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JIFL News N°21. vol 2. Season 2005-2006
------------------------------------------ :: Edito
Who can run, when no one can run
anymore?
Dear Sufferers
of World Cup Withdrawal,
It went by so
fast. Lightning encased in a whirlwind, in fact. It's like
quitting anything addictive and
during the first month after it ends, football depression sets
in. In fact, I am so depressed at the moment that I am inviting a
guest speaker to perform my duties this week. This week, expert
football technician Bernhard Schumm (also known as one of
the finest minds employed in football throughout the history of
the world) will serve as my ‘2nd’ and deliver the
eulogy of World Cup 2006.
Lastly from my
part, fittingly, Ronan O'Neill has sent in his take on the
Final and the final episode of the Final as well. It follows
Bernie's article. Please read on....
WOODSTOCK 2006 - THE
QUARTERS:
I don t know what's wrong here - I really
love to watch English football (rather than the silicon wife of
one of their players on the grandstand when he's making a throw-in)
- so I do hope they go back to their business, and play the game
with their unique way and style again. I really thought we could
have a replay of the '66 final - with all this
new goal camera techniques - but, the European
Championships 2008 is close already.
One word to (former coach) Ericson
- who let the Three Lions Team play like he saw it in
games like Lazio -vs- Brescia, or so - Everybody back and then the
long ball to Crouch or Rooney, and sometimes, Beckham makes a
free-kick or a throw-in. "I am not interested in the way or
style we play - only the result counts". That was his
regular quote after every game - now he has to eat his words.
Never had I seen, during so many past WC's such clueless coaching.
:: THE SEMIS
:
Who can reach deep down in his pocket and
find that little bit of extra effort to give? Penalties? That's
life.
Bernhard
Schumm
... And
finally Ronan O'Neill's musings on the final episode of the Final.
Read it all
the way to the end, lads ...........Excellent!
Subject:
Official FIFA Explanation
for Zidane Reaction
Since Sunday
evening, the whole world has been debating what Italian defender,
Marco Materazzi, actually said to
Zinedine Zidane to make the retiring Frenchman react in
the way he did. The French captain, in his last ever professional
game, thrust his head into Materezzi's chest in Sunday's World Cup
Final resulting in a red card and shame for Zidane. Today, with
the help of Italian lip-reader Arturo Belladini, we can reveal
what drove Zidane to self destruct:
Materazzi was
seen to hold Zidane's shirt on the edge of the penalty box in
extra-time at which point Zidane said, "Hey, if you want my
shirt so bad then you can have it. After the match, I will give
it to you".
Materazzi
responded, "I don’t want your shirt you m***** f*****. You're
a f****** old man!"
As they jog
away, Zidane is seen to laugh at this and it is unclear how he
responded due to him having his back to the TV camera. Materazzi
then went on to hit him with a volley of abuse:
"You
should've quit two years ago; you're a f****** has-been...
"M*****
f*****! Your mum is a f****** Muslim terrorist and you are too,
f*** you, old man, f*** you!
"Hey, old
man, this arena is not for you anymore. M***** f****!
"Your
sister is a whore and the whole Italian team has f***** her...
"F*** off,
you bald c*nt!"
Zidane carries
on jogging away still giving no reaction to the Italian's supreme
abuse. Finally, Materazzi says one last item, "You are only
good enough for Rangers!"
It's at this
very point that Zidane turned around and head-butted him.
Ronan
O'Neill
Hahahaha.
That’s a good 'un, idn’t it?
I hope that
you enjoyed this week's newsletter; unfortunately we don't have
all of the results yet in this year for the JIFL All-Star
voting so I will have to wait to publish one more letter next week
which will run down the season highlights and the final result of
the voting. Again, thanks for reading...
All the Best,
D.
:: Last minute JIFL bonus from Nico, the French JIFL webmaster:
Now that you have all informations in hands about the Zizou
story - thanks to Ronan -, you can try this game
released on the Internet a few hours after the World Cup
final, by clicking the picture on the left.
Then you will be taken to a page (please allow a few seconds
for the page to load) where you will be Zizou himself ! You
will need to left click with your mouse to get him to
head-butt... And don't forget to turn on the sound on your
computer. Be aware : you have to continue doing it or it
doesn't end !
N.
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:: League Standings Wo. Dr. Lo. Gf Ga
20
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---------------- :: Game report
Scorers : Ronan O'Neill (2)
(Doit), Dale (1) (Wanderers), Saphou (1)
(Wanderers),
Todd (1)
(Wanderers)
KO Delayed slightly as there were no refs! So Wanderers supplied one for
the first half and Erwin did the second. No linesmen so offside was going
to be a tough game to play. Doit started well with three attacks without
reply from the Wanderers. Then about 7 minutes in the wanderers broke and
scored a goal against the run of play. Looked like we were back on track
for a hammering from the wanderers! Doit did not back off however and
continued to push. Wanderers had a perfectly good goal chalked off when
the ref called it offside and after about 25 minutes they went 2-0 up.
Andy and Lucas were playing well at the back and there was no single weak
link in the team and Andy and Matt have to be singled out for their
contribution and work rate. Half time 2-0 down but we felt we were still
in the game.
DOIT continued to push and about 10 minutes later we were awarded a
penalty. The fracas before the spot kick resulted in one of the wanderers
getting his second yellow of the night (RED) and Gareth being dismissed
for 20 minutes to cool down. Eric ran the fastest he had done all night to
try and get the penalty but Ronan took the opportunity from him and
converted the spot kick to make it 3-2. There were 10 minutes remaining
and we were chasing the game. There were several half chances but the
pitch condition caused bobbles just before the attempted strike and none
of them came off as planned.
The final whistle blew and DOIT were condemned to runners up once again.
In summary the wanderers were a strong side but we came back and gave them
a bit of a fright. Once again DOIT have nothing to fear in the league and
on our day we can compete with the best. Third in the league and runners
up in the cup, same record as last year, however this year we did go one
better and won the Knudde sixes so my management record is not to bad
compared with my predecessors. A few beers at ISCI and them a quick dash
to Satu Lagi to watch the world cup. Game
served as a double header meaning that it was the actual Cup final
and the last league match for both sides for the 2005-06 season.
Good match
in the first half from the Wanderers with a domination ratio of 60 / 40
percent possession-wise. Pace set by the Wanderers with 10-20 passes
exchanging feet around the field before an attack would be attempted. Very
patient build-up with no doubt inspired by watching the World Cup matches
for the last two weeks. Occasionally, Mike or Pedro would forget that they
are actually who they are (and not actual World Cup players) and the
passing game would break down when one of them would stubbornly hoof a
ball (for no reason other then obvious 'ball-panic') up field into the
DOIT defensive paths. Outside of
that, it was a most excellent standard set for the rest of the match. Two
goals scored by the Wanderers seemed a pretty comfortable cushion at
half-time. Then Todd (Wanderers Rookie of the Year) snuck yet
another in just around 5 minutes into the 2nd half. Seemed that the game
was over but DOIT, being the experienced side that they are, turned the
match around by emulating the constant passing game that the Wanderers had
developed in the 1st half. Then Ronen and a few of them started to kniggle
away at Matteo (who can be volatile at times). Strategy worked and Matteo
got sent off after a 2nd yellow card (could have been a 3rd even) only 15
minutes into the half. Then the
tide completely turned. DOIT looked like the Ivory Coast against Holland
in the 2nd half and mounted wave after wave of attack. Rudy and Fandi were
outstanding in turning the defenders and setting up Ronen (who always gets
a couple against the Wanderers) for his two goals. If the match lasted
just five minutes more then I am sure that it would have ended 3-3 and
went to penalties and then DOIT would have broken the streak of the
Wanderers Cup wins and sent us home in tears.
Notes:
1.) That
was Keith Maynard's last match in the JIFL as he has
packed 'em off to Singapore (although perhaps he will be back on occasion
when his new Singaporean club allows him to come on loan sometime in the
future). 2.)
As mentioned, it seems Ronen always scores against the
Wanderers and always gets the Man of the Match honors. He must be a good
player. 3.)
Mick McTeir, sadly, is also leaving and packin' 'em off to
Egypt. The Scottish of Jakarta may never get organized again.
Dale (Wanderers)
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::
Top scorers Team
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:: Man of the Match Team
Wanderers
6
D's Place
5
Bugils
4
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pitches ! |
How
this happened? Nobody had it in his calculations: Brazil goes
home. Argentina goes home. The semi-finals is a European affair
- Germany as a totally underrated team; Italy the
usual suspect; Portugal with that old warrior-coach; and
France which is kept alive by an unbelievable Zizou
resurrection. I dare to point out that no expert or
self-appointed TV analyst throughout the entire football universe
will say: "I told you so".
