FIFA World Cup 2014 Groups and analysis Part 2

Hi, I'm back for part 2 group analysis and we're back with quite some news. So far, what's hot is the new Balloon D'or and ome recent soccer scores. And now, lets get to the main topic of this post which is group analysis. Hmm when did we stop? Oh yeah we stopped at Group D. For Group E, we have 2 teams that were in the same group last world cup and we also have newcomers Ecuador and disappointers from last year, France. France are expected to go well this World Cup especially with their sharpened players like Ribery although they had quite some difficulty qualifying. They are expected to lead the group with their Balloon D'or candidate and some even expect them to win. Now, for the next group, we have two new comers Bosnia-Herzegoniva and an unexpected visitor, new to the world cup, we have Iran. We also have to countries that aren't new to the world cup which are Argentina and Nigeria. The Argentinians are expected to shine with who people claim as the best player ever which is Lionel Messi but Nigeria could also surprise them with Emenike and star Jay Jay Okocha. For the next team, we have the team of death. It gives USA goosebumps. Real goosebumps. With Ghana, Portugal, and one of the best teams in this planet, Germany, we have one of the toughest groups in the game. With stars like Cristiano, Lahm, Scweinsteiger, and Donovan, this group is expected to delight the world. Thats all for today, come back tomorrow for more soccer news.

FIFA World Cup 2014 Groups and analysis Part 1

Hi guys, I've been gone for quite a while, sorry because I had tons of school work to do. When I was gone, there were tons of awesome football news like Munich defeating Chelsea for the UEFA Super Cup and there were amazing coach transfers. I also heard that Manchester United aren't doing a very good job with their new coach David Moyes and recently ended its loss streak by beating Aston Villa in Villa Park three nil a few days ago. Munich and Barcelona are doing great this season, with no losses. Also, in the top of the BPL board is quite surprising, with The Gunners conquering the top spot but they recently lost 6-3 to rivals Manchester City.

And now, let us advance to the main topic of this post. United States in the group of death with Ghana, Portugal, and the most powerful team in the world, Germany. It won't be a surprise at
all if only Germany and Portugal can successfully pass the group stage and Ghana, they're not bad at all, they are an excellent team. No offense Americans, but I'm pretty sure that US cannot pass the group stage. And now, about other groups, they're fair. In group A, we have the host team Brazil along with Croatia, Mexico, and Cameroon. It has been a very long time since I haven't seen Hernandez and Eto'o play so it would be delightful when we see Mexico play against Cameroon. However, with their amazing skill, I predict that the African giants Cameroon could not pass South American giants Brazil and Mexico.

Brazil would have a hard time defeating Mexico despite their skillful players. Mexico could surprise Brazil again, reliving what happened in the Olympic finals. However, with Neymar sharpened along with Zenit St Petersburg forward Hulk and formidable defenders Dani Alves and Thiago Silva, it is very possible for them to defeat Mexico. For group B, it would be a tough competition for Chile and Australia while World Cup 2010 finalists clash. Chile met their old group opponents and they also meet The Socceroos in this group. In my opinion, one of the strongest team in the World Cup, The Offsiders (a.k.a Spain) has a great chance to lead this group. Now, for group C, Ivory Coast clash with the Asian giant Japan and they also meet Greece. Oh yeah and I forgot to mention the team I have been waiting for, the ultimate underdog, the upsetters, please welcome, Colombia. The greatest players in this group, no argument really, Falcao and Drogba. They two have been great players although we don't really hear from them, since they went to less popular teams.

Now, for the next group, we have three football giants and an unpopular country especially in soccer that won't stand a chance against these high class giants. The 'ant' that will be stomped is Costa Rica, and the giants are England, Italy, and Uruguay. In my opinion, the teams that are going home are England and Costa Rica. Although England's got great and skilled players in their arsenal, they won't be able to go in the court and fight against Uruguay and Italy. Although Italy got totally demolished in 2010 World Cup, they really showed some skill in the 2012 Euro and even defeated Germany. Uruguay is experienced and could perform very well because of their experience in last World Cup. They even won the South American Cup recently and they really shown some tactic when they, one of the least unexpected teams went to the semifinals.
Come back tomorrow for part 2!

Munich Defeats City as they win Audi Cup in Allianz, RMA takes revenge on Champions League 11/12 Loss

The English side is defeated once more, with The Bavarians dominating the match with roughly 73% in the first half, and with them winning 2-1. Bayern Munich looks like they thurn the tables round in Allianz Arena with a delightful comeback of two goals which are credited two Thomas Muller's penalty and Mario Mandzukic's goal (65', 72'). Munich had successfully turned it over, with City scoring on the 61st, Thanks to City's new recruit, Alvaro Negredo. It was a great match, looking like the German side won't get scored, due to their domination of the ball in the first half but in fact, the English side scored before them, with a more superb goal than two of Munich's goals. German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer was exceptional, handing tons of great saves for Munich, while Muller and Mandzukic also contributed a lot to their win and some other key players to Munich's win were Alaba, Schweinsteiger, Ribery, and not to mention The 2012/13 final MoM (Man of the Match), Dutch winger Arjen Robben. The first goal was for The Citizens, with their new recruit Alvaro Negredo scoring a wonderfuul goal with great pace and power used to go through Javi Martinez the striking the ball low and hard, finding itself on the net. Just after the goal, Guardiola looked quite angry, you can say, nestling after the goal that left his team behind. Just 4 minutes later, Die Roten equalized with Thomas Muller's  penalty after Argentinian Right-back Pablo Zabaleta's hand-ball inside the penalty box. Pablo was just plain silly, he didn't even bother to look at the ball. Muller didn't waste the huge opportunity and calmly put the ball in the net, sending Pantilimon to the wrong direction. All of us know what actually happens when Germans take penalties. I say it's a colossal mistake for every single team to foul inside the penalty box against a German team. Foul a German team inside the penalty box. Conclusion: Very bad. I say there is an 85% chance that (they) will score. Now, for the next goal, The Bavarians had it again. With a sublime cross from Muller, the ball found itself too far to reach for Boyata. Hungry for a goal, Mandzukic headed the ball in City's net.

For Real Madrid vs Chelsea, both head coaches Carlo Ancelotti from Real Madrid and Jose Mourinho from Chelsea saw familiar foes. The precise score was 3-1 for Madrid with Real Madrid defender Marcelo taking the Spanish team to the lead in the early point of the game, the 14th minute. Just less than a minute after that goal, The Blues responded from Ramires almost immediatly. With the game level, Portuguese all-star Cristiano Ronaldo scored a tredemark 25-yard goal that Chelsea keeper Petr Cech trying to reach it with his fingertip on the 31st, raising the noise of the Miami crowd. The Blues looked like they didn't want to lose, and out of many tries, Belgian star Eden Hazard missed another golden opportunity. At the 56th, CR7 scored against his former coach's team the second time, with Real winning the friendly pre-season match. Thanks for reading, come back for more football news.

Manchester City Buries A.C Milan, Munchen Beats Sao Paolo as Both teams Meet in the Finals in Minor Audi Cup

Manchester City vs A.C Milan wasn't a tense match, but it was a hard fought comeback that wasn't enough to beat the English giants. With eight goals all on the first half, the score was 5-3. It was a hard match for Milan, with the Italian side losing 5-0 in the first 39 minutes but on the last eleven minutes, three goals were scored (37', 39', 43') but all those three-goal effort definitely wasn't enough for beating Manchester City's goal party (3', 19', 22', 32', 36'), but as every person says, at least you tried. The first half was quite a sensational half, with an eight goal party, starting from David Silva's ball that went comfortably in the net. It was an easy goal, starting from a great passing display. Navas then receives the ball, beats his man, whips it to Jovetic, Jovetic passes the ball to silva and the first goal of the match was born. (The goals are in order so if you are wondering in which minute the goal was scored you can just match it with the minutes I wrote. The next goal was scored by Micah Richards. It was another goal that was too easy for City. Starting from a pass from Richards to Navas, Navas quickly cuts inside the box and plays the ball to Ferdinanho. Richards then again gets the ball, strikes it to Amelia's chest, but successfully converted the rebound. Games like this will never ever get any easier for Manchester City. The next goal came from Serb left back Aleksandar Kolarov. City then earns a corner, a new start of their fourth goal with Navas executing it. The ball then lands on Spaniard David Silva. He splits the defense just like how Moses split the Red Sea then sends Navas running down the right. The winger then whacks it with a powerful strike and Edin Dzeko finishes it by tapping the ball back the post. The next goal was assisted by Yaya Toure. This might sound a little crazy, but jeez, Yaya Toure struckthe ball from 30 yards! The ball ended up on Dzeko's chest, with him spinning around then volleying the ball to the net with Amelia not having the power to anticipate it. The comeback is on, baby! El Shaarawy cleans out of the heavy defense, the scores. Nothing the English keeper Joe Hart can actually do. Aleksandar Kolarov took down a barging Milan player. Looks like he just stopped Petagna. Unfortunate for City, Shaarawy is unstoppable. He nailed yet his second goal of the day. Petagna then ended the sensational half with a goal to City's net. The second half was completely boring, with no goals.

For Bayern Munich vs Sao Paulo, it was a fun match, with a two goal cushion for Munich, which means that both City and Munich are meeting each other face to face at the Audi Cup finals. The match was quite an easy one for The Bavarians, with both goals on the second half (55',86') each scored by a different person. The first goal was scored by Mario Mandzukic while the second was scored by Weiser. Thanks for reading, come back for more football news.

R.I.P Christian "Chucho" Benitez

Ecuadorian star and Mexico's top scorer for last season, Christian "Chucho" Benitez suddenly passes away at 27 while playing his first league match with El-Jaish due to heart failure. Chucho had complained that he had heavy pains in his abdomen, which caused the team's crew to take him to a hospital nearby the stadium at Doha, Qatar. Christian passed away 4 days ago at Ahli hospital. His 24 international goals for Ecuador made him 3rd place in the overall, and the Ecuadorian star passed away just three weeks ago. Manchester United player Antonio Valencia who played alongside Chucho in Ecuadorian team El Nacional tweeted "The pain is very strong brother but we love you" and posted a few respective pictures for him (Chucho). Interior Minister of team Jose Serrano commented on a micro-blogging site "Dear Chucho thank you for your goals and your happiness". The team didn't bother to take him (Chucho) and family back to Ecuador to bury him in a glass coffin with fans looking over his glass coffin partly covered by Ecuador's national flag. Chucho's aunt, Brenda Benitez requested one last autopsy "In order for the country to have clarity, for the speculation to stop".
My condolences to Christian "Chucho" Benitez and family, Rest In Peace Christian Benitez.

Dortmund Claims Revenge on Bayern as they win German's Super Cup

Dortmund beats Bayern Munchen as they win the first cup of the 2013/14 season. It was a six-goal thriller, and it determines the Bundesliga 13/14 to be exciting, and this also makes Germany one of the toughest competitors for the 2014 World Cup. This also proves that Guardiola is not so fit for being a coach in a German team, keeping him responsible for the loss. In this game, German winger Marco Reus was the man of the match, by scoring two goals, but Bayern's loss could also be caused by the absence of an important playmaker, Franck Ribery, and one of the greatest goalkeepers in the world, Manuel Neuer. This match keeps both teams rivals and favorites for the Bundesliga.  The precise score was 4-2, with a goal in the first half and five in the second. The first goal was scored by Marco Reus, in the 6th minute when Sven Bender headed the ball and Reus headed again, and unfortunately Munich keeper Tom Starke couldn't save it, and that was the first goal. On the 53rd minute, The Bavarians equalized by Arjen Robben but two minutes later, Van Buyten headed the ball to his own net, and Gundogan scored a minute later. With a two goal cushion, Bayern caught up with a goal in the 64th but Reus scored an extra goal in the 86th for Dortmund.

Chelsea Brings Another Nightmare For Indonesia

Eden Hazard, Ramires, Demba Ba, John Terry, Bertrand Traore, and Romelu Lukaku all finished Indonesia's friendly pre-season series of matches with losses. All the friendly matches that Indonesia has played ended with losses. The loss chronicles started around a month ago, when Netherlands beat them 3-0. Then there was Arsenal, who beat them bad, with a score of 7-0. After that, Liverpool delivered a loss that wasn't so bad, 2-0. But Chelsea, a world-class team with a recent Champions League win, totally destroyed Indonesia with a humiliating scoreline of 8-1, and they scored all the goals. The stadium was filled with loud football fanatics, around 70.000 of them, watching their favorite team play. If you see the stadium from the inside and you see the fan's seats, all you can see is the color blue. Literally. The start of the goal-party was when Indonesia player Hamka Hamzah fouled John Terry in the penalty box. Eden Hazard didn't waist an opportunity, by sending Indonesian keeper Kurnia Mega flying the opposite way of where he aimed the ball to. Eight minutes later, Brazilian player Ramires doubled the goals by shooting the ball in the net after anticipating a cross from Eden Hazard. The third time Kurnia Mega had to see his goal ripped was in the 32nd minute, when Ba scored another goal for The Blues, which was a rebound anticipated from Ramires. On the last minute, Terry completed the first-half colored by four goals, by heading a ball headed by Gary Cahill.

Jose Mourinho looked pleased with the score of the half, and just six minutes after break, Chelsea started their goalathon from a goal from Bertrand Traore. Romelu Lukaku also wanted to get his name on the scoreline so he scored a goal just after Indonesia started the kickoff. Ramires then doubled his name on the scoreline by scoring his second goal of the game on the 57th minute. Lukaku then doubled his goal on the 66th minute. Just three minutes later, Chelsea scored their ninth goal, which was an own-goal scored by Tomas Kalas. On the 76th minute, Lukaku almost completed his hat-trick but Indonesian keeper Kurnia Mega managed to tip the ball over the goal. Thanks for reading, come the next three days for Bayern Munchen vs Borussia Dortmund

Liverpool Continues Indonesia's Losing Streak

Indonesia weren't so bad, they didn't lose for more than 2-0 but that makes no difference. Not important how many goals you lost. Losing is losing. Liverpool did dominate the whole entire match but it din't look like how The Gunners totally dismantled the South-East Asian team. Luis Suarez did get all the credit for Liverpool's achievement for EPL such as topscorer for LFC but not only one South American can dominate. Not only Suarez. And that South American is Philippe Coutinho. We see large teams seeking for Coutinho. Coutinho has dominated the pre-season league for Liverpool. Just a week before the match even started, fans of The Reds were crazy. The fans came to meet and greets, street vendors selling clothes and scarves, billboards around the street about the game and just a day before the match started, there was a coaching clinic for kids to learn skills from the stars of England. Liverpool had quite a lot of chances and the closest Indonesia ever got to scoring was Sergio Van Dijk, by unleashing a 25-yard rocketing shot that was tipped over by Simon Mignolet, hoping that Rodgers will make him his first choice keeper. The first goal was of course, to Liverpool awarded by Brazilian striker Philippe Coutinho, with a perfect finish to the goal in the 9th minute. The second goal was awarded by the young Jamaican, Raheem Sterling. Lucky for Indonesia, Luis Alberto and Sterling hit the post with thundershots of their own and if they were a bit more precise, The Reds could possibly beat Arsenal's Highscore thumping.
Thanks for reading, come back the next two days for Chelsea vs Indonesia.

The Gunners Demolish Indonesia in a Once In a Lifetime Friendly

Arsenal's Asia tour was going well, with no certain losses. One of their huge, definite wins were against a country that was full of football fanatics but couldn't really play football well. The Southeast Asian team was killed (literally) with a very disappointing loss (7-0) considering that they played in their own home. The Gunners dominated the whole match for ninety minutes and I even couldn't keep track with the goalscorers. The youngsters from the top English team were outstanding; how they scored, the passes, just like playing in the English league, just half as good. The Arsenal fans from Indonesia were very loud and they were actually happy about the scoreline. The noisy stadium, filled with 88.000 people; all soccer fans never stopped screaming, watching their favorite team playing, just live. The so-called dream-team weren't so bad in the first half, losing just one goal away, by Alex-Oxlade Chamberlain. The winger slipped passed two defenders and crossed to Walcott. Walcott easily struck the ball low in the net. 18th minute, 1 to nil for Arsenal. Just 13 minutes after Halftime, Chuba Akpom successfully scored Arsenal's 2nd goal. 20 minutes after that, Arsenal star Olivier Giroud successfully scored Arsenal's 3rd and his 1st goal of the match. Heated and loaded, the French striker scored his 2nd goal of the game, just 2 minutes before his first. Still haven't had enough, Lukas Podolski nailed another goal that totally hammered Indonesia. Just 2 minutes after the German number 10 scored, The Gunners had no mercy, having Kristoffer Olsson to score. Just after another two minute goal delay, Thomas Eisfeld ended the game with the score of seven zip. Thanks for reading, come back tomorrow for Liverpool vs Indonesia XI.

France Wins by an Inch Over Uruguay, Uruguay Feels Spain's Pain In the Finals

    French players celebrating their hard fought win against Uruguay (Look Below). 

 Score was stable, the whole match, with great attempts yet incredible saves, and a not so tense penalty shoot-out and we now all know that Uruguay ain't that good in penalties after losing quite badly against Italy in penalties. It was a hard fought win for France although they had an advantage with players who performed spectacular and better than how the Uruguayans did. For example say Pogba and Zouma. Those young talented players have got skill and I think that Manchester United will regret selling the French midfield. Paris Saint Germain's second keeper, Alphonse Areloa made a great amount of spectacular saves and he has saved as many as two shots in normal time and one of the shots he saved was from the striker that brought Uruguay to the finals, Felipe Avenatti. Areloa also did promising after saving 2 (two) penalties from Uruguay and that was quite the story of how the supreme loser of the 2010 World Cup triumphed to win their first U20 World Cup. Thanx for reading, have a nice day :)

Spain Disappoints Once More, France Destroys Uzbekistan And Both Teams Rise To the Semi-finals

                                   Felipe Avenatti scores

U-20 World Cup, Uruguay takes revenge on Spain, advances to semi-finals. An extra time, but Felipe Avenatti rises as Uruguay's hero. Despite the record of the only team that didn't lose on the major tournament, Spain was knocked out. Just like the classics, still remember Spain vs Germany? Extra time and Puyol scored a header for Spain. It was as if Uruguay had taken revenge for Germany. The tall 1.95 M striker struck the ball in the net with a fearsome header just after he played for five minutes* in the 103rd. Great match, the greatest team lost, again. Uruguay now joins Iraq after the Middle-east country defeated South Korea 5-4 on penalties while France finds Ghana on their way to the finals. About France vs Uzbekistan, goals were  from Yaya Sanogo in the 31st minute, and two goals from Pogba and Florian Thauvin, the goals from Pogba and Thauvin were penalties, please note that. And the last goal was recorded in the 64th minute from defender Kurt Zouma with a lunging header in the net. Honestly I never really liked U-20 but it's still not bad. Thanks for reading and goodbye. Please tune in tomorrow for more football scores, previews, and probably transfers.
*Goal was from a corner

Another tense penalty shoot-out for Italy, but they come out victorious

                               Italian players celebrate after beating Uruguay on penalties

2-2 (3-2) was the precise scoreline in the 3rd place playoffs that night and it was the Italians that came out victorious. Goals were from Davide Astori in the 24th minute, Edinson Cavani with the equalizer in the 58th minute, Allesandro Diamanti in the 72nd minute, and another equalizer from Cavani six minutes after Diamanti's goal. Davide Astori's goal was a really easy goal; starting from a free kick from Diamanti that smashed the post, hit Muslera's back, and the Italian defender just struck the ball to an open net. The next goal from Cavani was quite an impressive one. With Gargano flying through the middle, then into the box, he passed the ball to Cavani and the Napoli striker calmly put the ball in the right side of the net. The next goal was a stunner from Diamanti; he shocked the South American giant by converting a 20 yard free kick into a wonderful goal. Cavani then did the same thing as Diamanti did except Diamanti's goal was more accurate and Buffon could have put more effort on Cavani's kick. Extra time was disappointing for Azzuri; Montolivo got sent off in the 110th minute after not making any contact with Liverpool's Luis Suarez after fouling him. He saw his 2nd yellow for the day and he walked off the field. For the penalty shootout section, Buffon saved three penalties from Forlan, Gargano, and Ceceres. While two Uruguayans (Suarez and Cavani) managed to successfully score. Although Giaccherini failed to impress the Salvador crowd, Buffon did with his masterful saves. Buffon was the hero, like it or not. Salvador saw Azzuri take 3rd. 

8 July 2013, Pascal Tanujaya

Clobbers Spain, wins cup and Reveals tikki-takka Weakness

                               Neymar of Brazil scores

I'm back, sorry haven't updated for roughly a week. I didn't have time to and anyways, the finals were down with an unexpected scoreline. The "Best team in the world" just lost three zip to the South American giants. The Brazilians learnt from The Bavarians how to eliminate the tikki takka tactic (Passing fast, short distance) with an all simple 4-3-3 formation. They learnt how to stop passing from the Spaniards in dangerous positions, and believe me, it wasn't Spain that was bad, it was Brazil that was really good. Goals were from Fred in the early 2nd minute, a wonderful goal by Neymar in the 44th, and another goal from Fred saw the South American side win their third Confederation Cup. Just 20 minutes before the not-so tense match ended, the tall Barcelona back saw the color red. Not long after Fred's 1st first goal, Jordi Alba went left and passed to the Barcelona striker, Pedro. Pedro was clear in the penalty box and he curled the ball left to the net. QPR's keeper Cesar just saw the ball but the Chelsea back sprinted to the net and did a remarkable save with his legs. With the Spanish bench already celebrating, the Brazilian crowd chanted as loud as when Fred scored the 1st goal, but Barca's new striker managed to turn up the volume with a wonderful goal. Also, one more important point of the match was that Sergio Ramos missed a penalty. Thanks for reading!

Pascal Tanujaya,  July 8

Finals preview, Spain vs Brazil

Who will win in this tense face off? The defending World Cup and Euro Champions Spain or the 5-time World Cup winners Brazil? They haven't met each other for a very long time and what I mean by long is almost a decade and a half. When they played 14 years ago, they tied nil to nil. The both teams have done very good, haven't lost a single match through the Confederations Cup and both teams are even, having a 35 game unbeatable streak (A record in world football) but so far in the late games in around May, Spain have been unbeatable. I think it will be a great, tense game, but Brazil will win. I think they are also the favorites because of the semi-finals; Spain had to play 120 min++ while Brazil only had to play 45 x 2.  I say both teams will play well. So far the Spaniards are better through statistics, winning recent cups and they are currently first in rankings."I was really looking forward to a final against Spain, and I don’t think I am the only one. We have the chance to test ourselves against the best team in the world and the defending world champions. We feel a mixture of respect and admiration for our opponents, but we need to impose ourselves and play our game,” said Brazilian star Neymar. Brazil will have to face Spain trademark tikki-takka tactic and I think both coaches are experienced especially Spain's coach Vicente Del Bosque, the mastermind behind Spain's World Cup and Euro, but I also think that Brazil's Luiz Felipe Scolari is great, after he managed tons of successful teams and personally, I think that they look quite alike except that Vicente Del Bosque looks a bit more cheerful :). This game will most definite be tense and there's a 60% chance that it's going to extra time or even maybe penalties. The game is playing tonight, and I think a huge amount of supporters will watch it. Some say it's a dream final.19:00, local time (Rio). Remember,19:00, local time!

Finals and 3rd Place Playoff venue and my opinion about the two matches

Brazil and Spain ready to face each other at one of the largest stadiums in the world, Estadio do Maracana at Rio De Janeiro, 3rd place playoff featuring Italy and Uruguay to face off at Arena Fonte Nova at Salvador.

After two tense matches, the grand stage is coming tomorrow. Brazil and Spain, as we know it and either team will steal the moment to have their hands on the Confederations Cup, a grand preview for the grand stage of world football. I think the winners of the latest Euro and World Cup will finally fall to the hands of the five time South Americans, the great Brazilians. But definitely, I'm not saying that the great matadors have no chance, but sorry, Spanish fans, I think it'll be a tense game but Brazil will win by a point or probably it'll be another tense penalty shootout for Spain. Now, to the 3rd place playoff, the Italians have better chance especially because of their better players but you can't say that Uruguay doesn't have any good players. The great players from Spain are: Casillas, Xavi, Ramos, Mata, and Torres. The star players from Brazil are: Neymar, Fred, Julio Cesar, and Marcelo. The star players from Uruguay are: Lugano, Forlan, Suarez, and Cavani. The star players from Italy are: Pirlo, Buffon, Balotelli, and Chiellini. Personally, I think it was luck that Spain went through the semi-finals against Italy because Bonucci wasn't supposed to take the spot kick, Giaccherini was supposed to. "I spoke with Bonucci. I said, Leonardo, you go, because I was convinced he would have scored. It's ashame. Unfortunatelay, it's always a lottery." Said the Juventus forward.

Created by Pascal Tanujaya,  29 June 2013

Recent Confederation Cup Scores, who's advancing, who's going back home

South American clash and also a European clash in the tense Confederations Cup Semi-finals

Uruguay vs Brazil and Spain vs Italy as we know it and after two tense semi-finals, Brazil and Spain come out as great, proud winners. These two giants will meet each other at the finals to consider the winners of the 2013 Confederation Cup. Now with Brazil vs Uruguay. Tense game, Brazil with three yellow cards while Uruguay got two. The players from Brazil that were yellow carded are David Luiz, Marcelo, and Dias. From Uruguay, the yellow carded men were Gonzales and Lazio player Endison Cavani. Both teams played well but Brazil dominated ball possession. Goalscorers were Fred in the 42nd, Cavani out for the equalizer in the 48th and Paulinho for the winning goal in the late 87th. For the European clash, Italy cut down Spain's attack with amazing pace and according to some people, Spain had their first shot on goal on the 58th minute. Italy had a golden attempt of winning on the 36th minute with Maggio heading a cross from Giaccherini but grateful Casillas saved it in the nick of time.

Spanish goalkeeper and captain makes a spectacular save against Italy at their tense semi-final at Fortaleza. Maggio's diving  header proved to be a great chance of winning but Casillas goes for the save.

28th June, made by Pascal Tanujaya

                                                                     About Me

Hi, I am Pascal, a great fan of football (or soccer) and I would love to make a blog about it. Now every soccer fan in the entire planet know about the confederation cup, a prelude to the greatest soccer tournament, the FIFA World Cup which is going to be held in Brazil, and that is why the confederation cup, which only features around 8 teams (Brazil, Italy, Japan, Mexico,and more more teams from Group B are Uruguay, Nigeria, Tahiti, and Spain) are held in Brazil too. Many people around the world expect Spain to win a trophy once again. As for me, I am a great fan of Germany because of its stock of talented players such as Bastian Schweinsteiger, Phillip Lahm, and not to mention one of the players who led Bayern Munich to their treble, Thomas Muller. All of these great players have led the German giants Bayern Munich to reach a hard won treble especially the UEFA Champions League and Bundesliga. I also vote for Germany because of their tactical coach, Jochim Loew. Both Germany and Spain have a great chance of winning in the world cup because of their full stock of dangerous strikers. I will be very excited for it and personally, I like their new armadillo mascot Fuleco better than Zakumi, the old world cup mascot that was held in South Africa.

Read happily,  Pascal Tanujaya
Brazil 2014,  featuring Fuleco