6分钟,德国拉姆,晃倒一名防守队员,大禁区左边角发炮,弧线挂死角,绝对精彩。
13分钟,哥队万乔普中场反越位,德国防守队员发呆,没有第一时间贴身抢劫,又造越位失误。莱曼出击稍晚一点,早一点或许还有救
17分钟,德国克劳斯,哥队右路肋部出现大空档,让德国从角旗附近把球传到那里,突破后传后点,克劳斯铲射入网。哥队明显防守混乱。后卫站在克劳斯后面没动
61分钟,德国克劳斯,拉姆左路传中,被哥队一名防守队员顶了一下,球正好落在克劳斯头上,顶射被扑出,补射入网。充分显示哥队后防的孱弱,没有贴住克劳斯,3个人竟然让克劳斯补射得手
73分钟,万乔普再次反越位得手,哥队一队员远端越位,万乔普没有。按规则,应该是好球。德国一场球两次因为同样原因失球,罕见。失球后,镜头指向卡恩无奈的脸,耐人寻味。
87分钟,德国弗林斯中路重炮挂角。因为忌惮德国左路的强大攻势,哥队中路大开。作者: Charlie Z. Song 时间: 06-6-12 09:11
世界杯侃侃足球
7号球员夏普分球,传给了 9号队员,9号队员也叫夏普,他们可能是兄弟。在足坛活跃着很多兄弟,比如荷兰的德波尔兄弟,爱尔兰的基恩兄弟。好球,这个球传给10号传得非常好。咦,10号怎么也叫夏普。可能是这样的,外国球员印在球衣上的只是姓,这些球员都姓夏普,就像韩国有很多球员都姓朴。漂亮,10号连过两名队员,破门得分,11号上前祝贺,11号是——夏普??(停顿好大一会)对不起,观众朋友,夏普是印在球衣上赞助商的名字。作者: Charlie Z. Song 时间: 06-6-12 19:37
世界杯前5场比赛印象
米卢对本届世界杯最后胜者做预测时说,巴西队是最大的热门,但是阿根廷、塞尔维亚、波兰、意大利和法国队目前状态都不错,都有可能爆出冷门。米卢说,他四年前带领中国队打进世界杯是他执教生涯难忘的时刻,他仍然怀念和中国教练和球员朝夕相处的日子,并希望中国队不断进步。作者: Charlie Z. Song 时间: 06-6-14 15:36
世界杯看球轶事
先说守门员,好象新闻里对他评价不错,俺觉的他反应很好,站位也很合理...但他也表现出了个隐患--脱手(想起了北京队的李长江)...不知道已后会不会被对手抓住机会...
再说进攻,前锋阿里跟耳朵很让人失望--阿里好象自信心在意甲受了创伤,几次背队球门接球后总怕揖不住对方防守队员而把重心往后多靠了半步,从而在步伐上没调好,无法行成突然横趟,转身射门(当然对方的中后位对自己的重心的把握很是老道)...耳朵就跟本没状态....
中场小罗和卡卡表现出SUPER的技术天赋和舍我其谁的责任感...
两个边后位没有象传说中的岁数大了,憋着不出来了...卡落撕和卡福都表现出了较强的进攻欲望...但我想是教练的要求...两人所参与的进攻都是侧应型的....和他们正当年(02)时,下底传中或突然内切直接行成突破的威卸性是没的比的...所以整个来说巴西队进功没有表现出很好的套路来...所以对克队的防守也没显出太多办法...
最后说说防守...挨莫森很勤快,体能也很出众...产球也很玩儿命,但就是活儿不太干净...被裁判警告了三回终与领到了张黄牌...西望他在以后的比赛里不要有黄牌压力,该计术犯规时要永与犯轨...罗波拖表现的也很抢眼....
后位门也都中规中距没啥新鲜的...就是觉的卢西卡长的有点儿象巴黎圣母院里的内哥们...作者: Charlie Z. Song 时间: 06-6-15 22:45
慢热,夺冠和世界杯的历史
德国人只懂得战争,不懂得游戏和艺术。不过上届世界杯很黑暗 - 亡人 6/15/06 (0)
哈哈,大拿终于出手了! 俺不看好阿米哥, - 谁与争疯 6/15/06 (0)
France was No.3 in 1958 World Cup - H_H 6/15/06 (3)
那是东道主之便 - dongcai 6/15/06 (2)
The host of 1958 was Sweden, not France /无内容 - H_H 6/15/06 (1)
thx for correction - dongcai 6/15/06 (0)
这两年欧洲联赛清楚的表明了以下几个趋势:
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24小时不间断的外汇交易作者: Charlie Z. Song 时间: 06-6-19 01:59
。在今天,德国世界杯进行了三场小组赛,在首场比赛中,球星菲戈率领了葡萄牙队迎战伊朗队。
对此,德国经济学家拉尔贝教授指出,世界杯再次触及了“中国制造”的伤感神经。中国制造面临的尴尬:低廉价格——压价竞销——贸易摩擦——出口受限——资金短缺——提升产品结构受限,这是一个绕不过去的怪圈。很多中国企业还是依靠来样、来料加工,产品设计、生产原料和加工设备大多依靠进口,虽有“生产基地”,却缺乏研发机构。好在参与世界杯的企业都纷纷认识到这一点,一位中国企业家说:“公司看中的是世界大赛的经济热点,尝试从中寻找商机,为以后向这些领域进军打基础。”作者: Charlie Z. Song 时间: 06-6-19 20:32
Sunday, June 18th, 2006 5:39 pm
瑞典阵容:1-伊萨克森;3-梅尔贝里、4-鲁西克、5-埃德曼、7-亚历山德松;6-林德罗特(90’安德森)、9-永贝里、16-卡尔斯特伦、20-奥尔巴克(74’埃尔曼德)、18-琼森(54威廉松’)、11-拉尔森。作者: Charlie Z. Song 时间: 06-6-21 08:43
世界杯东道国三比零大胜厄瓜多尔 记者: 宝申
柏林
2006年6月20日
只能从一部分人口挑选球员,这对人才数量的影响非常明显,对品质的影响同样存在。切尔西队前任经理维亚利最近与人合出了一本题为《意大利任务》(The Italian Job)的书,对意英足球文化进行横向比较;这是我读过的最好的足球书之一。富家子弟出身的维亚利指出:在绝大多数国家,踢足球都是一份体面职业,不管你的社会背景如何;而在英国却并非如此。(chinesenewsnet.com)
不再热爱体育的生活真好。让别人去牵挂,你可以尽情享受他们所没有的时间。一位着名电视兼电台主持人被问起他为何如此博学,尽管工作压力很重。他回答说,因为他对任何体育都不感兴趣,所以拥有浩瀚的自由时间。希波克拉底曾说:“体育可以使人保持健康。”只因为当时他没有电视机。更多关心他的GCSE(中等教育普通证书)统考成绩。作者: Charlie Z. Song 时间: 06-6-22 00:00
世界杯,热中热!
这种形势真的很难说。谁的日子都不好过。俺觉得最有利的还是意大利(E组第一)。作者: 长风 时间: 06-6-23 12:48
呵呵,捷克挺可怜的,不过我们还应该祝贺内德维德,作为球员,他很伟大~!~作者: Charlie Z. Song 时间: 06-6-23 12:56 标题: Dear Chang Feng: I have just sent an short-message
何卿参加CCTV5足球宝贝的评选是在今年3月,“知道这个消息很兴奋,觉得可以通过足球宝贝这件事参与到世界杯中去。”但在报名之初,节目组的人面对长得很“文艺”的何卿,并不相信她真的热爱足球。海选时是在北京体育大学,考才艺、走秀、足球知识(考官出的题目是关于贝克汉姆的),何卿轻松过关。在之后的两个月里,何卿参加了《全明星猜想》录影、为大使馆球队助威、参与《球迷世界杯》抽签仪式、到Inch By Inch美体中心拍摄宣传片、到天津为某啤酒拍广告……(chinesenewsnet.com)
永远的自信,永远的不服输,永远的斗志,永远的强者!!!作者: Charlie Z. Song 时间: 06-6-24 01:29 标题: Dear Ban Ban: Welcome Here!!!!!!美国:共同比赛,共同胜利!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 作者: Charlie Z. Song 时间: 06-6-24 01:41
懂球和看球
墨西哥的防线能否经得住考验?面对可能来自任何一个方向的进攻,现在要看的就是拉沃佩的球员能不能让可怕的阿根廷进攻线无所作为了。墨西哥在小组赛曾3次丢球,这场比赛对他们的后卫来说将会是艰苦的考验。作者: Charlie Z. Song 时间: 06-6-24 17:35
三张黄牌才下场成世界杯笑柄 布拉特闻言雷霆大怒 齐鲁晚报
瑞典(4-4-2):1-伊萨克松/7-亚历山德松,3-梅尔贝里,4-卢西奇,5-埃德曼/18-容松(52'21-威廉松),16-卡尔斯特伦(39'13-汉松),6-林德罗特,9-永贝里/10-伊布拉希莫维奇(72'20-奥尔巴克),11-拉尔森。作者: Charlie Z. Song 时间: 06-6-25 15:00
ARGENTINA 2-1 MEXICO a.e.t.
24 June 2006
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Argentina needed extra-time and a wonder strike from Maxi Rodriguez to give them a 2-1 victory over Mexico and a place in the quarter-finals of Germany 2006 in Leipzig on Saturday, 24 June 2006.
After a fast and furious start, Mexico took the lead with just five minutes on the clock. Pavel Pardo's free-kick from the right was flicked on by Jared Borgetti and Rafael Marquez swept the ball home at the far post.
It took just four minutes for the Albiceleste to draw level. Juan Riquelme’s corner from the right was touched in by Hernan Crespo and despite a series of chances for both sides, 1-1 was how it stayed for the remaining 80 minutes of normal time.
In the 98th minute, Juan Sorin’s fine cross-field pass was chested down by Rodriguez and the Atletico Madrid man fired home a left-footed volley to book his side a date with Germany in Berlin’s Olympiastadion on 30 June.
The match:
1': With less than 30 seconds played Mexico won a corner when Lionel Scaloni sliced over his own bar. From the set piece Jared Borgetti saw a goalbound header deflected over for another corner – this one was comfortably cleared.
6': But Mexico had certainly started the better of the two sides and emphasised that with the game’s opening goal. Pavel Pardo swung over a fine free-kick, Jared Borgetti back-headed across the six-yard box and captain Marquez drove it home at the back post. (0-1)
10': The lead lasted just four minutes. Riquelme, celebrating his 28th birthday, saw a 22-yard free-kick deflected for a corner which he himself took and Crespo flicked the ball into the net under pressure from Borgetti. (1-1)
11': Diego Maradona, watching from the stands in Leipzig, was delirious with joy and hugged those around him, while thousands of Albiceleste followers went wild.
18': They almost had more reason to cheer when Crespo stole into the Mexico penalty area, but Marquez was swift to get across and block further progress.
22': A delightfully-weighted ball from Esteban Cambiasso midway inside the Mexico half picked out Crespo who lobbed advancing goalkeeper Oswaldo Sanchez, but his effort rolled just wide.
24': Sanchez’s opposite number was soon back in action, tipping over a fine drive from the edge of the box from Borgetti.
37': There was much fluid play in between both penalty areas, with the game stretched at times. Possession was evenly split, but chances were beginning to become a premium. However, Mexico were forced into a change when Pardo limped off with a thigh injury.
45 +1': Gabriel Heinze's miscontrol conceded a free-kick on the edge of Argentina’s penalty area, but Ramon Morales hit the wall with a low delivery.
A tactical battle
50': Following the flurry of activity towards the end of the first half, there was a much slower start to the second. The pace had dropped and petty fouls were interrupting the flow of the game.
54': Suddenly it sprang to life and Borgetti timed a run behind the Argentina defence to perfection and brought a one-handed save from Roberto Abbondanzieri with a shot from the edge of the six-yard box.
56': Slack marking inside their penalty area from Mexico allowed a Riquelme free-kick to reach the unmarked Maxi Rodriguez. His shot bounced down, but still Sanchez elected to punch clear.
59': Argentina were now stepping up their game and a clever ball from Riquelme set up Javier Saviola, but he missed a great chance by shooting straight at Sanchez from ten yards.
75': Gradually Mexico worked their way back into the game and once more chances became limited. Argentina coach Jose Pekerman decided it was time for a change and withdrew Crespo in favour of Carlos Tevez.
84':Another substitution, another attempt to create the spark which could win the game saw the introduction of Lionel Messi, wearing 19 on his 19th birthday.
90+3':Games between these two are traditionally tight. When they met in the Confederations Cup in Hanover last year it took a penalty shoot-out to separate them. Mexico haven’t lost to Argentina in 90 minutes in their last three meetings – a run which in this match extended to four.
A wonder strike:
98':Argentina put together a move which ended with a goal worthy of winning any game. Messi, from a central position midway inside Mexico’s half, played the ball out wide to Sorin. A left-footed delivery picked out Rodriguez on the left-hand edge of the penalty area, he took the ball under control on his chest and on the volley thundered a shot into the top right-hand corner of Sanchez’s net. (2-1)
105':Now able to dictate the pace of the game, Argentina attempted to snatch a second, but a darting run from Roberto Ayala ran out of steam just at the wrong time for him.
107':With time running out Mexico had to push forward and a low shot from Zinha from 20 yards missed the left-hand post of Abbondanzieri's goal by a matter of inches.
113':After a slow build-up, Argentina launched a quick passing movement which unlocked the Mexican defence. But the final ball designed for Tevez was over hit.
In conclusion:
It took a world-class goal to separate these two in an otherwise evenly balanced game. The win sets up a mouth-watering clash between the South Americans and Germany in Berlin on Friday.
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Average (825 votes)作者: Charlie Z. Song 时间: 06-6-25 18:15 标题: Written by unknown............ 1986年世界杯给我的记忆中最深,那届世界杯上有我追喜欢的球星马拉多纳和普拉蒂尼。马拉多纳是前无古人的足球天才,他上演了从中场拿球连过五名防守队员的经典进球,他在率领阿根廷队夺得大力神杯的同时,也使足球艺术达到了至今难以企及的高峰。普拉蒂尼率领的法国队也把拉丁足球推向高峰,只可惜普拉蒂尼罚失关键点球,使这支最具观赏性的球队无缘于决赛,拉丁足球的辉煌从此沉寂。好在十二年后,又有齐达内这样的魔幻中场球员的出现,又有年轻的最佳前锋亨利(英超最佳射手)和特雷泽盖(意甲最佳射手)的黄金搭档,使拉丁足球再现辉煌──1998世界杯和2000欧锦赛的双冠王。
英格兰(4-5-1):1-罗宾逊/16-哈格里夫斯,6-特里,5-费迪南德,3-阿什利-科尔/7-贝克汉姆,18-卡里克,4-杰拉德,8-兰帕德(90'20-唐宁),11-乔-科尔(77'15-卡拉格)/9-鲁尼。作者: Charlie Z. Song 时间: 06-6-26 07:52
世界杯十六强名单与赛程表
不过,贝利的预测向来不准。报道说,贝利最有名的一次预测失败发生在2002年韩日世界杯赛。当时,他预测阿根廷队和法国队是夺冠热门,巴西队根本没戏。结果,巴西队第五次捧得冠军奖杯,阿根廷队和法国队则在小组赛阶段就被淘汰。(完)作者: Charlie Z. Song 时间: 06-7-1 15:25
也谈谈德阿之战。
尽管如此,还是希望韩国、沙特能够给亚洲争点光。至少不要让下届南非世界杯的亚洲名额萎缩。再说了,日本和伊朗还没有完。毕竟才赛了一场。难,但希望还是有一些的。难,但还是寄希望于亚洲足球的早日崛起。也许,从韩国这个组里闯出的恰恰是韩国而不是瑞士?如果闯出,甚至拿小组第一,这个组就可能奉献本届最大的黑马。难说。(评论员:山人)作者: Charlie Z. Song 时间: 06-7-5 17:23
火线独家/德国队虽败犹荣
贵皓:没有很安静,我就站在地铁站口看着球迷出来,没有呐喊和打旗,他们都很安静,基本上没有什么话可说。作者: Charlie Z. Song 时间: 06-7-5 17:26 标题: 什么叫素质? 什么叫涵养??? 作者: Charlie Z. Song 时间: 06-7-5 17:36
[另眼看球]美女记者眼中的意德之战
因为这一分钟,一场原本可能靠点球分出胜负的较量骤然成为经典。在世界杯的历史上,最为经典的加时赛都有德国人参加,1970年,德国和意大利交锋,双方梅花间竹般在加时赛内打进5球,最后意大利笑到了最后,1982年则是加时赛的经典之巅,德国在加时赛中被法国连进2球,最后不可思议的扳平比分,并通过点球大战淘汰了对手,这一次,德国人又成为了经典加时赛的参与者,这是和1970年一样,他们第二次将意大利人捧上了主角的位置。(丁林)作者: Charlie Z. Song 时间: 06-7-6 10:22
组图)齐达内点杀葡萄牙 法国杀入决赛会意大利
法国(4-2-3-1):16-巴特斯/19-萨尼奥尔,15-图拉姆,5-加拉,3-阿比代尔/4-维埃拉,6-马克莱莱/22-里贝里(72'9-戈武),10-齐达内,7-马卢达(68'11-维尔托德)/12-亨利(85'14-萨哈)。作者: Charlie Z. Song 时间: 06-7-6 14:09
俺愿景中的最佳世界杯决赛
“World cup death watch”(世界杯死亡观察)是一个英文博客,博主根据全球各地的新闻报导来统计死亡人数。截至7月4日,在全球50位不幸身亡的球迷中,来自浙江、珠海、长沙等地的中国球迷占了11个。这个现象引起网友讨论:中国没有球队参赛,为什么反而成为死亡人数最多的国家?(chinesenewsnet.com)
“你不能仅仅通过几场伟大的比赛和几场并不那么伟大的比赛就对整个世界杯做出总结,”他这样说道。“不过,我想要说的是各支球队表现出来的总体水平是非常不错的,比赛也很激动人心。世界杯还没有结束。而在世界杯决赛中,我希望高水平的防守仍然能够继续发扬,就像在整届世界杯比赛中所表现的一样,但是双方的前锋和进攻球员也需要发挥出更好的水平”。(chinesenewsnet.com)作者: Charlie Z. Song 时间: 06-7-8 21:40
内幕:黄健翔"嚎叫"之后 背后活动摆平事件的经过 体育看台
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Insults provoked Zidane to head butt Italian
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In his first, highly awaited comments since the World Cup final, the France captain only partly explained what caused him to head-butt Italy's Marco Materazzi: Repeated harsh insults about his mother and sister.
But Zidane didn't go into specifics about what Materazzi said. Materazzi swears he never insulted Zidane's mother. And FIFA is still investigating.
Relaxed and soft-spoken, Zidane repeatedly apologized to fans - especially to children - in several interviews on Wednesday, three days after the abrupt, violent act prompted his sending off in extra time of the final won by Italy.
"Above all, I'm human," he said.
The 34-year-old midfielder said he didn't regret the head-butt which marked the end of his 18-year professional career.
"I tell myself that if things happened this way, it's because somewhere up there it was decided that way," he told TF1 television. "And I don't regret anything that happened, I accept it."
Zidane sidestepped questions about exactly what Materazzi said.
"I would rather have taken a punch in the jaw than have heard that," he told the Canal Plus channel, stressing that Materazzi's language was "very harsh," and that he repeated the insults several times.
French captain Zinedine Zidane explains the now famous 'head butt heard 'round the world' to French TV station Canal Plus in an interview. (BERTRAND GUAY/Staff / Getty Images)
Zidane and Materazzi exchanged words after Italy broke up a French attack. Seconds later, Zidane lowered his head and rammed Materazzi in the chest, knocking him to the ground.
Zidane was sent off, reducing France to 10 men. Italy went on to win in a penalty shootout while Zidane - an excellent penalty-taker - was in the locker room.
The act of aggression scarred the end of the World Cup, with many warning it would tarnish Zidane's formidable legacy. He retired after the tournament, and he said his decision was definitive.
The French star stressed he felt no regret about his outburst "because that would mean (Materazzi) was right to say all that."
"My act is not forgivable," Zidane said. "But they must also punish the true guilty party, and the guilty party is the one who provokes."
For days, sports fans around the world have been riveted by the question: What could Materazzi have said to set off Zidane in the last moments of his career? Media from Brazil to Britain hired lip readers to try to figure it out, then came up with different answers.
Materazzi has acknowledged he insulted Zidane, without giving specifics. At nearly the same moment Zidane was on TV, excerpts from an interview that Materazzi gave were posted on an Italian paper's Web site.
"I didn't say anything to him about racism, religion or politics," Materazzi told the Gazzetta dello Sport. "I didn't talk about his mother either. I lost my mother when I was 15 and even now I still get emotional talking about her."
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Zidane "has always been my hero," Materazzi said. "I admire him a lot."
Despite the head-butt, journalists selected Zidane for the Golden Ball award for best player at the World Cup - though FIFA president Sepp Blatter has suggested Zidane could be stripped of the honor.
FIFA's disciplinary committee opened an inquiry on Tuesday into Zidane's behavior. His red card was not unusual: Zidane was sent off 14 times in his career at the club and international level.
Despite his temper, Zidane is better known for his sportsmanship and dancer-like style with the ball. He is a national hero to the French, and a symbol of a young, multicultural France. Born to Algerian immigrants, Zidane grew up playing on concrete in an impoverished neighborhood of Marseille.
President Jacques Chirac has had only kind words for Zidane since the match - reassuring him that France still "admires and loves him." Many in France have already pardoned Zidane. A poll published in Le Parisien newspaper on Tuesday showed 61 percent of the 802 people questioned forgave Zidane.
Former France coach Michel Hidalgo said Zidane was "touching, dignified and human" in the interviews.
"We have made him into a god, we have canonized him, but he's above all a man, and a man is fragile and breakable," he told LCI television. "He isn't Zorro, or the god of soccer."