A little over a year ago, all was thought to be lost for one of the greatest soccer players the world has ever seen. For the greatest goal scorer in the history of the world cup the end had arrived! As he left the field carried on a stretcher in agonizing pain, fans the world over thought for sure that this was the last time we would ever see this magnificent athlete on the pitch.
Yet, this Sunday, Ronaldo did something that many, many people said he would never do. That is, once again return from a career ending injury to score 2 goals against one of the best teams in the world, Santos, in the semis of the Paulista championship. He proved once again why he was called by Italian fans “Fenomeno” or The Phenomenon! That is exactly what he is! The way he brought the ball down in his first goal was as if the ball was glued to his boot, he pushed the ball forward and with sniper accuracy he beat the keeper to score Corinthians' second goal. Corinthians’ third goal came in the second half, Ronaldo receives a pass from Elias and with one deft move gets around the defender and with a stroke of brilliance he chips the ball over the keeper to score a “Gol De Placa” as my dad would say!
The smile on his face clearly showed that once again Ronaldo finds happiness in this great game, he looked like a kid just having fun out there, playing for the fun of it, not worried about critics or worried about sponsors, but completely focused on doing what many players have lost in the midst of multimillion dollar contracts….simply having FUN!!!
Monday, April 27, 2009
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Barcelona One Step Closer To Another Champions League Title!
Barcelona threw down a beating on Bayern Munich last night. Playing at home at the Camp Nou, it only took them 43 minutes of play to decide the match and score 4 unanswered goals. Messi scored 2, setup Eto’o for one, and Henry scored the last one. This will make their job much easier when they play Bayern Munich in Germany.
This will no doubt put Klinsmann’s future at Bayern at risk. Bayern’s president Beckenbauer did not hide his frustration calling this game “the most dreadful I’d ever seen from Bayern – a catastrophe.”
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Kaka Going To Real Madrid?
Kaka has supposedly been in contact with Adidas to let them know that he desires to leave AC Milan and move to Real Madrid this summer.
One of Spain's newspapers "Marca" has reported that Kaka has also met with AC Milan's Galliani and Ancelotti to discuss his tranfer to Real Madrid.
Of course this is all speculation. Galliani has come out today and said that Kaka is not for sale and they are not looking to replace coach Ancelotti. But you know what they say..."Where there is smoke there is fire".
FIFA Releases New Ranking
FIFA released today their new ranking.Spain remains in first place. They have been unbeaten for 31 games and they are 367 points ahead of Germany who is in second place.
In third place is Holland followed by Brazil who beat Peru 3x0 in a World Cup 2010 qualifying round forcing Italy to 5th place.
Argentina was able to hold on to 6th place after the thrashing they received at the hands of Bolivia loosing 6x1 last week.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Ronaldinho Starts On The Bench...Again???
Is anyone else stunned by the continuous benching of Ronaldinho?
It turns out that Ronaldinho has been nursing a heel injury, but looked very good in AC Milan’s 2x0 victory over Lecce. Grabbing a goal in injury time and providing a magical no look heel pass to Shevchenco who in turn crossed to Inzaghi to seal their victory. In my opinion even an out of shape Ronaldinho is way better than Seedorf. What a difference in the game when Ronaldinho came in. Seedorf either tries to dribble and gives the ball away or passes backwards showing his complete lack of creativity as a midfielder, leaving all the work for Kaka who is still trying to find his rhythm after being out for a month.
Beckham, who has pretty much been the most consistent AC Milan player, spent the full 90 minutes on the bench. I would have to agree with Ancelotti’s decision to rest Beckam. He has played most AC Milan games since his arrival and he played in both of England’s matches this past week. A very well deserved rest!
Pato played very well earning praises from Ancelotti. Although he was not able to score, Pato showed why in the years to come he will be a force to be reckoned with.
This weekend’s victory puts them 4 points ahead of Genoa, hopefully they will hold on to 3rd place.
It turns out that Ronaldinho has been nursing a heel injury, but looked very good in AC Milan’s 2x0 victory over Lecce. Grabbing a goal in injury time and providing a magical no look heel pass to Shevchenco who in turn crossed to Inzaghi to seal their victory. In my opinion even an out of shape Ronaldinho is way better than Seedorf. What a difference in the game when Ronaldinho came in. Seedorf either tries to dribble and gives the ball away or passes backwards showing his complete lack of creativity as a midfielder, leaving all the work for Kaka who is still trying to find his rhythm after being out for a month.
Beckham, who has pretty much been the most consistent AC Milan player, spent the full 90 minutes on the bench. I would have to agree with Ancelotti’s decision to rest Beckam. He has played most AC Milan games since his arrival and he played in both of England’s matches this past week. A very well deserved rest!
Pato played very well earning praises from Ancelotti. Although he was not able to score, Pato showed why in the years to come he will be a force to be reckoned with.
This weekend’s victory puts them 4 points ahead of Genoa, hopefully they will hold on to 3rd place.
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