Thursday, June 12, 2008
one of my tournament favourites swiss just ended their european campaign due to bad football.. i was readin a book on sigmund freud and watchin the game at the same time.. my bet is on austria later..
Ivan misfired at 5:00 AM
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008
if a team wants to play good football,
1.there must be understanding and chemistry between the players like spain,
2.there must be players who make runs like david villa and torres,
3.and there must be players who make passes like fabregas and iniesta.
if an individual player wants to improve so as to contribute more to the team in terms of being able to play good football, he must both be able to make good runs, and also be able to pick out good passes.
i dare say i can do both, but still i'm not satisfied..football is a life-long learning process, however we only got the legs to play a few more years before age catches up with passion, forcing our retirement into the armchairs. i sincerely hope that before that time comes, we can achieve good football.
sharin football
for educational purposes, i have embedded the following video clip. watch the whole video clip of the spain vs russia match, you won't regret it, even russia showed good play at times.
spain's 4th goal deserves special mention, look at how xavi and fabregas intelligently criss-crossed their runs, that's what i call chemistry and understanding and that's what i call superb movement off-the-ball. if they had ran straight forward, the defenders would have marked them easily, xavi running from right to left, and fabregas running from left to right, made the defenders' day so much more torrid. it's the small things like these, along with vision, awareness, intelligence, understanding, and chemistry that makes football so beautiful and enticing to me. hope i manage to convert you all, just like how...
Ken misfired at 6:40 PM
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Monday, June 09, 2008
i dare to say we were the team to beat last sunday..
anyway.. yuxian has a great blog..
Ivan misfired at 11:46 PM
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Sunday, June 08, 2008
italy leh. we've actually clocked more passes, scored more, conceded less and won more games than the past few weeks. its hard to go gungho when some opponents choose to play rough, so G-ing was to reciprocate and to protect ourselves. anyhow passing and movement aside, PATIENCE has alw been the other important component to our football. we're not playing EPL, we appreciate a diff tempo to the game, and the idea to da hui has alw been our forte.
Anonymous misfired at 11:01 PM
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Today’s soccer is the worst I have ever seen from hornyteam. The soccer played juz frustrates me. Watching from the side of the court, I can’t help but think that we are not progressing at all.
Firstly, the opponents’ full court press strategy. Is it so difficult to overcome? Or are we too scared to take the ball and venture. Defenders dun dare to pass out I understand. Strikers actually sit on the half way line not moving. There was no movement, AT ALL. Kaoz. Even the opposition was frustrated. It was really cowardly like anything.
Second, the way the team played at times reminded me of the hornyteam I saw in sec 4. when max and ivan juz terrorized the court. Not with their footwork and team play, but with the gay-ish tactics cowardly behaviour. There was no invention. No initiative
Third, for all of Zhiping’s and Ivan’s efforts to educate on playing nice football, most important is the movement and teamwork. Soccer is all about passing and movement, with communication. There was none. No, sorry, my mistake. There was only passing, in a triangle, between the goalie, ivan and max, in a small triangle that has sides of 2m at most. And when Zhiping provided the extra option, ivan and max din grab the chance to pass to him and start and attack by opening up the play. They let the chance go by continuing with the gay triangle. WTF?!
Soccer is really about passing and movement. If there isn’t any, then juz quit, dun play anymore. If kenbang was around today, I’m sure he will KB till the cows come home. I juz sit at the side and observe the play.
Lastly, frustrating the opposition, and boring them into submission should not be the beautiful soccer that I believe we’re trying to achieve. We’ve always tried passing and control and possession. We’ve gotta show that next week, or else there is no point playing as a team anymore. There isn’t gonna be any improvement, even if individually you are all more skilled than others
By Delwyn
Tan misfired at 10:56 PM
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