Monday, February 28, 2011

Joga Bonito vs Mitad del Mundo game review


El Periodico del Futbol
Chicago and Evanston, Monday February 28, 2010

Joga Bonito vs Mitad del Mundo game review

Hi there my fellow soccer lovers! Don’t know about you but it was a fun soccer weekend for me. Saturday, my Latin America team won the intercontinental tournament trashing the European team 6-1 in the final! These tournaments are a lot of fun. If you are interested in participating let me know.

Barcelona won 3-0 and is on track to the championship again since Madrid tied 0-0. Did anyone see Messi’s header goal? Lots of fun!

Some shocking results, West Ham United which is in relegation danger schooled Liverpool at home 3-1. And also, Arsenal lost the Carling Cup final against Birmingham which is also in relegation danger. Did anyone see Birmingham’s second goal that gave them the trophy? I feel so bad for the center back Koscielny who made a brutal mistake.

Anyhow, let’s talk about Joga Bonito! The bad news is that JB’s medical team has announced that international Colombian super star defender Antonio Escalante needs more time to recover from his knee so he will be missing in action for a few weeks. The good news is that just before the transfer season was over Joga Bonito was able to negotiate with FC Barcelona for a return of Tony “El Destructor” Gamboa on a temporary loan. Tony will cover for Antonio when he cannot play.

JB had a rough first half as Rolando was the only one who was able to score during the first half of the game against Mitad del Mundo. However, JB had most of the ball possession and everyone could see that JB just needed to finish to complete the job. Manager Quintero encouraged during half time asking the team to be patient and to keep passing the ball. The goals will eventually come. And he was right! Two minutes into the second half, there was a beautiful combination between Rolando, Carlos and Tony was able to finish with a second goal. JB wins 2-0. But that was not all. Two minutes later. Keith receives a ball from Carlos and gives it to Rolando who puts it in the net. JB wins 3-0. At this point of the game, I think the ref made a bad call. There was a handball inside the goalie area in favor of JB. It should have been a penalty kick but the ref called it outside. Half way through the second half, again Rolando gives a nice pass to Carlos who squeezes the ball inside the goal. JB wins 4-0. At around the 20th minute of the second half, the ball clearly hits Keith’s stomach but the ref calls a penalty against JB. Where do they get these refs? Anyway, never fear Mauricio “La Muralla” Pumarejo is here! The amazing Mauricio stretches and dives to his right and hits that ball outside his net. You can see the guys just loves clean sheets. Finally, Tony makes a run and assists Rolando who does not hesitates and rockets the ball pass the goalie. Final score: JB wins 5-0! This was not one of JB’s prettiest games but they got the job done. I was able to catch up with Captain Carlos for comments:

“Yeah, we had a rough first half when the ball did not want to go in. We just needed to make some adjustments. Distribute the ball more to the sides. Patience was key. We have some work to do if we want to beat the better teams but for today we got the job done and I am grateful to my team.”

Player of the match: Rolando Paz
Rolando “El Demoledor de Arcos” is back! I must confess that I was missing that guy who scored 28 goals last season. Well he was on fire yesterday scoring 3 masterpieces that helped JB win 5-0. It is truly amazing that this guy is 41 years old and with an injured knee still scores so many goals. JB is very fortunate to have him in the squad.

JB has next weekend off. Next game will be on Sunday March 13th at 6pm again against the infamous Fish Keg United.

Thanks for reading. I am still waiting for comments from all my fans!


And remember… love the game and the game will love you back!


Carlos Quintero
Journalist Wannabe
El Peridico del Futbol



No comments:

Post a Comment