Tue, 06 Sep 2005

Dos a cero, el mero mero

What a nice sports weekend- OU gets beat by TCU. UT won but has a huuuuge game coming up at Ohio State. The Spurs signed Finley. And the best--- The US beat Mexico 2 - 0 to clinch a spot in the World Cup Finals in Deutschland '06.

I have a love/hate relationship with the US/Mexico games. They're always tense affairs, carry too much bs-drama, and are foul-laden (to the point that the first team to get unwound usually loses). Sat's game was no exception.

I'm not upset that the US won at all, so don't get me wrong, but I hate it when we don't even show some class after a win that's this big. Well, most of the players did- but not "the superstar".

U.S. striker Landon Donovan, who said before the game that the Mexican players were jealous of their U.S. counterparts, stoked the rivalry again afterwards.

"They suck," said Donovan. "I'm so happy. After we got that first goal they were never in the game. Hopefully that will shut them up for the next three or four years."

Not that the Mexican side didn't have similar quotes- but they have a tendency to get very blustery after a loss (or before a game).

pre-game:

Mexican National Team Forward Jared Borgetti
On the U.S. style of play:

"They always only go for the counterattack. One has to criticize their style of play because it.s ugly. We already know how the U.S. plays. They base their soccer on organization and they kick long balls to try to create danger on a counterattack. I don.t expect a spectacular game or anything along those lines because the U.S. is going to play a tight game.." (Reforma)

post-game:

"..a small team. They play like my sister, my aunt and my grandmother."

Lavolpe (Mexico's Coach)

I kind of feel bad for Lavolpe- he's (almost) taken the Mexican side to Germany already, and people are calling for his head. Especially stupid Hugo Sanchez. But Lavolpe's cocky, so he brings it on himself at times (he said that not only would Mexico win on Saturday, but that he was looking forward to taking a break to let his assistant coaches get some coaching time in the last two meaningless games). But then again, I don't feel that bad about Lavolpe- his players at least respect him enough to all quit should the MSF force him to resign. That's classy. Unlike Donovan.

06 Sep 12:29 | /futbol | 0 comment(s)


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