Thursday, June 29, 2006
Oh mi dios, I watched Spain score a penalty, then concede 1 goal, another goal, third goal.my heart died.-min
char/min blogged at 8:08 PM
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
I almost got a heart attack when Casillas let in that one goal 8mins into the game. yeah, football matches always give me heart attack. heh. Spain fought back great tho, final score: Spain 3-1 Tunisia, while Spain manages to book their place in the next round of 16.
Well, i predicted Radhi Jaidi to score for Tunisia, After all, he's a Bolton player and i looove Bolton. hahah. But he didn't, that one goal was from this guy called Mnari, who plays in the German league.
Half-time, Spain was still one goal down. and i had to tell myself not to panic. Spain will fight back. and it was a great boost to see Raul and Fabregas come on as half-time subs. Wise Aragones made the right move (not the first time). Raul proved his worth by scoring the equaliser.
I almost cried when i watched that goal. I waited 71mins for it, you know. Joaquin came on as Aragones' third and final substitute. and oh man, he's really good. i underestimated him. The subs were making an obvious impact, Joaquin kept feeding balls to the strikers, Fabregas came close to scoring once or twice and he did set up Raul's and the next goal, which came just 5mins after Raul's goal.
Torres, Fabregas & Joaquin.
Torres scored the winners. He scored twice. i was so happy when he got the second one in i jumped up and down and woke my dad up. Haha. and then Torres was awarded a penalty kick, where he faithfully met the ball with the net. The ball went just under the 40-year-old Tunisian goalie's arm. I knew it all along, that Spain will fight back.
I'd give Man of the Match to Xabi Alonso. He's a great midfielder, and controlled the pace of the game very well. and he was involved in the build-up for the first 2 goals too.
Now, Spain had emerged as a title contender.-min ventilador del numero uno de Espana.
char/min blogged at 1:17 PM
Friday, June 16, 2006
England started off slow, but finished off with a bang. by half-time, the score was still 0-0 and i was wondering if i was wasting my precious sleep time. Plus, there was one moment where England nearly ended up 1 down. i realised that goalkeepers always give me near heart attacks. Take Paul Robinson for example. it was a Trinidad&Tobago corner kick i think. Robinson was unable to get his hands on the ball, fell flat, and couldn't quite manage to pick himself up. With Stern's header, the ball looked set to cross the line. Thankfully, John Terry was there to make a superb goalline clearance.
Trinidad & Tobago are not bad know. They held Sweden to a 0-0 draw. i think Eriksson was starting to worry so Plan B was to put Rooney in and see if he could turn the tides. tho his performance wasn't spectacular, this would probably help him warm-up for the bigger games.
i was thinking of going off to sleep already when Becks took this corner kick. he'd already taken many corner kicks before but all were fruitless. this one proved to be different tho. Peter Crouch was poised ready... then, GOAL! Ah, finally. i wanted Crouch to score, heh, to see his famous (or infamous?) RoboCrouch dance.
RoboCrouch during the Jamica game.
Crouch's header. First goal.
But he disppointed me. He didn't do it. owell at least England was leading, after such a long wait. and Gerrard wrapped it up very nicely with one of his trademark long-shoot goals. final score: England 2-0 Trinidad & Tobago.
Many of the English players played really well and deserved to be man of the match..
Becks, pacing the game well and created the first goal with his perfect cross.
Lennon, proved himself good enough to be on the starting line-up. Excellent passes.
Lampard, tho he missed several times, i'd give him credit for his countless efforts.-min (Crouch, useless beanpole? Bollocks!)
char/min blogged at 3:00 PM
Thursday, June 15, 2006
Spain 4, Ukraine 0. And to think Ukraine's supposed to be Spain's biggest threat in their group. what threat? Some may say Spain got lucky, with 2 free kicks and a corner kick contributing to their goals. So what if you minused off those 'lucky' goals.. Spain would still be 1-0 victorious thanks to Torres' 72nd min effort. With results like this, Spain just might be able to shed that image of underperformers.
Xabi Alonso first goal.
David Villa second goal. 
David Villa third goal.
Fernando Torres fourth goal.The Ukrainian defenders were relentless on their attacks on Torres. Then Vashchuk got sent off for pulling Torres' shorts. I dont think he deserved a direct red card tho. maybe a yellow.. but not red. too harsh.
Shevchenko got caught offside so many times i lost count. i bet Jose Mourinho must be crying cos his heart aches over that 5mil pounds he wasted buying Shevy.
Sergio Ramos was being over ambitious. Quite a number of times i caught him upfield when he's supposed to be a right-back defender! i'd love him to score tho. Then can see him do his cartwheel and backflip. very pretty.
Man of the match?I'd say David Villa for scoring 2 goals, but both were from free kicks so maybe he's just lucky. He did help to boost the Spanish morale tho.
I'd say Iker Casillas for his brilliant saves but then he made a stupid mistake at a point of time during the game, running out almost 50m from his goalpost in an attempt to get the ball from Voronin (but failed miserably), who looked set to score for Ukraine. Thankfully, Pablo was there to save the day with a timely tackle on Voronin.
Thus, my man of the match would be Carlos Puyol. He proved to be the centre of Spain's defense, never letting the Ukrainians come close to scoring a goal. i had a sense of deja vu tho, watching him defend Shevy. That was a few months back, during the Champions League semi-finals, AC Milan vs Barcelona. back then, i had been on Shevy's side. right now, i'm 100% Puyol. Haha. He was also the architect of Spain's fourth goal, and he deserves full credit for that.
I had faith in Shevy you know. i predicted the score to be 3-1 or 4-1. The 1 goal being Shevy's.. Hai, he disppointed me. But, Espana no decepcionara!-min Viva Viva Viva Espana!
char/min blogged at 2:18 PM
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
HELLLLOOOO (= world cup has started and i havent been updating. watched the matches yest and this morning. that's Togo vs Korea Rep, France vs Switzerland & Brazil vs Croatia.my favourite's the Togo vs Korea Rep. heh. was kinda disappointed when Ahn Jung Hwan wasn't on the starting line-up. and then there was the new face of #19 (Ahn was 19 in 2002, he's 9 now) Cho Jae Jin.
he's tireless, shows quite some potential even tho he dint score during the game but came close once. Togo players were quite rough, especially with Park Ji Sung. Probably because he's a Man U player? poor guy, he fell down like a gazillion times i was so scared he'd break his leg. Lee Young Pyo (Tottenham) is another player who deserves some credit, constantly running along the side of the field thus providing his teammates great coverage.there was this weird Togo tribal dance. um?
HALF-TIME. Korea's one down. i was kinda worrying but my dad was telling me: "Don't need to worry one, I have faith in Korea. They won't be like Japan." (Japan, after scoring one goal aginst Aussie, dint quite manage to keep up their form and lost 3-1 in the end)Ahn was a half-time sub and the fengshui totally changed ok. Korea was a changed team, attacking attacking attacking. and then Lee Chun Soo scored the equaliser in a free kick.
by this time, Togo was a 10 men team. the captn got sent off for another ruthless tackle on Park (finally!). my dearest Ahn scored the winner in the 72nd min.
what a beautiful goal.and Ahn gets mobbed by teammates tho he looks like he's being strangled in this pic. heh.
man of the match? Ahn Jung Hwan, definitely. but with world class players like Park Ji Sung, Lee Young Pyo & goalie Lee Woon Jae who made many vital saves, Korea proves themselves as a world class team.
France vs Switzerland was a disappointment, tho i'd name the Swiss goalie, Zuberbuhler as the man of the match.
and finally... Kaka scored in the Brazil vs Croatia match. 1-0. should have been more tho, considering the fact that Brazil is ranked 1 and Croatia 23.
-min TAEHAMINGU!
char/min blogged at 11:39 AM
Thursday, June 01, 2006
to all: my hp's confiscated.love,
the sad sad NAH )':
char/min blogged at 10:26 PM
