Ya está en marcha la Copa Africana de naciones, rompiendo como siempre el calendario ya que realizarla en enero no es el mayor beneficio para los clubes que al fin y al cabo son los dueños de las cartas de los jugadores. Bastantes de ellos en Europa, aunque en esta edición el número es menor por algunos países que clasificaron por sorpresa y tienen menos futbolistas en el viejo continente o ninguno como Sudán, porque sino el número de 184 jugadores que se desempeñan ahí y jugarán ésta edición hubiera aumentado con Nigeria, Sudáfrica, Togo, Camerún o Argelia presentes.

Some big stars keep playing till their impact on the game fades away slowly overtime. Maradona, Romario, Bebeto, Peter Shilton are some examples. I remember Lothar Matthaus in an interview stating that one of the mistakes he did in his career was to play too late for the national side, especially the Euro 2000 when Germany had paled appearance and linked to his name.

Este ponta-de-lança africano fez delirar o público do Campeonato do Mundo de 1990 quando, com 38 anos, festejou os seus quatro golos de forma peculiar, dançando junto da bandeirola de canto. Para além de terem sido essenciais na ida dos Camarões aos quartos-de-final, os golos de Albert Roger Mooh Miller fizeram com que fosse o primeiro a ser considerado por duas vezes Jogador Africano do Ano (já o tinha sido em 1976).

In the old times, goal celebrations were very boring natural and didn't have any art in them. If you watch Rivelino WC old famous goals, you notice that he used to run a lot, then when he does not know what else to do, he just stops. Well, even scoring a decisive goal in the WC final, the guy was running out of any ideas, that was Alessandro Altobelli in 1982.

Got recent picks of three wonderful solo goals, plus two other very interesting goals worth watching:
Leonardo from RB Salzburg scored a wonderful solo goal vs. FK Senica. Honestly, I know non of them, but the goal is very nice to watch
Another great solo by the Brazilian Fernandinho who plays for Shakhtar
One more wonderful solo by Brad Rusin, and American defender who plays for a Danish Club (HB Køge)
Very nice goal from Paraguay by Dos Santos, definitely, not the famous one, but a very skillful goal
Finally, Ronaldinho scored a 'foxy' goal that reminds us so much by the 1990 Roger Milla goal vs.

Thanks once again to the good folks at SoccerPro.com, my admittedly-minimal wardrobe has expanded by a couple of items just in time for summer.

I've got a handful of soccer shirts in high rotation, particularly in the summer, and the latest horse in my stable is the Puma Foundation Graphic Line Up Tee, featuring world stars of the game in all their 8-bit goodness1.

Samuel Eto showed yesterday why he was the only African player to be awarded as the African Player of The Year four times, why he won Champion League 3 times (06,09,10) and why Roger Milla started media war against him out of jealousy.
Samuel Eto inspired his team for a historical victory over Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena when everyone thought that Bayern is crushing the Inter.

Rendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Mon, 01/17/2011

The Bakries, Indonesia's most influential family, recently chalked up another headline following allegations of having turned the national soccer team into a political commodity.
Aside from having tentacles in the political sphere and business associations, the family has a long standing record as financier of several major sports organizations, particularly ones that organize events for sports that have the potential to attract huge crowds.