soccer
If you don't like soccer, there still may be some place for you elsewhere in this maze of a site.
If you like soccer, this page is a small tribute to the supposedly beautiful game.
(l'autre histoire du football)
Stephane MOT 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4092-7158-1
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First of all, soccer is a game.
The main player is actually called a player.
Soccer is a sport.
You need a coach to master the game. A regulator and a referee to get the rules respected. An organisation for the competition.
Soccer can also be a show.
The spectator is always welcome.
Soccer happens to be a business...
When I see a player smile on the field, I'm positive soccer isn't dead yet. Some seem to keep the right priorities.
Stephane MOT 2003
The Bible
France Football remains the ultimate reference when you want to follow the game and its players. Bonus : you will also learn how under 21 teams performed in the Auvergne league.
The Greats
- Brazil 1982 (damn Paolo Rossi)
- Loic Amisse (162 cm of generosity)
- Safet Susic (precious little passes)
- Thierry Henry (love of the game is contagious)
- Raymond Kopa (saw him play twice in his sixties - can't imagine how good he was in his prime)
- Michel Platini (= Zidane + Deschamps + Trezeguet)
The Palmares
- World Cup '74
- Best scorer WC '70 (10 g)
- Record WC goals (1974-2002 : 14 g)
- 62 caps, 68 goals
- Ballon d'Or '70
- Golden Boot '70, '72
- C1 '71, '72, '73
- C2 '67
- Intercontinental Cup '76
- Bundesliga '69, '72, '73, '74
- 427 BL games, 366 goals
- best scorer '67, '69, '70, '72, '73, '74, '78
- 2nd div : 32 games 35 goals
- 3rd div : 31 games 46 goals (Norlingen)
- FRG's Cup '69, '72, '73, '74
- NASL 54 games 33 goals 25 assists (Fort Lauderdale)
The Game
The Stadia
- Parc Lescure (Bordeaux)
- Asiad (Busan)
- Yves du Manoir (Colombes)
- Munhak (Incheon)
- Santiago Bernabeu (Madrid)
- Vicente Calderon (Madrid)
- La Beaujoire (Nantes)
- Rene Gaillard (Niort)
- Jean Bouin (Paris)
- Parc des Princes (Paris)
- Stade de France (Saint Denis)
- Sangam World Cup Stadium (Seoul)
- ...
The Club
- Cup's Winners Cup 1996 (finalist 1997)
- Championnat de France 1986 & 1994 (runner-up 1989, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2004)
- Coupe de France 1982, 1983, 1993, 1995, 1998, 2004, 2006 (finalist 1985, 2003, 2008)
- Coupe de la Ligue 1995, 1998, 2008 (finalist 2000)
- Trophee des Champions 1995, 1998
- Intertoto 2001
- Championnat France D2 1971
- ...
the kind of facts I like to remember when I see them major in self humiliation...
(Thank God It's Tuesday and Friday)
- Arsene Wenger (THE manager = the one who gets the best from what he's got. Also The Most ImprovING Player)
- Marco van Basten (the first modern center forward)
- Les Bleus ((DFence: '86 vs Italy - Midfield : '84 vs Belgium - Offense: Euro 2000)
- ...
Gerd Muller
(leave elegance to der Kaiser, meet der Bomber)
Albania ? Don't mention it
And come to think of it... when he is not on the pitch, Beckenbauer is seldom elegant.
Sevilla 1982/07/08
(saw a few good games, caught a few colds)
Paris Saint-Germain
PSG perfectly fits the definition of a club... according to Merriam Webster at least.
A "club" can be:
- an association of people for some common object usually jointly supported and meeting periodically
- a heavy usually tapering staff especially of wood wielded as a weapon
- a stick or bat used to hit a ball in any of various games
- an association of persons participating in a plan by which they agree to make regular payments or purchases in order to secure some advantage
- something resembling a club
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