Comments on: Argentina v. Ecuador: LIVE

By: day1star

day1star — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:36:11 +0000

Bolivia’s leading Paraguay 1-0.

By: day1star

day1star — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:42:15 +0000

Here’s an article a bit more clearer on the Riquelme/Messi supposed bust-up.
http://www.sportsya.com/english/soccer/world_cup_south_american_qualifiers_2010/home/news.php/South_American_Qualifiers_Argentina_face_rumours_before_game_against_Brazil.html?id=180443&id_estruc=283

By: Felipe

Felipe — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:31:06 +0000

Ken, forgive me if I don’t understand, seriously, but are you suggesting that he reason Burdisso, Heinze, Veron etc were picked is because of the Renova deal? Those were matters for the coach weren’t they? and he got them wrong. Fair enough, maybe in the future he will get them right. I know I am now going to be painted as ‘negative’ and a ‘Veron-hater’ et al but that is not true because I believe in the beauty of Argentine soccer and was a defender of Veron five or so years back when everyone else was hating on him. His time has passed. As MaxiLopez said quite well, a team must be a generation of players not a mishmash of different generations: that creates a clash of styles and personalities, in my opinion. I am hopeful that they are going to use the Olympics to blood players like Biglia, Garay, Escudero, Maidana, Ustari etc and then see them integrated in to the squad afterwards. That would be the bright future. I understand the restrictions and pressures on Basile but that doesn’t mean he should go without blame for what happened Vs Ecuador. You may say it’s a bad situation to begin with (and I agree with you) but what many are saying is it shouldn’t have been THAT bad.
Anyway, on to the Brazil game. I actually quite like the proposed formation but am a bit dubious to some of the personnell (why after Dunga said after the Copa that they saw Heinze as a weakness and someone to exploit is he playing in the same position again?) and have good vibes (whatever they’re worth) about the game. I wouldn’t like to predict a score but I’m curiously optimistic.

By: day1star

day1star — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:14:27 +0000

There are five witnesses to the truth, your sight, your hearing, your sense of smell, your sense of touch and your tongue.

By: day1star

day1star — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:10:55 +0000

You always have to hope that there is a better tomorrow or it defeats the purpose of living. Everything changes, nothing remains constant in life. I don’t walk around with my eyes closed hoping that my heart will guide me, that would be a stupid thing to do.
And most of the time your heart tells you only what you want to hear, it’s your brain and the intelligence you feed into it that tells you whether something actually makes sense or not. Follow not your heart it will always lead you astray.
Tell me Ken, what are you doing about the AFA and the deal they made two years ago? And what exactly is it that you expect us to do about it?

By: aron

aron — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:36:29 +0000

day1star:thanks for your info,i’m excited to watch it.

By: Ken

Ken — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:32:09 +0000

Debasich,

Argentina 2 Brazil 1

Maxilopez,

Let me start by sharing a story with you.
There was once a person
at a bus stop at night. He
accidentally dropped his coins.He
kept looking only at the locations
where light was shining even though he
lost the coins at the location
where light was not shinning. As a consequence
he never located his dropped coins.

This summarizes the viewpoint
of a lot of bloggers here. Some
like Todd Utah who believes if
Basile adjusts his formation
things for Argentina will
improve. Others like Aurelius,
an astute observer mind you, now
believe that Basile should go. Yet
others like Day1star while acknowledging
the facts you have reiterated, simply
wants to believe that there will
be a better to-morrow(by ignoring the consequences of
deals made by AFA two years ago).

What I find even more fascinating is that
Marcela also completely missed the point
in her latest article. She also chooses to go
for the easy way out- put all the blame on Basile.

The mistakes that most of us make
is that we believe in what we see. When we look
we see the earth is flat. But we know the earth is
round, but it is not flat. If we want to know the truth, it
is seen with the heart, not with the eyes.

By: MaxiLopez

MaxiLopez — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:26:37 +0000

Cruz may score it’s true. He has the genetic code to score gols, even at 34.

By: MaxiLopez

MaxiLopez — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:25:03 +0000

Palacio is poised to sign for Lazio. Nice move. I hope it won’t be a reason to not invest in Pablito Aimar! America has made a new approach for him Pablo. I’m positive Aimar will stay in Europe. He’s ambitious.

DEBASISH,
Lucho knows how important it is for Basile to play in a big club. It’s the right time for a move. Many great clubs want him including Barca or Real.
A prediction? I’m reall bad in pronostics. I would say a tie: 1-1 (Messi on an individual action). The players have played very very much this year. They are tired. Maxi, Riquelme, Messi, DeMichelis, Cambiasso, Gago, Mascherano, Heinze, played so much this year. It will an impossible mission to play nice futbol. I must admit I am really frightened about the fact that we always only defend with 6 or 7 players. That’s the biggest problem. But our boys are going to be motivated like never before! We’ll see…

By: ajNYHC

ajNYHC — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:10:36 +0000

Predictions: If Arg line up in a 3-5-2, I’m turning the TV off, otherwise I watch with my eyes closed. Hows that?