So the World Cup is over for David Beckham, while many people are probably giddy over this bit of news, I’m not… this is really sad, Beckham gave me many great memories. At 34 years of age Beckham was gunning to play in his fourth World Cup which would’ve made him the only Englishman to accomplish that feat, I was actually rooting for him to accomplish that dream — it’s not to be however the torn ACL injury which occurred towards the end of the Chievo/Milan match has robbed the World Cup of probably the second most famous footballer of all time (next to Pelé of course). Continue reading »

This was supposed to be the first “fusion article” in LCB history (between FourThreeThree, Yorugua and Me) – but once those guys  found out that it would feature Nacho, they wanted no part of this, I’m kidding, FourThreeThree wanted more time to analyze the players while Yorugua was sore about a canceled horse race and told me his heart just wasn’t in it. So to make a long story short, this article ended up being something completely different. I guess the fusion article will have to wait for another time, but anyway here’s my proposal, what If I asked you to create an All Star squad with one condition? What if that one condition were that on your All Star Eleven you would have to include 4 Uruguayans players, how would you manage to do so? Well I have tried and I am pretty happy about my line up, we’ll see if you guys like it. Continue reading »

Talk about being ambitious…Last November, France just barely got past Ireland in their play-off series. And now for the FIFA date, France, ranked 7^th by FIFA calculations, were facing Spain, ranked 1^st.  France did not impress at all in the qualification to South Africa, and if not helped by deficient refereeing and FIFA’s Jekyll-and-Hyde policy of punishment, could have been sitting at home during June while Ireland played in the World Cup. La Celeste followers have complained that the AUF cannot find quality opponents for our team and here was the French Federation booking a game with Spain. Were the French meeting an equal or would they be humiliated at home? Also, how would French coach Domenech use this friendly? Would he use it to fine-tune the starting XI? Or would he re-consider his team selections and audition some new players to add some much needed spark? Continue reading »

My PREMONITION:

3 Goalkeepers: Muslera, Castillo, Martín Silva

8 Defenders:  Cáceres, Godín, Lugano, Mono, Fucile, Coates, Victorino, Bruno Silva

8 Midfielders:  Gargano, Arévalo, Cebolla, Palito, Japo, Ruso, Nacho, Lodeiro

4 Strikers: Forlán, Suárez, Abreu, Cavani

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Nigeria could be next...

With the World Cup almost upon us, I went ahead and used Castrol’s World Cup Predictor to see what Uruguay’s chances were in the 2010 World Cup, Amazingly “they” have Uruguay progressing to the knockout stage with a probability of 61.5% of that actually happening. Which brings us to the fantasy portion of this entry, lets pretend Uruguay is able to get out of the Group Stage alive and in one piece, Uruguay would then move into the aforementioned Knockout Stage (also known as the 2nd Round or Round of 16)  ––– Uruguay’s likely opponent as per the Castrol Predictor could be either Nigeria or Argentina, depending of course if Uruguay qualify first or second in Group A.

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The playmaker cannot only score goals himself, but more importantly has the ability to create goalscoring opportunities for his team (even out of the blue). He is capable of splitting defenses in half and exposing weakness.

In a glance, he understands the field and anticipates the future in order to finally make the right decision.

In addition, his passes in the midfield will always help his teammates to play beautiful football, and most importantly of all, score goals.

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Antes que nada, quisiera agradecer a Nico y al equipo de LCB por permitirme la oportunidad de presentar un breve análisis del partido amistoso jugado el Miércoles pasado. Es asombrosa la manera en que una victoria devuelve las sonrisas de la gente; el fracaso contra Argentina y la manera frustrante en que Uruguay al final consiguió el pasaje a Sudáfrica se perdieron en el olvido. El gol de Forlán, luego el de Suárez (que reconozco, fue impresionante) acompañado por un gol inesperado de Cavani, sirvieron para devolver la alegría al pueblo uruguayo. Es increíble el poder talismático de un gol ¿no? Dicho gol es capaz de borrar noventa minutos de fútbol como si estuviéramos hablando de borrar la tiza en una pizarra. Continue reading »

Now that the Group A friendlies in the only FIFA date are over, it is probably a good time to sit and try to analyze the results and performances of Uruguay….and the rest of the Group A. Continue reading »