Alireza Sefati Blog

Soccer - I watched the Euro 2008 semi finals today between Italy and Spain. Both teams play similar type of soccer,. They like to take their time and slow down the game, hold the ball more,  drive the ball using their individual players techniques. Very seldom one can see fast one touch pass soccer from either one of these two teams.

As expected, both team tied scoreless during the normal time then went to OT where neither one of the teams could score a goal so the winner had to be decided by PK. Most people including the TV commentators were predicting Italy would do better in PK’s because they have more experienced players but I predicted otherwise. I have strong faith and confident in Iker Casillas, Spain’s captain and Goalkeeper, and goalkeeper of Spanish Giants Real Madrid. The guy is THE BEST GOALKEEPER in the world and because he is so young, he is going to stay the best for a while. He was able to save 2 of those PKs taken by Italians and led his team to the victory.

Spain were one of my favorites and I though they would win it all and now they are in semi finals so far so good. However, having watched Russians for the past couple of games, Spain MUST STEP UP their games or else Russia could defeat them out of the tournament. Russians are aggressive, fast, young, and play great as a team. They just beat the most popular team in the league that is the Dutches so they are on winning spirit and good moral.

The game between Russia and Spain will not be a slow one. It will be very exciting to watch and neither team can not afford not to give their 100 percent.

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