Archive for October, 2009
“Tabarez, how about these guys?”
I doubt anybody can change El Maestro’s mind this late in the game regarding his call-up list and I would never suggest Tabarez try these guys for the Repechaje, but why not try these guys out in a friendly match, one of them has already been suggested by Nico, the other one is sort of related to Recoba and the last is a defender that might be more useful than Carlos Valdez, well at least for a header anyway. Read the rest of this entry »
The Phantom Punch Fallout
If a “love tap” earned El Cebolla a four-game ban what will a misplaced slide tackle earn him during a World Cup match? I’m not excusing Cebolla because I’m under the opinion that whatever Cebolla did was dumb to begin with but it does seem a bit excessive on FIFA’s part to come down so hard on Cebolla. Read the rest of this entry »
LCB mano a mano con Nacho González
Todos los uruguayos teníamos muchas dudas sobre el presente del magistral organizador de nuestra querida Celeste, quien como todos sabemos, ha estado ausente desde hace ya un tiempo considerable. El tema es que a veces no es tan fácil conseguir la información que buscamos. Intentamos averiguar qué era lo que pasaba con él desde superdeporte.es, el sitio oficial del Valencia C.F. (su actual club) y Foroche. Si bien recabábamos datos interesantes, no lograban llenar nuestras expectativas.
La Celeste Blog no se quedó de brazos cruzados e hizo lo necesario; llegó hasta el jugador y aclaró todas las dudas. A continuación la entrevista:
What’s in a Formation: Part Three – the 4-4-2 Diamond
Many of Uruguay’s teams play this style (or formation), where the “diez” (or “enganche”) is the “brains”, commanding the attack, controlling the tempo of play, making pinpoint passes to his forwards, and scoring outrageous goals on set plays. One of the most common formations in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay, it was developed from the traditional 4-4-2. Instead of a relatively flat midfield, the midfield positions were staggered in a diamond shape to allow better defensive and offensive play (by creating “natural” passing lane triangles). Read the rest of this entry »
¿Por qué el futbol uruguayo debería ser administrado como una empresa?
¿Cuánto representa el fútbol en la economía?
El mundo del fútbol está conformado por la quinta mayor población del planeta, 240 millones de jugadores en los 1,5 millones de equipos afiliados por vía directa o indirecta a la FIFA. Sus sorprendentes números, lo convierten en la economía número 17 del mundo, con un PIB de 500 mil millones de dólares, es 14 veces el PBI del Ecuador, cuatro veces y media que el PBI de Chile, 2 veces y media el de Argentina, y para tener otra idea contundente de lo que representa el fútbol, solo 25 países del mundo producen anualmente un PIB mayor al que genera el fútbol que es de 500 mil millones. Read the rest of this entry »
“You, Me and Tabarez”
When this is all over, what will these Qualifiers say about Oscar Tabarez? What I mean by this, chiefly looking at the Qualifiers as a measuring stick and excluding Copa America Performances & International Friendlies from the debate… Have these Qualifiers been kind to the overall work of Oscar Tabarez? A lot of outside factors beyond El Maestro’s control interfered with what Tabarez wanted to accomplish and a lot of it was brought on by Tabarez himself. Read the rest of this entry »
