16.12.2011 - Mas de 40 años pasaron desde que
Nesuhi y
Ahmet Ertegun (dueños
de Atlantic Records) fundaran la franquicia
"Cosmos" (New York Cosmos) y pasaron 36 desde
que
Steve Ross firmara el ampuloso contrato de explotación (u$ 7 millones) en concepto de
marketing y retransmisiones para (con la ayuda de Henry Kissinger) mostrar reunidos a Pelé,
Beckenbauer, Chinaglia y Carlos Alberto en el mismo equipo.
"Me emociona ver camisetas de Diego Maradona o del 'Che' Guevara. Siempre que veo el celeste y
blanco pregunto, por qué los argentinos somos así, necesitamos estar cerca", confesó el
futbolista Lionel Messi en una entrevista publicada por la revista
La Garganta Poderosa. El
astro del Barcelona restó importancia a las críticas recibidas en su país, donde se dijo que
"no sentía" la camiseta argentina o que no cantaba el himno nacional antes de los partidos.
A slightly brighter story is shaping up in the CONCACAF World Cup qualifying games played by
Haiti. They've followed up a 6-0 trouncing of the Virgin Islands with a 2-0 defeat of Curacao.
Haitian football has, of course, been through a lot during the past years, including the death
of key personnel during the earthquake, a harsh post-earthquake 9-0 loss to the U.
"A Fidel hay que hacerle un monumento grande como el mundo"El ex jugador de fútbol y actual director técnico Diego Maradona manifestó su apoyo
incondicional al líder de la Revolución Cubana, Fidel Castro:
"hay que hacerle un monumento
grande como el mundo. Hoy el planeta se está cagando de hambre y hay 14 millones de africanos que
no tienen un pedazo de pan, pero de golpe dicen que Fidel es un hijo de puta porque los cubanos
comen una taza de arroz, papa o pan.
Why I can't wait for Mad Vlad's Tottenham trip
Mad Vlad is coming to town. The Europa Cup may be a mere bauble, but Tottenham's tie against
Hearts is pure gold. Hearts owner Vladimir Romanov deserves a wider audience. His targets include
‘media monkeys' and imaginary ‘maniacs'.
Sergio Aguero has promised to light up the Premier League as Manchester City prepare to formally
announce his move from Atletico Madrid, calling himself "the Che Guevara of modern soccer".
By Chris Wright
Not our words, but the words of the man himself:
"No one will ever be exactly like Maradona again but...every so often there is a total
revolution in football, and someone needs to be the revolutionary who starts things off. That's
me.
"If I achieve what I want to, then I'll mark a distinct era in football.
Striking A Chord: On Spurs, Modric and the line is a post from: Just Football
I wrestled with my conscience on June 30th. Despite my writing pretensions, my profession is
that of an educator and I took the decision to not join my colleagues in taking industrial action
against an unfair policy by a government determined to destroy any last vestiges of communal
brotherhood left in this country.
Albert Camus, goal keeper of French Algerian descent.
Famous author and philosopher Albert Camus once said, "All that I know most surely, about the
morality and the obligations of man, I know from sport." His sport of choice? Football of course,
and his chosen position was goal keeper, the place of those odd men who live in a very different
psychological universe than the rest of the players on the field.
Albert Camus, goal keeper of French Algerian descent.
Famous author and philosopher Albert Camus once said, "All that I know most surely, about the
morality and the obligations of man, I know from sport." His sport of choice? Football of course,
and his chosen position was goal keeper, the place of those odd men who live in a very different
psychological universe than the rest of the players on the field.
