Santi said on May 9, 2003 20:09:

Ronaldo is injured... HAHA! :D

Santi said on May 9, 2003 21:28:

I’m not a Barcelona fan, I don’t give a s*** for them losers :D

I’m a fan of Real Sociedad, this year and the past one too, when they were almost in the second division... I was born in San Sebastián and I’m proud of the team of my city :)

Santi said on May 10, 2003 10:15:

Yeah, there are 6 matches to be played and Real Sociedad and Deportivo are both just 1 point behind Real Madrid!

In case of having the same points in the end, it gets a bit complicated!
- If Deportivo and Real Madrid end up on top Real Madrid wins.
- If Deportivo and Real Sociedad end up on top Deportivo wins.
- If Real Madrid and Real Sociedad end up on top Real Sociedad wins.
- But, if the three of them end up on top with the same points, REAL SOCIEDAD WINS!!! :D

P-p-p-pelle said on May 12, 2003 10:54:

Bayern München. That’s what I call football.

tinytim said on May 12, 2003 12:06:

Ferdan: I can only wonder why...

P-p-p-pelle said on May 15, 2003 07:10:

I enjoyed yesterday’s game. Real Madrid lost. Football has shown again that the most expensive team is not the best.

tinytim said on May 15, 2003 14:15:

Why everybody always hate the teams that get more money to buy players?

Real Madrid it’s a big team, c’mon, let’s admire football, not envy...

But, P-p-pelle, I got my chin in the ground when I saw that Effenberg history...he released a book telling all his shamelessnesses and the title is “I beated all them”? He’s looking quite wild in the cover, even...what a rabble...he even posed beside the woman (btw...pheeew...she’s pretty, huh? Did you ever wonder why football players always get the prettiest girls, if football is considered a low-mind-job sport (even that it’s the most popular sport of the world)) he ’stole’ from his teammate...and she even poses to sensual pictures!!! Good heavens...this guy is a crap...

Corinthians was eliminated by River...hmmm...I believe that Corinthians had a better team, but what counts in a match like that (Round Robin, needing to win 2-0 to go to quarter finals) it’s the atittude. Corinthians players stepped the pitch way too worried about the old provoke strategy of the argentinians...it’s a very argentinian (and uruguayan) thing...but them themselves started to act like that...Corinthians scored in the first ten minutes of the 1st half, the ideal thing to happen...but then, decreased the pace...they draw and score 2-1 in the second half...a very deserved score. If only Corinthians had more two players with more category...Now, I’m looking forward to see Paysandu eliminating Boca...hehehe...nothing personal, Ferdan...

P-p-p-pelle said on May 15, 2003 16:47:

@ tinytim

My football life has three heroes as a consequence of Bayern’s Europacup winning in 2001. I became a die hard FC Bayern München fan after their dramatic defeat versus ManU in Barcelona in 1999. Kahn, is the first hero, having stopped Pellegrino’s decisive penalty during the final’s penalty shoot out. There would have been no penalties without Effenberg’s (the second hero) equalising penalty just after half-time (as you might remember Bayern was 1-0 down after 2 minutes due to an early penalty; Scholl mist a penalty for Bayern in the 7th minute)). But Effe would never have scored if there was not Carsten Jancker, third lifetime hero. Brought in the game at half-time and pushing Pellegrino’s arm versus the ball: penalty (scored by Effenberg).

There all three arrogant, and a little scrapulous, but God knows they know what football is.

tinytim said on May 16, 2003 03:44:

Hmmm...this one is funnier...hehehehe

But...what the hell...PAYSANDU LOST TO BOCA JUNIORS, 4-2!! IN IT’S OWN HOME!!

WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE WOOOOOORLD!!!??!!!???

AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

NOOOOOOOOO!!

THIS IS UNFAIR!!

Ferdan: That damn Schelotto doesn’t play a bit. He’s a tricker...there are a lof of players like that!!! They simply learn some basic foundations of football and learn how to play fast!! Just that!! Just runners!!

D’Alessandro isn’t the best midfielder of this world, neither from Argentina. He’s a medium player. He isn’t even that kind of player, that neutral element, the space-filler one, that is there only to make right passes...like Riquelme, for example (or Zidane). He never calls attention ’coz he’s constantly dribbling and making stunning plays...he does it in the right hour, like Riquelme did with Palmeiras in 2000...

But D’Alessandro...no! He’s not good, don’t start with that. He only knows how to step on the ball, to make it harder to the defender stealing from him...besides it, nothing reaaaaly special.

Santi said on May 16, 2003 12:06:

Vixz: I think he only likes Real Madrid because of Ronaldo and Roberto Carlos :P :D

Actually I quite like Roberto Carlos, he seems a nice person.
But anyway, as Vixzter said, that Real Madrid wins everything has not got so much merit. With Real Madrid I even have historical reasons to dislike them. They were the “team of the government” during Franco’s dictatorship and right now they stay related to right-wing way of political thinking. The team was financed by Spanish government... and that it’s proved.
As all they have become now is due to this “unfair play”, why do I have to like them?
Besides, which is the interest in watching a competition if you already know who is going to win? Like Formula 1 last years... which is the interest in watching that Schumacher always wins... do you go to the cinema to watch films that you know the end already?
Real Madrid and Manchester United and so on, as much as they are good in it, they are very bad for football. Because an interesting sport HAS TO BE a good show. And with such teams it seems the future is written.

So yeah, I hope Real Madrid wins just 1 league every 5 years and that this one Real Sociedad will win!! It’s already 20 years we don’t win Spanish league and we proved that the best football in Spain is done by us (do you know Real Sociedad beated Real Madrid 4-1 recently, and 1-3 to Mallorca which the previous matched had won 1-5 Real Madrid...?? So don’t go telling that because of Ronaldo playing in Real Madrid they deserve everything... they are not playing well and I hope they lose every match till the end of the league!).

tinytim said on May 16, 2003 13:38:

Hmm...that’s why I like Brazilian League Santi (well, this year our teams will play a league).

BTW, what do you know about brazilian teams? And the players that are here? Do Sports Shows from Europe show any highlight about brazilian players playing (yet...) in Brazil?

And yeah, Santi, I tend to support teams where brazilians are - Milan, Borussia, Real Madrid...

I like Man U, too, but in England, I’m more an Arsenal fan...I only dislike that slack-mouth Vieira...he talks too much and plays nothing...

And I do not support Arsenal for Edu - he played in my team, Corinthians, hehehe... - it’s cause I played Fifa Soccer with Arsenal and I started to like it, then...of course I transfered to it a lot of brazilian players, hehehehe...but I liked Arsenal since I knew it was the first team that utilized a tactical scheme in history.

And it was funny that, some years in the past. ARSENal head couch was a french called ARSENe Winger...hehehehe...

harriej said on May 18, 2003 20:02:

Great news:

Ajaxhas won: 7-1 against De Graafschap.
and because Feyenoord has won against PSV, Ajax might even become champion.

harriej said on May 18, 2003 21:27:

Santi: I am also for Real sociedad (in spain).

tinytim said on May 21, 2003 20:14:

Who’s playing?

Santi said on May 21, 2003 20:41:

There is gonna be EXTRA TIME!!!

What a great match! By the way, does anyone know where Deco comes from? :D

Vixzter said on May 22, 2003 05:47:

Looked more like acting, I’d give the entire Porto team an Oscar as everytime they got tackled or looked like they were going to be tackled they rolled around on the floor as iff someone had just broken their legs.

Henrik Larsson was the best player on the pitch!, he twice out jumped Porto’s defence *roflol*

Sorry, I just hate to see football played that way, its gamesmanship....not real football, funny how all the Porto players seemed to be able to come back onto the pitch after their ’life threatening’ injuries.

;P

tinytim said on May 22, 2003 12:27:

Santi, Deco is brazilian, and, btw, he started in my team, Corinthians...he was a very good midfielder in the age of 19...but an enterprise, called Euroexpress cared of all Corinthians’ sub-20 players, in 1997. Corinthians even had a very good centerforward, too, called Marcos Alemão (excelent kicker, with both legs). They were all sold, Deco departured in Portugal and Marcos Alemão it is somewhere in Brazil...probably playing in some 3rd division club, and probably in its bench...

Well, Vix, if you hate this kind of game...I only wonder what would you feel if you watched to a match between Argentinan/Uruguayan/Paraguayan teams x Brazilian teams...anger for sure...

BTW...I still can’t swallow that D’Alessandro...I wante do pick that Yellow Boy head he got and use a can-opener on it...hehehehehehe...

Vixzter said on May 22, 2003 16:11:

@tiny: is it all like that then? that would drive me nuts! its not football its about trying to get players booked and sent off.

OK so the guy who got sent off for Celtic deserved to go....2 very bad challenges.....but right at the end....when Porto’s goalkeeper went down.....that was pathetic.....he seemed to be ok though coz he got up and took the free kick....I thought it was life threatening the way he was rolling about on the floor.

Vixzter said on May 22, 2003 17:30:

Unfortunatley if you like football and ure a girl here in the UK ure looked upon as either weird or a tomboy. I used to play until my dad said that it wasn’t a sport for girls and I took up hockey instead, in my first season playing that I’d broken my nose and got more bruises than you can shake a stick at.

Anyways.....referee’s should be able to spot the acting, ok so fouls are commited i’m not saying don’t punish the fouls....but stop the rolling on the floor.....you can tell when a player is seriously hurt....coz mostly they don’t move about alot.....coz it hurts.
That David Beckham thing is another case of play acting....i’m not saying what Beckham did was right.....but did he really kill Diego Simmione (appologies for spelling)....coz thats what it looked like to me, whats even funnier is he actualy made conatct (thats debatable) with his shinpad, crap shinpads then if it hurt him that bad. David got his revenge anyways ;)

As for Bend It Like Beckham ....I’ve not seen it yet...its supposed to be funny....sommit about girls playing football :)

I guesse we use bend as theres no other word for it.....take Beckhams free kicks....or Robertos Carlos’s free kicks....when they hit the ball its traveling off in a diferent direction than where it ends up.....so its bending.....if you see what i mean ;) i suppose u could also use curl ;)

edited due to real bad spelling ;) a bit like coyboy’s ;)

Santi said on May 25, 2003 21:16:

EXTRAAAAAAA: ¡¡¡SPANISH LEAGUE UPDATE!!!

Real Madrid did it great in one of the most difficult stadiums, that is in Valencia against Valencia CF winning yesterday.
But Real Sociedad had their chance tonight against CD Malaga in Malaga (also tough cuz Malaga could get a place for UEFA and are a pretty strong team) and... THEY WON, So they are still LEADING SPANISH FOOTBALL!!!!!!!!!

WOWOWOW REAL SOCIEDAD GOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! :D GORA ERREALA!!!!!!!!

xuxa said on May 28, 2003 21:37:

oh boy!! i’m soo disapointed with this final!!
No action... no... NOTHING! SOOOOOO BORED :((
At least Milan won, it’s Rui Costa’s team eheheh. i’m glad for it.

tinytim said on June 19, 2003 13:00:

Now...I wanna know what Vix and Santi has to say about it...

@Santi: Real is about one victory to win the League:

@Vix (and Santi): Beckham in MADRID?

I mean...where in the field will he play? They will put Zizou as a defensive midfielder, with Makelele?

This is for sure a megalomania....footballistic!

They should change the name to Real Globertrotters...

That can’t be serious...the 1st player in history expensively bought just for marketing!!

Vixzter said on June 19, 2003 20:47:

@tiny: Fantastic that Beckham has gone to Madrid and Man Utd didn’t get as much money as they wanted for him by trying to force him to go to Barcelona! Good on ya Beckham! thats what I say, hope Man Utd win naff all next season.

@santz: hope Real Sociedad win the title :) John Aldridge will be pleased. ;)

derek said on June 20, 2003 22:07:

sorry people i like american football and australian football yea i know thats strange for a brit but hey thats life

Santi said on June 21, 2003 14:50:

Real Madrid hires big names.

They hired Figo cuz it was a Barcelona player, and they hired Beckham cuz his future is outside Manchester United (I heard he had problems with the coach) and Barcelona had made a big offer for him (Barcelona also uses to hire “big names”). Real Madrid saw the chance there, cuz Beckham didn’t want to go to Barcelona. Barcelona won’t play Champions league and they need almost a miracle to play in UEFA cup (they are most likely to be outside any european competition) and that is why he wouldn’t go. Madrid offered less money but they will be in that competition, so that’s why.

By the way, I’ve heard Rui Costa could be playing for Benfica next year.

xuxa said on June 21, 2003 22:00:

But Santi, Figo and Beckham play in the same position, and i am sure that the Madrid’s couch is not gonna put them playing both in the same place at the same time, right??? So, what is going to happen??? Figo or Beckham will stay in the bench?? a player like Figo or Beckham in the bench??? Don’t think so.....

Santi said on June 22, 2003 09:34:

Beckham will be Guti’s substitute according to what they say on Spanish media, not Figo’s... but who knows...

xuxa said on June 22, 2003 21:57:

Second place is not bad for a team which was almost in the second division last year:) Congratulations.
Real Sociedad didn’t win but at least can be at Champions League this year. Not bad ;)
As for my team (Sporting)...... *cry*

Vixzter said on June 23, 2003 12:06:

Imagine how many more goals Ronaldo will get next season now he has Beckham to cross/pass to him ;)

Santi said on June 24, 2003 10:30:

Real Madrid fired the coach and the captain of the team... they’re just... :s

And Real Sociedad celebrated the 2nd place as if we had won Champions League :D lol Today there’s a concert with our local pop stars (that are kinda big stars in the whole of Spain too and some places in America, like La Oreja de Van Gogh, Duncan Dhu’s Mikel Erentxun or Alex Ubago) playing in the stadium!!! :)

What a pitty I can’t go there to watch it :(

Vixzter said on June 26, 2003 18:55:

My team Tottenham have signed a Portuguese player apprently, I don’t know who yet.

Vixzter said on June 27, 2003 16:34:

@xuxa : thanx for the info, i hope he’s good for us.....Tottenham have a habbit of signing rubbish ;)