsea from England played Fenerbahce from Turkey in the first leg Fenerbahce won 2-1 after starting of losing one to zero. The second goal was from Deived a beautiful shot from a long distance in the top right angle of the keeper, ironically Deived the scorer of that goal had scored an own goal which had Chelsea in front one zero in the beginning. In the second leg Chelsea played at home and won 2-0 against Fenerbhce, Chelsea scored the first goal with only 3 minutes of play with a perfect header from the German Ballack also known as the captain of the German national team. With this result Chelsea would be qualifying, but if the Turkish team scored a goal to make it 1-1 they would have qualified. Instead in the 82nd minute Lampard from Chelsea scored an easy goal after a ground cross which means the ball didn’t go off the ground, then all he had to do was tap it in. Surprisingly ther real star in the game was the Chelsea goalkeeper Hilario who came in because the goalkeeper Cuducini got hurt and since the starting off goalkeeper Peter Cech was in an operation it was all up to him when he came in at the second half more a less. He made two big saves the first one was a shot from outside the box which hit a defender so he had to change the direction in which he was going to jump which for keepers is really hard, but he made the save right before the ball crossed the line. The second shot came from another Turkish man the forward Kazim but the goalie blocked it very well. The other game on Tuesday was Liverpool from England against Arsenal also from England. In the first game in Arsenals stadium they drew 1-1 after Arsenal taking the lead in the 23rd minute from a goal from Adebayor, but Arsenal did not keep the result instead they “fell asleep on defense” and the Dutch man Dirk Kuyt scored a goal for the Liverpool team. Liverpool when to there stadium wining thanks to the away goal rule. When the game started Arsenal attacked straight of and in the 12th minute Diaby scored for Arsenal and again Arsenal just didn’t keep it and on the 30th minute the man Finland Sami Hyypia scored a goal that would make it 1-1 and if it stayed like this it would go to extra-time. It didn’t and in the 69th minute Fernando Torres recieved a pass when he was just about 2-3 steps into the box, so he turned an shot and shot went right by goalkeeper and into the left angle of the goalkeeper. Amazingly in the 84th minute Emanuel Adebayor tapped it in after an amazing run frm Theo Wlacott the English who passed low and Adebayor tapped it in. This amazing goal would qualify Arsenal what game it would make, but it became better when Ryan Babel the Dutch got a penalty in the 85th minute and the captain Steven Gerrard scored the penalty. The game still had possibilities but it ended when Ryan Babel scored in the 90th minute. In the end it was 4-2 what a game, what a game!! Liverpool were qualified and that was that. Today on Wednesday two game also happened. The first game was Barcelona from Spain against Schalke 04 from Germany, in the first game in Germany, Barcelona won 1-0. The play started of with the frenchman Henry shot it, but the goalie blocked it and then Henry passed it in so Bojan the young Spaniard could tap it in and make it 1-0. In the second leg in Barcelona Spain the Spanish team had the advantage from the game in Germany and they also had the away goal advantage. In the beginning Barcelona had many good chances and so did Schalke 04 but Barcelona got better in the game and started to dominate the game, but the goal came in after various repetitive shots because the ball would not go in but Yaya Toure shot it in after various tries. The last quarter final game was Manchester United from England against the Italians, Roma. In the first leg in Rome Manchester won 2-0 with one goal from Cristiano Ronaldo and one from Rooney. The first goal was in the 39th minute from Cristiano Ronaldo, after a good play from Rooney who passed it to Cristiano Ronaldo who anticipated the defense shot and scored the goal. In the second goal started of from a cross which Doni the Roma goalkeeper did not get and all Rooney did was tap it in. In the game in Manchester, Roma created good plays and in the 30th minute Mancini got a penalty for Roma. Then De Rossi stepped up to the spot and when he shot it he sent it flying over the top bar. In the 70th minute the game “ended’ because Hargreaves crossed it in and the Argentinean Carlitos Tevez headed it precisely in to the goal. The game ended 1-0 and Roma were out. Although there positive side because it wasn’t as bad as last year when they played Manchester United for the quarter-finals. It was in the 06/07 season, in the first game the won 2-1 and in the second game they lost 7-1. In the semi-finals Manchester United will play Barcelona, and Liverpool will play Chelsea. My favorite teams still competing are Manchester United because of there style of play, and the quality of all the players. My other favorite team is Barcelona and ironically they are playing Manchester United in the semi-finals and the reason I like Barcelona is because they have one of the best players in the world Ronaldinho who is going by a bad phase.

Soccer Video

lima77 — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:41:41 +0000

This is a video about socccer which I created about two months ago and is currently posted on youtube. This video includes goals and plays from famous players like Kaka, Cristiano Ronaldo and Pele. I put in this video because I think it is a cool video and shows some cool soccer tricks and some cool goals. Their are some pictures of players too. Hope you like it.

Kaka

lima77 — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:24:33 +0000

Kaka also known as Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite, was born is Brasilia the capital of Brazil and later he moved to my hometown Sao Paulo. First he started playing in the junior Sao Paulo FC team, and surprisingly he rarely started of games. The reason it’s supposed to surprise is that today he plays for AC Milan the world champion of teams and also he is the Best player in the world according to the magazine France Football and FIFA. Before he became a pro-footballer he had an accident when he was 17 and was in vacations in a water park in a town called Caldasnovas. In this accident he hit his head in the slide and almost became a quadriplegic. After six long months he miraculously recuperated and today he thanks that to god and Jesus, and also that has converted him in to a very religious person. In his first game in 2001 for Sao Paulo the club that discovered him, he came in the finals of the Copa Rio-Sao Paulo against Botafogo from Rio as a substitute when they Sao Paulo FC were losing 1-0 and then he scored the two winning goals and gave Sao Paulo the championship.(I might refer to Sao Paulo FC as Sao Paulo too, this may sound obvious, but you never know). His nickname Kaka came from his younger brother Rodrigo who when he was young could not say Ricardo so he just said Kaka instead. As I said today Kaka plays for AC Milan and for the Brazil National team. The video above tells the story of the waterpark I tolds in the paragraph above. Later in the video he explains his goals which if you did not know he accomplished all of them.

Soccer (2)

lima77 — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:40:22 +0000

Soccer to some and Football to other but for me it is also known as passion. Soccer for me is probably the most important thing in the world because it was so hard to get some respect in the game and when it finnally happened I was really proud of myself. Strangly When I was little I loved basketball, but hated soccer. Alot of people thought I was crazy because ussually people think Brazilian automaticlly love soccer. As time went by the passion for this game grew and today I dedicate alot of myself to it. When I play soccer, not to prove to other people that I deserve respect in the game but just to get better and better to a level that I am known as the best in the world. I love soccer too because its a a good way to stay healthy and fit which is very important for the human body. My favorite team is Sao Paulo FC, and my favorite player is Kaka. The reason I admire Kaka is because he plays simple and does complicate the situation and sometimes does nice plays and ussually he scores beautiful goals. Currently he plays for AC Milan and uses the number 22, and he won the 2007 player of the year award. That is probably the most important individual soccer award in the world.

UEFA Champions League

lima77 — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:37:44 +0000

Today eight teams of the 16 teams played in The UEFA champions league knockout round of 16. This is how the knockout round works two teams play a home and away game for example lets say team A plays team B in team B’s stadium and they tie 1-1. Then in the next game team B tie’s with team A 2-2 in team A’s stadium that would qualify team B because of the away game rule so lets the final sum of the amount of goals equal 4-4 then whoever has the most goals in the other teams stadium would qualify. In the example game the final sum was 3-3, but since team B had more away goals(goals in the other teams stadium) they qualified. In the second game AC Milan needing a victory at home in the San Siro against Arsenal lost 2-0 qualifying the English team Arsenal. The goal scorers for Arsenal were Fabregas in the 83rd minute of the game with a good play that ended with a kick to the left side of Kalac the AC Milan’s Goalkeeper and Adebayor in the 89th minute of the second half with a soft left foot shot. In the other game Manchester United from in England faced Lyon after a 1-1 game in France, the Frenchman needing a 1-1 tie to at least go to penalties lost 1-0 after Cristiano Ronaldo foiled there plans after scoring the winning goal for Manchester United in the 41st minute. The next game was between Sevilla from Spain and Fenerbahce from Turkey in Spain. The Turkish team had won in Istanbul 3-2, but in this game Sevilla started of better and in the 5th minute of play Daniel Alves the Brazilian scored and right after Keita the other Sevilla man scored in the 9th minute. At this moment it seemed like Sevilla would be qualifying but at the 20th minute of the first half Deivid the Brazilian scored the the first goal for the Turkish team making it 2-1, but this result would still qualify the Spanish team because of the away goals, and on the 40th minute Kanoute made it 3-1 for the Spanish, but the Turkish team wasn’t out of it yet because all they needed know was one goal to take to the penalties and that was exactly what happened in the 78th minute Deivid scored that goal. Know the match went to penalties making this exiting game into one that would go down to history. Fenerbahce with more confidence won it 3-2 in penalties with three saves from the Turkish goalkeeper Volkan. The last game this Tuesday was between Barcelona from Spain and Celtic from Scotland, they were playing in Spain now and the Spanish had the advantage after winning 3-2 in Scotland with an amazing goal for the Barcelona side by the Frenchman Henry. The game started fast paced and with only two minutes of play Xavi passed it to Ronaldinho who passed to Slyvinho who crossed it and then Xavi pushed it in giving them the lead. The game continued and nothing changed but with the 1-0 Barcelona still qualified. Tomorrow the following teams play with each other, Real Madrid from Spain play Roma from Italy in Spain and the Italians got the advantage after winning 2-1 in Italy, next the English team Liverpool plays Inter de Milao from Italy in Italy after Liverpool won 2-0 in England, unfortunately that match was postponed till the 11th of March because the field is used and in bad conditions after the AC Milan game. Next the other English team Chelsea plays Olimpiacos from Greece in England after a 0-0 game in Greece. Last FC Porto from Portugal play Schalke 04 from Germany in Portugal after winning 1-0 at home in germany. The team i was cheering for was AC milan and they lost and were eliminated and that is really bad for me and know I will probably continue watching but with less excitement.