Posts Tagged ‘Best Moment’
Felipe Melo Strange Stamping On Robben
We would never know what is in the mind of Felipe Melo in 73 minutes in a game against the Netherlands, Friday, July 2, 2010. He attacked Arjen Robben. Not content to stop there, Robben who was lying on the ground, he stamped on. Referee: Yuichi Nishimura from Japan had no choice but to give a red card for Melo. It became double blow for the midfielder after he made an own goal to the goalkeeper Julio Cesar. When behind 1-2, losing one player of course makes the struggle for an equalizer Brazil increasingly heavy. Five-time world champion finally gave up.
It certainly was not a good match for the Juventus players. It was not something surprising if eventually he will become the scapegoat of Brazil’s defeat. Whereas in 2009 and then, Melo could get sky-high praise from Diego Maradona. This praise came just five months after he was first elected to Selecao.
“I always dreamed of playing for the national team. People often laugh at me when I talk about my ideals,” Melo said before the Dutch counter-party was held.
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Who Will Be the World Cup champions?
A two-year-old octopus that was born in England and being taken care in Germany by surprise successfully predict the winners of four games last German World Cup South Africa 2010. The six-legged octopus named Paul was previously with correctly predicted the German victory over Australia in the opening match of the Group D, then lost to the Serbs, returned victorious against Ghana, and on Friday (25 / 6), Paul managed to predict the victory of Germany over England in 16 major phases. Tuesday (29 / 6), Paul the Octopus who was born in Weymouth, England, Argentina and even predict the defeat of Germany in the quarterfinal game June 3, 2010.
Then how this non vertebrate even chose the winner?
It’s simple. Two transparent plastic boxes flagged two different countries were included in the aquarium where Paul lived. The boxes were filled with the same types of foods octopus. The first plastic box that opened the octopus will come out as winners. Believe it or not, the octopus that lives at Sea Life, a natural under the sea sights in the west of the City Oberhasusen; Germany was always precise to determine the winner. Paul just needs a short time when predicting a winner between Germany and England, which could be interpreted Der Panzer will win easily on the Three Lions. Meanwhile, Paul did a different thing when it predicted German victory over Argentina in the quarter-final.
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