Brazil

Watched two football games today. (I use the word football here, always to mean Soccer, not the travesty that is American football)

Saw a Brazilian score in both games and both were super efforts. The first one was the much hyped Robinho, poached from Brazil by Real Madrid and I must say, his goal today justified all the hype. When fed a ball into the area, he did not weave in as most Brazilian strikers do, but beat his man with one shot.

In what's one of the best strikes I've seen in a while he managed to curl it away from the man straight ahead of him , the keeper and still managed to get the ball swerving in to the net. Given that this was not a deadball situation, the speed with which he envisioned and executed the shot was astounding.

I've seen people do this from free kicks but I've seen very few do it on the fly and that makes him a truly special talent.

The second Brazilian I saw was Kaka, who is more of a midfielder than a striker but who managed to score a striker's goal today. It was one of those waist high balls to your side, that are incredibly hard to hit let alone control. He was the first one to seize the opportunity and the speed with which he executed the kick left the defenders or the goal keeper no time to react.

Kaka is an extremely talented mid fielder and if the Brazilian defence does not fuck up, I don't see why Brazil cannot repeat this time too. What kind of a depth does the team that can bench Robinho possess by the way? This is not just going to be a dominating team but this is going to be as entertaining as the one that won it the last time. 

Go Brazil. 

Comments

[naveen]

Good post dude...dont get too much time to watch Football....but still do get to watch more football than that stupid game - cricket!! Cause both my friends are avid football fans and one of them can even list all the players in the European clubs....