Yes as everyone goalkeepers also have enemies and things that can make the goalkeeper have a bad day on the field, in soccer is important to understand the facts that can take you to be the hero of your team. Soccer has advantages and things that are not good in this case; the first goalkeeper enemy (which I hate so much but I love it when I’m not playing) is THE RAIN.
The Rain in this case is the bad guy for goalkeepers, to start when the field is wet literally SUCKS! Because usually in the goal because of the goalies’ dives that little part of the field is 85% dirt, which with some nice and wet rain gets all muddy which is and enemy for me or any goalkeeper. Also when is raining the goalkeeper gloves get wet and so does the ball which drive the goalie to a bad act called “slip”.
Last Sunday I went to play at Success Park but… OH NO!!! It was raining, oh cruel rain! Which was going to drive me to one horrible game for me, first I kept getting stuck because of the mud so it was hard for me to dive, also when I did it was so slow that they scored anyways and I finish myself all muddy!
Now the slips it was a really easy shot, it went right to my hands but guess what??? It slipped but lucky my I had mi friend the pole that saved me from that one, it’s really hard to keep with rain so if you are goalie and its raining make sure to try not do so bad.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Monday, May 4, 2009
Friends on the field !
Friends on the field oh great idea! The goalkeeper has many friends on the field, some of them are really important for the result of a good game for the goalkeeper, first a goalkeeper has to be friends with the ball as every other player but the goalie has to be something like “best friends” in this case, if a goalkeeper is not friend with the ball everything is just going to go wrong because he’ll be scared to the ball and things like that.
Now the poles on the goal, this is another really important factor but as you know poles are not alive but the way this works is may be a little weird, when the goalkeeper is friend with his 3 poles for some reason it makes a magnetic field, as crazy as it sounds it works, when the forward of the other team shoots and the goalkeeper doesn’t keep it and you think is going to be goal… what’s going to happen??? Yeah!!!! It hits the pole!!! Oh miracle is just a great way to save the day.
The defenders, last of the most important of the goalie’s friends, the defenders have to be ready at all times so the strikers won’t be a problem to the goalkeeper, but that’s not the only thing , the goalkeeper has to have a connection with his defenders so they can understand him easier and everything the goalie means and tries to do, and most of the times save him from problems, in a good team goalie and defenders are the ones who have to make sure to keep the score on 0.
Now the poles on the goal, this is another really important factor but as you know poles are not alive but the way this works is may be a little weird, when the goalkeeper is friend with his 3 poles for some reason it makes a magnetic field, as crazy as it sounds it works, when the forward of the other team shoots and the goalkeeper doesn’t keep it and you think is going to be goal… what’s going to happen??? Yeah!!!! It hits the pole!!! Oh miracle is just a great way to save the day.
The defenders, last of the most important of the goalie’s friends, the defenders have to be ready at all times so the strikers won’t be a problem to the goalkeeper, but that’s not the only thing , the goalkeeper has to have a connection with his defenders so they can understand him easier and everything the goalie means and tries to do, and most of the times save him from problems, in a good team goalie and defenders are the ones who have to make sure to keep the score on 0.
Friday, May 1, 2009
The Goalkeeper
To start this we going to put a definition of what goalkeeper is thanks to wikipedia : "In association football, each team's goalkeeper defends his team's goal and has special privileges within the game. The goalkeeper's main job is to stop any penetration of the ball into the goal.In many team sports, a goalkeeper (termed goaltender, netminder, goalie, or keeper in some sports) is a designated player that is charged with directly preventing the opposite team from scoring by defending the goal. Such positions exist in hurling, association football, Gaelic football, International Rules Football, handball, ice hockey, field hockey, netball, water polo, bandy, lacrosse, floorball and a number of other sports." this also is important, i found a line which explain something : "Usually special rules apply to the goalkeeper that do not apply to the other players. These rules are often instituted to protect the goalkeeper, being an obvious target for dangerous or even violent actions."
Violent? yes the goalkeeper is the one who has to defend the goal with everything he can and the strickers of the other team are going to start trying harder to score and the could do things that may hurt the goalie.
Also something that gets me really mad is when people say : "why didnt you keep that that was an easy shot", well i want to see them try, in the moment when he shoots you have to think about other factors or ideas the player may have as passing, crossing or which side is he going to choose when is 1 on 1.
But the thing that is really offensive and I dont like when people say : "Goalie si the easyest job on the field, all you do is stand there and wait for the ball to come.", Well people YOU ARE WRONG, that is not the only thing the goalkeeper does, he has to be ready at all times, the goalie has to have a different prospective of the game and see and visualise from the goal the way the other players are playing.The goalkeeper has to comand the defense and give advise and support to the strickers and midfielders and probably yell the whole game, also the goalkeeper has to have a fast reaction and change of decition.
I think the goalkeeper is the most important job in the game , phisically is not as rough as the other players like be running around the whole game but mentally is really tough and when the ball is near then is on and the phisical challenge starts because i have to know what to do , how to dive and how to stop the ball, if you dont do it right you may get hurt.
Personally i love to be a galkeeper and they say Im really good at it which makes me really proud.
Violent? yes the goalkeeper is the one who has to defend the goal with everything he can and the strickers of the other team are going to start trying harder to score and the could do things that may hurt the goalie.
Also something that gets me really mad is when people say : "why didnt you keep that that was an easy shot", well i want to see them try, in the moment when he shoots you have to think about other factors or ideas the player may have as passing, crossing or which side is he going to choose when is 1 on 1.
But the thing that is really offensive and I dont like when people say : "Goalie si the easyest job on the field, all you do is stand there and wait for the ball to come.", Well people YOU ARE WRONG, that is not the only thing the goalkeeper does, he has to be ready at all times, the goalie has to have a different prospective of the game and see and visualise from the goal the way the other players are playing.The goalkeeper has to comand the defense and give advise and support to the strickers and midfielders and probably yell the whole game, also the goalkeeper has to have a fast reaction and change of decition.
I think the goalkeeper is the most important job in the game , phisically is not as rough as the other players like be running around the whole game but mentally is really tough and when the ball is near then is on and the phisical challenge starts because i have to know what to do , how to dive and how to stop the ball, if you dont do it right you may get hurt.
Personally i love to be a galkeeper and they say Im really good at it which makes me really proud.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Tuesday lost!
As every Tuesday we went to play on Connecticut Sports Center, to start my night the wrong way I went to the game an hour too early, good thing I had my friend Gregorio with me, at least that way we didn’t get bored so we were playing soccer with a volleyball in the volleyball court :D hehe that was pretty fun, so later on we got hungry so we went inside to eat some chicken tenders and vitamin water before the game started, after that great food we went to the “locker room” or actually the bathroom of the place and got ready.
Later on when the game was going to start the players of the other team also my friends were so sure they were going to win and they were like "oh ready to lose?" and i was "we may gonna lose but it aint going to be easy for you!".Well the game started and it didn't go so well, in like the first 5 minutes they scored the first goal it was the defence foult because they let him go by himself 1 on 1 with me and he scored but i almost kept it. My dad was mad at me he was like oh why cant you keep that that was an easy shot, I actually get really mad when they say that because being a goalkeeper is the hardest job in the game, so after that goal the game wasnt easy for them but they did won 6-1, i hate to lose against my own team but i enjoy playing against them.
Later on when the game was going to start the players of the other team also my friends were so sure they were going to win and they were like "oh ready to lose?" and i was "we may gonna lose but it aint going to be easy for you!".Well the game started and it didn't go so well, in like the first 5 minutes they scored the first goal it was the defence foult because they let him go by himself 1 on 1 with me and he scored but i almost kept it. My dad was mad at me he was like oh why cant you keep that that was an easy shot, I actually get really mad when they say that because being a goalkeeper is the hardest job in the game, so after that goal the game wasnt easy for them but they did won 6-1, i hate to lose against my own team but i enjoy playing against them.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
I can’t decide!
Man this is just crazy as it sounds, I play a lot of soccer and many people like what I do and they feel safe when I’m playing with them but, personally I think this is way to much work for me… I cannot handle this much pain but the worst thing about this is the indecision, as in this case: I’m playing in this team on Sundays but this other team wants me, the first team kind of “sucks” but the other doesn’t but in the first team I get along really well with the coach and he offer me everything I wanted if I stay playing with them but in the other hand the second team is my friend’s so is a though decision for me.
Now besides all that I also play on Tuesdays as you know, I have two teams and yesterday they were playing against my other team so I had to choose a side, mmm… so I decide the team that needed me the most, but guess what??? Yeah we lost they beat us 6-1 (for more info. Read next blog), so I put way to much effort on it and now I’m so hurt as you cant imagine, my body hurts and as we play too late at night I don’t have enough sleep so for indecisions I’m having a though time playing soccer and deciding what is the right thing.
Now besides all that I also play on Tuesdays as you know, I have two teams and yesterday they were playing against my other team so I had to choose a side, mmm… so I decide the team that needed me the most, but guess what??? Yeah we lost they beat us 6-1 (for more info. Read next blog), so I put way to much effort on it and now I’m so hurt as you cant imagine, my body hurts and as we play too late at night I don’t have enough sleep so for indecisions I’m having a though time playing soccer and deciding what is the right thing.
Monday, April 27, 2009
irresponsibility ???
Yeah irresponsibility … don’t you hate when I have an important game and the other team doesn’t show up? Well I do!
So both of my teams are out of the tournament, I don’t have anything to do no more besides just one game on Sundays, so I was really exited for this game and guess what? Oh surprise!!! The other team didn’t show up I felt so mad… also I have to go all the way from Saint Vicente’s hospital to Success Park to play , wake up on a Sunday at 8:00 am and go all the way there for nothing !!! yeah is ridiculous.
After all this problem that made me feel so bad and angry we ask the other team to play with us at least to do some exercise while we were there so the whole travel wouldn’t be in vane, also guess what? Yeah they said we will play! So they were getting ready and when they were ready they said: “we don’t want to play anymore”… oh cruel anger that is eating by body (again), so yeah I spent my whole beautiful Sunday morning in the soccer field doing nothing… how awesome is that ?
So both of my teams are out of the tournament, I don’t have anything to do no more besides just one game on Sundays, so I was really exited for this game and guess what? Oh surprise!!! The other team didn’t show up I felt so mad… also I have to go all the way from Saint Vicente’s hospital to Success Park to play , wake up on a Sunday at 8:00 am and go all the way there for nothing !!! yeah is ridiculous.
After all this problem that made me feel so bad and angry we ask the other team to play with us at least to do some exercise while we were there so the whole travel wouldn’t be in vane, also guess what? Yeah they said we will play! So they were getting ready and when they were ready they said: “we don’t want to play anymore”… oh cruel anger that is eating by body (again), so yeah I spent my whole beautiful Sunday morning in the soccer field doing nothing… how awesome is that ?
Friday, April 24, 2009
SPORTING 4-3 IDM
Sporting 4-3 Independiente Medellin
Goals: Alvaro Navarro 13, 90, Diego Vera 35, Diego De Souza 82 (Defensor Sporting); Luis Arias 19, Andres Ortiz 77, Diego Cabrera 90 (Independiente Medellin)
With the expecting of a win to advance and the visitors only requiring a point, the stage was set for a dramatic evening at the Centenario in Montevideo (Stadium). So it proved as the Group 4 rivals served up the game of the tournament so far, a seven-goal game that will define who stays in the competition.
Winning 3-2 with only two minutes remaining and a man to the good following Jair Benitez, Jorge da Silva's side seemed to have everything under control. They reckoned without Diego Cabrera, however, who headed home to level the game for Los DIM and give them the draw they had come for. But actually, the Uruguayans did not give up and in the fourth minute of stoppage time Navarro turned the ball into the back of the net to spark wild celebrations in the stands, scoring the winning goal for the Sporting.
Goals: Alvaro Navarro 13, 90, Diego Vera 35, Diego De Souza 82 (Defensor Sporting); Luis Arias 19, Andres Ortiz 77, Diego Cabrera 90 (Independiente Medellin)
With the expecting of a win to advance and the visitors only requiring a point, the stage was set for a dramatic evening at the Centenario in Montevideo (Stadium). So it proved as the Group 4 rivals served up the game of the tournament so far, a seven-goal game that will define who stays in the competition.
Winning 3-2 with only two minutes remaining and a man to the good following Jair Benitez, Jorge da Silva's side seemed to have everything under control. They reckoned without Diego Cabrera, however, who headed home to level the game for Los DIM and give them the draw they had come for. But actually, the Uruguayans did not give up and in the fourth minute of stoppage time Navarro turned the ball into the back of the net to spark wild celebrations in the stands, scoring the winning goal for the Sporting.
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