IT HAS BEGUN!! THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2008/2009 HAS STARTED!
The Champions League has once more kicked off. The contest of finding the new ruler of the Europe is now on progress. My team, Manchester United faced Villareal, the Yellow Submarines, from Spain last night at Old Trafford. The match actually ended with a 0-0 draw. What a bore!
Definitely not the perfect start everybody wanted for Manchester United.
However, the result of a team's first fixture doesn't actually determine the result of the contest itself for the team. How far will the team progress, how good will they play, how attractive their game is actually aren't determined by the first results. This is a competition, involving passion, determination and spirit and also hunger to rule the European football.
Manchester United are grouped with Glasgow Celtic, Strachan's team; Villareal; and AaB Allborg. Allborg is a Scandinavian team who almost has no name when it comes to the Champions League. Manchester United are truly the favorites in this group but the first result has shown them that even though it doesn't literally mean it is decisive, the first result actually shows the competitiveness of the group. This group is certainly worth watching.
Nothing is ever more interesting than to watch the progress of a football team. It's a sport involving passion and as I've said many times before, it's a sport with a passion worth to die for.
About this year's Champions League, it's often called The Race to Olimpico. It's not a bogus, because Olimpico is the main venue for this year's final and the race is certainly rough, full of obstacles and affected by luck, just like a famous quote:
"Football is 99% passion and skill and 1 % of luck."
Also, the race to Olimpico actually involves new teams. Arthoridis, a team from Cyprus, actually were a team no one knew but their involvement in this year's Champions League surely would make them more famous and richer. This actually shows that the competitiveness of the Eastern European countries' leagues are actually improving and it's actually really interesting to watch how things go in this year's Battle of the Stars.
Kamis, 18 September 2008
Kamis, 04 September 2008
The Perplexity of the World of Football ( Money - Skills - Passions )
A great number of signings were made on the final day of the transfer window and many of them were shocking. Dimitar Berbatov, the Bulgarian star, finally made his dream move from Tottenham Hotspurs, the North Londoners, to Manchester United, the King of Europe. The transfer was said to be worth around 30,25 million pounds, a great deal of money, because if it's in Rupiah, it can be estimated around 504 billion rupiahs. Could you imagine possessing that amount of money? Could you imagine spending that amount of money for only a player? It's beyond our wildest dreams as Indonesia people, because the highest paid footballers in Indonesia only receives around 1/500 of Dimitar Berbatov's move to Manchester united. Only one billion rupiahs and this transfer, the whopping 504 billion rupiahs, was still not the highest transfer ever recorded in the world of football.
It's a world of money and football is not an exception. Robinho's move from Los Galacticos, Real Madrid to The Citizens, Manchester City with a whopping transfer fee of 32,5 million euros was a smashing hit on British newspapers. Man City was able to make this dream move because of their new owner, Dr. Sulaiman, from the UAE. He spent 220 million pounds, around 3.664 trillion rupiahs. That money really could buy all football clubs in Indonesia because that money is magnificent. It's a scorcher remembering that Dr. Sulaiman, spent it only for one single club. While Manchester United, the neighbor of Manchester City, was estimated around 1 billion pounds and many people, especially shareholders around the world, estimated Manchester United to worth more than 1 billion pounds ( 16,656 trillion rupiahs ). Imagine that! An organization, started by railway workers in the nineteenth century, is now worth 16,656 trillion rupiahs. That is amazing!!!!!!!!
These 2 moves made the world shocked, surprised and also amazed. Why are we amazed? Because these moves were the actual proofs that money buys everything.
Well, now let's talk about Dimitar Berbatov. The 4 times Bulgarian Player of the Year was actually kind of destined to play for Man United. They had wanted him even when he was still playing for the German side, Bayer Leverkusen. Paddy Crerand, a pro football analyst from England, was said to be expecting Dimitar Berbatov to show his magnificent credibility and he was also quoted to be sure that Berbatov would be a quality signing for Man United.
I, as a fan of MU, can say nothing expect "AMAZING!" The word amazing is enough to represent the actual happiness and pure jubilation of Man United fans around the world, said to be around 75 million people. I surely expect a total commitment and determination from this Bulgarian and I surely hope that his career and his personal life gets better and better because he's now in the heart of English football.
Football is always an art
An art can be bought by money
Money can change everything
But there's something constant people from around the world know
Football will always be reckoned as the beautiful game
The beautiful game that has the power to change the face of the world
The beautiful game that unites the whole world
Football is POWER
It's a world of money and football is not an exception. Robinho's move from Los Galacticos, Real Madrid to The Citizens, Manchester City with a whopping transfer fee of 32,5 million euros was a smashing hit on British newspapers. Man City was able to make this dream move because of their new owner, Dr. Sulaiman, from the UAE. He spent 220 million pounds, around 3.664 trillion rupiahs. That money really could buy all football clubs in Indonesia because that money is magnificent. It's a scorcher remembering that Dr. Sulaiman, spent it only for one single club. While Manchester United, the neighbor of Manchester City, was estimated around 1 billion pounds and many people, especially shareholders around the world, estimated Manchester United to worth more than 1 billion pounds ( 16,656 trillion rupiahs ). Imagine that! An organization, started by railway workers in the nineteenth century, is now worth 16,656 trillion rupiahs. That is amazing!!!!!!!!
These 2 moves made the world shocked, surprised and also amazed. Why are we amazed? Because these moves were the actual proofs that money buys everything.
Well, now let's talk about Dimitar Berbatov. The 4 times Bulgarian Player of the Year was actually kind of destined to play for Man United. They had wanted him even when he was still playing for the German side, Bayer Leverkusen. Paddy Crerand, a pro football analyst from England, was said to be expecting Dimitar Berbatov to show his magnificent credibility and he was also quoted to be sure that Berbatov would be a quality signing for Man United.
I, as a fan of MU, can say nothing expect "AMAZING!" The word amazing is enough to represent the actual happiness and pure jubilation of Man United fans around the world, said to be around 75 million people. I surely expect a total commitment and determination from this Bulgarian and I surely hope that his career and his personal life gets better and better because he's now in the heart of English football.
Football is always an art
An art can be bought by money
Money can change everything
But there's something constant people from around the world know
Football will always be reckoned as the beautiful game
The beautiful game that has the power to change the face of the world
The beautiful game that unites the whole world
Football is POWER
Senin, 01 September 2008
Football - THE BEAUTIFUL GAME
Monaco, 29th August 2008. The most dramatic moments of football happened there. Stade Louis II became the silent witness that viewed the loss of the champions of Europe. Manchester United, the champions of 2008 Champions League, lost to Zenit St. Petersburg. What a night for Zenit! What a frustrating night for Manchester United!
Again, this proves a lot to all football fans spread around the world. The ball is round and it will always be round!!!!! There's nothing decisive in football before the final whistle blows and this major shock in Monaco was another perfect example of this saying.
Manchester United, as a much tougher side, proved their class by controlling the whole game. But football is never identical with a lot of control, it is always identical with the word "GOAL"! It didn't matter who was the better side that night in Monaco because there will always be one winner and being a better side doesn't always guarantee that you will be on the winning side.
That shock was a major heart breaker. Not only for me, but to 75 million people around the world who was expecting to see their favourite team winning the first European Super Cup Title it was a disaster. A disaster which could prove to be lethal for the players mentality. I'm saying mentality because football in its most basic context is never just a physical game, it's about the PASSION! The passion which drives men crazy and not to mention to fall in love with this game. I, am a man, who has fallen in love with this game.
That night, was a historical night for Zenit and also for Man United, who was proven to be number two once more when it comes to the Super Cup.
There's nothing left to say for this kind of game. A game ends when the final whistle blows but the magic of that game, or could be mentioned as the magic of football, is everlasting and never ending. That night would be remembered forever and even though it was a frustrating and a disastrous night for Manchester United, it would still be mentioned as a beautiful game.
Again, this proves a lot to all football fans spread around the world. The ball is round and it will always be round!!!!! There's nothing decisive in football before the final whistle blows and this major shock in Monaco was another perfect example of this saying.
Manchester United, as a much tougher side, proved their class by controlling the whole game. But football is never identical with a lot of control, it is always identical with the word "GOAL"! It didn't matter who was the better side that night in Monaco because there will always be one winner and being a better side doesn't always guarantee that you will be on the winning side.
That shock was a major heart breaker. Not only for me, but to 75 million people around the world who was expecting to see their favourite team winning the first European Super Cup Title it was a disaster. A disaster which could prove to be lethal for the players mentality. I'm saying mentality because football in its most basic context is never just a physical game, it's about the PASSION! The passion which drives men crazy and not to mention to fall in love with this game. I, am a man, who has fallen in love with this game.
That night, was a historical night for Zenit and also for Man United, who was proven to be number two once more when it comes to the Super Cup.
There's nothing left to say for this kind of game. A game ends when the final whistle blows but the magic of that game, or could be mentioned as the magic of football, is everlasting and never ending. That night would be remembered forever and even though it was a frustrating and a disastrous night for Manchester United, it would still be mentioned as a beautiful game.
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