¿¿¿Pachuca???

* Dan cátedra nuevamente
* Christian Benítez, el responsable
* Darwin Quintero, el complice!.
* 17 goles, en 5 juegos...1 ( dudoso) en contra.
* 3 de 3, en el torneo ¿quién sera el valiente?

Una verdadera cátedra de futbol, fueron la que dieron los guerreros en la cancha del Huracán que nos hizo lo que el viento a Juárez.
Santos Laguna, arrolló, despedazó y hasta perdonó a unos Tuzos que ya pedían el tiempo para que pararan la masacre que se estaba dejando sentir en Pachuca, y es que nomas porque en el futbol no se puede aventar la toalla, porque de haber sido así, Pachuca la hubiera lanzado de forma inmediata.
No es exageración, la gente que leerá esta editorial, estoy seguro que lo habrá visto de igual manera, y es que era ya hasta una cascarita la que Santos tenía en la cancha y si no es por las fallas ( CLARISIMAS ) que se tuvieron, estaríamos hablando de un marcador mínimo de 5-0 y eso, sin contar las atajadas que tuvo Calero, que al final, y víctima de su IMPOTENCIA, trataba de armar borlote al resentir el baile que les pusieron.

Desde el inicio, Santos se fue con todo al frente, y es que seamos sinceros, ¿cómo puedes jugar defensivo, teniendo al Chato, Arce, Ludueña, Quintero y Benítez al frente? al minuto 3, Santos ya había tenido 2 llegadas claras a la meta de Calero y sólo por la buena actuación que tuvo, Pachuca fue salvado de haber ido perdiendo antes de los 5 minutos.

MAS INFORMACION

A ver, ¿quién es el guapo que los va a parar?

Y es que Santos sale como un animal salvaje, los pases a profundidad, las combinaciones, los toques, todo les esta saliendo de forma correcta, precisa y preciosa, si a esto le sumas que la defensa esta comportándose a la altura de las circunstancias, te permite irte al frente con la seguridad de que atrás, igualmente se la van a partir.
Al 26, fue que Santos abrió el marcador, a Centro de Morales, Darwin pica el balón y deja sin oportunidad a Calero para el 0-1 y la explosion de toda la raza guerrera que atentos veíamos el juego desde acá con las respectivas Victorias y Coronas.
Y antes de finalizar el primer tiempo , Santos aún tuvo oportunidad de ampliar, pero Darwin dejaba ir la oportunidad a pase de Ludueña...mientras en el estadio se escuchaba un suspiro de alivio...desgraciadamente su suerte ya estaba echada.
Ya en la segunda mitad, los tuzos intentaron irse al frente, presionados por la localía, adelantaron filas, mientras los guerreros esperaban a dar el hachazo mortal...hasta que llegó gracias a una jugada, que digo jugada una OBRA MAESTRA de combinación, compañerismo y generosidad; pero sobre todo, TALENTO y es que Hachita Ludueña manda pase preciso a Darwin Quintero, quien no deja caer el balon y de pechito se la mata a Benítez (aún recibiendo falta) para que éste entre y firme UN AUTENTICO GOLAZO COLECTIVO, o como bien dijo Luis García, "una delicia"

"Es una joya, es un lujo Santos Laguna"
Luis García.

El 0-2, marcó el rumbo, aún y con los esfuerzos de los Tuzos por llegar, Santos Laguna tenía en su bolsillo el marcador y el partido, solo faltaba ver cuántos mas caerían, y es que en honor a la verdad, en temporadas anteriores, veíamos con tristeza de que se anotaba un gol y el equipo se echaba a la hamaca, hoy vemos con alegría que los Guerreros quieren ir por mas en todo momento, tienen hambre de gol y no quieren dejar lugar a dudas en esta temporada.
El 0-3, fue obra nuevamente de Benítez, en un balón recuperado con amígdalas en medio campo, Juan Pablo manda un servicio filtrado a fondo, donde Chucho lo toma, le muestra el balon a Calero y recorta para decir "apaga y vámonos, este arroz ya se coció". Todavía el Chucho se dió el lujo de ir al tiro de esquina y cantar desde el fondo de su ronco pecho...

 ...Y ésta va dedicada a Calero...

Todo estaba consumado, la victoria, el baile y la cátedra de los Guerreros al orgulloso y autonombrado "Equipo de México", en su propia casa y ante su propia gente.
Aún así, Santos tuvo varias otras oportunidades al frente que Guti Estrada no pudo convertir ante el grito ahogado del 4 gol, para completarles la cuota.
Con este resultado, los de la Comarca se afianzan en el liderato, y reciben la proxima semana a los Jaguares de Chiapas, que ultimamente se han convertido en todo un dolor de cabeza para los guerreros, así que nos quedan cuentas por cobrar, en lo que será un juego ideal para llenar el TSM, para ir a ver y apoyar al "Lujo" del futbol mexicano, los Guerreros del Santos Laguna.

Sale!!

PD. Resultados de la J3 del torneo de futbol virtual

PD. Como ya es costumbre, LOS GOLES!

Cortesía de Mr.Ninfutbolero.

Club El Porvenir (Argentina)

El Porvenir are an Argentinian club from the town of Gerli, part of the wider Buenos Aires connurbation. They formed back in 1915, but initially they had nothing to do with football. Instead, a gaggle of immigrant workers wanted to form a Greco-Roman wrestling club, which at the time was as popular a sport as football. Their founding president, Vincent Gioffre wanted to celebrate the area where the club was first formed, Villa Porvenir - at that time a run down shanty town - so decreed that the club should be called Club El Porvenir, or when literally translated, Club of The Future.

They soon became major players in the wrestling game, but when interest in the sport started to wain, the club's elder's decided that in order to keep the club going, they ought to diversify into other sports. So it was that in 1917 they branched out into the sport of football, and have stuck with it ever since. They entered a team into the Argentinian second division the following year. Early on they played at a stadium with the delightful name of Sígueme Si Puedes, translating as Follow Me if You Can. Rather auspiciously they finished their first tournament in last place, gathering just the single point over the whole season.

Back in the first few years they played in the national top tier now and again, but at the time there was a major schism between governing bodies, so some Argentinian football historians claim that they were never officially a top flight side. One thing is for sure though - they haven't played at the highest level of Argentinian football since it went fully professional in 1931. These days they play in the Primera C Metropolitana, the fourth tier of the national game, and play at the Estadio de Enrique Roberts, which holds 15,000 Futurists.  

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Brunswick Zebras (Australia)

Another of Australia's abundant Zebras, the history of the Brunswick variety runs parallel to that of another club on this list, Whittlesea Zebras. But despite the latter club being born from the former, they are now both distinct and different clubs. Formed in 1948 as Juventus, they were one of many clubs to be made up of Italian migrants to Australia who wanted to keep a bit of the old country alive in their distant new home.

Theres is a pretty dense and winding history, so sit down and start taking notes, as it may be tricky to keep up. Hailing from the Melbourne suburb of Brunswick, they were themselves the product of the merger of a number of smaller clubs, and by the 1950s had become the powerhouse of football in Victoria, winning six state titles in that decade - five of them consecutively. In total they won that title eight times in their history, bagging five Dockerty Cups along the way. In 1980 they amended their name to Brunswick Juventus, and pretty soon joined the ranks of the National Soccer League in 1984. Here they reached play-off finals in their debut season, before winning the whole caboodle in 1985, beating Sidney City over two legs in the Grand Final to become national champions.

Sadly this was the peak of their career, and they began a decline that would see them return to the Victoria League by the end of the decade. In 1993 they briefly returned to the NSL as the Brunswick Pumas - a name change soon followed by another to Melbourne Zebras, before ill-health finally led them to merge with two other clubs to become Bulleen Zerbras in 1996. But when the club merged with Whittlesea Stallions to become the Whittlesea Zebras in 2007, an offshoot group kept the old club going, and in 2008 changed their name one last time to Brunswick Zebras.

They now play in the Victoria Provisional League Three North-West League, and play their home games at the charming Sumner Park. There's is a convoluted and complex history that has seen great highs and sad lows. But that they are still playing and keeping the time line alive is of great credit to everyone involved in the club.

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Colby AFC (Isle of Man)

Colby AFC are a club from the tiny Manx village of Colby, in the South-West of the Isle of Man - an island in the North of the Irish Sea almost equidistant between all four countries of the United Kingdom. Despite Man's location, it is a self-governing British Crown Dependency, and as such isn't considered part of the UK.

No Colby isn't exactly a massive place. With a head count of only 289, they are perhaps the smallest settlement on this list to have a football club. They were formed in 1919, and currently play in the Manx Premier League, after winning the league's Second Division in 2008. They won that title with an incredible record, winning every game bar one, which they drew, and finishing with a goal tally of 153 goals in 26 games.

Despite the smallness of their home village, they've got a pretty decent track record in Manx football.  As well as that great league campaign in 2008, they won the Manx Cup in 1928, The Woods Cup on five occasions and the Paul Henry Gold Cup four times. Nicknamed The Moonlighters, they play at the titchy Glen Road ground in the North of the village - although in a place that small, the compass points have very little relevance.

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Abbotsford Mariners (Canada)

The Mariners are a Canadian club from the city of Abbotsford in British Colombia. Strictly speaking it's part of the wider Vancouver Metropolitan Area, although is a distinct and seperate city. Despite their Canadian nationality, they currently sit in the USL Premier Development League - the fourth tier of the US football league system - where they play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference, alongside teams like British Colombia and the Washington and Oregon states in the USA.

Despite football being popular as a played sport in this part of the world, there's is not a long history. The club was formed in 2003, as Abbotsford Rangers, changing it in 2007 to represent the parent organisation who owned their franchise. Before their foundation there had been a few clubs in the area battling to get accepted into the PDL, including the quaintly-named Abbotsford 86ers Select, and Abbotsford Athletes in Action. In all their eight seasons they've been constant mid-table warriors, except in 2006, when they were division champions, making it as far as the Conference semi-final play-offs. Sadly they went no further after they were beaten 3-2 by California's Orange County Blue Star, despite being two goals up at one point.

They play their home games at the 1200 capacity Bateman Park stadium, that they share with the Fraser Valley Cascades college team. Despite the size of their ground, and indeed their catchment area, they only average gates of around 150, and these have been declining season-on-season, despite the decent football being played. It must be remembered though that if anything, football is the fourth sport in the area, so hopefully their gates will start rising as the popularity of the game increases locally.

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Fisher FC (England)

Fisher are at the same time one of the newest and one of the most historic of all London's non-league clubs. Fisher FC were only founded in 2009, but they rose from the ashes of a famous name in the capital's football, Fisher Athletic. The new club was founded by members of the Fisher Supporter's Trust when Fisher Athletic were wound up in the High Court after serious financial difficulties. They were immediately accepted into the Kent League, the ninth tier on the pyramid, although they had been used to playing at a much higher level in recent years.

Fisher Athletic were formed back in 1908 by the head of the Dockland School in Bermondsey, to provide sporting facilities for the under-priviledged youth of what was a very run down area at the time. They were named after the Catholic martyr Saint John Fisher, one of many churchmen executed by king Henry VIII after refusing to recognise him as the head of the head of the Church of England. They spent most of their more recent years in the upper echelons of the non-league system, getting as high as the National Conference, the highest level of English non-league football, after winning the Southern League in 1987. They stayed there for four years, but it was perhaps this run in the big time that started their financial decline.

Coming from a city with some of the biggest clubs in the world, and being based only a short hop down the Thames from the well-supported Millwall, they have always struggled to get decent crowds, and their march up the leagues wasn't met with as corresponding swelling of gates. After a very successful season in 2008 that saw them reach the Conference South play-offs, an exodus of players moving to richer clubs followed, and their fortunes took a dive. The following season, massive debts piled up, and players were paid between November and the date of a final winding up order in March. the High Court held it up until the end of the season so that the club could fulfil its fixtures.

The newly reformed club play at Fisher Athletic's recent home, in a ground share at Dulwich Hamlet's Champion Hill Stadium, once one of the biggest grounds in the non-league with attendences of up to 20,00 in its prime. But these days they are limited to a far less windswept 3000. Despite having to start a few levels lower down the pyramid than they are used to, it will be interesting to see if the new club can maintain its momentum and work their way back to the level they clearly feel they deserve. Good luck to them on their travels.

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Northern AFC (New Zealand)

Northern claim to be the oldest continually existing club in New Zealand, having been formed in 1888. In fact, that establishment date also makes them older than any club in Australia too, which would make them the most aged team for many thousand miles in any direction. They are based in the city of Dunedin, situated right near the bottom of South Island, making them the most southerly of all the clubs who play in black and white stripes.

They are currently members of the Football South Premier League, the highest level of football on South Island, and effectively one level below the franchised New Zealand Football Championship, where they play alongside another seven clubs from the city - although their Garden Grounds stadium is based in the North East Valley suburb, a fair way from the centre of town.

And they've got some history behind them too. In 1962, the tobacco company Rothmans sponsored the first national inter-club series, featuring a kind of champion's league affair where the regional champions of the main urban districts played each other to decide the first true national champions. Northern made the final and beat Eastern Suburbs 3-2 in a two-leg final. This made them the very first national champions of New Zealand. They've also got good history in the Chatham Cup, the nation's premier knockout tournament, which they won in both 1959 and 1961 - although they've also been runners up on a massive six occasions. 

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