Sunday, August 1, 2010

Reza la frase... "Pasaron caminando"..pero los Guerreros...

* Santos trapea el TSM con UNAM
* Chucho sigue en plan grande.
* Oribe se reencuentra con un golazo.
* Pony, bienvenido a casa.
* Ahora, a seguir la racha vs el San Juan

En un pletórico Estadio Corona, Santos Laguna siguió con su buen paso inicial al ligar su tercera victoria de forma consecutiva ( 2 torneo local, 1 Concachampions), su segunda goleada en el torneo y confirmó lo que muchos equipos temían desde el inicio de temporada... QUE SOMOS, UN TRABUCO que va a pintarle la cara hasta al mas serio, con una delantera que viene tumbando caña y que tal y como lo dijo el maestro Emilio Fernando Alonso "¿¿por qué el Birmingham City no se quedó con el Chucho??" nadie sabe, nadie supo, pero de que el ecuatoriano viene con ganas de comerse todos los balones, no queda lugar a dudas.

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Pumas fue, un soberano GATO, sin garra, ni fuelle y mucho menos contundencia para lograr su unica jugada de gol y si acaso, tuvieron unos 20 minutos de "claridad" fué mas por lo que Santos dejó de hacer en la cancha, que por méritos propios, lo que mas llama la atención, es la entereza de su portero...
Bueno, de vez en cuando ya se le va el avión...

Inspirados jugaron los guerreros, con jugadas vistozas, con pases al fondo, con taconazos, y obviamente con errores que si bien no costaron un gol en contra por el remedo de delantero que traen Pumas, se deben tomar a consideración ante otros equipos para que no se vuelvan a repetir.
Los guerreros desde temprano empezaron a mandar en las acciones, Benítez tuvo la primera en sus botines al rematar un balón de volea que mando por encima del travesaño ante un grito ahogado de "aaahh" por parte de los asistenteas al estadio y es que desde ahí ya se antojaba gritar gol, la jugaba lo ameritaba, desgraciadamente el disparo fue con potencia excesiva y solo quedo como una buena llegada.

El equipo sigue viendose fuerte al frente, sin embargo y debo decirlo, después del gol conseguido por Benítez al 26, en una jugada de rebotes, tiros, bloqueos y una genialidad de Arce, que se va a línea de fondo y saca centro, Chucho remata y entre la melé, el balón entra angustiosamente en un gol digno de 4to "a" vs 4to "b" ( acá entre nos, era autogol, pero shhh a ver si se lo dan a Benítez) a partir de ahí Santos tomó un momento de relajación demasiado notable que se notó en algunas llegadas del Pumas.
La media cancha se perdía en ocasiones, y fueron varias las desatenciones, sobre todo, la jugada donde casi empata Pumas debido a un ERROR infantil en la salida, mientras Oswaldo se desgarraba la garganta tratando de hacer reaccionar a sus compañero, ya que sentía que Pumas se estaba subiendo a las barbas y no por su "talento" sino porque Santos estaba confiándose en su juego.
Denme eso y no problemas...
Así terminaría la primera mitad, con una ventaja mínima que hacía "ilusionar" a los subsidiados, pero no contaban con que en el segundo tiempo, se iba a soltar el diablo.

Y es que apenas al minuto 6 del segundo tiempo, Palencia mete el brazo con rudeza innecesaria para un penal claro, indiscutible y digno de su segunda amarilla para una expulsión que ni siquiera reclamó, a partir de ahí a Pumas se le venía la noche, porque el Chato se encargaba de meter el 2-0 de penal y con un hombre menos.
Vino entonces el concierto de jugadas, y en un bello trazo de Baloy a Ludueña, éste retrasa de taquito elegante, para la llegada de Arce, que centra con ventaja, ante la llegada del Chucho para cerrar la pinza y lograr un sendo GOLAZO para el 3-0; gracias a una jugada colectiva para enmarcar, y es que se nota la alegría con la que están jugando los de la Comarca, esa alegría que te dan los resultados y el trabajo bien hecho que se refleja en la cancha...
Ya agonizaba el gato
Pero faltaba el cerrojo, ya con los cambios de lujo que se carga el equipo, entra y regresa a casa, el ídolo de la afición, Rodrigo "Pony" Ruiz a cambio de Daniel Ludueña y fiel a su costumbre, le cumple el deseo que tenía Oribe Peralta de hacer un gol a pase suyo.
Pony toma un balón a 3/4 de cancha, y mira el movimiento que le marca Oribe, manda el pase, Oribe controla de gran forma, y recorta a Bernal ( que aún sigue buscando su cintura en el TSM ) y se lleva a su marcador para resolver la jugada como los grandes y hacer estallar aun mas a la afición al despacharse con el 4-0, su primer gol del torneo y con ello ganar la confianza necesaria para seguir siendo útil a la causa.
Así terminaría el partido inaugural en el Estadio Corona, con un contundente 4-0 que a muchos hace soñar, pero que debemos recordar, que esto se lleva poco a poco, y  no empecemos a "inflar" al equipo y a los jugadores, dejemos que los partidos se vayan dando uno por uno, y disfrutemos de cada uno de ellos, paso a paso tenemos equipo para lograr cosas grandes.
Ahora, Santos Laguna, recibe al San Juan Jabloteh entre semana, en un juego que quiero creer, será por la noche y bajo una promoción especial para que la gente vaya a apoyar al equipo con precios especiales y sobre todo, para aprovechar las aun vacaciones que se tienen, un buen momento para tener otro lleno en base a un buen aparato de mercadotecnia ( OJO, quiero creer que así será, no que sea un hecho).
Así, Santos queda en 1er. lugar general, un lugar nada despreciable, pero que aún es muy temprano como para colgarse de eso, donde si hay que resaltar, es en los 8 goles en 2 partidos, esperamos que siga así la línea ascendente y que se ajusten las tuercas en la parte baja, que es donde muchos vemos algunos detalles que pueden poner en riesgo los partidos; igualmente, creo que deben poner atención en el detalle de los minutos de los menores porque llevan dos juegos donde NO SUMAN.
Después del compromiso del San Juan, Santos visitará al Pachuca, que no está jugando nada mal, y que se antoja para un duelo que ya desde este fin de semana lo anuncian como ESTELAR los aztecos, y como no, si son sus dos mejores equipos junto con Cruz azul que también lleva dos victorias seguidas ( y se vuela el Martín jajajaja chiste local ).

Sale!!

PD. Resultador de la 2da Jornada del torneo de futbol virtual
Santa grandeza, esta jornada.


PD.2  y para volverlos a vivir, como ya es costumbre,
EL VIDEO con los goles del Santos.







Pollok FC (Scotland)

Pollok are a Scottish Junior side from the Glasgow suburb of Newlands. But they're not a youth side - in Scotland the Junior game is roughly equivilent to the English non-league set up bellow the Conference level. And as such it is a fiercely contested and well-attended corner of the game. And as far as the Junior league go, Pollok are among the biggest teams.

They regularly draw crowds in excess of 550, which may not sound a lot to you, but is still much higher than many teams in the Scottish Second Division, even though they play in the SJFA Stagecoach Superleague Premier League, effectively the fifth tier of the Scottish game. They formed in 1908, but did little of any great note until 1967, when their nearby neighbours Third Lanark disbanded and they took on many of their fans. This extra input eventually urged them on to their first Central League title in 1979 - and went on to win it eight times in total. They've also won the prestigious Junior Cup on three occasions. After a league restructuring they went on to win the new West Premier League a further four times.

They play their home games at the nicely terraced 4000 capacity Newlandsfield Park ground on the south side of Glasgow, where they've been based since 1928. Their many former ground have included Haggs Park on the Pollok estate, Roseberry Park and the rather delightfully named Queen Mary Tea Gardens at Spiersbridge. You'd definitely have wanted to have put that down on your list of grounds that you'd attended!

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Tow Law Town (England)

Tow Law is a small town in the A68 in County Durham whose most recent claim to fame was as the site where most of the North East's diseased cattle were disposed of down a disused pit on the edge of town during the 2001 foot and mouth outbreak. However the town's football club has brought a good deal of good times to the area to make them forget about the pong.

Formed in 1890 as simply Tow Law (because they weren't big enough to be considered a town at the time), they were founder members of the Auckland District League two years later. They currently play in the Northern League - the ninth tier in English football - which they first joined in 1894, and have stayed there pretty much ever since, winning the title in 1924, 1925 and 1995. But it is as a cup team that they are perhaps best remembered.

They had a great run in the 1967/68 FA Cup, where after beating Mansfield a superb 5-1 in the first round proper, they drew 1-1 with Shrewsbury in the second. The third round draw, held before the replay at Gay Meadow, caused much excitement in Tow Law as they drew Arsenal at home, but unfortunately Shrewsbury spoiled what would have been the biggest day in the town's history by hammering them 6-2 in the replay. But they did get to Wembley, for the 1998 FA Vase final, where after a battling game they lost 1-0 to Tiverton Town.

They play, as they always have at the 3000 capcity Ironworks Road ground, a pitch that has been graced by some footballing royalty. Leicester City star Steve Howard started his career there, but more impressively, the bemulleted England star Chris Waddle also began his immense footballing journey with The Lawyers back in 1978.

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AS Biellese 1902 (Italy)

Associazione Sportiva Biellese 1902 are a small italian club based in the equally small Italian town of Biella, which nestles in the foothills of the Alps, not far from the country's border with Switzerland. As with many such settlements in the Alpine area, the town was once famous for its wool, as the region's mountain pastures and ready water supply made for easy production of the much sought after fabric. To this day, many of the buildings and monuments still to be seen there.

The club, as their name suggests, were formed in 1902, and currently play in the A Division of Serie D - the fifth level of the Italian footballing pyramid. Despite it only being five steps down, the pyramid has fanned out so far by that point that there are a total of 166 clubs involved in its various regional divisions. They had a brief flirtation with the fourth tier in 2009 when they won the A Division, but sadly bounced stright back down from the Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.

They play their home games in the expansive Stadio Lamarmora - Vittorio Pozzo, which can hold 3800 football loving visitors. And despite it being one of those municipal multi-sports areas with a big running track around it, the ground is situated in such a lovely spot that it would be a shame not to pay it a visit if ever you found yourself in this remote but beautiful neck of the woods.

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Askern Villa FC (England)

Completely unconnected to their near-namesakes from the West Midlands, this Villa come from the South Yorkshire spa town of Askern. And of course, they don't play in the claret and blue either, electing to keep the much more agreeable black and white stripes that they adopted when they were formed as Askern Welfare back in 1924.

Indeed, the Villa suffix is only a very recent addition to their name, coming as recently as 2008. That year they became champions of the Central Midland League Supreme Division, gaining promotion to the big time of the Northern Counties East League Division One - the tenth level of English football. With such a major leap in rank they decided to celebrate with a name more in keeping, and chose to change it to their current puntastic appelation. Whether it was done in all seriousnes or with their tongues slightly in their cheeks is unknown - but it's kind of cute whichever way you look at it.

Retaining at least one link with their past, they play their home games at the town's Welfare Ground - which is considered to be one of the best facilities in the whole Doncaster area... although I'm quite sure they've considered changing it's name to something more apt to their new name - like Welfare Park, perhaps.

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Club Social y Deportivo La Emilia (Argentina)

Club Social y Deportivo, or the Sports and Social Club come from the small Argentinian town of La Emilia, about 160 miles up river from the capital Buenos Aires. They play in the Torneo Argentino B, one of two leagues that make up the fourth tier of the country's football. La Emilia have won their regional provincial title, the Liga Nicoleña de Fútbol, a tasty seventeen times.

The club formed in 1930, and play at the 6000 capacity Estadio Jacinto Gato Lopez, and go by the nickname of The Drapers, as when they formed they were effectively the works side of a major textiles factory in the area. There was some fear in the area back in 1985 when the factory was sold off and subsequently closed, but the great efforts of local town councilors, businessmen and the fans themselves helped keep the club - a major source of pride for the town - up and running as a competative footballing concern.

Since that  day, the club has operated as a non-profit sports society, working with the town to keep the locals fit, healthy and entertained and helping, as they say, to "capture children and young people away from the evils of society." As a club they are owned by the town and are at the very heart of the local community. The results on the pitch almost don't matter when a club holds such importance to the very fabric of a town - although the rabid support of their fans certainly helps them out along the winning trail. Long may they thrive.



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Coalville Town FC (England)

Coalville are based in the appropriately named mining town in Leicestershire. They were formed in 1926 as Ravenstone Miner's Athletic, one of many miner's teams to come from the vilage of Ravenstone - hence their nickname The Ravens. They pottered around in the district and county leagues for most of their history, but started doing so well in the late 1980s, that in 1991 they were invited to join the First Division of the Leicestershire Senior League. But one of the stipulations of promotions was that they had to have floodlights installed, and the local council took against this idea and flatly refused to grant them planning permission.

But the club weren't going to stand for such nimbyism and prompty upped sticks and shifted the whole operation to nearby Coalville instead, who welcomed them with open arms. And success in their new home came quickly. In only their second season they gained promotion to the Premier Division, an achievement they immediately emulatedm winning each division, and working their way up the Midland Alliance, the ninth tier of English football, where they play their football today.

Their home pitch is at the 2000 capacity Owen Street Sports Ground, which has seen some interesting times in their short time there. Perhaps the most exciting was in 2004, when they entered the FA Cup for the first time in their history. Starting in the Extra Preliminary Round - the very first stage of the competition - they worked their way though the qualifying rounds until they were beaten by Wycombe Wanderers in the first round proper. This incredible journey made them only the second club in the cup's history to achieve this feat.

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