Welcome to the Friday Crackovia Club! You know how things are here during this
time of the week a little loco - and the Crackovia folks have constantly
kept to their mantra by producing the craziest football sketches! This week, watch as Jose
Mourinho, Sergio Ramos and Fabio Coentrao break into a musical in the
middle of a classy restaurant.
Un encuentro entre los dos equipos rojinegros del fútbol mexicano, el equipo mas joven en la
primera división mexicana tiene mucho mejor momento y la lucha por el descenso ya esta atras para
los Xolos, ahora a buscar la liguilla en cambio en Atlas de Guadalajara solo existe la idea de
salir con los tres puntos en la visita que realizarán a Xolos de Tijuana en el estadio caliente,
aseguró el joven atlista Alonso Zamora.
Major League Soccer's Disciplinary Committee and overall leadership was kept busy this week
thanks to the Houston Dynamo at Seattle Sounders match. The more famous Colin Clark anti-gay slur
incident earned him a three game suspension, but there is more fallout from the game now. After
post match review Adam Moffat is suspended for his next match and fined due to "a reckless
challenge which endangered the safety of his opponent" (Osvaldo Alonso).
El mensaje de la nueva campaña dedicada a la Selección española es "El pasado no cuenta. Todo
vuelve a empezar". La mejor motivación para los españoles,los actuales Campeones de Europa y del
Mundo, sera olvidarse que son el equipo a batir. Todo empieza de cero. Una nueva camiseta, un nuevo
reto: Eurocopa de Ucrania y Polonia 2012, en lo particular me ha gustado bastante.
Dalglish to Blame for Liverpool Collapse - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
Liverpool crumble to new lows after losing at the Stadium of Light. The reds now have 39 points
from 27 games, the very similar stats they had last season as well minus the heavy spending this
summer. What is more shocking is that despite spending 40 odd million just on attacking options
(Not to forget the 58 million spent on Carroll and Suarez in January 2011) the
club has only been able to score mere 30 goals, 5 less than premier league current leader Robin Van
Persie alone.
That was the headline that might have been. It was almost perfectly set up. Two
Sounders had gone down previously with boots to their nether regions. On comes Marc Burch, fresh
from slagging off United in the media, only for Sigi to give him just two and a half minutes to
prove what he couldn't in a handful of years with DC.
Mourinho 2 - 1 Alonso
Who said the FA Cup was losing its prestige? Before Real Madrid's La Liga clash against
Granada, former Liverpool midfielder updated former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho with the result
of the final.
"Dos a Uno. Carroll." Alonso told his manager.
La Selección Mexicana Sub-23 derrotó esta mañana por 4-2 a la selección de
Holanda, en las semifinales del torneo Esperanzas de Toulon, en un partido en el que Marco
Fabián volvió a marcar gol e igualó la marca de 7 tantos lograda por el inglés Alan Shearer
hace más de 20 años.
Sigi Schmid refers to his central midfielders as the engine room. Whether these players are
glamorous playmakers, defensive stalwarts or a box-to-box man who gets ignored or pilloried by fans
these are players who make or break seasons. For Seattle Sounders FC the center includes a player
who many will claim is their best, the Honey Badger.
Y aunque es muy "temprano" en el torneo, este fin de semana, el domingo en punto de las 4 de la
tarde
se estarán enfrentando en 1o vs el 2o lugar del actual torneo, ambos equipos con
nuevos bríos, América recibiendo al Toluca quien en sus filas cuenta con el goleado Iván Alonso
que sin duda se lleva los reflectores este torneo, dado lo hecho en el pasado y la forma en que ya
inició a cosechar su cuota de goleo.
It has become something like a routine for this team - to go to the home of their arch-rivals
and win in the most difficult circumstances. Guardiola's men has launched up many style of
victroies over here - this one was also a bit different from teh other one. In this edition they
decided to concede a lead at half time and then turned it completely over.
The storm is over, but the need to dig my car out meant I missed session one. If you want a
report on that group you will have to go to the Seattle Times or The News Tribune as they were the
only print media there today. Most notably was the arrival of Supplemental Draft pick Jason Banton.
Banton was still on a London schedule so he did not participate fully.
Mais um jogo das eliminatórias da Eurocopa de 2012, foi realizado no dia 07/10/2011, na cidade de
Praga-CZE, onde jogaram as seleções da Rep. Tcheca (40º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção da
Espanha (1º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
1962Vina Del Mar 31/05/1962 TCH1:0 (0:0)ESP Group matches
Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo1998Valladolid 08/06/1997 ESP1:0 (1:0)CZE First stage1998Prague 09/10/1996 CZE0:0ESP First
stage
Eliminatórias ContinentaisGranada 25/03/2011 ESP2:1 (0:1)CZE 1992Seville 13/11/1991 ESP2:1 (1:0)TCH Group matches1992Prague
14/11/1990 TCH3:2 (1:1)ESP Group matches1968Madrid 22/10/1967 ESP2:1 (1:0)TCH Preliminary
round1968Prague 01/10/1967 TCH1:0 (0:0)ESP Preliminary round
Amistosos1990Alicante 21/02/1990 ESP1:0 (1:0)TCH 1987Malaga 24/02/1988 ESP1:2 (1:1)TCH 1979Bratislava
14/03/1979 TCH1:0 (0:0)ESP 1936Prague 26/04/1936 TCH1:0 (1:0)ESP 1930Prague 14/06/1930 TCH2:0
(0:0)ESP 1930Barcelona 01/01/1930 ESP1:0 (0:0)TCH
Mundial Sub-202007Edmonton 14/07/2007 ESP1:1 a.
FC Barcelona secured a semi-final birth in this season's Copa Del Rey after knocking out holders
Real Madrid with a sensational 2-2 draw. Barcelona who went into the break with a 2-0 lead had to
hold off a sensational fightback from Mourinho's boys to secure the semi-final birth. To an extent
we had to say that we were lucky after putting up the worst defensive display of the season, and
courtesy of the fact that Madrid missed a number of chances.
El momento que vive Iván Alonso actualmente en el Toluca no es producto de la casualidad. La
directiva tiene antecedentes de tener mucho acierto en sus fichajes extranjeros. A sus 32 años el
uruguayo lleva unos números goleadores implacables: 19 goles en 24 partidos con un gol cada 107
minutos.
El partido que buscaba un lider general dejo un buen sabor de boca en el estadio Caliente los
aficionados tijuaneneses vieron como los jugadores caninos saltaron a la cancha a buscar embestir
como un toro a los diablos rojos del Toluca.
El colombiano Duvier Riascos fue el mas voluntarioso al inicio del juego y contagio a todos sus
compañeros anoto gol en los primeros minutos de juego , pero el arbitro Miguel Angel Ortega Rojas,
se nego a dar el gol por bueno y puso a gritar a todos los aficionados rojinegros en el estadio
caliente que estuvo a punto de erupción cuando , el mismo Riascos realizo una jugada por la banda
para sacar el centro al novato del año Joe Corona y este anotara el primer gol del partido.
El mensaje de la nueva campaña dedicada a la Selección española es "El pasado no cuenta. Todo
vuelve a empezar". La mejor motivación para los españoles,los actuales Campeones de Europa y del
Mundo, sera olvidarse que son el equipo a batir. Todo empieza de cero. Una nueva camiseta, un nuevo
reto: Eurocopa de Ucrania y Polonia 2012, en lo particular me ha gustado bastante.
El delantero uruguayo de los
Diablos Rojos del Toluca, Iván Alonso, se dijo contento por
marcar su gol 9 en la jornada 8 del torneo Clausura 2012, en el empate del equipo frente a los
Xoloitzcuintles de Tijuana, si bien aclaró, la buena racha es para el equipo, por lo que espera,
puedan seguir por buen camino.
El día de ayer Monterrey se enfrentó al colero general del fútbol mexicano, y le jugó como
tal; goleándolo 4-1 con una buena actuación, sobre todo en el segundo tiempo. En la primera parte
Rayados batalló, y es que el rival también juega, pero al final de cuentas salió a relucir las
individualidades de nuestro equipo, y Querétaro terminó sucumbiendo.
Después de haber caído en la capital ante la máquina celeste, tal parece que Vuce apretó
las tuercas del equipo, en base a ese ajuste nos ha dado como resultado un equipo ofensivo sin
complejos ni temor al ofender, antes se decia que Suazo era la única opción adelante, pero en
los recientes cuatro partidos hemos visto una gran cantidad de variantes.
By Chris Wright
Just out of shot: Xabi Alonso tugging on a length of fishing line...
Video: 101GG
El equipo Cachorros de 2da División perdió un partido clave ante Necaxa, un rival directo en
busca de meterse a la liguilla. Los de Aguascalientes vencieron con solitario gol de y llegó a 15
puntos, dejando a los felinos en 8vo lugar con 13. Debido a compromiso con Copa Dallas, la
alineación de Tigres fue compuesta por elementos de Sub-20 aunque ni así pudieron evitar la 3era
derrota al hilo.
Just as the sun began to make an appearance in the gray Spring sky just in time to dip below the
Olympic Mountains across Puget Sound, the Seattle Sounders & San Jose Earthquakes were kicking off
at CenturyLink Field in front of 38,301 fans.
Seattle looked to be the aggressor early, controlling possession and getting up the flanks.
Here's the full list for all current players with 50+ starts, through this past Sunday. Shootouts
counted as draws for the small handful of players that affected. This post shows the performance
for a player's teams in all regular season matches that he's started in MLS.
GP W L D Pts PPG Juninho 57 34 10 13 115 2.
Here's the full list for all current players with 50+ starts, through this past Sunday. Shootouts
counted as draws for the small handful of players that affected. This post shows the performance
for a player's teams in all regular season matches that he's started in MLS.
GP W L D Pts PPG Juninho 57 34 10 13 115 2.
Exhibit 318 in the "this is why we don't panic when we're not 7th in November" file. Fulham,
despite a slowish run recently, demolished an in-form Bolton team on their own patch. We're an
inconsistent team, no doubt about it, but a lot of football teams are. And when we're good, we
really can be very good.
Exhibit 318 in the "this is why we don't panic when we're not 7th in November" file. Fulham,
despite a slowish run recently, demolished an in-form Bolton team on their own patch. We're an
inconsistent team, no doubt about it, but a lot of football teams are. And when we're good, we
really can be very good.
Saturday the Sounders did exactly what the coaching staff asked them to do. They won a road
point. The result and the gameplan were as cold and calculated as a professional foul. Sigi
Schmid's roster choices, substitution pattern and tactical approach to the game were consciously
designed to earn a point and potentially steal a win.
For the second straight game Colorado was shutout in a loss. This time it was only a 1-0 loss,
actually one of our better games in Seattle as you'll see below, but you only need to give up 1
goal if you can't score.
Honestly Seattle should have been up at least 1 within the first 15-20 minutes.
Real Madrid well and truly have sealed the La Liga title of 2011-12 season with a 2-1 victory at
the Camp Nou. Khedira and Ronaldo scored for the away side taking them 7 points clear of the
defending Champions. It was the first victory of Real Madrid under Mourinho against FC Barcelona in
the league, incidently it was the first victory for Mourinho at the Camp Nou.
Below are player ratings for Real Madrid 2-1 Bayern Munich in the UEFA Champions League on
Wednesday, April 25, 2012.
Real Madrid
Casillas 7
Ramos 5
Pepel 5
Marcelo 5
Arbeloa 5
Alonso 6.5
Khedira 6
Ronaldo 7
Di Maria 5
Benzema 7
Ozil 6.
East Providence Sports grabbed a 5-2 win over FC Porto NB in its season opener on Sunday.
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. Alonso Villasenor scored a brace to help lead East Providence Sports to a
convincing 5-2 win over FC Porto NB (New Bedford, Mass.) to kick off its 2012 Ligas Unidas Soccer
Association (LUSA) season Sunday at Riverside Recreation Park.
There's a rather big game coming up tomorrow. The Seattle Sounders wil, of course, be hosting
the LA Galaxy in a midweek affair that won't get the attention it probably deserves. The
unfortunate reality is that this rather huge game, at least from a psyche standpoint, is smack dab
in the middle of the busiest part of the Sounders' MLS schedule.
Augusto Alonso with a golazo like you've never seen before.
Augusto is 15 years old. He's from Argentina. And he plays Amputee football.
Amputee Football is played internationally by over 20 countries in 5 continents, but it is
still not yet a recognised Paralympic Sport.
Terminó la temporada para la categoría Sub-20. Los felinos empataron 1-1 en el juego de vuelta
y no les alcanzó para remontar la eliminatoria. La derrota en el partido de ida el jueves 3-2 los
obligaba a ganar por dos goles en la vuelta y lejos estuvieron de poder lograrlo. El partido se
realizó en las instalaciones de La Cantera antes unos casi 300 aficionados.
This week I chatted with Dave Clark of Sounder at Heart, SB Nation's Seattle
Sounders site. Clark and I discussed various things about the teams, including broadcasters. Some
very good tactical information about how the Philadelphia Union can exploit the Sounders' defense
this afternoon.
By Chris Wright
File this under 'curio' but here's a little snippet of former Liverpool man Xabi Alonso keeping
former Chelsea man Jose Mourinho abreast of the score in the FA Cup Final while sat on the bench in
the Bernabeu...
Granted it's not the most interesting clip, but anything Xabi is okay by me.
By Chris Wright
File this under 'curio' but here's a little snippet of former Liverpool man Xabi Alonso keeping
former Chelsea man Jose Mourinho abreast of the score in the FA Cup Final while sat on the bench in
the Bernabeu...
Granted it's not the most interesting clip, but anything Xabi is okay by me.
Tonight a jubilant and confident Chelsea travel to Anfield to take Liverpool in the Premier League
with a chance to close the gap on Newcastle, Spurs and the Arsenal on the final day of the season
as the race for the top four hots up!.
It's a long shot for Chelsea, but after some interesting results this weekend, the door has been
left open again and we HAVE TO take the chance to get three important points.
Did the first half happen? Only about one-third of the highlight package of last night's Seattle
Sounders 2-0 win are from that first 45 minutes. It includes "highlights" like FC Dallas player
Fabian Castillo sprinting by Zach Scott and slamming the ball into the side net. There's Mauro
Rosales getting two opportunities on goal from short range and somehow not finishing.
