Mexico's gold medal in Pan American Games

Hi people! The last weeks the Pan American Games didn’t go unnoticed. Mexico got an historic participation earning 19 more medals than its last best participation. Of course Mexico had the responsibility of winning the gold medal in soccer. But, was it deserved?

We need to remember that Mexico just did an historic in both U-17 and U-20 World Cups, although Mexico lost in the American Cup. However Mexico has been doing a great work in soccer, especially in the lower categories. So, the fact that the U-22’s team played the Pan American Games meant a great responsibility and a great illusion particularly because the Games were here in Mexico.

The truth is that Mexico’s soccer team prepared for playing. The players did a great job; they played every game at their maximum potential. The game play is the one that has been seen in recent seasons demonstrating a growth at the level Mexican soccer is taking. In all the matches the national team showed superiority, except perhaps against Trinidad y Tobago because the match ended tied.

However, I do believe that Mexico deserved to win the gold medal. The players showed unity playing as a real team. Also each player gave his hundred percent, their ambition for bringing victory to a country that deserves it was the key. Well, it was all. I hope that you enjoyed it. Keep reading, and if you want a post of a particular theme please let me know in a comment.

Link of Mexico’s victory in Pan American Games against Argentina:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9Pai7KTzOU

Youth Academy in Fifa 12

Hey people that reads my blog! I am finally going to talk about the Youth Academy. Remember, this is a feature of the career mode of Fifa 12. Since I knew about this feature, I didnt stop investigating about it, and know that I got Fifa 12 I can’t stop playing the career mode.

First, if you didn’t know, Fifa 12 has a career mode that simulates the job of a trainer or a player in the real life. It’s a mode were you play the matches of the team you chose, you can buy soccer players for the team, you can manage your team, and finally you can manage an academy where you train young promises. How does this function? You may hire a scout first, and them give him work scouting in a country. While you do a normal career mode, your scout will give you monthly reports. These reports have the names of young players with the estimation of his stats and the estimation of his potential. Then you can decide either to hire players or to continue scouting.

After you hire young promises, at the age of 16 you can give them a place in the first team, unless you think they aren’t prepared, you leave them in the Academy any longer. So, why do I like this feature the most? Well, I love to manage anything, and the idea of managing the development of a young promise makes me feel important. I mean, everything that happens with the development of that kid will be my responsibility. So, I can decide to give them minutes of play, or to wait a little longer, I can do anything I decide is the best for that kid.

Well, may be a little weird but is one of the things I like the most. Keep reading the blog, there will be new themes.

Fifa 12

Hi guys!, I am going to talk about a great soccer simulation experience. I just bought the Fifa 12 game and since I got it I haven’t stop playing. I mean, it has a lot of new features, and a lot of new surprises.

First of all, the difference between Fifa 11 and Fifa 12. Most of the people may think that every year this kind of games are just stealing money from our wallets, but when I say that Fifa 12 is a lot different from the last year’s Fifa, I am serious. This autumn Fifa arrives with a new level of sensibility. Now when you try to take the control of the ball, it is really close to your feet, letting you do whatever you want with it. Also, I saw the precision of the dribbles between players, and I can assure you that, if the defender does not touches the ball he will not take it off of you.

Another feature that is in the game is the new impact engine. Now, while playing, you will see that the players will react at the shocks according to them. If any player is being tackled in his right foot, his right foot will be the first part of his body that receives the impact. Finally, maybe one of the features that will create the most controversy, is the tactical defending. Now, instead of just holding ‘B’ when you don’t have the ball, you will need to get more into it, to really be in the game playing, and to really do an effort to get the ball. Personally, I like this a lot because I think that by getting used to this, the defending will be easier for everybody, and the matches will be more competitive.

In conclusion, an average person may not be able to see the difference but, if you are a real fan of soccer and a huge fan of Fifa, I recommend you to play this game. Definitely the best soccer simulation so far. For the next week post, I will be writing about a special feature of Fifa 12 career mode so, be prepared.

Fifa 12 trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=istUJhYecmI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZTXhbPtvxQ&feature=relmfu

*Note: The purpose of this entry is not to encourage anyone to buy Fifa 12.

The controversy of Carlos Tevez

Today I am going to make a little review about the things that happened on last Tuesday (27/09/11). Bayern Munich gained 2 – 0 against Manchester City for a Champions League match, but this is not the big controversy. The thing is that, when Manchester City was partially losing 0 – 2, the Italian trainer Roberto Mancini asked player Carlos Tevez to enter the field when he refused to play. There’s still a lot of controversy for what really happened because Tevez said that it was just a misunderstanding, but Mancini ensures that he didn’t wanted to play. Now this case is under investigation, and Tevez has been suspended for two weeks, while the situation is being solved. (Mediotiempo.com)

In my opinion, I think that Tevez actually refused to play against Bayern Munich. Maybe he said that his intention never was to not play because he wanted to be in the starting eleven, so he possibly got mad and refused to enter as substitution in the last twenty minutes of the game. I may say that if Tevez truly refused to play, Mancini is correct with his decision. Soccer player have contracts, they are committed to obeying what the trainer says to them, and if any player refuses to do his liabilities, the club can do exactly the same, I mean, the club can stop paying them, and can also expelled them from the institution for not fulfill its contract. And this is exactly what Manchester City should do; the club must establish itself as the one ahead.

Video of Tevez refusing to play:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjJ4rRTO8xQ

Tevez speaking after the match:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld50VYKE3hU

Works Cited:

"Manchester City Suspendió a Carlos Tévez Por Dos Semanas - Futbol - Internacional - Mediotiempo.com." Mediotiempo.com - La Casa Del Futbol. Web. 01 Oct. 2011. .

Nuri Sahin

Hello everybody, in the last post we talked about Francesc Fabregas, a Barcelona’s soccer player, but now, is time to let a player of Madrid be in this blog. I am talking about Nuri Sahin, one of the new additions to Real Madrid’s team. Sahin is a German-born Turkish footballer; he participated in the U-17 World Cup in 2005 with the Turkey national team, winning the bronze ball, just like Jorge Enríquez did with Mexico in U-20 World Cup. Sahin became a promise of international football. He played for Borussia Dortmund, when he won the Bundesliga (Germany Profesional Football League) title in this last season 2010-2011. After starting 33 of 34 matches, scoring 7 times, and assisting 8 times, he also won for the best player in the season for the Bundesliga 2011 (Bundesliga.de).

So, now it is evident why Real Madrid hired him in a six-year contract. Maybe more for his recent achievements, but without a doubt, Nuri Sahin began a great career 7 years ago. Now that he has 23 years old, still a young player, he shows a maturity that can be see only in few players at this age, such as Fabregas. Sahin makes decisive actions that can change the final results of any game. Every time that he is playing is noted. The precision of the edge passes that he makes always generate danger in the rival’s goal. Unfortunately Sahin is injured and he is not playing with Real Madrid at this moment. But hopefully we will see him play soon. He may not be in the first team immediately, but I’m sure it will not take too much time.

Sahin gameplay:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3oQuPqM2-w&feature=related

Works Cited:

Bundesliga - Die Offizielle Webseite. Web. 22 Sept. 2011. .

Fabregas' hiring

Hello people, I have been talking about Mexican soccer a lot, and now that the transfer period is over, I think that it should be great to discuss about some of the best transfers of this year. Today’s theme, because a friend of mine (Danna) asked for it, is Francesc Fabregas i Soler, best known as Cesc Fabregas. For those who don’t know who is him, Frabregas is a Spanish midfielder that recently moved to F.C. Barcelona, and he also plays in the Spanish National Team. He used to play in Barcelona when he was a kid (15-16 years old), but the Arsenal F.C. hired him at that age, so he grew with Arsenal reaching the captaincy along his growth. Fabregas became a phenomenon, he was the creator of Arsenal’s game, and he impressed many by the precision in his passes and his great technique, truly one of a kind. Now, he returns 8 years later to his beloved team.

F.C. Barcelona is actually a soccer monster, according to the International Federation of Football History & Statistics, it is the best team in the world, followed by Real Madrid C.F. (Spain) and Manchester United F.C. (England). Now, the question is, What is going to contribute Fabregas to Barcelona’s gameplay? As I just said, Fabregas is a player with great skills. Although Barcelona has the best midfielders, such as Xavi and Iniesta, Fabregas whenever he plays, puts his signature to every game. Many commentators have said that Cesc will never be as good as Xavi. I actually think that his only limit is himself. He was, at his short age, the captain of Arsenal, part of the soccer elite of England, and of Europe. In fact, I think that Fabregas have displayed better soccer than that of Xavi at his age. If Fabregas continues developing and loving soccer, he will be in the first team in no time at all.

In conclusion, the gameplay of Barcelona is the best one in the world, but Fabregas will ‘take it to the next level’. I believe he is capable of giving Barcelona’s team what it misses to being even better. But, it is very important to consider that he isn’t replacing anybody, although he can, he arrived to Barcelona as another mesh that will give a better stability, a better power, and a better creativity to the team’s gameplay.

Here some evidence of the great player Fabregas is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REKuFOBtpes

Works Cited:

"IFFHS." IFFHS. Web. 08 Sept. 2011. .

"Cesc Fabregas." ESPN Deportes: El Líder Mundial En Deportes. Web. 08 Sept. 2011. .

Rivera Case

Is good to know that you, people, liked the last post theme. The Chatón Enríquez phenomenon will be a huge theme to talk of in the next years of the development of Mexican soccer. It is difficult to gain recognition to one of the best players in a tournament, it is more to gain it in the World Cup, and it is even more difficult to gain recognition as a central defender midfielder. If the development of Chaton is the right one, he will be in an important team of Europe very soon.

The theme for today’s post is the mediocrity of the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol (FMF). Yesterday I entered to my twitter account and I saw a question from Televisa Deportes Network (TDN) directed to people. Is it right the veto of Edson Rivera from the national team, because he went to the European soccer? When I saw this, my first reaction was: ‘This can’t me a real question, it should be a joke’. But, it wasn’t a joke, it was really happening.

For general knowledge, Edson Rivera is a young soccer player that used to play for Atlas. He played this last U-20 World Cup, having a very good role as a player. Rivera scored three goals for Mexico in this tournament, and although he wasn’t one of the best named players of the national team, he called the attention with his goals.

Now, returning to the theme, Rivera played the U-20 World Cup without being in any team. Atlas, instead trying to look for a contract renovation, they didn’t worry about it and let Rivera as a free agent (El Informador). Now that Rivera found a team in Europe, a Portuguese team named Sporting Braga, Atlas requires to be paid because they contributed to Rivera’s development as a soccer player. I completely agree that they formed Rivera as a player, but you cannot let a player with this potential stay without contract, even if you were in negotiations with the player, the directive should insist in signing Rivera as fast as possible. And now that he is leaving the Mexican soccer looking for a good development in Europe, Atlas asks for his veto from the national team, they should be ashamed. How is it possible to ask for such thing, Rivera had rights that let him to look for another team because he was a free agent, he wasn’t compromised with Atlas or any team, so he went himself to Portugal, and despite all the effort he did at finding a team and signing with it, the great president of Atlas dares to reclaim. What great news for Rivera!

So, answering the question, it is NOT right the veto of Rivera from the national team. And, if there is even a possibility of getting Rivera out of the national team, we will be witnessing a mediocre decision of a mediocre Mexican Football Federation (FMF).

Here are two of the three goals Rivera scored in the U-20 World Cup (Second and third goals from Mexico):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc_nTTvD-mw

Works Cited:

"Edson Rivera Dará Su Versión :: El Informador." El Informador :: Noticias De Jalisco, México, Deportes & Entretenimiento. Web. 01 Sept. 2011. .