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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
Every year, around these dates, which incidentally includes my birthday, the Champions League is
entering the last round of the group stages. And often, around my birthday, my favorite team of
Valencia is eliminated from the Champions League.Yesterday was no exception; leading up to the
match much of the talk had been about the pressure on Chelsea.
After greatly enjoying my last NASL match in Fort Lauderdale, I was happy to follow the Strikers'
surprisingly making it to the final of the NASL championship after defeating the huge favourites of
Puerto Rico Islanders in the semifinal. The other finalists were also an upset, namely the
Minnesota Stars, who defeated the North Carolina Railhawks, who had been the best team in the
season.
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
I was recently in the most wonderful country in the world, Colombia, where the U-20 World Cup is
currently taking place. The atmosphere is great as Colombians greet the world with their usual
smiles, hospitality and friendliness.Except if you are Argentine... I had made nothing of an
incident between the Argentinean team during a match against Egypt and the fans in Medellín until,
last Saturday,
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
I have in general been happy about Venezuela´s performance in the Copa América, mostly because it
is nice to see people here so happy for their side. However, I have before said that Venezuela is a
footballing ignorant country, and I think that the TV broadcasting today showed it all: while the
final between Uruguay and Paraguay was taking place, the TV channel that has shown much of the
Sometimes there simply is no justice in football. Sometimes the one team that plays like a bunch of
violent shits wins, and this has just happened with Paraguay, who has made it to the final of the
Copa América by not winning a single match in ordinary time. Instead, they retort to
defensiveness, dirty tricks and filthy provocations to make it to the penalty kicks, where their
only "good" player
I am a MAN, and men don't cry.Unless it is football of course.As the last times disappointments
pass, although leaving a scar, it leads me to reflect about times when football has, if not made me
cry, at least made me so fucking depressed that I swore never to watch football again.Mostly until
the following match.
Some people are calling this a historical Copa América. Admittedly, the tactical standard has been
high, and all teams have proven good. That said, the semifinals of the Copa América will not be
some that will catch the world's attention, nor live on in the memory of football fans. It is not a
tournament that has been characterized by the technical skill and flair that South American
football is
<!--[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 had anxiously been expecting a great game in the Champions League final, which I watched in my
new football-hangout in Caracas over a few Soleras. I was not disappointed, although it did not go
exactly as I thought. That FC Barcelona was so superior to Manchester United was surprising, and
nobody can say that their 3-1 victory was undeserved.
Four matches between the archrivals of Real Madrid and Barcelona have ended. The first one, the
league match (which I did not see because I was barbecuing with friends in Richmond, California),
ended 1-1, and with 8-point difference, the league is quite certain to end in Barcelona for the
third season in a row.
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).
It seems that all Italian teams are on the way out of the Champions League: today it was AC Milan.
After losing 0-1 at home to Tottenham, the Italians were unable to score in London, and 0-0 was
enough for the English to progress to the quarterfinals for the first time ever. Last Italian team
left is Inter, who lost 0-1 at home to Bayern Munich, so they will surely have a difficult time
keeping
I have been travelling, and although watching football as much as possible, have not been able to
post much here. Still, many interesting things have happened in the world of football!In the
Italian Serie A, AC Milan and Napoli played a match where the southerners had the chance of taking
over the first spot.
I have a TV now and satelite connection, so my life will now take a great leap in terms of being
able to watch football!Although many people like Barcelona, I think it is great when teams like
these are humbled by a smaller team. And it was great today to watch Betis, from the Spanish second
Division, defeat the best team in the world 3-1 in the quarterfinal of Copa del Rey.
