catching the soccer fever

caught these few videos cos a fren sent the link to one, then i was bored from studying and so searched for more.. if u haven't already known, i'm put in charge of soccer in my church network. somehow i'm surprised that no one has taken this up b4 me, considering how popular soccer is among youths in singapore. i see this as a very good chance to: (1) bond the boys in the network across different cell groups, (2) to reach out to frens or strangers alike thru playing soccer and getting to know them, (3) to sweat it out once in a while and keep fit.

anyway if i have a choice, i would rather my team be like this, and not like this. why? go watch the videos first, and tell me what u think..

why would i choose the team with old fogies? not becos they beat their opponents soundly, but cos their bond is strong, sprinkled with humour and good o' love and passion for the game. even at their age, they still crack jokes like schboys in the locker room, and clap and shout to motivate the whole team and run out of the tunnel altogether. what camaraderie! whereas in the other video, though their ball tricks were really cool and nice to watch, a team (or at least an amateur team like ours) is made up of individuals. there's no point doing all those tricks if a simple pass would suffice.. well, i'm just glad that so far, no one has been like that. though we are prone to scoring own goals.. (i did it once in hall 9, josh scored a beauty at mountbatten.. haha)

i watched the juventus vs cagliari match on sat night. was surprised to see that juve played with the same system that i had in mind for my team. was drawing out some stuff after watching them play on the 8th of april, and came up with a variant of 4-5-1 formation for the team. 4 flat defence, 1 holding midfielder, 2 wingers, 2 attacking midfielders, and 1 striker. when going forward, we will have 3 attacking the box and 2 down the flanks. i put 1 holding midfielder cos i see someone with great potential for that role. got some pple in mind for the other key positions too, all i need now are a striker, a defender who can call the line, and a goalkeeper. suggestions anyone?

i also thought of a design of a jersey, should we ever get one.. a white jersey with a bit of red trimmings at the collar and the sleeve. white for purity! took this pic of the soccer jersey of my winning eleven team (which is undefeated for 3 seasons, and won all the leagues and cups it participated.. hee) any resemblence to ac milan or liverpool is purely coincidental.. really!!

oh i realised patrick viera wears the same boots as kaka and adrian mutu. anyway the game ended in a 1-all draw. juventus scored from a corner at the last second.. yes, it was really the last second!! very very drama, and the ref even red-carded 2 cagliari players cos they protested something. there wasn't even a replay, cos it was the last second.. i watched so many of these comeback matches these few weeks. AC milan in the champions league, and myself scoring 2 late goals in the final ten mins to snatch a draw.. hee hee more self-advertisement..

well, for the uninitiated, the "old fogies" are actually living legends of english football. the coach is bobby robson.. the first shot of someone waking up is peter shilton, england's best goalkeeper ever.. stuart pearce's phone rang during the pep-talk.. peter beardsley was riding the bike.. jack charlton (of all pple!) was given a yellow card.. haha.. real cool ad, huh?