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olympic vs english premier league
after watching the young italians struggled against Mali during the quarter final, i had half-expected them to be beaten by the argentinians in the semi but still the loss was hard to swallow.
i don't know what the future italian football team will become if that was the way they played. my God! i wonder how they managed to clinch the european under 21 championship title. (fabio, if u read this, mi dispiace il mio amico). it's a worrying trend for the azzurrini because with no creative midfielders and weak defenders, the team was probably depending on lady luck all the way to reach the quarter final.
for a striker of his calibre, gilardino was disappointing and his finishing was so terrible. at times when pirlo made a few accurate beautiful passes as was his trademark to gilardino, he wasted them with several off the mark shots, much like bobo vieri. sheesh!
as a contrast, the argentinians were excellent as a whole. they were so good in defence, so skillful in the midfield and so creative in front, they made the european under 21 champion team (italy) looked so amateurish. i can foresee the future argentina national football team, give and take a few years. this young argentinians will be the world cup champion one day soon.
as for the EPL, hmmm...liverpool oh liverpool. the red's first game wasn't impressive at all, much like a left-over from the gerard houllier's day. i didn't want to answer my office phone the whole week for fear of being ridiculed by a certain chelsea fan. sheesh!
yeah! so i didn't want to join the technical dept's fantasy football challenge. so what?? i'm not a coward, i just dont have the time ok.
as for rafa benitez, i believe that if anybody can take liverpool to the top of the league, it will be this man. he is intelligent and a very disciplined man. come to think of it, houllier was a disciplinarian too, hmmm...please sitinesta, positive thinking only.
liverpool looked much better in their second game against manchester city but still not quite strong and whole. their defence was still terrible. city's goal was really a bad one. what the hell was in carragher's mind when he back-flicked that ball towards his goalkeeper when anelka was hanging around at the penalty area? dudek wasn't the best of goalkeepers and carragher should have known that, thus the blunder.
both liverpool's goals were a blast thanks to baros and gerrard. in my humble opinion, finnan, hamann and josemi were sensational that night. however, the midfield needed extra talents to make an impact and i believe xabi alonso and nunez are capable of doing just that.
it's weird that i didnt feel anything about owen leaving. i was neither surprised nor sad. he was supposedly the star of the team but his transfer didn't move me at all. i was angry when mcmanaman leaved liverpool for real madrid and i was sad when fowler and redknapp were sold. i guess it's true what rob hughes said, that owen was admired but not loved by the fans, yours truly included.
i guess it's too early to say anything about the team but watching the games of others especially arsenal, chelsea and man united, i am a bit worried. hey, forza liverpool anyway.
last modified Aug 26, 2004 at 1:44
Just something light. Last Azzurri team had alot of Alessandros in the team. Well more like 3 of them. But this time, the juniors, there's at least 5 of them named Andrea. Wonderful. But bronze is any better, they were lucky to get the early goal to win. Here's for the future. And yeah I was looking forward to Liverpool Valencia again. Clash of the titans at some point. Haha. But Liverpool Milan is like whoah..might never know tho.
dania: yeah! to tell you the truth, i would love to see iraq in the final but their fairy tale ended in the semi.
Lippi, i dont know. doesnt like him that much when he was in juventus but as long he can produced good result, it's ok by me.
are u kidding? why would you want the reds to meet valencia. im really hoping that liverpool will not be meeting milan at any of the game. pleaselah jgn, tak tau nak support sapa.
i like ranieri. he is one cool guy. hehehe...7 strikers, sheesh.
It's funny how I'm as worried as you are watching the young italians battling on the field on that day vs argies yet I am not surprised with their performance. Although I expect much more from them, albeit being crowned the euro champions, they don't seem to play like a champion. It saddens me that I was waiting for the game to be played in the finals instead of semi. Bah! However, I think once they start playing for the senior's team, they might feel the pressure to perform and then they will play much much much better. Either that or I'm just trying to make myself think positive. Really, I'm very worried of their future. The defence first and foremost. But I believe in Lippi. That man has alot of magic spells in his head. Hope he can turn the luck around.
I've been waiting for Argies for ages to perform at their best, especially with the youths. They somewhat dissapoint me with the Copa America. What's worst, most of the people don't have faith in this team. Dang. I really hope they will perform in coming years. So many stars yet they can't deliver. It's so sad.
Hoho Champions League groups are finally out. Liverpool didn't meet Val for now. Darn, I expect them to meet together. However, this time CL should be a blast. Milan Barca babe. Huhu....alot of death groups. CRAP! And what a surprise Tel aviv. So have faith in your team Siti. They'll be good. Luis Garcia in the team, daaaammnn...Deisler is back!
I fear Valencia will be looking like Chelsea. Their roster is overloaded. 7 strikers to be said. Haiihhh..Ranieri is killing me. And it looked as if he's "italian-ising" the spanish team. Haaaiiihh dilemma.
Good luck tho. I'm waiting for CL to begin. Yeah babey!
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