Long time no see!!!

Woah its been 663 days since I have updated this blog....so many sporting activities carried out...my fault i tend to lose interest in what I start :( I hope to continue

Football Quiz

Ronaldo sells out.....(The end of a fairy tale)

Once upona time there was a 17 year old portugese winger called Christiano Ronaldo who was prolific and full of flamboyance was playing for Sporting. So during the summer of 2003 when Manchester United were beaten by Sporting 1-3 the king(Mr. Alex Fergusen) was impressed.
The fairy tale of Christiano Ronaldo begins.........
He was signed by his highness Sir Alex Fergusen for a measly 12.24 million pounds. In his first season itself was crowned young player of the year then in following he again received the award for the young player of the season. He was an instant hit with the whole world watching him he has clearly filled big shoes of players like George Best, Eric Cantona, Bryan Robson and David Beckham.
Season after season he was breaking records and scoring more and more goals...Finally in 2008 helped them lift the Champions League Trophy. To appreciate his achievements he was crowned with the Balln d'Or and the FIFA World Player of the Year....So Chrisiano was in demand was approached by another big kingdom "Real Madrid" who were offering him a shambolic amount of 80 million pounds so he signs a 5 year deal of serving Manchester United worth a whopping 120,000 pounds per week....
Ronaldo sells out........
In 2009 Manchester United enters the finals of Champions League Final and unfortunately loses the battle of Stadio Olympico against another heavyweight kingdom FC Barcelona....Real Madrid grabs this oppurtunity with both hands and offers Ronaldo another deal worth 80 million pounds for 5 years......And there he goes following footsteps of David Beckham, Michael Owen and many others who were in their prime but failed miserable in Real Madrid
Ronaldo will also fail at hands of this greedy kindom of Real Madrid......

Champions League 2009

Scene 1- Build Up

What a display of football by Barca, they were playing football out of this world a trully mersmerising display of ball possession and passing which Manu found very hard to breakthrough...Being a core Manu fan for the past 4 years I was very optimistic about the gameI knew they were up against a awesome team...I was very eager to watch this game as I had been toiling in KPMG for 2 weeks thought that a Manu victory would boost my morale...It was 12 and I sat down on my bean bag with a coke bottle and wafers on my side...First 10 minutess Manu were really dictating the terms they even had chances to score which were gone begging...


Scene 2-Eto goal

Aaaaaaaargh!!!!!!Out of nowhere Samuel Eto scores a flash of brilliance from him and a clinical finish. Boy its a dream front 3 for any team Henry,Eto and Messi woah and they deliver everytime...Even Henry showed his vintage stuff after that goal, from then on Manu were the second best team in that game

Scene 3-MOM (Masters of Midfield) Iniesta and Xavi

Their midfield was superb hardly gave the ball away the were the lungs of the attack of barca always supplying them with high precision passes...I agree with what Rooney and Fergusen said after the game about the midfield they were in their own parallel universe....

Scene 4-Messi (height 5 foot 9) scores with a brilliant header

The initial buildup to this game mainly focussed on Messi and Ronaldo but Messi was a clear winner this guy literally has magnets in his boots doesnt leave the ball at all and can run so fast with the ball that vidic was finding it difficult to catchup with him...The header was out of the top drawer and the jump even better, it looked as though he stayed up in air for a moment to place that header properly in the bottom corner...Phew what abilities this guy has he is truly the deserving winner of Ballon' dOr....

Scene 5-:,(

It waas heartbreaking to see Manu go down in such a manner ....but the football match was too good and truly was the perfect tonic to releive my broken heart(Oh gosh!! I am so out of words)

Quickie one liner(if possible avoid googling)| Sports Quiz

Q1. Who is the only cricketer to have played an international match wothout playing a single first class game?
Q2. Identify the shortie :)



Q3. Whose test record am I talking about?

Matches 4
Runs scored 508
Batting avg 72.57
100s/50s 2/2
Top score 140

Q4. Connect ( a real toughie)

Gina Bovaird, Katja Poensgen, Taru Rinne, Tomoko Igata

The decline of Italian Clubs.....

The old warhorses still rule......

When I came to know that Sachin has scored a lightning fast 163 against New Zealand a thought came into my mind how old is he? Then it went to all other different players like Ryan giggs, Paul Scholes, Alex Fergusen age does not act as a barrier for them, the experience which they have is unmatchable, all the young players look upto them for advice and inspiration...
Look at Alex Fergusen his age is not at all hampering the way he has managed Manchester
United he still has trust in his players Ryan Giggs who is now in brilliant form...
Be it Sachin himself god knows how many people have pointed fingers at him about taking retirement....but he is not the one who will stoop down easily he is the one who will only retire when he is no longer enjoying the game...
Even Alex Fergusen also stated that retirement will come into question only when he stops enjoying the game....
What I like about these professionals is that they still love their sport are very passionate about it like any youngster is...Perhaps this is what is keeping them alive in the GAME........