Saturday, January 13, 2007
hello this is the first post for 2007 on this blog though its rather late, heh. andd i'm afraid it isnt good news. i'm sure all of you know how badly my dear Liverpool and Real Madrid are doing now, and NO I DONT WANNA TALK ABOUT IT. all i have to say is they better buck up soon (at least before champs league) otherwise theyre totally in NO STATE AT ALL to play against Barcelona and Bayern Munich respectively.
anyway, the bad news is that GUTI IS INJURED! he twisted his ankle and apparently according to the doc he'll be out for 10 to 15 days. that sucks.
PLUS: here's a little something extra to read. it was written by a friend and its quite interesting...
I'm not really a soccer fan. I think soccer players are good athletes and the game is challenging but it doesnt thrill me like many other sports do. Here's why.
1. LOW scoring cheats my emotions. - come on! 0-0 is NOT an acceptable outcome. In other games low scoring means incompetence. This is not the case. Top level soccer is low scoring as well thats BAD. Take away the offside rule ! Then we will have a real game! I am cheated when i stay up to watch at 3am and it turns out 0-0...
2. Flopping/Diving - This is ugly. Even in basketball when you may fall to draw a charge... thats a skill and it shows toughness to stand in front of a large man and let him knock you down. This is differrent in soccer. The attitude is weak. "oh he hurt me (not really), look at poor me (not really), mommy!!!" Untill you get the stretcher on the field, you never really know if its real. I believe if you get knocked down you get up IMMEDIATELY to show the opponent that you are not affected by whatever kind of rough play they plan to use.
3. It celebrates "good bulidups" and "posession of the ball". Uh.. who cares. Do people celebrate "near misses" in basketball, "dropped touchdown passes" in american football, "number of times within 5m of scoring" in rugby? NO, NO and NO.
-min
char/min blogged at 11:05 PM