England vs Spain: The Story of Poppy

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Why Poppy?Before I talk about the game, let’s talk about a little history here. England tried so hard just to get FIFA to allow the national team wears poppies in the friendly match against Spain. So what is so significant of this flower? It simply because the poppies was one of the only plants that grew on the battlefields, around the fallen soldiers, after World War One. Therefore, people nowadays wear the flower as memorial to those who died during World War One and many other conflicts after. Poppy day is also for people to raise money and help ex-soldiers and their families.

Book Review: Soccernomics

Book Title:Soccernomics: Why England Loses, Why Germany and Brazil Win, and Why the U.S., Japan, Australia, Turkey and even Iraq are Destined to Become the Kings of the World’s Most Popular Sport

Author:Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski

What is it about: It is about soccer (football) and economic. ;) Yeah, we know you can tell that from the book title. We highly recommend those who love the beautiful game and want to know more in depth statistics about the game to read this book. It analyzes football in a economical way, which is very interesting, and don’t worry, the two authors did not use a lot of economical terms. It is easy to read and easy to understand, even for people like us, who have zero sense in economy. This book analyzes interesting football phenomenon using statistics, graphs, numbers and help you understand more about the relationship between the game, and the outcomes. There is one chapter we strongly recommend, it is chapter 6, The Economist’s fear of the penalty kick: Are penalties cosmically unfair, or only if you are Nicolas Anelka?

What's Villa, 'El Guaje' up to?

image via his facebook page

While most players still enjoying their holiday on a beach somewhere, David Villa took his time to play football with these kids, in his home town.
All these 'guajes' were wearing a shirt with our 'El Guaje' on it!