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Feb. 15, 2008

Happy day-after-Valentine’s-Day..err...Day!

To all you men out there who failed miserably in your attempt to be romantic, you now have another 364 worry-free days before you make a last-second dash to Walgreens to pick up a box of cheap chocolates and fake flowers. With that said, and the woman-created holiday behind us, lets move on to our other true love: Football (or for those Americans reading this, “soccer”). Although I must admit, I cringe at calling it soccer considering our sport has absolutely everything to do with the feet. And yet, American Football is called Foot-ball…but I move on.

Since this is my first blog on SiTV, let me start by saying hello to every person on SiTV, and pay a compliment to this great channel and website. And no, I’m not just saying that because I write for them, but because I clicked on a couple of their shows, and was amazed. In case you haven’t looked around, do so: unique, exciting, and just flat-out cutting edge television and web entertainment! So, my first Happy-Day-After-Valentine-Day kiss goes to SiTV.

Now let’s move on to my love poem to Football (or if you will, Futbol or “Soccer”).

Ode to Football
How much do I love you, let me count the ways…

Actually, forget that. You will quickly learn that I tend to be as un-cliché as possible, and I also tend to go off on random rants, which I will post here in the future. But for my first blog, let me scrap my poem idea. Instead, I will just randomly mention some of the moments that I can’t live without. All of you reading this blog, take my lead and respond with some of your own. Here are a few of mine:

• Messi with the Ball tied to his laces.
• Cristiano ronaldo shaking and baking, and this season, actually scoring at a torid pace.
• A hard crushing tackle by a defender who smiles at a yellow card.
• An even harder crushing tackle by a defender, and his coach who smiles at the red card.
• Diego Maradona Highlights. Any of them. Even as an 8-year-old kid joggling a soccer ball.
• Maradona dribbling past 5 English defenders in ’86.
• Messi in an almost identical fashion dribbling past 5 Getafe defenders in ‘07.
• Brazilian female fans in the stands dancing samba.
• Ronaldinho on the field dancing samba.
• A close-up of Jose Mourinho, looking like a pimp (sidenote: Hope he goes to Barcelona).
• A play-by-play announcer going nuts over a goal.
• Ray Hudson of GolTV describing any spectacular play.
• Being able to actually call a goal by Argentina during a World Cup Qualifier.
• An avalanche of fans crashing down, section after section, celebrating a goal.
• Fans in stadiums around the world changing the words to 80’s song “Pop Goes the World” and turning it into a cheer for their team.
• An entire city coming out to celebrate a Championship.
• La Plata celebrating an Estudiantes Championship for the first time in 23 years.
• Reading emails from fans who love my style.
• And, last but not least, counting down the days to the next World Cup.

Needless to say, I left out countless others. But that’s your job; respond back with some of your favorites-- players, countries, clubs. Tell me what teams you are passionate about, and let’s continue to love the greatest sport in the world, “Soccer.”

by Pablo Alsina

I included some of the videos I mentioned below:

1. Messi Highlights

2. Cristiano Ronaldo

3. Maradona Child

4. Maradona versus England


5. Ronaldinho samba

6. Ray Hudson GolTV

7. Pablo Alsina and Ray Hudson

8. Messi (unknown foreign announcer but loved his call)

9. Soccer Fans Avalanche

10. Estudiantes de la Plata Campeon Apertura 2006. Great poetry by Argentine Announcer.

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