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Showing posts with label Argentina. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Argentina. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 03, 2014
Thursday, June 26, 2014
Netherlands, Argentina, Brazil: Who Will It Be?
Netherlands seems to want it more than anyone else.
Messi deserves a cup as the top player in the world four years in a row to join the all time greats of the game.
Brazil is the home team and the eternal soccer superpower.
Who will it be?
Thursday, June 12, 2014
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Is Brazil The Microsoft Of Soccer?
Image via WikipediaBrazil is supposed to be one of the eternal powerhouses of soccer. Or so I thought. This year a lot of the old powers were gone by the wayside. Italy was nowhere in the picture. England was out fast. France, did they even qualify? This year saw a new world order in soccer. Facebook Photo Album: Brasil
Saturday, July 03, 2010
Argentina Was Not A Team
Image by Andrés Moncayo via FlickrBrazil: The Overconfidence Of A Soccer Superpower
Either that or it was a team that melted in the face of a superior team: Germany. But my parting thought for the team I was rooting for is that Argentina has many great players, including Messi who is widely touted as the greatest player in the world. But soccer is not golf. This is a team sport.
Diego Maradona gets to take responsibility. The best soccer player of his generation was not that great a coach. Martin Scorsese could not act if his life depended on it. My favorite actor likes to say, "I don't know direction."
Brazil And Argentina: My Choices And Those Of My Favorite Actor
Diego kept saying to the last minute that Messi and one other player were the only players guaranteed spots on the Argentinian team. That attitude can boost your ego but it can be hugely detrimental to the team's morale. And Diego did not give enough respect to Messi himself.
This is like how Bill Clinton never really got over the fact that it was Hillary not him who was running for president. After Hillary lost in South Carolina, they gave him the microphone and he started talking about his foundation and how that work is "important." You saw Diego on TV as much as Messi.
Argentina fell like a house of cards today. How the mighty fall!
Brazil has a Pele hangover. Argentina has a Maradona hangover. I do too. That is why I picked those two teams.
There is always next time.
Right now it is looking like Germany will take the cup. They have done it many times before.
Friday, July 02, 2010
Brazil: The Overconfidence Of A Soccer Superpower
Image via WikipediaBrazil
But Brazil lost today. It was going to treat this game like it were the finals. I did not see much evidence of that.
Coach Dunga made two obvious mistakes even before the games began. He refused to put on the team some very obvious names, some star players. Why? Because Brazil was too big, there were too many good players to choose from. The coach is not the most important person on a soccer team, a VC is not the most important person on a tech startup team.
And he picked a wrong guy for team captain. I still do not know his name. His personal game was mediocre. But that can not be a deal breaker as long as you can exhibit leadership qualities. The dude got himself a yello card in a previous game, today he earned himself a red card. The yellow card rang alarm bells in my mind. The guy has a character flaw.
Instead of saying, we now have 20 minutes to even it out and still go win this game, let's go do it, the guy reduced the team size to 10 and brought the morale down for the team. 20 minutes were enough time. Kaka alone made two good attempts in those 20 minutes.
Brazil, great soccer country, lousy team captain, a coach lacking humility.
There was this pervasive overconfidence on the Brazilian side that prevented them from going for the small opportunities, learning the small lessons, treating the other side with sufficient respect when they had a one goal lead, and succumbing to frustration when that other side evened that out, and finally ended with a one goal lead.
Maybe the goalkeeper should have been the captain of the team on the Brazilian side.
Okay, so I am still rooting for Argentina. I am nervous the way I was not today. I was expecting to see Brazil win. But between Germany and Argentina, that is a hard one.
Soccer And Latin America
Lionel Messi (2)
Lionel Messi
Last night at Digital Dumbo I had an Argentina shirt on. One of the organizers invited me to the Dumbo Breakfast. Invite me for Dumbo Dumplings instead. (My Secret Sauce) Breakfast is a little too early. And, sorry, but today was Brazil's day, not Dumbo's, much as I love that place. I walked over there! Took me only a little more time than a train ride would have taken. But I hear flying is even faster.
July 1 Digital Dumbo: Do Not Miss
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Walking On The Moon
Image via WikipediaFrance, Italy, England: three former soccer heavyweight countries are by the wayside now.
You got to watch Ozil. That dude can give one killer pass and tilt the game. Ask England.
Argentina had a field day today against Mexico. I was hoping for a 3-0 victory, but that was not to be.
I went ahead and bought myself a soccer ball afterwards, and went to a park nearby. I was able to touch the ball 38 times before it hit the ground. I guess I am in decent soccer shape.
Brazil's defense is like a castle, Argentina's like a whip.
When Messi dribbles it is like the entire field is mud. The ball is stuck until he commands it to move. And he likes to give short, quick commands.
Now Argentina meets Germany next. I am just a little nervous. I want Argentina to win, but I know the German team is in decent shape. I think it will be a close call, but Argentina will prevail. It will squeak by to meet Portugal in the semi-finals.
The scenario I am seeing is one where my two favorite teams - Brazil and Argentina - meet in the finals. It will be hard to pick the one to root for, but Diego might win me over. I might end up rooting for Argentina.
But I do want to have to make that call.
FIFA World Cup 2010
- FIFA World Cup 2010 Group B: Argentina vs Nigeria
- FIFA World Cup 2010 Group G : Brazil vs Korea
- FIFA World Cup Group B: Greece vs Argentina
Lionel Messi
Young Folks
Walk In The Park
Freehand Exercise: 1,000 Push-Ups, 1,000 Squats, 1,000 Crunches
Brazil And Argentina: My Choices And Those Of My Favorite Actor
The Eyes Of Truth
Hey Now, Hey Now
Tomorrow
Samuel Eto'o
Friday, June 25, 2010
Walk In The Park
CBC FIFA
At this point it feels to me like this is Argentina's cup to lose, although it can be argued Brazil is just getting warmed up. Those are the two teams I am rooting for. (Brazil And Argentina: My Choices And Those Of My Favorite Actor)
Diego (Maradona) looks as majestic off the field as he used to look on the field: for the love of the game, he will do anything, even come back as a coach.
I own three Brazil shirts, two Argentina shirts.
France and Italy are out. Those used to be heavyweight teams.
The US team has surprised many people. I commend their spirit, and their victories. I don't expect them to win, of course, but it is possible they pull a few more surprises. Expect to see a lot of soccer in Central Park this summer.
Freehand Exercise: 1,000 Push-Ups, 1,000 Squats, 1,000 Crunches
Brazil And Argentina: My Choices And Those Of My Favorite Actor
The Eyes Of Truth
Hey Now, Hey Now
Tomorrow
Samuel Eto'o
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Brazil And Argentina: My Choices And Those Of My Favorite Actor
I just found out Amitabh is also rooting for Brazil and Argentina. Those have been my two choices as well. I got the shirts for both.
I also just now discovered his Twitter account. I have known a while he is an avid blogger. I am too. I find out he is avid on Twitter. He has sent out 20 reply tweets just this past hour. Yes, it's him. And looks like we both watched the Denmark-Cameroon game.
Social media is an amazing thing.
We share the same birthdays. His is his. Mine is his too, it is not my real birth date, but it is my official birth date.
I also had his hairstyle, but that was before my hair went bad on me. My current hairstyle is more along the lines of what he dons in Sarkar (second video below). Looks like he also gives up at times.
The Eyes Of Truth
Hey Now, Hey Now
I also just now discovered his Twitter account. I have known a while he is an avid blogger. I am too. I find out he is avid on Twitter. He has sent out 20 reply tweets just this past hour. Yes, it's him. And looks like we both watched the Denmark-Cameroon game.
Social media is an amazing thing.
We share the same birthdays. His is his. Mine is his too, it is not my real birth date, but it is my official birth date.
I also had his hairstyle, but that was before my hair went bad on me. My current hairstyle is more along the lines of what he dons in Sarkar (second video below). Looks like he also gives up at times.
The Eyes Of Truth
Hey Now, Hey Now
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