World Cup draw

The world cup draw, event in which the teams qualified are put into different groups, took place last friday. The groups are overall evenly matched, but as always there are some easy and some harder groups. The group of death, which is thought to be the most difficult group, includes two of the world's best teams, Brazil and Portugal. Both of these teams are full of superstars, but some of the squad shine brighter than others. In Portugal, the undisputed best is Cristiano Ronaldo, who after a month of absence came back and has made his presence felt, he is a great player and could make all the difference in a game. In Brazil, the resurgence of the likes of Ronaldinho and Ronaldo have caused attention to go towards them.
On the other hand, is the easy group. This group includes Italy, Paraguay and two other teams that are not known for their great soccer. I feel italy will have no problem getting first in their group, and will go all the way through to win the World Cup for second time in a row. Last time around, defence proved to be everything, with the champions italy only con

Champions League

This last week was the last matchday of the group stage of the Uefa Champions League. The groups, even though a little shaky at first, came out as everyone had hoped, with the top guns on top where they belong. Teams like Real Madrid, Ac Milan. Barcelona, Inter, Arsenal, Man unt. and other of the biggest culbs in the world made it through to the next round.
My question is who will win? Now your decision is a little easier to make, because there are only 16 teams left on the competition. My personal favorite as much of you know is Real Madrid. In their game, Cristiano ronaldo came back from the injury in a big way, by scoring two goals, and one of them an incredible free kick. In other news, Messi, the young star of Barca, also scored an amazing goal, but got hurt in the last seconds. He has an ankle injury and will be out for only about two weeks.

World Cup

This past week the last spots for the World Cup were booked through the last match-day of world cup qualifying. Of the big teams that still had some work to do and were unsure of their presence in South Africa in 2010, most of them made it through. Out of the top guns France, Portugal, Russia, and Uruguay, only Russia failed to qualify and gave their spot to Slovenia. As for the other 28 remaining spots, only squads capable of winning the World Cup are filling them, teams of the biggest stage like Italy, Spain, Brazil, Argentina, and England among others. The question is place today is who do you think is going to win it all and come out victorious next summer in South Africa? Most people tend to go with the big names, the ones before mentioned like Italy and such, but could this be the year of a new-comer? The year in which finally an African team will win it? I personally think Italy are going to win, but what do you think? Comment and let me know!

Real Madrid-Barcelona

This upcoming weekend is going to be by far the most exciting match-day of the Spanish League and maybe of all soccer so far this season. What is the big occasion? The top two teams in Spain, and questionably of the whole world, will face each other in "El Clasico," name given to the game between Real Madrid and Barcelona. What makes these teams such world powers is that in them are the best three players, for most people. In Real they are in the form of Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka, and Messi is who plays this role in Barcelona. The last time these two teams played each other, Barcelona came out on top by a score of 6-2. However, this score does not indicate with exatitude how this rivalry really is, for the games are always close. This is like Yankees-Red Sox of soccer, and it is going to be an exciting one this year, so tune in to see it. Also, leave your comments about your opinion on who is going to win this one.