Hugo is looking sharp.
Now let’s beat the crap out of those gringos next Wednesday, please. Even though Guille Franco is not around.
New coach, new uniform
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Soccer!
Some people never learn
Picho Chiva
It is a little late for this (some people are dumbasses when it comes to downloading photos off a camera), but here’s a photo of Mauricio Capistran (a.k.a. Picho) showing the score of last weekend’s match America VS Chivas of Guadalajara. He and Alejandro del Castillo (a.k.a. too many things to list in this reduced space) bet that whoever’s team loses the Superclásico would get to proudly pose wearing the winner’s jersey and remind the world what the final score was. Of course, the photo eventually makes it to the internet and the rest is history. Some people shouldn’t have so much faith in their teams (that last link you gotta click on).
Next weekend the Clásico Regiomontano is played… any takers among the few remaining fans of Tigres out there?
Lavolpe and Isra
Not even remotely as big of a figure as Maradona, my cousin Israel Alkon had his photographed taken with former Mexican National coach Ricardo Antonio Lavolpe.
If it wasn’t for Lavolpe’s inexplicable decision to play with basically no midfield in the World Cup, Lucho would have gotten more playtime and my photo would be more valuable.
Diego and Isra
My cousing Israel Alkon bumped into none other than biggest soccer star ever, Diego Armando Maradona, on his recent trip to Argentina. I can’t believe he’s taller than Maradona (it gives some people I know hope).
This beats hands-down my Luis Perez Kodak moment, and at the same time leaves me with only 1 degree of separation of the greatest soccer god in history (sorry, Pelé, but you don’t have your own church).
Polla Winner!
Anand Narayanan received his prize for winning the FIFA World Cup 2006 Polla. Congratulations Anand! He finished 10 points ahead of me. I was 9th.
Click to see the full size photo and you’ll notice that Anand has also won an air hockey tournament and belongs to the world famous Austin soccer team the NI Eagles.
Italy wins!
After a month of non-stop World Cup soccer Italy takes the championship for the fourth time. Congratulations to them. Cetrulo is thrilled. I’m happy for him.
But I don’t care.
What I do care about is that after a shameful start in La Polla I was able to recover and finish 9th out of 81. See for yourself. This means I beat my uncle in a head-to-head bet and I proved to Alejandro del Castillo that my soccer knowledge vastly exceeds his own (as if that needed to be proved). Impressively, if you count only the second round, then I would have finished second out of 81. Anand Narayanan wins, but we all know he’s just very lucky ever since he shaved off that mustache.
All in all, I watched 46 out of 64 matches in this World Cup. That’s a lot of fútbol my friend. And I must frankly admit I’ve had enough. I am ready to move on to something else. Such as the Mexican Soccer League.
An image is worth a thousand words
The now classic “Mexican Slap to the Forehead” was heard TWICE on Saturday around the world, like thunder, when 120 million Mexicans lamented their horrible luck – as opposed to the Argentinian’s (and their women too!).
It is a urban legend that this trademark gesture was patented by a Iuval Levinson.
It is a urban legend that this trademark gesture was patented by a Iuval Levinson.
R.E. from Bienvenido a la Cabeza de R.E. (also known in the Polla as cabezon) wrote a loooong essay so I don’t have to. See the fantasy goal by Maxi Rodriguez (he’s right footed for G-d’s sake!) at the end of the video.
Panini World Cup Sticker Album update
On April 29 I wrote about my new World Cup sticker album. A little over a month later I am happy to report that I’m 14 stickers short of completion. Check my Progress Tracking page… maybe you can help me!
On a related note, I received the following letter from Modena, Italy last week:
That’s right my friends… the most sought-after sticker is finally here: Marcos Kirsch
Rumor has it that for 10 of these you can get one of Maza Rodriguez.
And now, decide for yourself: Who looks angrier, Marcos, or superstar, legend and crack Guille Franco?
It’s…. La Polla!
I want to officially announce the Fifa 2006 World Cup Polla.
This is a pool/game/contest for the 2006 World Cup in Germany. I’ve been working on this for the last few days. The website is online and the relevant parts of the system are fully functional (i.e. submitting results).
The idea is that anyone who’s interested pays $10 USD (cheap, cheap, cheap) and predicts the results of the games in the World Cup. You get 1 point for guessing just the winner (or if it’s a tie), 2 points if you guess the exact score. All the money is handed to the winner(s). I don’t make a cent out of any of this.
Feel free to check out the site, and start submitting your results for the First Round. When the World Cup begins, everybody’s results for the First Round will be published to make things even more exciting. The site will be updated with new things, such as statistics tracking and maybe a online forum so that Tawil can publically trash-talk Yoni.
Also, feel free to invite any of your soccer-loving friends. The more, the merrier.
As long as we’re in the subject, I’m doing pretty good with my album, but if you can, I appreciate the help. And expect lots of soccer-related posts for the next two months.