Requiem to the beautiful game??

 Congratulations to SPAIN last real World Champion!!!

Great tournament even with all the challenges had to overcome at the beginning, visas,  tickets prices, but at the end we had a GREAT TOURNAMENT!!!

We, (or I ) captured a difference in style of playing the game. 

The European teams has to play like Italians football started to try to stop those great South Americans players, Maradona, Garrincha, Recoba, and many others with that dominion of the ball, unstoppable. They invented the “Libero” I believe years 1960s, today they progressed to a more modern style, lines of 4-5 players in “position “ waiting, and looking for an opportunity to toss the ball in the air, and hopefully someone from the own team will catch the ball, and the lucky ones who could put the ball in the opposition goal!!!

The South Americans trying to imitate the “MODERN FOOTBALL “ Started to copy this style, without noticing the difference between the continents, culture, physical, monetary, While one continent is still having yards games, easy for children to make the own ball (rags) and gain ball dominion , the other continent (I don’t know much about) seems to be more powerful, better growing up, academics making players, 

Complete different growth, South Americans knew and know, then it you lets the other team comes to your box without any pressure, soon or later the ball will enter your goal!!!  A drop of water, will fill the glass!!! 

It’s just my opinion, I can be wrong. But holding the opponent by the jersey, pushing from behind, or by the side,holding with both arms around the opponent’s body, pretending a foul, crying like little children, THAT’S NOT FOOTBALL!!! 

I repeat!!! Again

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Like I said in “GOALKEEPER,!!   Hard Position!! (One of my posts)

Goalie, then just stays under the 3 posts, is a dead duck!!

I hope you can see the video (I’m not very good posting videos) 

Check again my post, I explained how a goalkeeper has to perform!!

That ball should be paunche away for the goalie, but not, he just looks!!!    Go for the ball!!!

Thank you!!

Don’t punk the ball in the air!!

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Let’s see if I can show this play, happened and one of the best leagues in the whole world!! 

I’m not criticizing, I hope I can show what I’m praying for years,  and it’s all writing in my blog.

I keep saying  most of the ones in charge of a club, game, academics. The solution to the attack, is throw (I would say…punk) the ball to the box and hopefully someone would score!! Just hoping for LUCK, they (the ones in charge) don’t know if the players can bead the ball the right way!! (the right way is hit the ball with the forehead)   Most of the players put their heads on the trajectory of the ball!! 

And this video you can see, the ball hitting the player, but went in the opposite. Autogoal.

Also I’m saying for long time (nobody pays attention) “goalie staying under the 3 posts, is a Dead DUCK!!”   The goalie has to go for the ball, punch it or grabbing it, has to leave 2 players behind under the 3 posts, just in case it’s a wrong trying, but as soon the goalkeeper (now it’s a GOALKEEPER) hits the ball, everyone runs out of the box, and some trying to get the rebound!!    

Check my post “GOALKEEPER HARD POSITION “

Modern football (soccer)

 Son Heung-Min BRACE for LAFC vs. St. Louis!!

Son Heung-Min BRACE for LAFC vs. St. Louis!!

How many times I said “put pressure in the player with the ball”. But not, you can check yourself with this couple goals. A player receiving the ball, can control very easily, nobody shows any interest to get it away from the player. Start to advance, the opposite players start to backtrack, watching, then get so close to the goal mouth then it’s easier to make the goal than miss it!! Those players backpedaling, should pay for having the best sit on the whole stadium!!!

Last blogpost????

 Unfortunately nobody’s given a “chance “ to what I wrote or the comments  on LinkedIn,  or when I sent to people  especially when them clubs are doing very poorly.and really,really need to win a game!! Don’t want to hear what I mean, THAT’S NOT THE WAY.  

Football (soccer)  its not just running the whole pitch back and forward, chasing the opponent from behind, or waiting (watching) from a well formed line of players, how the opponent controls the ball and does what everybody is doing….. CROSS (pelotazo) to the box!, hopefully someone would  misdirect the ball and give a lucky goal!!  

The funny thing is most of the players can’t  hit the ball with the head,  90-95 % just put the head and let the ball strike it, not knowing how to hit it with the forehead. Very different!!!

Or, better yet, close the eyes, and SHOOT from 35-40 yards with 10-15 players in between the shooter and the goalie,  luckily the person in the way, would get scared and turn around and open a hole that the goalkeeper wasn’t expecting,  or the keeper would catch it very easily, showing that for some reason is there!! 

I said it before, the old players turned coaches playing the same style, HOW CAN THEY KNOW BETTER,  if they have an idea, than the ball can outrun the players,     WHAT ??? , NOT IDEA .

Still the same way, ping-pong style, toss the ball in the air and HOPE FOR THE BEST !!! 

I believe this can be my last blogpost, I said it long time ago, but always a hope than someone with guts, and sick of investing, and the only hope is an old player who can make a winning team!!

NOT,  what you need is a system, HURRY UP .  How many people knows what is “touch and go “.  “the ball run faster then the player “. “the defender has to be positioned in between the ball and the goal, facing the opponent “  “never tackle from behind “.  “chasing from behind, nope” “switching positions to face the opponent “.  .??

INTERESTING.???  Do something!!

Copa America

Great!!  I don’t want to be an. opinionated old…. But I get frustrated seeing and hearing the “experts “ 

I like the teams that are playing the pressing system attacking!!

Very good, you have to play to WIN,!   Period!!

USA is playing one of those teams, the only mistake I’m seeing and the “experts “ am listening to, don’t see it is: 

The whole team ATTACK, but when they lose the ball, everyone starts backpedaling, IN PERFECT LINE!! (read some of my previous comments or blogs).

Nope, you lost the ball, RIGHT AWAY YOU HAVE TO RECUPERATE IT!!!  Those 4-5 backpedaling have to go across the player with the ball!!

I know, it’s hard to understand, I tried to explain to some players, but I need time, and time is money and all the languages !!

Goalkeeper!! Hard Position!!

My memories flying around like football (soccer)’s modern!! 

When I say something about this sport, don’t want you to think I’m just another opinionated opportunist trying to make a profit and talk about something that I don’t have an idea how it’s been played for years. I started playing  many moons ago and those years you were lucky, and really, really good player to get any monetary retribution, you were lucky just to get a promise of a good job!! 

On back posts I wrote about, how to handle (feet) the ball properly,  positioning on the pitch, lately about how’s possibly all the players inside the box nobody can understand the pitch its too long to get back and try to make a goal, it’s almost impossible to run all way back, your brains will not have oxygen enough to think. That’s the reason some players miss an easy goal, with all the goal free of obstruction they shoot the ball wide!!! Also I explained (or tried) too many people around the goalie it’s not good!!  EVERY BALL going inside the box has to be challenged for the goalkeeper!!! 

My memories brings to me great goalkeepers,  one specially we played (and/or was one of tmy first coaching)  on those years wasn’t many “experts “ to coach. (and the players have to step up) We learned already in our pickup games when we were kids. Not adults to confuse us  I don’t remember his name, just the nickname Balconero (balcony man) ,  Remember him because he did like all the others goalies, DIVES to to balls, even if the ball was in the feet of the attackers . He lost several teeth at young age. Today, his son is coaching at an Academy, here USA (West Palm Beach, Florida) Adrian . He made Football his way of living, not like us, we had to work regular jobs!!! I always pick goalies like him, and/or teach how to be a good one, if not, ask    Robert (Bob) Conover, one of the first players (American) to play in C.A.  Cerro-Montevideo, Uruguay ,  

I believe I wrote a lot of ideas how to improve the game. To no avail. Some people gets intrigued, but that’s it!! I keep saying, my last message…. But I can’t quit till I see a few good plays and not anymore those people crying and turning on the grass an imaginary injury yelling like when they children “Daddy, Daddy “ 

And REMEMBER a goalkeeper under the 3 posts is a “DEAD DUCK “!!!