Feb 18 2010
Posted by Ash as Daily
Arsenal may have lost to Porto last night but Senor GuapoVela here needs to work harder if he wants to intimidate the linesman. Pippo Inzaghi gives part-time classes on that when no one is looking, so tipo Carlos better sign up pronto before all the slots get filled up! Luca Toni already graduated with honours two seasons ago but Pippo never mentioned a money back guarantee. A Sneaky man!
Anyway, the Gunners are now mulling over their 2-1 loss to Hulkamania Porto. Yeah, Fabianski probably needs to find a watering hole asap after yesterday’s performance. Gooners, if you see him walking in the streets of London today, do not hesitate to hand him a lawnmower and a Spandau Ballet CD. He will immediately do a back-pass with those things… you’ll see!
Our dear amis at SambaFoot finally presented Fabulousooooo with his “Best European Footballer in Europe” or Samba d’Or award at the Sevilla HQ on Monday. And thanks to many of your votes, he won it! My my, doesn’t it look muito legal? Je veux que le prix! Of course he didn’t juggle this ball…
It was pretty interesting to hear Fabulouso speaking about his family. “(My family) is not used to calling me before the games. Usually, they call me (after) to know how was the game. My mother never watches the games, she is too nervous,” he said. “She is afraid I will get hurt. One day, I left the field injured, having seizures during a game between Palmeiras and Ponte Preta. I had to leave in an ambulance. After that, it was very difficult for her to watch a game.” (Read the full interview)
The Dona has already decided on 50% of his World Cup list and says that he will tell the players after Argentina’s friendly with Germany next month.
The Messiah, Carlito Tevez, Pied Piper of Higuain and Kun were all called up for the game, leaving no space for Boca’s Martin Palermo. Futbolitas, it’d be a shame to leave him out of the WC squad seeing that he played a HUGE role in Argentina’s qualification in the first place. But as they say, competition is incredibly tough… Prepárense, muchachos!
via Ole, SambaFoot, Reuters
Oh, meu Deus. Por favor nos ajude! Franz Beckenbauer may have been a football legend etc, but he’s evoking criticism in Brasil for all the wrong reasons. He has accused Dunga and Jorginho aka our cool treinadores of removing the “attacking flair” from the team and said Brasil have transformed into a defensive team instead. Oi Onkel, everyone knows that the selecao’s weakness is its defense, so obviously if the entire backline is thinking of caipirinhas, everyone else has to react. And certainly, you would know Beckenbauer… you were once the world’s best sweeper! Hell, you were the inventor of that position.
“The selection has scored more than 100 goals and conceded 30. I wanted to understand how we are defensive,” said Jorginho. “They made the same criticism in 1994 and Brazil was champion with a team that was strong on defense, but attacking with two sides at the same time. Parreira, who is here, can tell you about it. The same thing is happening this time although some people think the opposite.”
And for old time’s sake… Franz Sinatra is that you?
So Werder Bremen thrashed Freiburg 6-0 last night in the Bundesliga (See, they don’t even need Diego aka Survivor Contestant No. 91255 these days). As for Hugo Almeida, we’ve not heard from him for a while so it was finally nice to see the Portuguese striker helping himself to a double.
Also, did you know that Almeida is lovely family man who he doesn’t travel anywhere without a photo of his two daughters, Marianna and Matilde? His wife, Andreia added that he doesn’t go anywhere without his “mobile phone, computer and PSP” either. Ah, isso é muito típico ... She added that the ‘most difficult time’ for the family was when Hugo had to go play at the Euro 2008.
“Once, he forgot his phone in Viseu and I had to go all the way there to collect it for him,” Andreia recalled. Now now, isn’t that what a mulher is for? We’re off to find a broom now….
The city of Alcorcón celebrated their shock victory over Real Madrid in style yesterday, as thousands lined the road to catch a glimpse of their heroes. Fans crowded around the team bus to welcome back their boys and we have to admit, it’s certainly a beautiful image!
It’s always sad when a death occurs in the football family. Tributes poured in from all over the world yesterday following the death of German goalkeeper, Robert Enke. It later emerged that he had been suffering from depression after the death of his 2-year-old daughter in 2006. “When he was acutely depressive, it was a difficult time. We thought we’d manage everything. We thought with love, we could do it. But you can’t,” his widow, Teresa, said.
“We had Lara, we have Leila. I always wanted to help him to get through it. Robert didn’t want it to come out because of fear. He was scared of losing Leila. Enke was also on the way to become Germany’s first-choice keeper until an intestinal infection sidelined him.“I tried to be there for him, I said that football is not everything,” she added. Descanse en paz…
In the spirit of the World Cup season, allow Ballackwurst and co’ to present to you with the new German national team kits. It seems to set in well on the shoulders, don’t you think? Lieblich! Bastian Schweinsteiger is all “meh” in this photo below, but they all secretly love the extra space on the left to show off the arm muscles, so do not fear!
Meanwhile, this other photo of El Tri unveiling their new kits below lacks the Piece of Art that is Carlos Vela. Nevertheless, even without him, the Mexicans looked cool emerging out of smoke (literally) during their presentation at the Antropoligic Museum. The most significant change in the jerseys are in the refined collars. Muy bien, muy bien…
Last but not least, taking you back to 1986 is the Messiah, who is kissing Argentina’s newly updated kit below. Yes yes, it’s the Messiah and the sultry/sexy look does not work for him but come on, pessoas! Give him the chance to be feroshhhh for you.
A restaurant in Bremen found a pretty good way to get rid of their old plates. Instead of throwing them away, they invited a few of the Werder players to sign it for a charitable cause.
The money raised went to Kinderhospiz Löwenherz, an institution for children who are in the terminal stage of illness. About 200 fans attended. Naldo, Mesut Özil, Sebastian Boenisch, Claudio Pizzarro and Hugo Almeida were among the players who signed the plates.
“I am very happy when I can help those who need. A few dedicated hours can make a difference for these children,” Diego said.
When was the last time you went for a beard trim, Diego? This ain’t ‘Survivor Schleswig-Holstein’!
At least the Brazilian steered his side to a comfortable 4-0 win over Stuttgart. He opened the scoring in the 34th minute and set up two others. Markus Rosenberg’s two goals also sealed the game.
Bremen haven’t been doing very well as of late – only managing three goals in their last six matches. Jens Lehmann looked very disappointed after the final whistle. Can’t blame him. It’s just amateur football for the mann.
Awwww, these photos of Diego and the children are incredibly heartwarming (we’ll let all the anger from last night’s Champs League games out the window for now…)
The Brazilian midfielder has been announced as an ambassador for the SOS-Children’s Village in the city of Worpswede. The organization “focuses on family-based, long-term care of children who can no longer grow up with their biological families.”
More than 72,000 children and teenagers live in the 473 Children’s Villages around the world. The first SOS Children’s Village was founded in 1949 with branches in over 132 countries. The organization works with children without parental care and children of families in difficult circumstances. To make an online donation, click here! We will, for sure.
“Stop flexing them muscles Diego… it’s only January!”
You may resume staring at the midfielder’s thighs in a moment. For now, let’s dissect his statements about ‘possibly’ playing in the Serie A. Well, at least that’s what Italian TV network ‘Sky’ would like viewers to believe in an interview with the Bremen player.
“At the moment I do not know if I will ever play in Italy. There are teams that I like in the Italian championship but I do not know yet. Football has so many opportunities and I look only at the present. I’m doing very well in Germany. They are a team that gives me everything that I need, so what happens tomorrow, I do not know. I can say however that the Italian championship and Italy are for me and that I would have no difficulty in playing (in it),” he said.
“Juventus is a great team and any player would want to play for it but presently, I must focus on the game Werder will play against them. I have nothing to add (about) my future at Juventus or elsewhere because I have a contract here and I’m good. But without a doubt, Juventus is a team of global importance and I admire (them).”
Diego’s probably regretting those last few words because the papparazi will be splashing out their pages of a bikini-clad Sarah Conner before you can say prego!
Werder Bremen’s Diego has been the subject of gossip in Portuguese, Spanish and Italian newspapers lately for his alleged relationship with German singer Sarah Connor (top). Yes, her apparent masculinity is quite frightening…and we’re not going to lie. She claims they are ‘just friends’, but the German media were able to get hold of some photos of the couple ‘kissing passionately’ … and proceeding to a hotel after. LOL.
It is believed that the two met last June in a discotheque in Hamburg named Deka-Dance and have been seen frequently in Delmenhorst.
Diego has a Brazilian girlfriend in Brazil named Bruna Letizia. Come on, Diego…. COME ON!
Diego Ribas is excited about returning to Bremen for the start of training after the holidays. Finally! A player who doesn’t blame late returns on the ‘club’s failure to book a ticket home’ (Adriano) and ‘airport runway problems’ (Messi). Entusiasmo, people!
“I feel very well returning because I did not neglect physical training during the year-end holidays, when I held races and participated in recreational games,” he said.
Again, bonus points for Diego’s professionalism as an athlete.
Yes, I did it. I ditched the second half of Germany-Turkey to finish up some work. That’s some boring shit right there… where’s the excitement we got from the quarter-finals? Or maybe it’s just an unfair hatred towards the Germans. They are really cunts.
Thanks to procrastination, I am not at the stage I’d like to be right now. Also, RecycloFashion got invited to give a talk next Friday at a cool event called Pecha Kucha and there’s free beer (not that I care), so we’re preparing the slides now. Except that the format’s straying away from your conventional 6p and we’re going to make it image intensive. Do come and say ola! Also, there’s an eco-launch this Friday we’re supposed to attend and the dress code is ‘Design Chic’. Interesting… so you can come with a vintage stool over your head and everyone’s going to smile at you and say that it looks completely natural.
Work on the fashion show has started officially, after a month and a half of throwing ideas around. The school wants us to do one as well except the people handling the event we’re featuring in are complete idiots with their utter unprofessionalism etc.
I don’t want Spain to get killed off by Russia. Arshavin, you look like you can be Russia’s Next Top High Fashion Model. Please go and live that dream. All that guy needs is a shitload of face powder and he can be the face of Dior Homme. VIVA LA ESPANA. And Ramos better defend to his death tomorrow.
Helloooooooooo there.
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