KKS Lech Poznań - Underdogs of Europa League video

KKS Lech Poznań - Underdogs of Europa League

A video about Lech Poznań made by YT User ozinjusz.

In simple words: the beauty of football.

Jerzy Dudek injuried

Jerzy Dudek is ruled for six weeks after fracturing his jaw in Champions League Real Madrid - Auxerre match which took place on Wednesday.

Official information from realmadrid.com:

"Jerzey Dudek was examined by maxillofacial specialists at Sanitas La Moraleja Hospital on Thursday. After confirming the diagnosis of a fractured manidble made by Real Madrid-Sanitas Medical Services on Wednesay, the goalkeeper was successfully fitted with an intemaxillary fixation device. He will be evaluated over the next 7-10 days by Real Madrid-Sanitas Medical Services and may be healthy enough to return in 4-6 weeks depending on his progress."

What a bad fate. He has so rarely a chance to play. This time he was supposed to play in that one game of Champions League, replacing Iker Casillas.

He did extremly well, in the first half he saved his team twice from losing a goal. Unfortunately, when in 43' he run out of the goal to clear the ball he crashed with Contout. Had to leave the pitch and Antonio Adan replaced him.

Hold up, Jerzy. Hope you will recover quickly.

Video highlights of the game, Real Mardid vs Auxerre 4-0

UEFA Cup: Lech Poznań - Juventus 1-1, 1 Dec 2010, picspam and video highlights

Lech Poznań advanced to the 2nd round of UEFA Cup after the dramatic game against Juventus, which was more similar to a snowball than a football game.

The 1-1 draw was a lucky for Lech. Rudnevs scored the opening goal in 12' and was better team in the first half. Juve kept attacking and finally Iaquinta managed to equalize to 84'. The weather condition were getting worse and worse. It started snowing and soon the pitch was almost completely covered with snow.





Hard time for the goalkeepers especially. They don't run so much like the other players and it's harder for them to keep the warmth.

One of the heores of Lech was the goalkeeper Krzysztof Kotorowski. According to ESPN he made 12 saves (!), including two in the last minutes of the game (he catched the ball going straight into the goal in the literally last second of the match).



During the game I was only worried if he can see the ball, especially near the end of the first half, when it started snowing.

Before the second half started the lines were cleared off the snow and painted pink. They also changed the ball from yellow on bright orange one.









Match picspam:



























Highlights, including goalkeepers' saves.

Goalkeepers Saves Vol. 4

The fourth volume of goalkeeper saves, a video made by YT user LCTrussell1992Media.

Goalkeepers featured in the video: Rene Adler, Manuel Almunia, Diego Benaglio, Artur Boruc, Jorg Butt, Scott Carson, Petr Cech, Julio Cesar, Carlo Cudicini, Brad Friedel, Heurelho Gomes, Robert Green, Tim Howard, David James, Jens Lehmann, Manuel Neuer, Pepe Reina, Paul Robinson, Edwin Van Der Sar, Mark Schwarzer, Thomas Sørensen, Victor Valdes, Tim Wiese.

Grand Derbi

Watching Grand Derbi right know. Seems that again the question is not if Real is going to lose against Barcelona. It's rather how high.

It's only 25' and Barca is already leading the game 2:0.

Well, at least there is a lot of Casillas. He has his hands full of work tonight.

Edit: Real was crushed. 5:0 for Barca, and they completely dominated the game. Missed the second half but I don't even regret this too much, really. They whole game almost ended up in a fight in the first half, the second apparently wasn't better, as most of the players were shown a yellow card (including the both goalkeepers) and Serio Ramos was send away with a red one.

Two saves of Victor Valdes (both in the first half I think) and one of Iker Casillas. It was not a game for goalkeepers' fans.

Premier League: Everton vs West Brom 1-4 video

This match is not going to be a nice memory for Everton. They lost with West Bromwich Albion a game they theoretically should won. After all West Brom is stuck in the relegation section after five games without a win in the row.

But football is a tricky game. Everton lost on their home soil. Everything was against them that day. The defense was poor, the decisions of referee questionable and they did finish with ten men. Mikel Arteta was send away with red card.

Poor Tim Howard could do little. Those four goals were practically imposible to save. He crashed with the goalpost while attempting to make a save of a free kick shot (0:12 in the video). It looked so painful!

Liked Scott Carson's performance. He made 3 fine saves. His teammates were on the place to support him. When Beckford clipped the ball over the advancing Carson, Gabriel Tamas got back and clear it off the line.

Serie A; Genoa - Juventus 0-2 21 Nov 2010; Eduardo in Serie A, photos

Watched Genoa - Juventus game yesterday. Juve didn't give Genoa a chance, was a much better team on the pitch. Unfortunately after this match Eduardo has a howler on his account. In 18' he made an attempt to save Claudio Marchisio's shot, which deflected off Genoa's defender. It was so unfortunate that the ball he pushed away came back off the post, deflected from him and came into the goal.

In the first half Juve did score also a second goal. The ball went on the far post, Eduardo didn't reach the ball.

He made 3 saves in total. Two of them in the second half were quite important and it were practically one to one situations.

Casillas in Portugal - Spain 4-0 friendly game, 17 Nov 2010

It was not the day of Iker Casillas.



I can see a look of doom here...





Helder Postiga scores a goal



Spain's players react after Hugo Almeida scored the fourth goal for Portugal.





Iker Casillas, the captain of Spain team and Cristiano Ronaldo, the captain of Portugal team, read the statement supporting the idea of hosting the World Cup 2018 by the both countries.

Portugal - Spain 4-0, 17 November 2010 video

Video highlights of the friendly match Portugal - Spain. Amazin game. Poor Casillas was just helpless when Portugal kept attacking and attacking.

Eduardo played in the first half and Rui Patricio in the second. They didn't had too much work to do.



Iniesta's shot, 10', video.



The shot was off target, went on the right side of the portuguese goal. Eduardo didn't even touch the ball, but at least he is present in this highlights so I put it here as well.

Who saw that coming?

Poland won with Ivory Coast 3-1! Robert Lewandowski scored two times, and Obraniak shot an amazing goal from a free kick. Łukasz Fabiański had a lot of work, as the defense was as leaky as usual.

Watching friendly Portugal - Spain right now. Portugal is leading the game 1-0! Martins scored a goal in 45'. A lot is happening on the pitch. Both Casillas and Eduardo are not left without an occupation.

The second half has just started. Rui Patricio changed Eduardo.

Edit: 2:0! Postiga scores in 49'.

Edit 2: 3:0! Beautiful action under Casillas's goal and Postiga scores again. Why the match at the World Cup 2010 couldn't look like that?!

Edit 3: Hugo Almeida scores in 90'+4. A perfect ending!

Friendly games tomorrow

Two important friendly games tomorrow. Firstly, Portugal is going to face Spain. Does Selecção has a chance to win? They have a new coach, they improved they effectiveness in scoring, but the defense didn't seem to be as tight as it used to be during the World Cup.

In the last game Eduardo didn't seem to be as sharp as during the tournament, when he allowed only 1 goal and made 19 saves in four games. Will keep my fingers crossed for him tomorrow. He will need all his skills to try to stop Spain!

The second game I'm going to watch, at least partially, is Poland - Ivory Coast. Well, Poland need to win after eight months without a single victory, but I don't think it's going to happen tomorrow. Even without Drogba, Ivory Coast is a very good team.

Łukasz Fabiański is back to the team. His last performances in Arsenal's games were good. Watched Everton - Arsenal game last Sunday. He helped the team to keep the advantageous result. Everton tried to catch up with Arsenal's 0-2 lead, but eventually they manage to score only one goal, and it came too late. Hope tomorrow Fabiański also will do well, this time playing for the national team.

Goalkeepers Saves Vol. 3

The third volume of goalkeeper saves, a video made by YT user LCTrussell1992Media.

Goalkeepers in the video: Igor Akinfeev, Manuel Almunia, Fabian Barthez, Artur Boruc, Petr Cech, Julio Cesar, Ben Foster, Shay Given, Robert Green, Bruce Grobbelaar, Tim Howard, David James, Oliver Kahn, Jens Lehmann, Nigel Martyn, Pepe Reina, Edwin Van Der Sar, Peter Schmeichel, Peter Shilton, David Stockdale, Victor Valdes, Tim Wiese.

Robert Enke

Today is a year since the death of Robert Enke. He was the goalkeeper of Hannover 96 and German national team. He was believed to become no. 1 at the World Cup 2010.

At 10th November 2009 he commited sucide. It was later revealed that he had been suffering from depression for years.

What a terrible illness it is. So many mourn him and yet nobody was able to help him when he was still alive...

Read article: Germany remembers Robert Enke at RTÉ Sport.

Premier League: Blackpool vs Everton 2-2, 6 November 2010

That game was a little crazy. In the first half Blackpool scored the opening goal, but they kept the lead for only a few minutes because Everton equalized it. Unfortunately Tim Howard was not without a blame when Everton lost a goal. I think he didn't put the wall on the right position.

The story repeated in the second half. Blackpool scored their second goal. This time there was so much fuss in the penalty area that Howard couldn't even see clearly where the ball was. Blackpool's joy didn't last long as Everton catched up with the result only two minutes later.

However, neither of the sides could add third goal to their result and the game ended with a draw.

Only one photo with Tim this time. Better than nothing.



It's from a weird offside. Weird, because it was an offside but the assistant referee was late with raising the flag up. Fortuantely for Everton and for Tim (who didn't really make an attempt to make a save) it was an offside.

European League: Lech Poznań - Manchester City 3-1, 4 November 2010, video of all goals

What a game! Lech took the lead in the first half, City equalized the game in the second, then the lucky goal of Arboleda and beautiful gol scored from the distance by Możdżeń. Really, really nice to watch.

Watch the video of the goals:

Injac, 30' (1:0)

Adebayor, 51' (1:1)

Arboleda, 86' (2:1)

Możdżeń, 90+1' (3:1)

Handball: Portugal vs Poland 27-27, 31 October 2010

No one did expect that. The Euro 2012 qualifier Portugal - Poland would end with a draw. And it was a lucky draw for Poland because surprisingly it was Portugal who led the game.

Didn't believe in what I saw. Poland is the fourth team of World Championship 2010. Portugal is on 23th place in the ranking. The difference between the game against Ukraine a few days later and the match against Portugal was unbelieveable.

I think Poland did underestimate the opponent. Portugal had a good strategy. A lot of Polish attacks were unsucesful and also the defense didn't help goalkeeper at all.

There is also one person who stood on the way of Polish team. Poruguese goalkeeper, Hugo Figueira. And I really don't care if most of the shots were easy to defend, or not strong enough. He did save also one to one situations and a penalty if I'm not wrong. Was on the right place and that's what counts. 17 shots saved. A man of the match for me.

Fortunately, Poland woke up near the end of the match and catched up with the result. Still, one point is better than nothing, but I hope that the next qualifier match is going to look better!

Good luck to Portguese handball team too. Two teams are going to get through the qualification stage. Both Poland and Portugal can play at Euro 2012, it would be ideal for me.

Fernando Muslera picspam - Serie A games

Small picspam with Fernando Muslera from recent Serie A games. Lazio against Bari, Palermo and Cagliari.



Bari vs Lazio, Stadio San Nicola, 17 October 2010, Bari, Italy



Bari vs Lazio, Stadio San Nicola, 17 October 2010, Bari, Italy



Bari vs Lazio, Stadio San Nicola, 17 October 2010, Bari, Italy



Bari vs Lazio, Stadio San Nicola, 17 October 2010, Bari, Italy



Bari vs Lazio, Stadio San Nicola, 17 October 2010, Bari, Italy



Bari vs Lazio, Stadio San Nicola, 17 October 2010, Bari, Italy



Bari vs Lazio, Stadio San Nicola, 17 October 2010, Bari, Italy



Palermo vs Lazio, Stadio Renzo Barbera, 31 October 2010, Palermo, Italy.



Lazio vs Cagliari, Olympic stadium, 24 October 2010, Rome, Italy. Lazio's players Cristian Brocchi, Dias and Fernando Muslera celebreate after winning the game.

Arsenal vs West Ham United, 30 Oct 2010 - Łukasz Fabiański photos

Serie A: Palermo vs Lazio 0-1 31 Oct 2010 video highlights

Found on Italian Soccer Serie A highlights showing some of Muslera's saves. It's worth watching!

Serie A: Palermo vs Lazio 0-1, 31 Nov 2010

Uruguayan goalkeeper Fernando Muslera was invincible in today's Serie A game. Palermo dominated the game, but Lazio managed to score the opening goal. Thanks to the defense the good result was kept and Lazio extended their lead at the top of the Serie A table.



Muslera was really great. Despite all efforts of Palermo's players and no matter what they did, Lazio's goalkeeper was always on the place to stop the shot. He made 8 saves, including two crucial ones in the last minutes of the game.