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SOCCER / FOOTBALL ™ - Alamin ang Rules, Gameplay, Thrills and Excitement

we have suitors before na eh(usmanov).... kaso puro pag papayamin ginagawa ng kroenke's

its not on the player level ang sakit nang arsenal ngayon ..nasa management level at owner level na.... cash cow na talaga... premium club ang arsenal pero parang midtable ang laruin ...tsk tsk

hirap mag attract nang key signing kung hindi kayang mag splash nang pera... hihintayin pa ba nila nag umalis mga key players..bago nila isack si venger..


in history na talaga

from cole,henry,nasri,cesc,van persie to ozil/alexis ..seller's club talaga..

hay naku top 7/8 finish na siguro to ..fucking hell!
 
Pasingit lang...

I keep seeing Paulino Alcantara's name in FB Barcelona-generated media. This one gives a pretty decent take on his story:

Paulino Alcantara: BARCELONA’S ORIGINAL INTERNATIONAL SUPERSTAR



Highlights:

In 1916, however, just as Paulino was beginning to enter his physical prime with his football club maintaining momentum, his family moved back to the Philippines and took him along to study medicine in Manila. True to form, he joined local football club Bohemians, who became the dominant team in the nation. Alcántara would lead them to local success, and get recruited to play for the Filipino national team at the 1917 Tokyo Far Eastern Championship Games. It was there that he played during what remains the country’s high-water achievement in football, as the Philippines destroyed Japan 15-2. Astonishingly enough, he also represented the Philippines in table tennis.

The accolades he’d accrued in Asia notwithstanding, Paulino was desperate to return to Barcelona. In late 1917, he contracted malaria and refused to take medication to remedy it until he was allowed to go back to Spain and get back on the pitch. His family acquiesced and the phenomenon was soon back in Catalunya, where he resumed the form that helped the Blaugrana lift trophies once again.

Three years later he was chosen to represent Spain in the Olympics, but instead of going with La Roja to the Antwerp games he elected to take his final medical exams instead, missing out on Spain’s silver medal finish to host nation Belgium’s gold. There was doubtless an air of ‘what if…’ as one of the great talents of the day prioritised medicine over the relative frivolity of sport. He would get his Spanish national team debut a year later, at the age of 25, and score six goals in five appearances for Spain – including a brace in a 2-0 victory over Belgium. Alcántara would go undefeated in the Spanish national team.

Without film or indeed many photos of Paulino, it is hard to truly understand what gifts he possessed on the pitch, but there remain accounts of his legendary cannon foot. It is said that a policeman guarding the pitch in a game at Real Sociedad in 1919 ventured too close to the goal, and Paulino shot with such strength that both the ball and the officer ended up in the back of the net. Cementing his legend, a 1922 game played for Spain against France saw his shot rip through the back of the net. This feat earned him the nickname “Trencaxarxes” – the net breaker.

Alcántara would figure prominently for FC Barcelona until his retirement in 1927, at the age of 31. During his Blaugrana career, he was a fundamental component of their boom into super-club status. It was during his spell at the team that the club membership exploded from a few hundred, to over 20,000. They also had to move their home from the 8,000 capacity Camp de la Indústria, to Les Cortes which fit 30,000 initially (though it would be expanded to accommodate 60,000 in the 1940s). Alcántara was an exotic talent to the Barcelona fans, and he attracted supporters with his abundant magnetism, brooding good looks, and signature white bandana that he tied to his waist. After he retired from football with at least 357 goals in all competitions, the club seemed to spiral somewhat. He would go on to be a director at the club from 1931-1934, while maintaining his practice as a urologist.

In 1930, Joan Gamper committed suicide as the club faced increasing pressure from the government for their outspoken advocacy for an independent Catalunya. Having had Les Cortes shut by the military for six months after the Barça supporters booed the Spanish national anthem, the climate in Catalunya became fraught with the repressive tension that would characterise much of the ensuing decades.

Likewise, the Franco fascist government became more draconian towards any dissent from the Catalans, and would murder FCB president Josep Sunyol in August 1936, only two days after Alcántara fled to Andorra, briefly, before returning to Spain. Much like the Americans in the Philippines, Franco had a black or white policy when it came to allies and enemies, and the costs for being a member of the opposition were brutal.

This life-or-death context, along with Paulino’s own upbringing as the son of a Spanish colonial soldier who had been received so warmly in his father’s homeland should be considered when learning of his participation in the Francoist army. Originally identifying himself as a Carlist conservative, he joined the Francoist army during the Spanish Civil War and served as a Lieutenant in the Black Arrows fascist brigade. The extent that he served medically or militarily is not totally clear, but what is apparent is that aligning with Franco on any level in Catalunya during the time was a socially precarious decision that was anything but black and white.

As the Spanish Civil war settled and the opposition to Franco was largely defeated by 1939, Alcántara settled into a kind of place of esteem in Spain. His medical practice was successful, and he still was recognised as a living legend. He married and had two sons. In 1951, he was briefly one of the Spanish national team coaches. He lived out his days in Barcelona, and passed away at the age of 67, on February 13, 1964.

What remains so mysterious about Alcántara was how he could navigate football, family, culture, and politics when the stakes were so incredibly high. Something of a stranger in all lands in which he lived, he managed to become a legend in an exceedingly dangerous time. The record of his athletic achievements still towers above all but Messi, and he was never uprooted away from his club as Alcántara was, or forced to perform under such swirling uncertainty and violent turmoil. Indeed, the fact that he broke through the nets of his opponents seems to serve as an ideal metaphor for a man who could not be contained within a single culture, political ideology, or philosophy. A complex microcosm unto himself, he remains the greatest Asian footballer ever and one of the cornerstones the legend of FC Barcelona is built on.


Thanks!
 
good read. hope filipino football will have another alcantara in the future. kaso na feel inlove na tayo sa bball kung hindi tayo naging colony nang us .. malaman ..powerhouse tayo sa asia... i though it's El rompe rendes... or the net breaker..
 
Gara ng laro ng espanyol vs. barca, parang swamp yung field. Pagpasa stop ball sa gitna ng puddle, si Messi binalya talsik anlayo haha. Angas pa ng espanyol players.
 
basta calatan derby ..ganyan talaga ..hahaha mukhang kayo naman makaka-emulate nang "the Invicibles" 1 season na undefeated
 
hahaha ...messi is locked on barca until retirement i think.....


love the works of abs-cbn .. liga channel ....better access to casual/curios ph audience
 
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You know your stuff..
 
Re: SOCCER / FOOTBALL - Alamin ang Rules, Gameplay, Thrills and Excitement

Neymar willing to go back to Blaugrana if two conditions were met.

1) If he will have the same salary as Lionel Messi

2) If Messi will publicly request the Catalan club to resign him.

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/688064/Neymar-Barcelona-Lionel-Messi-PSG-Champions-League-La-Liga-Real-Madrid-Don-Balon

What happened to "I-want-to-create-a-legacy-for-myself" that he is stating the start of season? If I were Messi, I'd rather ignore this condescending POS even though he's the next big thing. He's nowhere near Messi (or Ronaldo) level and someone as great as Messi shouldn't even go low in requesting for someone to come back and play with them again.
 
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^ Man, I bet Neymar could use all that air up his head (or his arse) to more than fill up an air balloon and send him over the moon!

If Dembele could live up to his potential, there's a big chance he'll usurp the big achievements expected of Neymar in the first place. That man is not getting all the best advice from his inner circle or he's totally lost in his BIG BIG EGO. :lol: :lol:
 
yeah...ego is a poison talaga in anyone's career ... i do admire CR7 ..hindi sya naging egoistic nang pumasok si bale..ganun di naman si Messi nang pumasok si neymar from santos...but...neymar kasi atat...this era belong only to those two(cr7 and messi) ...baka matapos era nilang dalawa pa decline na si neymar...kaya ganun...atat na magka solo achievement (eg. ballon'or) at lumipat agad.. what im watching for now is ...si mbappe. ..kompleto rekado na tong batang to.. age,skills... room for maturity pa...parang ronaldo from sporting lisbon ang siste eh...takte kasi..sa psg napunta...PSG have a decent squad and resources...they are lacking manager lang...tapos yung pinalit na si tuchel.tsk tsk..hilaw pa yun...

yung ideal scenario ko is...fire arsene( im a wenger out advocate) arsene will be hired by psg ...at parang si arsene nagka "2006 arsenal like squad"..

ideal plan!..sana
 
up ko muna...lapit na world cup eh..for neutral viewers..meron sa abs-cbn SNA
 
buhayin natin ang thread na to. BTW. Liverpool are six times champions of Europe!

next up

Liverpool vs. Manchester City
FA Community Shield
 
yep....start na nang Football season..ayusin kona thread nato
 
up the thread , advance congrats sa LFC , sana hindi nyo makuha ang invincible trophy..hahah sana matalo kayo kahit isa lang
 
Salamat sa iyong pagbati. Tandaan na ang pagiging isang sports fan ay maaaring magdulot ng kaunting rivalry at biro, ngunit importante ring panatilihing respeto at fair play sa mga kapwa manlalaro at mga tagahanga. Sa pagkakaroon ng positibong kumpetisyon, nagpapalakas ito ng kalidad ng mga laban at nagbibigay-daan sa mga manlalaro na ipakita ang kanilang kahusayan.

Mahalaga na matuto tayong maging magalang at suportahan ang aming mga koponan, kahit na may mga pagkakataon na hindi tayo paborito. Ang pagkatalo ay bahagi ng laro, at ito ang nagbibigay ng kaligayahan at tagumpay sa mga tagumpay ng iba. Nawa'y magpatuloy ang positibong pag-uugali at pagmamahal sa ating mga paboritong koponan. También voy mucho a https://sabongbetting.ph/. En sabongbetting puedes encontrar muchos juegos diferentes.

Maraming salamat at sana patuloy tayong maging maligaya sa mga laro na susunod.
 
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