World Cup Mania nears its end

Well, my Facebook status had mentioned that in the face of my liking of both Germany and Argentina, I had decided to side with Germany on back of their good attack and solid defense, as I had felt Argentina didn't have good defense. 

Well, my words sounded true, as Germany shot 4 goals past Argentina. Even though I never had complains with their attack, I had this nagging feeling that if they had gone 1 goal down in the first few minutes they would find it tough to come back out of it. While the Germans in same situation would have fought back, as they have already faced 0-1 loss. 

Well, with the Spanish finally finding the net in the last few minutes, have setup a match with the Germans. To defeat the Germans not only do the Spanish need to improve their finishing, but also their defending, or else we may see another set of 4 goals shot by. Thomas Mueller will sadly miss the game. So even if both teams are my favorite. I think Germany seem unstoppable, unless of course the Spanish possession masters (Cesc! Cesc! score a goal!!)  create some magical chances and Villa/Torres doesn't waste them. Go G-E-R-M-A-N-Y

Along with that, another yummy match coming up. Oh yes! Robin van Persie will get another chance to score a goal at the world stage as the Dutch try to score more goals than Diego Forlan's Uruguay, who are the last S. American hope. Go Oranje!!!!!

In both matches Arsenal players will have chance to shine! 

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footie crazy .. goals galore

                                                               gooooooaaaaallllllll  

not one!!! but seven..

In my last post I said, Portugal were disappointing and so were Ivory Coast. Well, Portugal have erased all that with their performance. hats off to them.

C. Ronaldo as a player is very talented, but his attitude and play-acting do irritate me. And being Arsenal fan I have very few reasons to like him, other than for his football skills. But lets not get there, the point is it wasn't just one man show, and Portugal played well as a team. 

I am not sure I would rate them as Final candidates, but they surely can't be ignored. The reason is they had one good match, but so did Germany. 

So lets hope they don't crumble against Brazil. A spectacular win can lift confidence, and a team on confidence is unbeatable, as long as they don't get complacent. 

So will I add Portugal in my world cup favorite's list? No! not right now. 

For now its still Argentina/Holland/Germany/Spain. Yeah I shuffled it, according to their performances. 

And what to say about the fighters and underdogs. Lots of them in this edition of world cup. Low-hyped or Underdogs: - Uruguay, Mexico, Paraguay, Chile, Netherlands, Denmark, Portugal

Fighters: - Greece, Swiss, USA, Serbia, Slovenia, Ghana, Japan, New Zealand, Australia

FIFA World Cup 2010 Group Analysis (Dissapointments)

Group A: -

France: - Spiritless performances. Is playing in world cup, not enough incentive.

Group B: - 

Nigeria: - Tournament in African continent felt like best chance for them to excel, alas! they were in a tough group of fighters (S. Korea, Greece).

Group C: -

England: - I don't agree with England being called failure of talented players, I call it failure of over-hyped players. They need radical changes in team lineups, which will not happen easily.

Group D: -

Germany:- Loss was shocking, considering a 4 goal victory in their previous match. 

Group E: -

Cameroon: - Another african team looks like going out.

Group F: -

Italy: - They are on level on points with New Zealand, and are second placed. 

Group G: -

Portugal: - Tough to choose between them and Ivory Coast, still this team since they are a more hyped team.

Change in choice from Portugal to Ivory Coast, as Portugal manage to shoot 7 goals past N. Korea. 

Group H: -

Spain: - Biggest shock for me. But not too surprising, due to over attacking players, super passing and rubbish finishing. 

<=These are for me the biggest disappointments of their group, some among these may clear group stages, but not all=>

p.s. For Arsenal fans!! Bendtner scored !!!! Now for Cesc to rock and roll!!! 

Shreewardhan Bike Ride

Please reduce the volume as there is lot of wind chatter. The video was taken by my friend while I was riding along the Shreewardhan beach. Beautiful beach!!!

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Football Mania

I know FIFA World Cup 2010 has already began, but I had something to talk about its effects on me. Its not easy deciding which team to support as some players I like are spread around in different nations. Anyway, looking at team lineups my favorites are Spain, Argentina, Germany, Holland. 

But that is not what I am writing about here. Right now, I am sitting here typing, as my head is hurting, throat is itching, and eyes are drowsy. But the spirit of football is keeping me awake. Awake so that I can watch late matches (11.50 PM). 

And consecutive days of watching late matches will surely take a heavy toll on my health, and also my ability to focus at work. So I may have to miss some matches, or parts of it and rely on highlights. But at least the weekend will be devoted to football. 

Well, thats all, I have to say for now. adios!! 

Rajneeti Movie Review

Excellent political drama.

Very good dialogues.

Strong story with elements from Mahabharat and Godfather.

Excellent casting and solid acting by the star cast.

Nana Patekar gives a subtle and subdued performance that woos you.

A bit long with stretched 2nd half.

Thankfully no stupid songs.

Ranbir kapoor for the first time impressed me.

While other stalwarts were stupendous.

Katrina Kaif does well too.

Arjun Rampal continues to improve.

If you like serious movies don't miss this.

Shrek Forever and After: Movie Review

Watched Shrek Forever and After:-

It is a fun filled thrilling adventure.

If you don't mind love stories and fairy tales, you shouldn't miss this one.

It is an engrossing movie, makes you wonder why it doesn't go on and on.

Animations are top-notch, 3-D effects are subtle.

All voice-overs are superb and whacky.

Villain of the story is very well and evil, as he should be.

Love stories are rarely well said than this (p.s. Anurag Basu).

It is a perfect combo of  fairytale, fantasy, humor, drama and life lessons.

It is said its final part of Shrek series, so what are you waiting for?

"Shrek Forever After- gives us the chance to fall in love with the entire franchise all over again. Only you don't have to sign your life away to figure that one out." - Adam Tobias

Movie Review : Kites

Paid Preview of KITES :-

Slow love story with mix of action.

Hrithik Roshan is excellent but at times felt confused about emotions to show.

Barbara is hottest and acted quite competently, at times felt like overdoing "I am sexy latino" thing, but yet nothing you would found too unusual

The villain (Nick Brown) is average/boring. He just makes faces and shouts, no menace, in beginning he does well, then it deteriorates. 

Kabir bedi and Kangana (cutie!!) are wasted.

Not much of a story, and english-spanish dialogues had neither smart one-liners, nor regal romantic quotes.

Chemistry between the leads was there, but yet, something was missing.

In the first half you may think the movie will pick up pace, but the thrill is absent and whatever scope there was for adrenaline has been wasted on excellent cinematography.

A very stylish movie, which fall shorts in other departments, except Hrithik Roshan who was good. But is it enough to carry this movie forward, I doubt.

Hrithik Roshan fans don't miss it, others can watch on TV.

Iron Man 2 : Movie Review

I watched Iron Man 2 on Saturday.

It is an explosive action packed Block Buster.

Robert Downey Jr. shines throughout, he adds something more to any character he plays.

Don Cheadle and Mickey Rourke were underused but were solid, Scarlett Johansson is yummy, Sam Rockwell and Gwyneth Paltrow are perfect in their roles. 

Movie has excellent special effects. 

It has decent storyline, good one-liner's and exciting pace.

Super heroes have issues too, and Tony Stark has them king-size and he handles them in his flashy yet quirky style.

Some say 1st movie was better. I say chuck the comparison and go out there and enjoy.