Archive for June 27th, 2009

There is only one thing on my mind this fine day. No. Not, The EPL saga of Cristiano Ronaldo or Carlos Tevez telling Man U to go screw themselves but Brasil Futebol. That’s my third love. My first love is God and my second love is my wife.

Brasil and the USA will battle it out on Sunday for The Confederations Cup. Yes, I am a proud American but I want Brasil to win. It is crazy, sad, but true.

Brasil played like crap against South Africa. South Africa played way above their heads. They clogged the middle. They jammed up the passing lanes and took away what Brasil does best a free flowing passing and running game. Who was the architect of this stroke of genius?  South African coach Joel Santana. He is a former Brasilian coach.

Does the USA have a chance? After Wednesday performance against Spain, yes, but will they?  Only God knows and he’s not telling us much of anything.

I have this sense the USA-Brasil match will be a lot closer than the last one. A complete wipeout, no, but I think the final score will be Brasil 2 and the USA 1. It will be a nail bitter throughout. It will be a closely contested contest.

The only thing I am hoping for is that ESPN doesn’t have the same clowns that have been broadcasting the previous USA matches will do this one. These guys are ##$#@@. I can’t stand them. I wish they would shut up and not say word the entire match. 

Always remembers this, opinions are like rear ends. Everyone has one and this one is mine so fire me.

www.uol.com.br wrote this story leading up the USA-Brasil showdown on Sunday.

Único favorito que resistiu às “zebras” da Copa das Confederações, o Brasil resume em uma palavra a receita para evitar ao máximo surpresas desagradáveis: humildade. Usando como exemplo a Espanha (derrotada pelos Estados Unidos na semifinal), a seleção afirmou que projetou uma partida complicada contra a África do Sul na segunda semi e por isso não sofreu do mesmo mal que os europeus.

My take on what was said goes like this the called foul was a game changer and this call directly led to the Brasil win.  Brasil is humble heading into the match with the USA. Brasil is the example what happened to Spain in their match with the USA and Brasil doesn’t want the same thing to happen to them.

Brasilian player Felipe Melo has this to say about the upcoming match with the USA.

Questionado sobre a diferença de postura entre espanhóis e brasileiros, Felipe Melo cutucou os atuais campeões da Europa. “Entramos com humildade, sabendo que seria um jogo difícil. Sabemos que temos um time muito forte, mas temos que mostrar esforço para vencer.”

Melo knows this match with USA will be difficult. We are enter this match different than the way Spain did. We are humble for we know we have to play with a lot of force for us to win.

Brasil superstar added these comments on the match.

Para Kaká, a classificação dos norte-americanos foi justa. Derrotada pelo Brasil na primeira fase por 3 a 0, a equipe da América do Norte obteve sua vaga na semifinal ao vencer o Egito e se beneficiar pela vitória brasileira sobre a Itália, eliminada precocemente. Depois, protagonizou a maior surpresa da competição ao bater os espanhóis.

Kaka said Brasil’s to 3-0 win over Egypt was directly responsible for the USA being in the semifinal against Italy. This was a major surprise that USA defeated Italy. The USA does belong in the finals. 

So there, you have from the crazy zone.

My wife and I can’t wait until Sunday.

Check these sites out

www.palau.org

http://www2.hillsong.com/tv/home.asp