Let the games begin.

It has been a long break and very soon the players will be heading back to what seems to be a very challenging season and teams have all signed whom they think will be best for their club. However there are some few players who are still negotiating new contracts and some are saying goodbye to soccer but what ever the case may be we look forward to see who will be the champions for the 2011/2012 season. Arsenal are still reluctant in letting Cesc go to Barcelona  because they still want him at the emirates however we will see what will happen before the season begins. some players have made shocking moves that no one really anticipated but only time will tell whether it was a good move or not.let us watch and see how Jose will approach the Catalans and will they take the title under his nose again, will Manchester on the other end still keep the league title or will chelsea take back what belongs to them. 

Football fever..

There have been quite a number of international friendlies and Euro 2012 qualifiers matches these past few days and we have seen a good round of matches that display football at it's best. What was expected to be a very mouth watering fixture between Brazil and Netherlands ended up to be a 0-0 draw and a very boring game.Argentina took on Nigeria and were trashed 4-1 what a surprise for a team that will be playing in the Copa America in a month from now, however Fifa are suspecting a fixed match as careless penalties were given by the ref for the day and other misjudged fouls how ever that is how the score remains. South Africa played against the 7times African Champions, Egypt and were able to come back with a draw in Cairo where most teams do not usually succeed in that, despite that it was not a really interesting match but anyway they got the point they wanted. As things stand South Africa are on the very verge of qualifying for the tournament that will be staged in 2012. England were also held to a draw by the Swiss, Germany are still on the role without having lost a match in Europe in their last 8 games, Spain went to the United States where they humbly beat them 4-0 which to me shows that the Spaniards are still true champions and will still dominate World football for sum years to come. This has been a wonderful weekend of football filled with good games and good sport-man-ship and let's hope it continues like that .   

Barca vs Man United.

what is called the greatest final of the decade where the best players will face each other and the best managers will battle it out for their fourth Eufa Champions league title. the like of messi,Xavi,Pedro,Inesita and Rooney,giggs scholes and many more. a lot has been said about tonight's game but sadly there will only be one winner, but whoever prevails it will not be a walk in the park. i have faith in Barcelona as their are really true champions and play like ones too but Manchester are also good competitors and with Rooney on form he can trouble any defense in the world of football. when they last met it was in 2009 in Rome and Barcelona are now even a stronger team then they were  but so have Man u improved. both teams have 11 men aside and one ball in the field and there can only be one winner today and one will have to settle for second best. whats your say in this.?

Experience of blogging

I have enjoyed the excitement of bloggig and it is something that since i have started i think i will carry on with it and who knows with maybe when i do no get a job i can make a living from it and buy a car lol..... but anyway i really didnt know what i would write about when first given the task to do it. I sat a nd thought ey since i love soccer why dont i just blog about it and many other people who are intrested can perhaps read about it too. i did not have many readers but i got one from Germany and  from United States and sixteen from South Africa.i also Got Audiences from the Philipines, Netherlands, Nigeria and a few other countries. It might not be a big number but for someone who didnt know a thing about blogging i would say its not to bad. The overall number for my blog was 76 visitis. i noticed that my page was viewed quite often in The United states.

Champions of South Africa once again

Once again Orlando Pirates have won the league for the first time in 8 years last wining in in the 2003 season. It has been a long season for all the teams in the PSL and even Ajax has it taken right under their noses, because it was surely theirs for the taking but sadly held to a 2 all match draw forcing them to loose the title. I must admit Pirate have been the most determined team and i give the full credit for it and surely the deserved it. there has been a lot struggles and at some point they looked to have lost their hopes but with the win of the MTN 8 that is worth 8 million surely they were motivated. Pirates will also play the final of the Nedbank cup challenge with 6 million for the winners of the tournament and the league with a splashing 10 million rands for them.  If they get this one more cup it means this season pirates would have made themselves 24million rands richer and that is a lot of money for building up for the team or buying new players. Pirates will have to prove that they are champions when they play a side of high caliber and lots of talent,Tottenham Hotspurs a team that was knocked out in the Eufa semifinals on their first  appearance . It will prove to be a rather difficult challenge but we will see what they are really made of.

FC Porto treble champions

FC Porto a team that some people had forgot about has had a wonderful season winning three major cups this season firstly the Portuguese cup, league cup and yesterday were crowned champions of the 2011 Europa  cup. They had a new coach beginning of the season and he surely turned things around. After having won lets hope they will not dislove becuase many players after a succesful season with their  clubs get intrest from top European Clubs and nine out of ten chances they actually leave the club. To their suprise they do not even get much game time and end up sitting on the bench then palying. This is the biggest problem the small teams that have huge talent they will often give up a  player just so they get money but most of the time they should be holding on to that talent and making their team better.

who's going where and who is retiring and who's the new kid in town.

As the season is nearing towards the end it will be interesting to see firstly Ronaldo winning the Golden boot, by being the top goal scorer around Europe. The season has been long to some frustrated players have have done more practice than actually playing football and their think it's time to go try elsewhere. when the season ends there are lots of players who's contracts come to an end and they have to either renew it or go for another team, There those who have reached their peak and its time for them to retire and go settle down from soccer. Rumors have it that Kaka from Brazil might leave Real Madrid but he says there is no such and he would still love to play at Madrid Tottenham  player Difou is also frustrated due to lack of game time and if things do not change he will certainly leave for a team where he will get enough game time. Ac Milan legend Andrea Pirlo has also come to the stage where he has to hang his boots, having played with this team for the last ten years and has had successful career wining the league 3 times and twice in champions league and a world cup winner in 2006. soccer has become more of a business than just mere game of football   because players no matter how much they were committed but when a fat cheque comes your way you will probably give in.Two seasons ago a world record was reached when Real  Madrid bought him from Manchester United for $90 million dollars.let us see who will go where and who is retiring and who the new wonder kid will be most likely they will be from Brazil.

Copa America

South Americas most prestigious tournament that will proceed from the first of july 2011 in Argentina till the 24th. this will be interesting as Brazil will be out to prove that they are better than Argentina and visa versa. Many teams will battle to win the Cup and try and be the South American champions. Argentina  have won it 19 times and will want to keep it that way though Brazil will be there on their necks to prove they are better team. the Brazilians have the likes of Ronaldhino, ramires, Kaka, Bastos and many more argentina also have the likes of Messi, Gonzalo higuan, Veron and  Augero. The other team that is strong and will be problamatic is Paraguay, Peru and many other countries. Sadly for many Argentina fans the legendary Carlos tevez was not chosen and will not be there in the competition messi will be the target man that the coach has chosen. This will prove to rather be an interesting change but we will see how it will affect the team. with Messi being on form surely he can take any defence in the world and Argentina will be looking  and relying heavily on him. Let's wait until the first of June and see how the tournament will go.

The beautiful game...

This has been a wonderful weekend with amazing football being displayed as the season comes to the end surely we have seen who is winning the titles in all these leagues from around the world. Two weeks back the Borussia Dortmand team were crowned the champions of Germany. This past weekend Machester united also have thier hands on the title no matter what score chelsea win by, they have simply  won it with 7 points clear and one game to go. Barcelona in spain have also won the league now and left Real Madrid miserable and desolate, but perhaps they can tyr next season but surely Ronaldo is amaing for the Golden boot witha already 2 games to go and leading  by a 5 goal difference surely its his for the taking.. In South africa with only one game to go and Ajax or Pirates will take it but how ever if pirates draw they have lost it and if Ajax draw they will still win it so Pirates will go all out hoping Ajax do not, win but that will be decided this coming weekend. soccer is a beautiful game and through out the season we have seen wonderful football and let us wait and see how it will all finish.

Bafana Bafana

Bafana bafana a very promising team,  when it has to produce they will disappoint you though they have  won some games and pushed them up to number 46 in the Fifa ranking. to me they are still not good and do not show or rather represent the skill and football played in the PSL. there is alot of politics involved in south african football because everyone wants to have a say in it. People who have never played soccer but still they want to control the things dealing with soccer in our country.Some may have played but that does not mean they will be good leaders.Recently there was a big discussion going on whether they should change the Bafana Bafana name to something else. This was because the name Bafana Bafana does not belong to Safa but a businessman in Gauteng and the price he was asking was R41 million rands so they could get full ownership of the name. Rumor has it that it is to expensive and they want to give the boys a new name now which i think will be quite weird adapting to it.Who knows maybe when we change the name we will start winning, just maybe. Let us hope our country will qualify to go and represent us in the African Cup of Nations

The PSL Nearing the end

Our very own league is coming towards the end and once again a team will be crowned champions, its been a long journey filled with hard work and heartaches for team that have been relagated to player in the lower decision, the Mvela league. Chiefs have totaly lost the championship that they had in their hands for some time so have sundowns and its slowly slipping away for the Orlando Pirates team.Ajax however seem to be more determined and have been winning the last 5 games they have played and surely this weekend agains Kaizer Cheifs it will be a decider because if they win then surely they are going to be crowned champions of south africa.It will be first time in over a decade that they will win the Cup. It has been a long season for many team and a tiring season with many league games and  cup games where big teams were knocked out and only the under Dogs remain which no one had expected them to reach this afr in the Tournament.The title race is still on let's see who will prevail, though according to the books Ajax will win but anything can happen in soccer and that is what we will have to wait and see upon.

Barcelona Prevail once again

The El clasico once again where Barcelona were the better team and were able to go through to the champions League final after they were sadly knocked out by Bayern muchen  last season. Yesterday we witnessed a beating where Madrid were outclassed by a brilliant show of pure talent and skill from players like Mess i,  Xavi and the likes of Pedro. The Catalans also produced a wonderful game though unfortunately they were beaten on goal difference of 3-1. Barcelona are pn the verge of once again winning the champions league should they beat Manchester in Wembley, than surely  in my books i will crown the the Kings and matadors of football. this is by far the best team in the world and has the best players all together. They are a very intelligent club tactically technical but not so physical but are very fit and always take their games seriously no matter who the opponent is. Well not forgetting that they also have a very good coach who himself played at Barcelona and so knows very well what kind of football is played there and what the expectations are. let's see where Pep can take the Spanish giants this time around or will the old experienced Sir Alex Ferguson simply end that spell and take the champions league with Manchester for the fifth time. each side in football has 11 aside and one ball and so whatever they others do so can the others too. let us watch and see who will be the champion of 2010/2011.

Messi the special one....

The boy who seems to have no life compared to his mates and people of his age, who some say that he is a retarded but rather chooses to be quite and have and his own space and live in his own world. at the tender age Messi had problems with his legs but still the soccer talent was there and the team he was playing for could not afford his medication. He moved  to Barcelona because they could afford it and so they injected him with hormone growth so that his legs would grow normally. Ever since that day he has never looked back and has performed beyond measure for his club scoring 175 goals in 265 appearances.He also became the first person in the Spanish league to score 50goals in one season. There is certainly more to see from  this young talented guy who is only 23 years of age and has almost won everything a player would wish for in his career. Many believe that if he can win the world cup with Argentina he would be crowned legend of all time. With that we will have to wait and see because the Copa America is also around the corner so we will see how much  longer Messi will stay on everyone mouths and continue to amaze us with talent, that some other players can only watch and marvel at.

Who will be crowned Champion of 2010-2011

As the soccer leagues from almost all the countries in the world is soon coming to the end of the season which has about 6 games before the seaon ends. In Spain i think it is quite obvious who will be crowned champions again as Barcalona are the log leaders and Madrid far behind with 7 points and as things look no one will stop barcelona from taking the League cup. Crossing over to England things could still go either way between Manchester United  and Arsenal as the have 6 points differents between and with 6 games left it's there for the taking to the one who will not lose any match now but the race is on. When we coe down to South africa the league is really between four teams now and anyone can still grab it with only 4 matches remaining the teams that are in for the run are Chiefs, Pirates, Ajax and Sundowns.  From all the teams anyone can still win it but Pirates seem to  be more determined and Chiefs are righrt behind the as well as Ajax so in any of these three teams no one can afford to slip and fall behind, because they slip the lose.

Barcalona vs Real Madrid

Oh don't be fooled by the handshake there's more to it in this game than just that, it's all about who has done their homework better and watched all the videos and who has actually prepared well.  in Spain its called the great classico, great rivals of all time in football. skill versus class and more than that it's Ronaldo against Messi but it's a  matter of who prevails. Two of the worlds best players will meet this weekend and show their talent and its also about the two great coaches behind these men playing, the special one versus the hard worker but we will all have to see who will win, because at the end of the day there can only be one winner, that is the sad part in football you win some ans you loose some.

Youth Development For Future stars

Barcelona and arsenal known to be one of the best teams in the world when it comes to scouting young raw talent. they have the best scout team being able to see talent at a young age,even at a tender age of 9 years or even 7. they are so precise when it comes to selecting what and who they want for their clubs.In 200 players the arsenal scouts will probably take 10 players or even less and that's how they really want and get the best players in the world. Coming back to Africa and mainly south Africa we need to have such where we can scout for the best talent so that we can have the best players in the world also. The Europeans believe that the young the better it is to teach them and so for South Africa to have the best talent it should be searched for at a young tender age. if we want future stars than let's have the best development clubs where players and young men will be made and be responsible people that children will look up too as their role models.

where is the PSL heading to new heights or slowly deminishing.

the rate of which the soccer is being played in the psl is bringing doubt to many south African soccer supporters because its no longer what it was 10 years ago. nowadays the stadiums are hardly packed because the soccer we watch is no longer entertaining us and keeping us on our feet as our forefather enjoyed soccer back in the 60's.Is it perhaps because of the money or European style of play which was never our style of football. Well there are many things that have contributed to it but those things are slowly killing the flair of our football in south africa and it's no wonder we will not in anytime soon be competitors in international football.

future of south african football

Everyone loves soccer almost every child plays soccer or grew up having a ball he kicked around at home or school and it's through that, that we have world class players who started at a young age. They received the best guidance hence today they are world class players playing soccer in the most prestigious leagues in the world. you have your Ronaldos' Beckham messi and locally we have Modise, Khune  and many more.every parent would like to see their children one day playing soccer in the most competitive stage .If we still want a future when it comes to soccer in our country let parents invest in their children and let them do what that love which is to play soccer and make sure their children get the best guidance. The future of these kids and country all depends on every parent so do the right thing and let your child kick the ball.