Kaka tops the BBCs site ranking of the AC Milan players (but I lose my bet that he’ll score from outside the box). Well done to Liverpool for pulling it back to 2-1, FULL TIME.
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How to pay for next year’s expensive FA Cup Final ticket
Here’s one way to pay for next year’s FA Cup Final ticket (cost:
England vs Brazil gamble
I decided instead of paying
Congratulations to West Ham
Congratulations to West Ham on staying up – see the Romford subway writing on the wall was right! (Funny how you can turn just about anything into a prediction.)
Photo by Stuart Glendinning Hall
Kaka: Saved by Hand of God*
Following AC Milan’s win over Man U the Sun steps in with a piece about Kaka, his life and his work (football, not Caroline). It follows hard on the heels of yesterday’s report in the London Paper that Kaka would consider moving to England to play footie: “If one day I was to leave Milan, I would defintely look at an English team.” Well, Caroline might prefer bringing up a baby Kaka in England, seeing as St Paul’s in Sao Paulo where she went to school was set up by the Brits?
PS: Believe it or not but I emailed the Sun a few months back suggesting they ‘do’ a piece on Kaka. Now if AC Milan beat Liverpool maybe they’ll pay more attention, right?
Beach Soccer World Cup
I’ve dug out the full tournament schedule, starting on 3 November, for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Rio. “This year, for the first time, all the participating associations have taken part in official qualifying competitions in each of the six confederations and games are being played in accordance with the new FIFA Beach Soccer Laws of the Game in line with FIFA’s quality standard.” Yeah, England are not playing.
Group A
Brazil (host country)
Poland (3rd place in the FBSWC 2006 Qualifier Marseille)
USA (champions of the FBSWC 2006 Qualifier Costa Rica)
Japan (runners-up of the FBSWC 2006 Qualifier Dubai)
Group B
Spain (champions of the FBSWC 2006 Qualifier Marseille)
France (5th place in the FBSWC 2006 Qualifier Marseille)
Canada (runners-up of the FBSWC 2006 Qualifier Costa Rica)
Iran (3rd place in the FBSWC 2006 Qualifier Dubai)
Group C
Solomon Islands (champions of the FBSWC 2006 Qualifier Tahiti)
Cameroon (champions of the FBSWC 2006 Qualifier Durban)
Portugal (runners-up of the FBSWC 2006 Qualifier Marseille)
Uruguay (runners-up of the FBSWC 2006 Qualifier Maca
Premership surprises
So England fails to win the World Cup but the Premiership is looking interesting:
1. West Ham signs two Argentinians of international stature.
2. Everton beat Liverpool by 3-0.
Off to the match
Well. New job on Monday. But before then we’re off to the big match..
Free Kaka wallpaper for your computer
Came across the Guarana Antartica (Brazil’s own Coca Cola) corporate marketing blog for Kaka today. Looks like it’s doing well, with plenty of comments etc. But where are the giveaways? Well, I may not have a drinks manufacturer behind me, but I can still come up with some corporate goodies. I’ve borrowed the nice image below from their blog, and it turns out you can save this and make it into a neat Kaka wallpaper for your computer.
Just right click the image, then select ‘Set as wallpaper’, then select funnily enough ‘Stretch’ and the image nicely fits to your screen, then select ‘Set Wallpaper’ and your done. This is the process of Windows XP 2003 so you may need to play around with other versions of Windows to get it to work.
Or if you fancy a lovely gift have a look at this collection of affordable leather handbags, also made in Brazil.
Spain vs Tunisia
Wow, for a moment there I was rubbing my eyes, with Tunisia leading Spain 1-0 at half time, but Juan was right, it didn’t last for long!
In the meantime I finally got round to checking out the Cluetrain Mainfesto online. Time to read the book (then buy the T-shirt, and see the film – or is there a set correct order one should approach these matters?!).