Arsenal
vs Hamburg - match report

Ok, so by now, everyone should know that Arsenal beat Hamburg with a final score of 3-0, am I right? And I promised juicy details, remember? Ok, here goes. Take note that the juicy details = Cesc Fabregas and his sweet shenanigans during the match.

During the first half, Arsenal was seen playing in an un-focused manner. It was quite frustrating as many had the thinkings that, "Oh no, it's gonna be one of those nights again...." But truth be told, I knew Arsenal was gonna win somehow. So, they went through the 1st half, lagging behind Hamburg as Hamburg led with a long goal by Raphael van der Vaart 4 minutes into the match. It was scary, really. Then, I saw Cesc speaking out slightly angry to the 4th official, when he had already taken the ball to throw in but the 4th official said it was Hamburg's ball. That was the first of his angry side I saw last night.

And now to the second half and all the juicy wissy bits...
I'm gonna do this in point form. So read up!

1. When the 2nd half was about to start, Cesc was seen warming up, stretching and swinging his arms forward and backwards. He looked ultra cute. LOL.
Just like a lil boy.

2. Then, when Cesc was about to take a free kick awarded to Arsenal, there was this Hamburg guy who stopped him. He was like blocking Cesc when Cesc was about to kick the ball. And the Hamburg fella was yellow-carded if I'm not wrong?

3. Then, Cesc did one of his stunning passes to Van Persie and Van Persie scored! HOORAYY! And oh, I love the way Cesc stands still to watch after passing the ball to a fellow team mate, somehow knowing that they will score. Did anyone notice that about him? I did, I did!

5. Henry was yellow-carded and he will be missing Arsenal next match against Porto as that would have been his 3 yellow card.

4. Hleb was supposed to be given a free kick but the ref said nothing about it and once more, Cesc had the ball in his hand to throw in and when the ref insisted it was Hamburg's ball, Cesc was seen pushing the Hamburg guy away. (Psst, he seems angry nowadays!)

5. You guys saw how Freddie Ljungberg was brought down by an opponent and how the opponent actually had his hand on Ljungberg's butt while they fall? LOL. OH YES, Freddie has been introduced back into the team after missing 10 games = 6 weeks.

6. Then, Arsenal was awarded yet another free kick and Cesc wanted to take it, so he ran behind the opponent with the ball, obviously wanting to take the ball from the opponent. BUT, the opponent actually took the ball and threw it down behind Cesc. Cesc could be seen unhappy but he did nothing but just raise his arms.

7. Cesc attempted a goal shot! It was a 45 yard kick AND the ball hit the RIGHT POST! IT WAS SO BLOODY NEAR TO HIM SCORING, JUST LIKE XABI'S 60 YARD+
WONDERGOAL earlier on this season.

8. With 7 minutes left, Eboue scored the 2nd goal! It was fantastic!

9. Then, Cesc won the ball after one of those bad tackles with a Hamburg player but the ref blew his whistle and Cesc lost the ball. He was quite pissed off.

10. Oh btw, Theo Walcott, Baptista, Adebayor was substituted into the game during the 2nd half. Persie, Flamini and Ljunberg was sent to the bench.

11. And then, in the final 3 minutes, Baptista scored after a fantastic run and pass by Mr Speedy aka Theo Walcott! He was significant really. He will grow to be an amazing player just like his fellow team mate, Cesc. Well, he already is and look at his age! Look at where Cesc was at Theo's current age!
Hooray!

12. And now, the juiciest details of all, during extra time, Cesc was tackled badly by a fellow Hamburg and Arsenal was awarded a corner and guess what Cesc did? For the love of Arsenal and Cesc and in all the aggro-ness within Cesc, he actually kissed a flying peace to the guy who allowed them a corner. In detail, Cesc pressed his fingers in a gesture of the peace sign onto his lips and then blew it of sort. If you don't get what I'm saying, it was just like a flying kiss. Awesome, Cesc, awesome! The look on Cesc's face, the expression, now that's what I'd call PRICELESS TO THE MAX.

And damnit, I didn't get that on camera. I was so close to catching it but I failed. I almost cried, for missing it! Arghhh. :| I hope we can find it somewhere on youtube along with Cesc 45 yards goal attempt!
They went through the first half terribly and returned in the second half with 3 goals the gunners way!

CONGRATS ARSENAL! !

Results
Real Madrid vs Lyon 2-2

Celtic vs Man U 1-0
Arsenal vs Hamburg 3-1
AC Milan vs AEK Athens 0-1

These two are so silly. :)

Cesc Zone

I've just found out that Gilberto Silva (Arsenal) Sami Hyypia (Liverpool) Santiago Solari (Intermilan) Jermain Defoe (Tottenham Hotspur) are born on o7/1o/. . . same birthday. Whoaa i was born on o7/1o/91 tooooo. Fantastico!

FIFA World Player of the Year

Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus, Italy), Petr Cech (Chelsea, Czech Republic), Jens Lehmann (Arsenal, Germany).

Defenders: Fabio Cannavaro (Real Madrid, Italy), Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich, Germany), Alessandro Nesta (AC Milan, Italy), Lilian Thuram (Barcelona, France),

Midfielders: Michael Ballack (Chelsea, Germany), Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United,Portugal), Deco (Barcelona, Portugal), Michael Essien (Chelsea, Ghana), Luis Figo (InterMilan, Portugal), Gennaro Gattuso (AC Milan, Italy), Kaka (AC Milan, Brazil), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool, England), Frank Lampard (Chelsea, England), Andrea Pirlo (AC Milan, Italy), Franck Ribery (Marseille, France), Juan Roman Riquelme (Villarreal, Argentina), Tomas Rosicky (Arsenal, Czech Republic), Patrick Vieira (Inter Milan, France), Zinedine Zidane (retired, France).

Strikers: Adriano (Inter Milan, Brazil), Samuel Eto'o (Barcelona, Cameroon), Didier Drogba (Chelsea, Ivory Coast), Ronaldinho (Barcelona, Brazil), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United, England), Andriy Shevchenko (Chelsea, Ukraine), Thierry Henry (Arsenal, France), Miroslav Klose (Werder Bremen, Germany)

I still cant believe that C.Ronaldo nominated, hes soo young and talented but young and too young. I think Ronaldhino already have a bunch of the trophy, so let others do their thing okay! Well all of my favs players are nominate, im so happy especially for Andrea Pirlo he's azzurri hero! But i only support one man and he is Fabio Cannavaro il capitano azzurri. Wish the best for my Fabio Cannavaro.

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil Nominations for the FIFPro world player of the year
award to be announced in Athens, Greece, on Nov. 6:



Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Italy/Juventus), Petr Cech (CzechRepublic/Chelsea), Dida (Brazil/AC Milan), Jens Lehmann(Germany/Arsenal), Edwin van der Sar (Netherlands/Manchester United).



Defenders: Roberto Ayala (Argentina/Valencia), Cafu (Brazil/AC Milan), Fabio Cannavaro (Italy/Real Madrid), Roberto Carlos (Brazil/RealMadrid), Cicinho (Brazil/Real Madrid), Ashley Cole (England/Chelsea), RioFerdinand (England/Manchester United), William Gallas (France/Arsenal),Fabio Grosso (Italy/Inter Milan), Philipp Lahm (Germany/Bayern Munich),Lucio (Brazil/Bayern Munich), Rafael Marquez (Mexico/FC Barcelona), MarcoMaterazzi (Italy/Inter Milan), Luis Miguel (Portugal/Valencia), Alessandro Nesta(Italy/AC Milan), Carles Puyol (Spain/FC Barcelona), Willy Sagnol (France/BayernMunich), John Terry (England/Chelsea), Lilian Thuram (France/FC Barcelona),Gianluca Zambrotta (Italy/FC Barcelona).



Midfielders: Michael Ballack (Germany/Chelsea), Deco (Portugal/FC Barcelona), Cesc Fabregas (Spain/Arsenal), Luis Figo (Portugal/Inter Milan),Gennaro Gattuso (Italy/AC Milan), Steven Gerrard (England/Liverpool), Kaka(Brazil/AC Milan), Frank Lampard (England/Chelsea), Claude Makalele(France/Chelsea), Andrea Pirlo (Italy/AC Milan), Juan Ramon Riquelme(Argentina/Villareal), Francesco Totti (Italy/AS Roma), Patrick Vieira(France/Inter Milan), Ze Roberto (Brazil/Santos), Zinedine Zidane(France/retired).



Forwards: Adriano (Brazil/Inter Milan), Hernan Crespo (Argentina/Inter Milan),Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast/Chelsea), Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon/FCBarcelona), Thierry Henry (France/Arsenal), Miroslav Klose (Germany/WerderBremen), Lionel Messi (Argentina/FC Barcelona), Arjen Robben(Netherlands/Chelsea), Ronaldinho (Brazil/FC Barcelona), Ronaldo (Brazil/RealMadrid), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Manchester United), WayneRooney (England/Manchester United), Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine/Chelsea),Luca Toni (Italy/Fiorentina), Fernando Torres (Spain/Atletico Madrid)

The one with bold text are my favs for this award okay. I support all of them! Especially for my baby Cesc!

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Football Updates

After about two week international games, all players returned to clubs either with more strong confidence as Bellamy, or with unfortunate broken ankle as Kuyt, or, most of them, with extremely fatigue as Pirlo. Hard to blame UEFA or clubs, but too tight play schedule and far from enough med monitoring/treatment are the main reason result in heavy injuries.

This week in Premiership, Arsenal and Man U. stay on their track, while Chelsea got a real bloody win because they lost their two brilliant goalies in one match. Reading has some reputation of tough team especially for a home match, in today's game Reading's players hit Chelsea's goalie heavily but did not even get a yellow card! Cudicini maybe cover soon, but Cech... is still in UCI now
BEST WISHES FOR CECH ♥ but Lampard scored by a free kick.
FA should take some action on stricken rules for faults and cards, otherwise only few players can survive from those tough games :-(

Terry was the goalie during last additional time. Captain, Bravo!

Arsenal Vs. Watford

Well i didn't watch the game. You know why!
But they won 3-0 over Watford. OWWW my baby Cesc must be so happy recently. And my next england hero THEO WALCOTT become a starter! owh im so proud. So far, Arsenal ranks 5 with 16pts.

Fabregas - 8 - Unusually for Cesc there were quite a few misplaced passes from him in the first half, however he almost scored a great goal after rounding the keeper but fired into the side netting. After the break he ran the show & confirmed what a fantastic player he is & with the boss saying there is more to come I am licking my lips in anticipation.

Walcott - 7 - Played on the left & his pace worried Watford for the 64 minutes he was on the pitch. Cut in nicely to curl a shot just wide of the top corner towards the end of the first half. Plays with a belief & a maturity beyond his 17 years. (Hleb 64) Arsenal v Watford - Player Ratings

Man of the match : Thiery Henry

Sampdoria Vs. Milan

Milan's game was somehow out of luck. The lost point was due to miscommunication between CBs. And without Pirlo, they got some problems to hold ball properly in midfield. However the front line, including attacking midfielders and forwards did create a lot of opportunities to score, but just could not make an exciting finish :( So far, Milan ranks 12 with 4pts.
Other teams in Serie A also have problems, so not too worry about Milan's ranking :) but im worry about Yoann Gourcuff how long he'll be get injury? Well, wish he'll get back soon or move to EPL soon.hha.

Man of the Match: Pippo Inzaghi ♥

Liverpool Vs. Blackburn

1:1 at home is not exciting at all, but... one point is OK. Reds still could not find an efficient way to score. Good deliver from midfielders, and some amazing pass between wingers and forwards, but the last kick... Ah~~~ could not sent the ball into net. On the other hand, left wing-- it is my concerned point now. How many times the opposite players broke through defense from Reds' left wing in this season? Put Stevie there is definitely not a good answer. And what about put Luis Garcia and Mark Gonzalez in the same time to be a starter it'll be AWESOME duet tho.
So far, Liverpool ranks 10 with 11pts.
Theoretically, Liverpool can not win the Championship of Premiership this season :-(
Man of the Match: John Arne Riise

Euro Qualification

07/10 Grp F Sweden 2-0 Spain » crying~~~ Aragones, please go away. BTW, Xabi stayed on the bench all night. The Spaniards were awful when they passed the ball they always passed it to enemy. Only Fabregas did a great jod for passing things. I cant believe that Luis Garcia didn't have any opportunities to score he didn't even touch the ball with his own foots. And the number SEVEN who was belongs to Raul, David Villa wore it aiiii I hate Villa, he doesn't deserves it only Raul who deserves to wear lucky number seven, need a long time to wear it. Better to think twice Villa !!! Torres dived all nite long. ewww . . .

07/10 Grp B Scotland 1-0 France » shock. Group B is too complicate now. Scotland scored a goal that people didn't expect and notice that it was a goal.

07/10 Grp B Italy 2-0 Ukraine » Not bad, though Pippo sit on the bench most time, too. well, he was only sub in from 85'

07/10 Grp E England 0-0 F.Y.R. Macedonia » Stevie got two yellow cards :(

07/10 Grp A Portugal 3-0 Azerbaijan » C.Ronaldo scored two goals, great job! C. Ronaldo and Deco aww.

07/10 Grp G Bulgaria 1-1 Netherlands » still OK. I have faith in Marco :)

11/10 Grp E Croatia 2-0 England » not too surprised. England is short of holding midfielders and play with 2-5-3 pattern are so not.

11/10 Grp B Georgia 1-3 Italy » Italy really has great defenders/midfielders, almost any one of them can score :-) Pippo was sub in at 87', so only played for 5 minutes again. a good warm-up, I guess? and Cannavaro was sub by Matterazi and i almost cried when i saw that, what happened? i was so worry i even cant sleep that nite. But then i got the information that he requested to be substituted due to trouble with his left knee. thx god.

11/10 Grp B France 5-0 Faroe Islands » Saha is superb :) scored in the first minute.

11/10 Grp D Slovakia 1-4 Germany » Germany was crazy in the first half, they scored every 15 minutes :) and, oh~ Poldi

11/10 Grp A Poland 2-0 Portugal » Did not expect this result

11/10 Grp G Netherlands 2-1 Albania » Van Persie did great job recently :)


BTW, Spain and Argentina played a friendly today ; 2:1 Xavi scored first, followed by a penalty by Villa

HALF-TIME UPDATE: Score 1-1! Spain played way,way better than their previous match! They controlled the game really well. Xavi shot in the first goal at 32' and 2 mins after, Argentina equalized the scoreboard. Iniesta did amazing. Sergio was awesome too. So far, Spain's doing really, really well and they had many good shots/opportunities. Cesc, Xabi, Luis and Iker are on the bench, btw! Let's hope Spain gets in another ball in!

FULL-TIME UPDATE:Ok, SPAIN WON! 2-1! Spain DID get another ball in. It was a penalty won by Spain. Villa took it and it was a goal! Spain could have got in 4 goals in total but sadly, both were offside! One by Villa and one by Garcia. Xabi, Sergio and Villa (on the last min) were yellow-carded. Btw, Garcia substituted Torres, Xabi substituted Albelda (if I'm not wrong) and Cesc substituted Juanito(if I'm not wrong). Spain played a really good game in a long time.

If they keep up this energy and this good play, I'm sure they could do something pretty interesting in the next Euro Qualifier match!

CONGRATS, TEAM SPAIN!