Hola !!
Ojeando por la web de la UEFA, he encontrado esta noticia, que podríamos catalogar como curiosidades. Está en inglés, y para evitar problemas con los links, ventanas y tal, la copio tal cual.
Disfrutadlo si sabéis inglés, y un saludo ;)
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Friday, 9 Febrary 2007
Ojeando por la web de la UEFA, he encontrado esta noticia, que podríamos catalogar como curiosidades. Está en inglés, y para evitar problemas con los links, ventanas y tal, la copio tal cual.
Disfrutadlo si sabéis inglés, y un saludo ;)
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Friday, 9 Febrary 2007
The art of the matter
Lilian Thuram is a rare specimen. At least, he is according to the Museé de l'Homme in Paris. While most of us spent the period before Christmas resolving to buy gifts earlier in future, the FC Barcelona defender was taking it easy, lying back ... and having his head scanned. The result is a reproduction of Thuram's cranium, which will be displayed alongside a skull dating back 30,000 years, and that of 17th-century philosopher René Descartes in an exhibition opening this week. The heads will depict the changes to the shape of skulls through time, but as Descartes once proclaimed: "It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well."
Ronaldinho to Napoli?
Staying in the past, we move to 1984 when news that Diego Maradona had joined struggling Serie A side S.S.C. Napoli led to a chorus of "Why didn't we think of that?" from clubs across Europe. And they could reverberate once more if their latest plans to pick up Ronaldinho for €2m bear fruit. Holding a well-thumbed copy of Edward Luttwak's 'Coup d'État: A Practical Handbook', a group of Napoli fans have hatched a plan to bring the Brazilian to Italy. A prohibitive €134m buy-out clause is enough to throw most off the scent, but not the Partenopei's supporters, who propose to strike a deal with the forward and then place a €2m bet at 67-1 on Ronaldinho joining the club, thus raising €134m exactly.
Staying power
While Napoli are prepared to go to great lengths to land one UEFA Champions League winner, Swedish side Helsingborgs IF do not seem to want theirs. With a teeming trophy cabinet, almost 100 international appearances and goals galore, most fans would love to have Henrik Larsson. But not, apparently, Helsingborg. Having returned to his hometown side during the summer, the 35-year-old joined Manchester United FC on loan in January and is being urged to stay - by Helsingborg fans. A poll on the Swedish club's website asking whether Larsson should return resulted in a resounding 94 per cent voting 'No'. United fans no doubt agree.
Bon voyage!
Larsson could be forgiven for wondering why he ever bothered going home, a thought that was coursing through Tony Sylva's mind this week after making a fruitless 8,000km round trip. The LOSC Lille Métropole goalkeeper travelled to his native Senegal on Sunday ahead of the international friendly against Angola, but was somewhat perplexed by the lack of reception. He was eventually contacted by his club who had received a fax from the Senegalese FA saying the game had been cancelled, replaced by another against Benin ... in Rouen, 250km from Lille. Sylva took the first flight back to Europe with El-Hadji Diouf, who had collected similar air miles travelling from northern England. Neither played.
Hamburg limbo
There was more head scratching in Germany, where Hamburger SV believe they may have unearthed the cause of their attacking malaise this season - the goals at the Hamburg Arena are too small. "Obviously we're going to measure that again," club spokesman Joern Wolf said in response to claims by the city's Abendblatt newspaper that the crossbar is five centimetres lower than it should be. "It's a good thing no one hit the bar last week."
More balls, please
The chance would have been a fine thing in Sao Paulo, where referee Paulo Roberto Ferreira hit upon a novel way of kicking off a match between Rio Claro FC and GR Barueri. Officials are used to getting a hard time from the masses in the stands but Ferreira was a little perplexed to hear supporters united in a refrain of 'idiot' after merely blowing his whistle. He had, of course, overlooked the importance of a ball.
Blanket blues
The poor referee; he probably wished he could just go home, climb into bed and pull the duvet over his red face. He would have had no joy had he knocked at José Mourinho's door, however, after the Portuguese manager admitted to being in possession of some wholly inadequate bed linen. Ruminating about Chelsea FC's continuing injury problems, he mused: "It's like having a blanket that is too small for the bed. You pull the blanket up to keep your chest warm and your feet stick out. I cannot buy a bigger blanket because the supermarket is closed. But the blanket is made of cashmere!" Descartes would be proud.
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Lilian Thuram is a rare specimen. At least, he is according to the Museé de l'Homme in Paris. While most of us spent the period before Christmas resolving to buy gifts earlier in future, the FC Barcelona defender was taking it easy, lying back ... and having his head scanned. The result is a reproduction of Thuram's cranium, which will be displayed alongside a skull dating back 30,000 years, and that of 17th-century philosopher René Descartes in an exhibition opening this week. The heads will depict the changes to the shape of skulls through time, but as Descartes once proclaimed: "It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well."
Ronaldinho to Napoli?
Staying in the past, we move to 1984 when news that Diego Maradona had joined struggling Serie A side S.S.C. Napoli led to a chorus of "Why didn't we think of that?" from clubs across Europe. And they could reverberate once more if their latest plans to pick up Ronaldinho for €2m bear fruit. Holding a well-thumbed copy of Edward Luttwak's 'Coup d'État: A Practical Handbook', a group of Napoli fans have hatched a plan to bring the Brazilian to Italy. A prohibitive €134m buy-out clause is enough to throw most off the scent, but not the Partenopei's supporters, who propose to strike a deal with the forward and then place a €2m bet at 67-1 on Ronaldinho joining the club, thus raising €134m exactly.
Staying power
While Napoli are prepared to go to great lengths to land one UEFA Champions League winner, Swedish side Helsingborgs IF do not seem to want theirs. With a teeming trophy cabinet, almost 100 international appearances and goals galore, most fans would love to have Henrik Larsson. But not, apparently, Helsingborg. Having returned to his hometown side during the summer, the 35-year-old joined Manchester United FC on loan in January and is being urged to stay - by Helsingborg fans. A poll on the Swedish club's website asking whether Larsson should return resulted in a resounding 94 per cent voting 'No'. United fans no doubt agree.
Bon voyage!
Larsson could be forgiven for wondering why he ever bothered going home, a thought that was coursing through Tony Sylva's mind this week after making a fruitless 8,000km round trip. The LOSC Lille Métropole goalkeeper travelled to his native Senegal on Sunday ahead of the international friendly against Angola, but was somewhat perplexed by the lack of reception. He was eventually contacted by his club who had received a fax from the Senegalese FA saying the game had been cancelled, replaced by another against Benin ... in Rouen, 250km from Lille. Sylva took the first flight back to Europe with El-Hadji Diouf, who had collected similar air miles travelling from northern England. Neither played.
Hamburg limbo
There was more head scratching in Germany, where Hamburger SV believe they may have unearthed the cause of their attacking malaise this season - the goals at the Hamburg Arena are too small. "Obviously we're going to measure that again," club spokesman Joern Wolf said in response to claims by the city's Abendblatt newspaper that the crossbar is five centimetres lower than it should be. "It's a good thing no one hit the bar last week."
More balls, please
The chance would have been a fine thing in Sao Paulo, where referee Paulo Roberto Ferreira hit upon a novel way of kicking off a match between Rio Claro FC and GR Barueri. Officials are used to getting a hard time from the masses in the stands but Ferreira was a little perplexed to hear supporters united in a refrain of 'idiot' after merely blowing his whistle. He had, of course, overlooked the importance of a ball.
Blanket blues
The poor referee; he probably wished he could just go home, climb into bed and pull the duvet over his red face. He would have had no joy had he knocked at José Mourinho's door, however, after the Portuguese manager admitted to being in possession of some wholly inadequate bed linen. Ruminating about Chelsea FC's continuing injury problems, he mused: "It's like having a blanket that is too small for the bed. You pull the blanket up to keep your chest warm and your feet stick out. I cannot buy a bigger blanket because the supermarket is closed. But the blanket is made of cashmere!" Descartes would be proud.
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