On Casual Football

Chivas and Pachuca delivered yesterday one of the most incredible matches in the current Mexican league. An outstanding match that gave us seven goals, makes me think about the actual state of the Mexican football. It is irregular like the population itself, as anything in Mexico really. Even Octavio Paz was an irregular "poet." But sometimes there is a light of hope that just, and just, makes us think about a good bright future ahead.





Real Madrid and Numancia gave us today a hell of a match. Also in seven goals, the match was on favor of the capitalines, while the Numancians did everything they had to not give the lead. I do not know what is up with Numancia. Last week they displayed a match full of intensity against FCB (that scum-bags lost hehe) and this week they gave more than one scare in Bernabeu. The difference between a Greece style and the New Numancian style is that the Spaniards can cope with tremendous amounts of pressure and still construct game to equalize or lead. I hope it is not a week thing and that they can keep up with that pace.





Día Siete article today about football and monopoly was something attractive but frustrating. This article was focused in the monopoly industry of FIFA and the discrimination of other sports subdued to our footy, specially in Mexico. José Pérez-Espino made a beautiful and promising introduction questioning the role of the media, local authorities and popularity in general. Then he fell in the dull message of corruption and complacency that many Mexican journalist do. His most idiotic line, clearly knowing that everything can happen in football, was :"Pero ningún deporte es de milagros, [refiriéndose al hecho de que la selección mexicana nunca va a ganar un Mundial]" [No sports is from miracles, [referring to the fact that the Mexican side will never win a WC]]. He then referred to the business of the WC (as if no one knew it) and made a horrific final statement about Mexico's fatal ending WC. Everybody knows hat we are never going to win it, but that does not have to do at any moment with the industry of monopoly. He did not made the clear distinction. So Mr. Pérez-Espino, if you make bright introduction but bad essays just advise us in the same introduction!!!!!