Who is the Best?

With the upcoming FIFA World Player of the Year award coming up, which is given to the best player of the year, everyone keeps asking themself the same question, who will win the award? Last year, the award was given to Cristiano Ronaldo, and the year before to Brazilian forward Kaka. These have more than one thing in common, but what strikes the most when it comes to winning the award was that they both won the Champions League the year before the won the award. The Champions League is the most important club competition in the world, so perhaps we are seeing that the prize this year will go on to one of the winners of the Champions and not perhaps to the true best player. What I mean to say is this, the mayority of the soccer fans around the world would agree that as of right now, the top three best players in the world are Kaka, Messi, and Cristiano Ronaldo, in no specific order, but seeing as how Kaka and Ronaldo already won the awardn and Messi won the Champions with his club last season, he would probably get the World Player award for this, rather than the real best player. We will have to wait and see, but I am definately sure that the award will stay within these three players.

Real Madrid shocked by 3nd Division team...

The Spanish Cup, or Copa del Rey as it is commonly known in Spain, is underway and what a surprising start it had! Real Madrid, heavy favorites to not only the Spanish Cup and League but for other titles, started the road to a championship by losing to the way less popular and rated Alcorcon, a team from the "segunda division B" (which would be like the AA in the MLB) by a humiliating score of 4-0. Although the Madrid team have their superstar Cristiano Ronaldo being injured as a possible excuse, there is no real excuse to this defeat. However, like I have said before one loss does not mean the whole season for top teams like Real Madrid, and we will have to wait for the home-leg to see if they come back and eventually beat Alcorcon by more than 4-0, which is what they have to do to go on to the next round of the cup.

UEFA Champions League

 The Uefa Champions League, the most prestigious club soccer tournament in the world, is undergoing its third match-day this week, on tuesday and wednesday. After the first day of the match-day, there are top guns that found themselves surprised after loosing to the underdogs, specially Barcelona. The Spanish team were the Cup's champions last year, and lately have been in incredible form, only loosing one game in the whole season, tuesday on the Champions league. Barcelona played on their home field, Camp Nou, where they are pretty much unbeatable, against a not re-known Russian team, Rubin Kazam. Only after two minutes of play, the Barca (as they are commonly know) defense made their first error, and it was costly one because the bad pass originated the first goal they gave up that night. Later on the game, Barca closed the gap and tied the game 1-1, thanks to a goal by the swedish star Ibrahimovic. But yet another mistake would cost Barca the match, it was Bojan this time who made the mistake, after trying to pass the ball back, he gave it to the opposing team and the goalie found the goal on the back of his net before he knew it.

 This goes on to prove that maybe this is year that a top gun would not take it all, that maybe we are to witness a surprise and watch one of the underdogs make it all the way through and get the trophy on May. But it is yet to soon to assume this, for one loss does not mean the end of the competition for Barca, or any other top team. They are top teams for something, they know how to bounce back, and they will find a way to do it.

David Beckham to go back to Europe.

 It was just announced yesterday by AC Milan vice-president that David Beckham is already a "done deal" to go back to Europe and play from January until May, off-season of the MLS where Beckham plays regularly. Beckham already tried this last year, and it caused some controversy because the deal was made for him to originally come back to the U.S. on march, but he after decided he wanted to stay longer and signed an extension until May of 'O8.

 Ever since the L.A. Galaxy signed David Beckham a couple of years ago, there has been huge controversy because it was said that he just wanted to come here for the money, because a top-rated player like himself would find no match to his high level of skill in the MLS. I think what happened last season when Beckham went to Milan to play was that he remembered how good and pleasant it is to play at the highest level of soccer, which is in Europe. Then his contract was up, he did not want to come back and play here in the U.S., because the competition is not has high and soccer is not as big.

 The L.A. Galaxy are taking a huge risk by agreeing to this deal, because just like last season he wanted to stay more, this season he might just want to stay for a long time. There were a lot of problems last season when he wanted to stay more, especially since the MLS season starts in March and the Galaxy payed $250 million for Beckham to play for them, but he was not there for the start of the season since he was helping out in Europe. I think when Beckham's contract with Galaxy is up in a couple or years, he will go back to Europe and we might see him at his highest level once again.