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In life there are many things you cannot choose: you cannot choose your parents, where you are
born, even whom you love is a difficult one: against all logic, a man may fall madly in love with
some third-rate, cranky, controlling, selfish, unfaithful and evil bitch with a minority complex.
Football is most often a mere reflection of life itself, where a man walks from happiness to
sadness, from
Barcelona didn't win, so now Valencia, after winning 1-0 in a difficult home match against
Atlético Madrid, are second in the Spanish League, after Real Madrid. I know it does not matter
much after two matches, but right now I can live with the illusion that it does: Valencia is on
top!One the 21st of September Valencia faces FC Barcelona.
In life there are many things you cannot choose: you cannot choose your parents, where you are
born, even whom you love is a difficult one: against all logic, a man may fall madly in love with
some third-rate, cranky, controlling, selfish, unfaithful and evil bitch with a minority complex.
Football is most often a mere reflection of life itself, where a man walks from happiness to
sadness, from
Last year Brøndby was eliminated from the Europa League in the most pathetic way, after being up,
and then fucking it all up when it counted.Now, this bunch of useless idiots have done it again,
and this time against an even worse opponent than last season, the unknown Austrian side SV Ried.
Brøndby had lost the first match 2-0 in Austria, but midway through the second half they were 4-0
up, and
<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 21 <![endif]--> I love football. Wherever I go it has
brought me friends and a life. Except here in Venezuela. At first I was happy that apparently with
my usual karma for this (everywhere I visit, the country starts doing well football-wise; I must be
a fucking lucky charm, at least in something!
And this is my last post. It is simply too fucking depressing. All teams I ever support always lose
and play like shit.I don´t even have anyone to watch football with in this football-ignorant
country, but it is not worth watching football when it just makes one´s life worse than it already
is.I am going to find another hobby.
It has been an excellent Copa América until now, and we can all look forward for a great weekend,
now that we have the four
quarterfinals:Colombia-PerúArgentina-UruguayBrazil-ParaguayChile-VenezuelaSome extremely
interesting matches, including one super-classic between Argentina and Uruguay, as well as a for me
personally challenging Chile-Venezuela (I was born in Chile and live in Venezuela!
Paraguay seems to do this for every large tournament now. And well, I can hardly blame them:
http://noticias24.com/copaamerica2011/noticia/802/en-fotos-paraguay-ya-tiene-a-su-nueva-larissa-riquelme/I
still hope Venezuela wins the next match!
I do not know how it is to have Venezuelans on top of me. Maybe I should ask Brazil's and
Paraguay's national teams? They are trying it right now!Group B in the Copa América is on fire.
The two huge favourites tied 2-2 earlier today in a match that Paraguay should have won. As for
Argentina, this tournament is turning into a huge disappointment for the large collection of
Brazilian superstars,
I have been in Peru over the last two weeks, greatly enjoying that wonderful country, that has so
many things to see, try and taste, that I forgot to dwell into their football history. What I did
not miss though, was the second leg of the Copa Libertadores final between Santos and Peñarol. It
was indeed a final that had footballing history written all over it, as Pelé's old club faced the
The most annoying thing about today's friendly match between Venezuela and the world champions of
Spain in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela, was its lousy hour: at 4 o'clock in the afternoon most people,
including myself, are still in the office, and I had to walk out to see the second half of the
first half.
I am delighted to say that I have found a nice bar to watch football and drink beer in Caracas,
with a great atmosphere, down-to-earth friendly crowd, and most important, beer. It was there I
watched Spain's qualifier against the Czech Republic. After many years of success, the Czech have
become a quite ordinary team, and Spain's world champions dominated completely.
I was not expecting, but merely hoping that Brøndby could pull a surprise against FC Copenhagen. I
spite of leading 0-1, it was not to be, and FC Copenhagen own 3-1. Then it was Valencia's turn to
round off a bad weekend: at home to Sevilla Valencia needed a victory to keep ahead on third spot,
but in a match full of both offensive and defensive mistakes (except by goalkeeper Guaita), Sevilla
won
After falling in the Champions League midweek, Valencia only need to concentrate on keeping the
third spot in the Spanish league in order to make it back to the Champions League next season. I
got ready for the match against Zaragoza after the gym, a bit in the pool, and the Manchester
United-Arsenal match (2-0, putting United in the semifinals of the FA Cup, and also a bad week for
Arsenal).
