Saturday, 28 May 2011
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.?
Wednesday, 25 May 2011
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.
Monday, 23 May 2011
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.
Sunday, 22 May 2011
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.
Wednesday, 18 May 2011
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.
Tuesday, 17 May 2011
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.
Sunday, 15 May 2011
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.
Tuesday, 10 May 2011
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
Thursday, 5 May 2011
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.
Wednesday, 4 May 2011
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.
Monday, 2 May 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.
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