Archive for December, 2009
Last Entry for 2009…
Here’s hoping everyone has a Happy New Year. 2010 will be a special year indeed, it’s the year we return to the World Cup after an 8 year absence, whether Uruguay reaches the quarter-finals or marches in three, Uruguay playing in a World Cup is always special. ARRIBA LA CELESTE !!! Read the rest of this entry »
THE TOP 10 STORIES OF 2009
As 2009 comes to an end, we’ve singled out the top ten stories of the year, no, Sean Penn winning an Oscar for playing a Gay Guy was not one of them… these are the top ten stories of the year as per this Blog. You may not agree with all of them, but I’m sure you’ll find them interesting just the same. Read the rest of this entry »
A KIND OF BLUE or How Uruguay should forget about Spain and Rip-Off Italy 2006 instead!
Borrowing a page from FourThreeThree, who wrote the recent entry Can Uruguay Be Like Spain? (1) I came away with the idea that if Uruguay can play anything like Italy did in the 2006 World Cup, then Uruguay will have no problems in the upcoming World Cup. Oscar Tabarez has tried to replicate many elements from the 2006 World Cup winning squad, mainly “cloning” players like Gattuso & Camoranesi. “Gattuso clones” like Diego Perez, Walter Gargano & Maximiliano Pereira have thrived under Tabarez while Gianni Buffon, a staple of Italian Football Read the rest of this entry »
The Heir Apparent?
In the post-vacuum of Messi bagging another trophy that sings the praises of his own glory, umm this time the FIFA World Player Award, I came away with a thought which was born out of not only the latest trophy won by La Pulga but also Argentina’s friendly with Catalunya (Catalunya demolished Argentina 4-2 without Messi by the way)… does Messi need Argentina as much as Argentina needs Messi? Read the rest of this entry »
GROUP A OPPONENTS OVERVIEW – MEXICO
There’s no denying that, similar to Uruguay, Mexico takes its soccer seriously. I experienced it twice first-hand, having lived there during the 1994 World Cup and 1995 Copa America, the last one won by Uruguay. I was especially grateful that every single game of the 1995 Copa America was televised. Since 1994, the Mexican team has been ranked higher than 15th by FIFA and even reached as high as 4th in 1998 prior to the World Cup. Mexico is considered to be one of the top two teams in CONCACAF, normally alternating positions with the USA. So there was a lot of concern as the team stumbled through CONCACAF qualification process for the 2010 World Cup. Read the rest of this entry »
