<\/a><\/p>\nEntertainment of Tuesday, 19 July 2011<\/p>\n
Source:<\/strong> TIME ON THE COUCH<\/p>\nOops! I meant to say weekend for the underdogs. Hi folks, the last time we spoke, I was waiting for some big summer blockbuster transfers, I was also bored to death and serenading myself with some fantastic tennis coming from SW19 \u2013 Wimbledon. Since then, I\u2019ve been to the Women\u2019s world cup in Germany and to the U17 world cup in Mexico. I am a happy bloke right now. Currently, I am in Argentina for the Copa America. But before that, I must say that women\u2019s football has improved a great deal. We did not witness some of the cricket score lines of past world cups, the reason being that the gulf in class between teams has greatly diminished. Even our African representatives, Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea managed respectable score lines, the latter more or less a \u201cChinese version\u201d of the Brazilian national team.<\/p>\n
Whiles our aimless and visionless selves sat back home and watched, Japan and Mexico conquered the Women\u2019s and the U17\u2019s world cups respectively. The Japanese caught my eye the most. They seem to have adopted a Barcelona-like passing game that is a delight to watch. This philosophy transcends all levels, from the juvenile through to the senior level. Against the favourites and the number 1 ranked team in Women\u2019s football, the USA, it was the underdog who triumphed. It was overwhelming to see the Japanese dolls running wild at the end of a gruelling penalty shootout. In fact, the story was the same in the Copa America. In a truly biblical context, all 4 semi-finalists were the \u201cDavids\u201d in their respective duels. Whiles Uruguay knocked out hosts Argentina, Paraguay stunned Brazil and lowly Peru and Venezuela dipped their (Oliver twist) hands in the cookie jars of both Colombia and Chile. More to come on the Argentina-Brazil penalties debacle but this year\u2019s tournament has been anything but a goal-fest. Goals are at a premium.<\/p>\n
Away from the weekend of surprises, this weekend also saw Wenger and Mancini have a go at each other over star player Samir Nasri. Mancini reckons he is going to sign Nasri at the end of this month. But with Tevez seemingly on his way to Corinthians and City issuing a \u201cwatch this space\u201d threat to all clubs, who can blame Wenger for feeling intimidated? Well, I can!!! I just don\u2019t know what is wrong with that man. Trust me gunners, I am as clueless as you lot. Sources close to the Emirates tell me, instead of him going out to get the big names that his \u201cBABY\u201d side so requires, he\u2019s handed over all the funds to Kenny Dalglish to do that for him. But it doesn\u2019t take a rocket scientist to figure out what has been happening here. It is rather Liverpool doing all the biz, signalling a clear intention for next season. It is becoming abundantly clear that if Wenger were your boyfriend (and he had all the means), you would be eating at Mr. Black\u2019s \u201ccheck-check\u201d or Hot-pot when Papaye is there, at Odo rice when Golden Tulip is there. Hope you get my drift. One word- CHEAP!<\/p>\n
I would like to say kudos to Kwesi \u201cla Macia\u201d Appiah, Samuel Inkoom and the rest of the boys. It\u2019s been a long time since we\u2019ve had such a performance from any of our national sides other than the Black Stars. Unfortunately, I couldn\u2019t see the game (last week against the Dream Team V of Nigeria) because all the Yutong buses had gone to Sunyani and so had Gtv and surprisingly, Metro TV. As for TV3, forget them, they are only good for \u201cTalented kids\u201d, \u201cit\u2019s big\u201d, eerm\u2026you know, \u201cdem kind tins\u201d. Finally, a bit of good news for Junior Agogo fans, anybody remember him? Anybody?!? Well, the burly striker has resurfaced finally after a long walk in the wilderness to earn himself a trial at Scottish side Hibernian. I\u2019d definitely keep you posted. You know how we does!!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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