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Joga Bonito vs YMCA 2 game review




El Periodico del Futbol
Chicago and Evanston
Monday March 14, 2010

Joga Bonito vs YMCA 2 game review

Hi there my fellow soccer lovers!

Time to talk about your favorite soccer team: Joga Bonito! I am super busy interviewing an old friend that you might have heard of: Sir Alex Ferguson. Yes I am hanging out with Fergie at Old Trafford asking him questions about the Champions League quarter final draw Manchester United vs Chelsea. Here is what he said: “Chelsea? No biggie. Will beat them. No problem.” Can you believe this guy? Haha! Check out my attached pic at Old Trafford! So I will make this short and sweet.

Joga Bonito defeated YMCA#2 7 to 1!

That’s it! What? I told you it would be short and sweet.

Ok, ok. Basically, Game started and YMCA#2 which is suppose to be the weakest team so far didn’t look so weak at all. They were giving JB a very tough time. Next thing I know, Manager Carlos Quintero gets a yellow card by the ref and he is not even playing! So I do some research and try to find out what happened. Turns out that YMCA#2 were playing with all male players on the field. The YMCA rules clearly say and I quote: “All teams must have at least, but are not limited to one female players on the field of play at all time.” This means that all teams must have 1 or more female players on the field during the game during the entire game. So, Carlos was complaining to the ref that the other team was not following the rule. The ref told him that he could not enforce the rule. Carlos asked him “What do you mean you cannot enforce the rule? You are the ref!” The ref stopped the game and gave Carlos a yellow card! Can you believe it? This is the most ridiculous ref I have ever seen in my life! Anyway, Carlos went to complain to the other ref and to his surprise the other ref said the same thing! Carlos knew that he was dealing with ignorant referees so he went straight to the coordinator. The coordinator came out and spoke with the refs. Carlos was right. The refs were wrong. What a surprise, right?

Anyway, do you still want to hear about the game? Ok, ok.

JB had a rough time during the first part of the first half. Mauricio saved a couple of nice shots. Keith, Alicia, Robin and Tony were holding the defensive line very well. Pablo, Ernie and Carlos were taking shots but nothing was going in. Patience was key. Finally, at the 15th minute, Pablo takes a shot and finds the net! JB leads 1-0. JB starts passing the ball well. Ernie receives a nice pass and squeezes the ball in the net. JB wins 2-0. Half time buzzer sounds. Manager Carlos and goalie Mauricio give some direction.

You could see JB is a much better team but they could not find connection. YMCA#2 attacker receives the ball in the midfield and in a nice play is able to pass it to their striker who takes a shot and scores. JB is shocked. JB still leads 2-1. JB knows they need to focus and be patient. Captain Carlos decides to switch positions and begins playing center back while leaving Keith as a right back. He send Tony up to the midfield. Tony immediately connects with Pablo and Ernie and the rain of goals begins. Pablo scores again. JB wins 3-1. Tony scores 4-1. Ernie scores again 5-1. Pablo shoots and scores 6-1. And finally, Tony kills the game with a 7th goal. JB wins 7-1!!!

Player of the match: Tony Gamboa
Tony usually plays defense and he did during the first half. However, when Manager Carlos moved him up, Tony immediately made a huge impact in the game scoring 2 goals and providing many opportunities for Pablo and Ernie. Manager Carlos had this to say about his player:

“Tony is one of those unique players who can play many positions and he plays all of them well. He also is one of those players who follows instructions perfectly. If I ask him to goalkeep, I know he will do it, he will enjoy it and he will be excellent at it! We are very fortunate to have him in our team.”

Next Game: Joga Bonito vs Willard Warriors (Sunday March 27 at 7pm)
JB’s next opponent is very well known. JB defeated the Willard Warriors 4-3 in last years 2010 final game. I know that Willard Warriors is fired up about playing JB again. They will be a tough opponent so you do not want to miss this game!




And remember… love the game and the game will love you back! Thanks for reading!


Carlos Quintero
Journalist Wannabe
El Peridico del Futbol

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