Sunday, September 2, 2012

Inter Milan 1-3 AS Roma - Post-match Performances Commentary


Inter Milan 1-3 Roma.


It was a good game to watch, specially if we consider that it was an open game, end to end.


Enjoyed Francesco Totti, Marquinho and Stekelenburg's performances for the away side.
I refuse to say that Osvaldo is up there with the Man of the Match mentions because of his stupid red card at the end and that's why Osvaldo doesn't deserves to be at Milan, Inter or Juventus. He shows no-brain decisions on moments that can cost his team(s) something in the future. Though, he scored a great goal and made another great, trivela, assist to Marquinho's goal.
Totti had those two great assists, but the second, for the wonder goal of Osvaldo, was purely amazing. He runs as much as Andrea Pirlo does for Juventus, but the class is there, as is Pirlo's.
Marquinho was consistent and in the end he scored a great goal, in which we can also blame Castelazzi, specially considering that he is an experienced goalkeeper (he can never suffer that goal), but that doesn't takes credit from Marquinho at all. He likes to get up the field and he risks the shot a lot.
Stekelenburg had two great rushes, but the one that sticks out the most is the one on Milito's feet that even led to some penalty appeal's, with no sense. It was a shame the TV didn't show his good save in the stoppage time to Sneijder's bicycle kick.

From Inter... Sneijder, Nagatomo and Álvaro Pereira deserve a good mention.
Sneijder is always the watch. He is consistent, always on the ball and always active. His heart at the end of the game is always racing and today it was no different. Absolute class with the ball on his feet. He deserved better contribution by Cassano and Milito up front.
Nagatomo has four lungs. He was always running and seemed a warrior sometimes. But with the ball on his feet he has to think a lot better. Still, a good complement to Álvaro's runs in the attack.
Álvaro Pereira was being "bullied" by Porto and was training alone for nearly 2 months and that was shown today. He was everywhere and he did a good match, but near the 60th minute he was tired and couldn't take it anymore, so he got replaced, but he is, without a doubt, a World Class left back. His skills were shown and his style as well with that tribute to Recoba on the socks.

Saturday, August 4, 2012

Walter hat-trick Vs Ipatinga - Goiás 6-0 Ipatinga - Video Compilation



Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Alberto Gilardino - Oscillation - Vídeo Compilation


Alberto Gilardino's Oscillation is my entry for the MKB Compilations Competition, edition 10.
I chose Gilardino for my theme because he has one career that interests me. For once he was Italia's best player (in 2005), and then, his career wasn't so good at all, specially at Milan, where he was overshadowed by players like Inzaghi or Kaká. Then, he managed to put his act together at Fiorentina, where he scored his 200th goal in Serie A and helped them during their Serie A campaigns. Though, in the start of 2011/2012 season his performances weren't getting better and Fiorentina sold him to Genoa in January 2012. There, he helped them to accomplish the goal of remaining in Serie A with 4 goals and 6 assists.
Here is the story of a World Champion (2006), World Club Champion (2007) and Champions League Champion (2006/2007)... Alberto Gilardino!