City Sightseeing Torino

What is going on??!!

England V Spain

How in the world did England beat Spain??? And I answer... It was pure luck. They could only beat the reigning WORLD CHAMPIONS through a set piece, and to be fair, it was only a friendly and Spain didn't really put any effort into this until the last half hour. Plus it's only polite to let the host have at least one victory to hold on to, Spain didn't want to humiliate them on their own ground, especially when there's really nothing in it for them, Spain will conserve their energies for the games that count. Unlike England, where they will do okay in qualifiers and Friendlies- but for the actual competitions they will get thrashed!!

Now we're going to hear about how great England are and how they can win the Euros and the World Cup- yeah right!! Just when they were starting to realise where they belonged in the universe, this happens to bring back the arrogance and the false supremacy they have! And you wont hear the end of it until next summer. And when they do fail, they will just blame Capello, but tell me this... what is the man meant to do with a group of duds?!

Happy Birthday Del Piero!

37 glorious years of a great man that is Alessandro Del Piero, 18 of which he has spent at Juventus. And now with his place firmly cemented in Juve history, he must depart, as his contract is coming to an end he may be saying goodbye to The Grand Old Lady, but not from the sport he has spent a large portion of his life playing. Speculation are running wild as to where he will be playing his football next year, but I say stop looking to the future without Del Piero in our beloved Italy, and look at what he has done and is still doing after all this season has a long way to go!
Coming from a modest background, Del Piero had big dreams of one day becoming a footballer, at the tender age of 7 he began to play for San Vendemiano as a goal keeper, his mother didn’t want to see him get hurt, as in this position it was unlikely to get seriously injured. His older brother, Stefano later convince their mother to let Alex play in attack, a role that he would make his own. Soon after switching positions he was spotted by a scout and at the age of 13 he left home to play for youth side Padova Calcio.
Grander things were on the horizon for young Alex as he was snapped up by Italian giants Juventus in 1993. He made his Serie A debut in September of that year against Foggia and scored his first ever Serie A goal in the next game against Reggiana. Throughout his tremendous season with Juve he won five Serie A titles, The Champions League and the Intercontinental Cup, But disaster struck when in October of the 1998/9 season he picked up a serious knee injury that ended his season and saw Juve hobble on and finish in a lowly six position in the league. In my humble opinion that injury not only made him a better player but also a better person, as he was increasingly hungry and grateful for the time he gets on the field.

Throughout his illustrious career he has also amassed a number of individual awards including:
• Best Loved Player- 2001,2008
• UEFA Champions League top scorer- 1997/8
• Most Valuable Player- Intercontinental Cup 1996
• Oscar AIC Italian Footballer of the Year- 1998, 2008
• Oscar AIC Top Scorer- 2008
• Serie B Top scorer- 2007
• 3 awards in Italy for gentlemanly conduct
• Golden Foot Award- 2007

And the greatest award was of course the World Cup in 2006. Which I admit is a collective award and is really about the entire team, but he can truly say that he went out at the top of his game, that is when he does retire! At the age of 37 he still wants to play on, and he still could as he is like a fine wine and gets better with age. Here’s to the great man who would put the needs of his team ahead of his own. I’ll miss seeing your cheeky celebration in Serie A!

Messi V Ronaldo

People are already saying that it is a forgone conclusion and that Messi is going to win the Ballon D'or. Does that tell you something... that maybe he is a great player!! He is a team player who provides as well as score spectacular goals. He makes the most intricate pass or shot on goal look simple whereas Ronaldo does all these unnecessary stepovers that lead no where and are just about him showboating, he has to realize that it may have impressed people at the premiership, where, let's face it, they're not the most technical and the only reason it is played at a high tempo is because they can't hold onto the ball long enough! But at La liga this doesn't impress anyone. Ronaldo is a media whore, all he cares about is that he is the most talked about, he has started all this talk about being better than Messi and now what.... he realizes that maybe he's not that great.

Messi is only 24 and at this tender age he has won 50 individual awards and is still a likable individual unlike Ronaldo he is a bigger arse the more trophies he gets. Personality is the difference between a great player and a legend who will live forever. Zidane. Kaka',Nedved, Ronaldo ( Brazilian), Shevchenko and Cannavaro, C. Ronaldo may have won it once but all that has done is proved what I've been saying, he's a bigger arse now than he was before. He will not be remembered as a great just as a selfish SOB!!

I'm not just saying this because I dislike him, I do.. but also sooner or later this act of his will annoy players and team mates a like and one day he might just get an injury that will end his ascent to become the greatest ARSEHOLE!

Another thing that people often don't remember when talking about these two, Ronaldo is the whiniest player on the pitch and falls over after the faintest touch. Whereas Messi will do his best to stay on his feet and when he does fall, he tries his best to get back on his feet to continue helping his team. People are often saying that Messi is not the best because he has never Won a World Cup...Well neither has Ronaldo! I also have a vivid memory of Ronaldo saying in an interview how Kaka' did not deserve to win the Ballon D'or and it should have been him, now they are teammates, now who would go on the record and say that about a fellow professional?? Surely not a player that wants to be remember as one of the Greats.

Juventus vs Cagliari: Milos Krasic 1st goal-Happy Birthday!!