Best striker that scores goals in Europe is...*drums*
That's right.Liverpool's spanish striker,Fernando Torres with total 15 goals in EPL and counting.With 35% of the votes,he barely edged David Trezeguet for the top spot.
David Trezeguet of Juventus.Scoring 15 goals in Italian Seria A,he truly deserved his spot in that poll.With 28% of the votes,he's second placed.
Sharing the 3rd place,each having 14% of the votes, Carlos Tevez and Clemente Luis Fabiano.Carlos Tevez scored 11 goals in EPL;yeah Tevez,thumb's up!Luis Fabiano on the other hand who is playing for Sevilla,scored a whopping 19 goals in Spanish La Liga.
Last but not the worst;with 7% of the votes;Lyon's hot prospect Karim Benzema.Top scorer in French Ligue 1 with 16 goals.
Before the match kickoff:Tottenham had a defence crisis.Michael Dawson(hamstring),Pascal Chimbonda(knee),Gilberto(calf),Benoit Assou-Ekotto(knee) and Gareth Bale(foot). Chelsea however,got a full fit squad.The game at Athens against Olympiacos which ended goalless,John Terry and Frank Lampart were both not featured.Should Avram Grant reinstate them?He said:"When you have a big squad, you have problems like this sometimes. I think the players have shown, until now, great attitude from the beginning when it was a very difficult time and I will not forget it.I think now when you speak about John Terry and Lampard that they are available to play, I think you need to respect the players that played without them."
ps:That old fag dont dare to leave out Lampard and Terry.XD
Kickoff! First half was dominated by Spurs,the moment that Belletti gave the ball to Robbie Keane.Robbie Keane couldnt believe his luck,but his shot was deflected to safety by John Terry.Then seconds later,Dimitar Berbatov headed the ball wide from 6 yards out.Peter Cech was called in action again on 27th minute,a diving save to keep Steed Malbranque's shot at bay.Seing Spurs failing to convert chances,Chelsea took their chances.Didier Zokora fouled Drogba,who curled his freekick with ease into the net with Paul Robinson flat footed.Spurs tried to hit back with a Keane's shot straight to Peter Cech.Chelsea in the second half,was comfortable until Spurs raised their game.69th minute,Wayne Bridge handled the ball in the penalty area ,pressure from Spurs substitute Tom Huddlestone(replacing Pascal Chimbonda).Refree got no choice to give the penalty.One of the calm'est penalties u can ever see,Dimitar Berbatov sent Peter Cech the wrong side.1-1,game on!A great pass from Keane to Zokora,putting him into a one on one situation with Peter Cech.The Chelsea keeper saved Zokora's first effort with his face and the Ivory Coast midfielder then blasted the rebound over the bar.From then onwards,Chelsea was on the backfoot most of the time.Normal time,the match ended a draw.Into 4 minutes of extra time,Anelka fouled Aaron Lennon and earned a freekick for Spurs.Jermaine Jenas whipped the ball into Chelsea's area and the ball bounced off Peter Cech's palms into Jonathan Woodgate's face.The ball bounced into the net.Salomon Kalou(replaced Shawun Wright Phillips) saw his effort saved superbly by Paul Robinson.Anxious remaining minutes for Spurs as they held on and won the match.Their 1st silverware in 9 years,credits to the players and Juande Ramos.
Comments: Robbie Keane:'Hopefully this is start of something special, hopefully we can kick on now. It's special for the fans.This was a massive test for us and it's unbelievable and a dream come true to come out as winners. I dreamt of this moment as kid and I'm speechless.'
Jonathan Woodgate:'I don't really go up for corners but I took a chance and was able to get my head on it and luckily it went it.I think we were the best team and hopefully we can push on from this next year. Chelsea are a top side and they showed that today but we did it.'
Juande Ramos:'I am happy because the people (fans) are very happy.'
Ledley King:'Its amazing. It's been a long time to get here - too long. The only other time we got to a final we lost and we didn't want that to happen today,You saw the commitment levels from the players today and we showed we're a good team when we got going today.The spirit was fantastic and at 1-0 down a lot of teams would have folded but we were fantastic to come back and win.We have some good players here and hopefully we can use this win and move forward.'
Avram Grant:'I think even in the second half Tottenham were not in the game and that we were the better side,The penalty put them back in the game and that turned the match. The second goal was from a set piece so we are disappointed.I did not think it was a penalty. Wayne Bridge could not keep his hand behind his back when he was challenging for the ball and you saw it was not the referee who gave it but the linesman. It was always going to be close because cup finals are like this and it was not a great performance from both teams. We tried to score a goal and keep it tight but we lost.But we still have the Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup so we must now focus on them.'
My sis and I went to one place to eat steamboat for dinner.We reached there like 7pm.I didnt know steamboat business nowdays are so good.Crowd already picking up at that time.Maybe that place is famous,got website for it. It's in the red circle,http://www.steamboat.com.my/. Woah..And the name of that restaurant as u can tell from the picture also,Ho Ho Steamboat Restaurant.If it's direct translation it says "good good steamboat restaurant".I dont know how to tell whether it is a good steamboat or bad.It tastes the same everywhere,dont you think?Same ingredients,same boiled water and same style of eating it.Oh..how different was the price!Not bad la overall because there got some leng lui eating steamboat as well.I did took a picture of their shop and promote them to among myfriends,they should give discount for this.
Before this game,Fernando Torres(below) scored 18goals in total this season so far.And yes,after reading the title,you'd already know Fernando Torres scored a hattrick in the game against Middlesbrough.To be exact,he now scored 21goals this season.
Starting line up; Liverpool:Only 1 change from the starting lineup that won Inter Milan.Alvaro Aberloa replacing Jamie Carragher(one match suspension) Middlesbrough:Mark Schwarzer,Luke Young,Emanuel Pogatetz,David Wheater,Jonathan Grounds,Gary O'Neil,Julio Arca,Fabio Rochemback,Stewart Downing,Jeremie Aliadiere,Tuncay Sanli.
There's no video this time,YouTube doesnt allow it anymore. >"<. Liverpool always looked shaky without Jamie Carragher,and Aberloa obviously awkward in that central defence position.Just 9 minutes into the match,Middlesbrough took the lead.Downing with the freekick and Tuncay scored.Liverpool's defence tried to get them offside,but in the end,not only Tuncay was not offside,there were 2 or 3 more weren't.Dirk Kuyt(before this match,he was in a 2goals in 2 matches streak) responded by having an "aeroplane" shot.That's what we called it in cantonese "fei kei'.Why?The shot was like an aeroplane taking off the ground.Sometimes people say gifts sometimes come out from nowhere,for Liverpool,it came out on 28thminute where Julio Arca trying to play the ball back to the keeper with a weak header.Oh boy,Fernando Torres responded the quickest and rounded the keeper and slotted the ball into the net.1-1.Commentary said it was 90 seconds,soccernet said it was 60 seconds.Whichever it was, thats how long it took for Torres to score another one.This time,it was 25yards out and he did a screamer into bottom corner.To be fair,Middlesbrough didnt deserve that scoreline at all after all the hard work closing down Liverpool's players all over the field.15minutes into the second half,Dirk Kuyt launched a 50yard ball towards Fernando Torres.There was hesitation between Wheater and Schwarzer and Fernando Torres took his chance and completed his hattrick.From there onwards,each touch by Torres was looking dangerous.Yossi Benayoun came in for Ryan Babel,Riise for Dirk Kuyt and Alfonso Alves replaced Tuncay.83th minute,Downing grabbed a lifeline for his side by hitting his shot through Reina's leg.So it's 3-2!Drama,drama,drama.Middlesbrough looked as if they were going to get an equaliser.As described by the commentators;a moment of stupidity happened.Frenchman Jeremie Aliadiere responded to Mascherano's provoke with a slap to the Argentine's face.To the joy of the Kop's crowd,the young Frenchman got sent off.Replay showed that Mascherano did pat on Jeremie Aliadiere's face.
Manager Gareth Southgate's comments on the red card as quoted below:
"That is a lesson for Jeremie. He is young and will learn from that.He hardly floored the opponent but you have to accept in the modern game that if you do something like that, and it is in front of a young referee, you will be sent off.The biggest punishment for him will be missing three games and knowing we now have plenty of competition for forward positions."
Asked about the game,he said: "We feel we have given Liverpool a hell of a game and we did enough, we felt, to have taken something from the match"
Joinned my sis and her friends for dinner at Subang.Well,although it's with strangers,i cant resist porks.yum yum!ooH!I told myself not to join them anymore.I think i was stone'ng there for almost 2 hours.Stone'ing=physically and mentally becoming a stone.There's not a single one that's worth looking at and their boyfriends all 10cent face.A nothing trying to be something that kind lo.If only i can take a pic of them,you'll know what's a 10cent face.I think it sounds better in malay,"muka sepuluh sen".The food was great,only the people around weren't.Lucky i need not to pay for the meal.Slicing out their faces also not enough to pay for my part.Total was rm120 worth of porks. XD
"kok fa" and my plate.Ever since,"proses menjadi batu" occurs. you can count those 10cents around.some were hidden.
Ok,before i start,this is an act of boredom.So i blog about football.
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Before that match kickoff:
Inter had only lost 3 in of their last 45 away games in all competitions,4 games winning streaks champions league,unbeaten in Italian Seria A since the starting of 07/08 season and with Zlatan Ibrahimovic scoring 5 goals in the tournament,confidence and expectations were high.The injury free team was certainly the favourites.
Having lost to a minor side recently in Fa Cup,Liverpool going into the game with 3 games winning streak in champions league as well with the club's captain Steven Gerrard one goal shy to match Zlatan Ibrahomovic.However,Daniel Agger and Adriy Voronin were in the injury list.Jamie Carragher is set for his 99th champions league game and Liverpool for it's 100th win in champions league.This match's going to be a cracker.
Inter Milan's starting lineup:Julio Cesar,Marco Materazzi,Christian Chivu,Ivan Cordoba,Maicon,Maxwell,Javier Zanetti,Dejan Stankovic,Esteben Cambiasso,Julio Cruz and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
ps:Can you believe it?Xabi Alonso was on the bench that night?=.=
During the match:
Just 2 minutes into that game,Liverpool got a penalty claim,Carragher's shot hit Maicon's hand.Belgian refree wasnt interested in giving that penalty.2 yellow cards were shown during the game,1st would be to Christian Chivu for fouling Steven Gerrard and 2nd would be to Marco Materazzi for fouling Fernando Torres.It all went wrong for Inter,well at least to Marco Materazzi again fouling Fernando Torres and the Belgian refree shown him the 2nd yellow card to the ex-Everton player who ironically was once sent off during Mersyside derby back in those days.The next 60 minutes,it's all about defending for Inter,frustrating Liverpool front line.With Julio Cruz coming off for Patrick Viera on the 55th minute,it signalled to those who's watching,Inter's preparing to defend all day.Another penalty claim came on 60th minute when Viera handled the ball in the area when Gerrard trying to cross the ball.The refree only gave a corner.Crosses after crosses from both flanks,desperate for goals,Rafael Benitez decided to bring the targetman,Peter Crouch in for Lucas and Jermaine Pennant for Ryan Babel.Pennant did provide more width to the Liverpool side.On 75th minute,Ivan Cordoba got injured and Nicolas Burdisso came in.With six minute left;this happened.
Ps:Commentary in the video is not English.
At the end of the day: Liverpool:25 attempts with 6 on target.10 corners and 70% of the ball possession. Inter Milan:4 attempts with 0 on target.1 corner and 30% of the ball possession.
Same team that lost to Barnsley?Almost.Only 5 changes were made.So i would say Barnsley's victory over Liverpool was a fluke.Hehe.I'm gonna stop here.Time to read some books.
went to buy some food the other day.empty cart soon fills itself.money..!buying these it's like me making a u-turn away from something good i.e Music Festival in Mont Kiara,which includes Incubus.it's been toying my mind,choosing between food for a month or a day of banging ur heads and jumping ur soul out."kos lepas"/oppurtunity cost is high!i can only say "oh god."*with a grumpy face*.i'll leave the facial expression to ur imagination.
(muka kedekut,worrying about how much am i going to spend)
After 5 minutes searching for the segment,i found my something.
after only 5 turns,the cart became:
(yes,there's mini honey star cereals in my cart.there's no age limit for those,ok?:P)
I'm too lazy for this..u know wat?i'm going to just show u the cart when i was about to pay.
hmm,maybe those in plastic bags will look a bit less.. OK.maybe not.
Not going to tell you how much i spend,but it's one step backwards from the thailand trip(planned by leon) and definately giving up to go for the music festival thingy.sigh..I can now only hope for Daryll who has a back stage pass to get a signed album or poster of Incubus.woops.time for lunch.
Yau Chi Wing (Kevin) and Hui Wai Yan (Bosco Wong) were both born on the seventh day of August, but one takes relationships seriously while the other is so money-minded and sees love as a tool to get higher up the social ladder.The tale begins on the seventh of August, when Wing and Yan first encounter their own dream girl on the island. Wing works as a lifeguard on the outlying island. He gets to know pet shop assistant Ling Ka Yan (Niki Chow) by chance and is soon mesmerized by her endearing personality. Yan who works at a coffee shop meets a romance comic artist called Wong Chi Kwan(Natalie Tong). Being misled into believing that the girl is from a rich family, YAN decides to chase her. He would never have thought that someone as calculative as himself would end up falling into a love trap.
(from left to right: Kevin Cheng,Niki Chow,Bosco Wong and Natalie Tong)
After the 1st and 2nd eps; the story line builds nicely and u can start seeing why this is a highly anticipated hong tvb series.You can download the series from forums or just suscribe to Astro On Demand.
Actually i got interested in this because of the one that i'd watched 2 years ago[above picture].The title is 天幕下的戀人(The Under Canopy Of Love). It has almost similiar cast,just different storyline.I've also heard that his current one,The Seventh Day, ends with a tragic :(
Special thanks to noasian(popularasian) for uploading the pics in his forum thread.
Cast:Kevin Cheng,Niki Chow,Bosco Wong,Natalie Tong,Elaine Yiu,Suki Tsui,Eddie Lee,Sam Chan,Charmaine Li,Selena Li,Lau Dan,Ha Ping and Kiki Sheung.
