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Last night I watched an interesting and rather entertaining friendly match between the USA and
Venezuela. As this is not season for FIFA encounters, both teams largely played with their reserve
side, but it was interesting nevertheless, as both nations are in a very good process of preparing
for their World Cup qualifiers under two very good coaches, Cesar Farias from Venezuela and (the
German)
Yesterday I had the pleasure of watching England defeat Spain in a match that put into display the
weaknesses of the defending world champions. Undoubtedly Spain is the best footballing nation in
the world, and they play a positive football style that closely resembles that of FC Barcelona.
That said, they do not have the attacking power of the Catalonian side - that is, they need a Messi
(who
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.
Image from http://www.ussoccer.com
I know, I know...it's called football. I'm with you all on that, but sometimes doesn't a spot of
alliteration just sound good despite it's accuracy to the sport that we love? Ok, you're
right...that was inexcusable and I apologize.
You may have read my post last week about my buddy and I planning our trip to the World Cup in
2014.
Spain has not been looking overly impressive since winning the World Cup, and last night's match
against Colombia was no exception. Colombia had numerous big chances against a meager Spanish
defense, and can only blame enormous inefficiency on not having taken the lead. Instead, Spain
showed its power credentials when David Silva scored the winner at the end of the match.
And here we go again... Brazil's brand new kit was definitly not a lucky one.
Today, Brazil should have had better football, players and better morale yet every single time
we play France and that includes today, unfortunately the canarinha loses. Brazil has not
had a win facing the French since August 26th 1992 (2-0) and today was no different: a 1-0 loss to
Laurent Blanc's équipe goal from Benzema.
