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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.

Passion for soccer

lima77 — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:28:10 +0000

Lately I’ve been looking at people’s blogs, mostly the ones that have to do with soccer and I’ve noticed that a lot of people have made a good point towards it such as Camille. In her website she points out how hard it is to explain your passion and I totally agree with her. For me soccer is magic because when you have the ball there are so many options and when you for example perform a hard trick you feel accomplished, for example in fifth grade I wasn’t really good at soccer and I was in a soccer class on Saturday and they thought a trick which many of you may know, the 360 roulette created originally by Zidane. The first time I tried it did not work and after about a month I finally got it and when I got right you know it felt amazing that sense of accomplishment is just impossible to explain with words, but when it happens in any sport its amazing wether its making a hole in 1 or a half-court shot, or even the simplest thing, trust me when I say the feeling is amazing. This may be hard to believe but I prefer playing soccer in recess sometimes than in a game obviously because there less pressure and more room to have fun and to try new things which is fun. Many people might not figure out there passion but when it happens it amazing and it fills you with joy and even though your good at that sport you feel something for it that is so pure and beautiful. Today in sports we have kind of lost the essence in it teams move from town to town just looking for more money and so do players. There is term in Brazil that a lot of people know towards sport which is love to your teams shirt or as Brazilians call it “amor a camisa”. What it means is that you don’t sell yourself to other teams for money, you stay in your team because you love it and there are very few examples of it such as Pele, who played in Santos and could have made millions if he accepted deals to go to Milan or Madrid but he didn’t and he is a true example of love for your team. Soccer for me as I said is inexplicable when your there as player and hear your crowd screaming you just feel lifted even if it is the worst of siuations, for examole Liverpool were losing 3-0 to AC Milan but in 5 minutes they made it 3-3 and in penalties they won. What an amazing game and this is the kind of inspiration that lifts you up and sweeps you of the floor and in a snap amazing happens, like in that game. This passion is amazing and these kinds of situations are the ones that test your passion and when if you pass the test you will figure out that you really do love that passion.

Palmeiras vs Sao Paulo

lima77 — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:13:02 +0000

This Sunday one of the best games ever happened. If you remeber my last entry stated that Sao Paulo were playing Palmeiras again after winning 2-1. That game was on this Sunday in the Palestra Italia the Palmwiras stadium. The game was very tense and I myself was very nervous and afraid. Then the worst possible thing happened on the 21st minute Leo Lima from Palmeiras made a tricky long shot which sent the keeper the wrong way after a small curve. After that I got even more nervous and tense I walked from one side of the room to the other, I could not stay still in one place and with every missed chance by Sao Paulo the more nervous and anxious I was because time was also running out. During half time in the locker rooms someone threw a pepper spray bomb in the Sao Paulo locker room which caused them to cough alot and for there eyes to tear and for them to become a little dizzy. They came back earlier to the field and the second half started the game became better and better and spaces opened and in a counter-attack Palmeiras scored the decisive goal which made it 2-0 and took away most possiblities of Sao Paulo qualifying which made me very sad. Right after the lights of the stadium went out and the teeams had to wait 16 full minutes to restart but unfortunatly that did not change anything. In the end it was 2-0 Palmeiras we Sao Paulo had lost but at least we are still in the Libertadores.

Campeonato Paulista Semi-Finals

lima77 — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:54:28 +0000

This Saturday and Sunday teams played the last round of the campeonato Paulista. In the first game on Saturday Guaratingueta lost 1-0 to Ponte Preta. Luckily this Saturday they will play again against Ponte Preta at home so at least they still have a chance to qualify. The game that took place on Sunday was Sao Paulo vs Palmeras and these teams were fierce rivals. Sao Paulo started of well even though they had less possession they still defended well and made some very good plays and in the 11th minute they were rewarded when Jorge Wagner made a cross after one of the Sao Paulo players got fouled, the cross seemed to be to high to header but it dropped in the end and Adriano dived in to score the goal. This goal created allot of discussion because according to many people such as the Palmeras coach Adriano had hit it in with his hand even though it slightly touched his head. The second half started of amazing because right of the first minute Gustavo the Palmeiras defender made a bad pass and Jorge Wagner intercepted it and made a splendid pass to Adriano who controlled it well and came to a one on one situation with Marcos the Palmeiras Goalkeeper and Adriano with class kicked it around the goalkeeper. When this goal was scored I was really happy because it was such a tense game and in the 31st minute got even more nervous when Palmeiras got a penalty. Alex Mineiro stepped up to the spot and took the penalty vvery well and sent the goalkeeper to the wrong side and scored it and then it was 2-1. I was really nervous and was really anxious for the game to end and it did like that 2-1 what a relief for now because on Sunday they play the second leg.

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.

Freedom

lima77 — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:31:37 +0000

What does freedom mean to you? How does this relate to you as a blogger? Freedom for me means being able to express yourself and being able to share, what ever you want with out being afraid of getting hurt or laughed at usually. This relates to my blog because in these blogs we get the opportunity to express ourselves freely without the fear of being laughed or mocked at. Freedom also relates to blogging because we get to show the world who we really are without a lot of barriers created today in the modern world. In soccer you get the freedom to express yourself sometimes. In soccer in my opinion there is pretty much no freedom of speech. For example currently in soccer if you discuss with the referee he can and might a yellow card and in extreme situations a red card. Right now there is an on going discussion about freedom of speech. There were two topics towards it. The first one was if you were able to wear religious messages in your shirt, and a decision has been made, which was that if you wore a religious message in you undershirt it would result in a yellow card. The next one was towards players being able to say bad words when scoring a goal and right now it is a on going discussion. In my opinion players should not be able to say bad words because it sets a bad example to younger kids who admire soccer. The religious discussion I can see why it exists because a person could offend another persons religion and could even offend the country they are playing against or also the host nation having the game.

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.

Adidas Predator

lima77 — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:25:47 +0000

These are the Adidas Predator and they are my favorite shoes. I chose the blue Predators because they are the one Kaka my favorite soccer player also known as Ricky Kaka has. These shoes in my opinion are really good because first they are made of authentic kangaroo leather, which helps out when kicking or passing. The cool feature of these cleats is that you can change the sole of the shoe to either a heavier one that will increase the shot power or the one that will help you be more agile since they are lighter. The one I have is the semi-pro which does not contain that feature. I love the Predator because other from having a nice look it is technologiclly desgined. I have it in two colors the one above and a one that I love very much which is in black, white and red. This may sound silly, but I feel a special connection with it and that helps sometimes because I trust no matter what happens they will help me. These shoes are the older version because a short while ago they released the new one which are cool to but honestly I prefer the ones above because they are more comfortable for me. According at the moment to Adidas they are sopposed to increase “Power, Accuracy and Swerve”. Power obviously meaning the stregnth of yuor shot and that helps because that ussually increases the speed of the ball causing it to be harder for the goalie to defend the ball. Accuracy means that is will pretty much give you more precision in you shots which will allow to place the ball in a place harder for the goalkeeper to deffend. Swerve means the effect wether its a curve or a drop. The curve or drop will trick the goalkeeper, to either go to the wrong side or to become confused. The one the semi pro model costs 50-70 dollars and the pro ones cost 200 dollars.