Wednesday, 3 July 2013

THE EPITOME OF THE FOOTBALL GAME!





Another week, another dose of the beautful game. Over to Brazil,2013,the Confederations Cup, and as expected,the odds were stacked against Nigeria and minnows Tahiti,which really is not a country by itself,but an overseas country of the French Republic.
With back to back defeats to the tune of 1-6 to Nigeria, 0-10  to Spain and 0-8 to Uruguay, the scores against Tahiti seem to have a striking resemblance to a cricket score than to a football score!
Regardless of their scoreline,you really need to give it up to the oceanic nation, who are currently the 2012 OFC Nations Cup Champions,hence qualified for the confederations much to the chagrin of New Zealand and Australia, though the latter is no longer a member of the Oceania Football Confederation. Not to mention their ever attacking display even when the scoreline did not favour them,well, which was most of the time.
As for me,i pit the final to be Brazil against world champions Spain as i really do not fancy the Italians reaching the final and it will  be even harder now that Super Mario has been ruled out of the tournament as a result of an injury.Atleast he has been of utmost behaviour in Brazil.
On to the summer transfers, Carlos Tevez penned his 12 million euro move to Juventus, and it seems that he has developed a tendency to badmouth his former club every time he moves to a new one. “The targets of Juventus are higher than the targets of Manchester City. Man City have an obsession of overtaking United as the world’s biggest club, but in reality, City will never be a bigger club than United”, said Tevez after being unveiled as Bianconeri’s No. 10.
In the red side of Manchester, it’s a beehive of activities as the Red Devils continue with their ‘Never say die attitude’ but now off the pitch as they continue to pursue the signatures of Leighton Baines,Kevin Strootman and Thiago Alcantara. Rumour has it that Thiago’s move to Old Trafford is imminent after demanding more playing time and being a regular at Barca,after playing second fiddle to Xavi last season.
However, Man United have a history of ‘so close yet so far signings’ with the likes of Ronaldinho in 2003 and Lucas Moura in 2012. Whether history will repeat itself with young Thiago Alcantara remains to be seen.
By Anthony Njoroge.

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