Friendly January 13: Two Players Sought
We have room for 2 more players against WOS L3 team January 13. Kindly respond using this form. First come first served.
Justin Bieber Needs CPR In The Gym
Justin Bieber made an special appearance today in the gym.
The ball was aligned with the post. The point was to curve the ball around Justin (not to hit him guys, ahem).
Congrats to Peter and Artur for perfect shots (AROUND Justin). Both received prizes.
The moment when poor Justin got hit dead on:
Videos: Bieber gets hit: Car chasing ball: Futsal:
Contest: What is This?
One more contest for our players: A prize to the first person who exactly guesses what this 'soccer ball'-looking thing is:
UPDATE. Answer: It´s Fuleco, the WC14 mascot, a Tatu-Bola (Brazilian three-banded armadillo; Nobody guessed a precise correct answer, so there is no prize unfortunately. Search for ´´what is a tatu-bola´´ in Google images.
Corinthians: 2012 World Champion
The finals of the World Club Championship were played today in Japan, with Corinthians defeating mighty Chelsea, the EuroCup Champion, 1x0.
Corinthians, the team of the poor in Sao Paulo, defeats a team with a payroll orders of magnitude higher! It's a victory of the love of soccer versus rich European teams.
The team was not scored on in these finals. Chelsea hit the post on the 49th minute of the 2nd half. Then the party started.
Tomorrow will be a holiday in Sao Paulo. Corinthians has millions and millions of fans.
20,000 Corinthians fans had traveled from Brazil to Japan to cheer their team!
What the coach said after the match: "We won because we play like a team, together."
Cassio, the gk, was elected best player:
Match Against U16G L4
A great, gutsy, performance by our boys today, 3x1 victory against a very good premier team.
Many thanks to our committed players who come no matter what.
Scoring was 3x0 for us first half, 1x0 for them 2nd half. Two of our boys were sick (Aeddon and Braiden) but still came, and we had one no-show, which made for a very difficult 2nd half with some players struggling physically. Some asking to come off, but going back in after 2 minutes.
Still, as they were told to, all of them played extremely hard, and that was the difference. Kudos to our goal keepers Shar, who was not scored on once again, and huge thanks to Nathan for coming to our rescue and playing as our 2nd goal keeper today.
Many thanks to the families for bringing their sons under treacherous driving conditions.
- Scorers: Braiden, Artur, Mohamed. Braiden also had 2 assists, one of them a spectacular Brazilian heel pass for Artur to score
Video: Double click on video to watch full screen, change quality to HD, sit back, and enjoy!
Futsal Minicup IV December 15
Teams:
(Seth and Kenta left at 3:30, Jorge, Justin, Graham joined at 3:30)
Results:
Top scorers:
Assists:
Rough players, tsk, tsk!
This week's champions:
All players, missing Seth, Kenta and some adults.
A ride on an F1 car in the gym:
This is round 1, match 3 recorded in its entirety. Double click to watch in full screen. You may also increase the video quality.
Goal Keeper Session
This was part of the club's goal keeper session tonight. Our wonderful Shar was there working really hard.
Teams for Saturday Dec. 15
Matches will be 12 minutes long, in home and away format, full futsal rules.
As usual, the session is completely full. Here are the *tentative* teams for Saturday:
Turf Friendly Match January 13
We were invited to play against WOS L3 team in January. Kindly respond to this survey, ASAP. First come first served.
Sao Paulo F.C.: South America Cup Champion
I have been posting the results and videos of these matches. Today was the final. After a 0-0 tie in Argentina, Sao Paulo was beating Tigres 2-0, then the Argentinians abandoned the match in the 2nd half (!!), the first time this has ever happened in a SA final, an act that should carry severe consequences for that team (usually carries stiff financial penalties and bans the team for many years).
Sao Paulo was then declared Champion after 30 minutes.
Rogerio Ceni, the team captain, adds yet another champion title, at 39-years old. It was also Lucas' last match for Sao Paulo, as he was tranferred to Paris St. Germain. Lucas was chosen as the best player of the match and the best player of the tournament overall.
These are image captures from the live feed off the Internet.
Rogerio Ceni, the team captain, made Lucas lift the cup in his place. What a gentleman, what a player.
Lucas and Roger Ceni embrace:
Lucas:
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