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world cup - second round
argentina vs serbia & montenegro
when i watched argentina beat serbia & montenegro 6-0, i almost wished i was their fan. i have never support other team in the world cup other than italy, since 1990 that is. argentina much like holland and brazil has star players in all department which is why they are difficult to defeat especially by the underdogs.
serbia & montenegro wasnt a weak team, they have a few quality players that are well-known like stankovic, milosevic and kezman but to compare them to the argentinians who have players the like of riquelme, tevez, messi, sorin, cambiasso and the list goes on at their disposal, well what more can u say.
there were a few unforgettable football games in my list over the last 15 years and the argentina vs s&m will be added to my list that's for sure. the game will be up there with the italy vs nigeria (94), italy vs holland (2000) and a few others that i treasured the most.
i was almost half in love with tevez after that brilliant goal of his beating two defenders making his every move look easy when in reality it wasnt. that was really some skill man! it was such a fluid game that before you could catch your breath, the argentinians were back in the serbia & m penalty area. the passings were all perfect, it was like the players were dancing. and those countless hours spent on perfecting their back flick had not gone to waste. what a beautiful and entertaining performance the argentinians have shown us. the solidarity and the understanding between players were really wonderful. i do miss javier zanetti at the centre of the argentinian's defence. he was one of the most solid defenders i have ever seen. it's a joy to watch little messi playing for the first time in the world cup, i hope he will steal the show from rooney. im tired of hearing how good rooney is bla..bla..bla..beautiful game yes but not enough to convince me to support them. ;-)
italy vs usa
i have to admit that the us of a team that met italy last night was a different team from the czech rep game. the team look more impressive, very fast and far more determine than italy to win the game. i have said so many times that the azzurri shouldnt underestimate their opponent and i would put the blame on lippi for not studying his opponent. just because czech rep beat them 3-0 didnt mean the team was rubbish, they wouldnt make it to the final of world cup if they didnt have something up in their sleeves.
i was reading the newspaper last saturday while waiting for my guitar class to start and the news i read about the italians had really pissed me off, big time. can u imagine, only one out of the three italian players took the time to study the us team members and that was pirlo, the rest didnt even know who reyna and mcbride were. i was so disappointed with the italian camp for not taking the us team seriously.
and zaccardo's own goal was really like a bitter pill to swallow. i dont think i can recall the last time an italian defender scored an own goal. hell! what the bloody hell was de rossi thinking. this loose cannon player kan, memang main ganas masa kat roma and i dont really like him, he reminded me of matterazzi. no flair, no sportmanship, no nothing. elbowing an opponent was really low man! dont be a mafia on the pitch yah! we didnt need anymore scandal.
oh god! lippi why didnt you play inzaghi instead of del piero? aku tak suka del piero. in 1998, cesare maldini and the rest of the world thought del piero would be the azzurri's hero and baggio's succesor but he didnt live up to that expectation. baggio spent most of the 98 wc on the bench because maldini thought del piero was the better player and he was wrong, dead wrong. he wasnt that great in 2002 either but why was he in this squad, i dont know.
it's just like the azzurri to make life difficult for themselves and the fans too. what happen if you failed to beat czech rep next week and ghana won, what then? u dont have a referee to blame but yourselves. lately, luca toni reminded me a lot of viera, all the big hurrah but choked in front of the goal. the italians better start thinking of ways to score goals man! what good would it do when beautiful crosses couldnt be met with accurate target because the strikers were firing blank. the usa team wasnt deadly by the world cup standard but why couldnt the azzurri beat the 9-men team? why? i dont understand this anymore. sometimes, i felt really tired supporting this italian team. seriously.
well good luck to them this coming thursday! i'll probably watch the game with the rest of the milanmalaysia members and azzurri fans at bangsar shopping village. see u there. forza azzurri! forza nesta!
p/s: u sms-ed me right after the italy vs us game ended just to taunt me, oh, that's very bad of you, mister! ;-) takpe ada ubi ada batas babe!
last modified Jun 19, 2006 at 0:16
huhuhu.. cant wait for argentina vs german.. that day masa tengok argentina vs mexico, sejuk abis kaki tangan... i like watching tevez & messi playing too..but my feminine side goes to gabriel heinze... heheheh.
dunno why..but i dont like rooney...
Siti...tengah tunggu ulasan perlawanan Italy-Australia 
hehehehe..
sis...just couldn't help but laugh at the last statement u made
meh HS tolong sambung - lain hari kena balas punya....
I wish there was a game that made me feel as passionate as you are with football ...but unfortunately...being me...hahaha...Can't be helped :P. Anyway, may your favourite team wins :D
SitiNesta...suka baca ulasan anda.ulasan yang beremosi. emosi terarah. semoga Itali sukses dalam piala dunia ini. begitu juga dengan England ;) tapi prestasi kedua-dua negara ni masih buat kita 'geleng kepala'...harap selepas ni mereka lebih menyerlah.
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