Terms and nicknames in football

Sometimes I read articles about football and couldnt understand nick names or terms they use. I would like to build a so-called database to better understand these phrases. So here is a few that I know and if you know more please add:

1. Raul - El Siete (the seven), El Gran Capitan
2. Zidane - Zizou (nama manja)
3. Fernando Torres -El nino (the kid)
4. Sergio Aguero - Kun (based from a cartoon that looks a lot like him)
5. El classico - Real Madrid VS Barcelona
6. Scouser - Liverpool people I think
7. Madristas - Madrid citizens
8. Ole gunner Solskjaer - Baby face assasin
9. Shevchenko - Vento dell'Est (Eastern Wind)
10. Ronaldo Brazil - Fenomeno, El Grodo (the fatty)
11. Pele - Rai (King)
12. Nedved - Cannone ceco (Czech Canon)
13. Maradonna - Pelusa (Dishevelled One)
14. Hand of God - Maradonna World cup goal with hands against England
15. Oliver Kahn - Gengis Khan
    
16. Inzaghi - Super Pippo
17. Capello - Professor
18. Batistuta - Batigol
19. Tevez - Apache
20. Baptista - the beast
21. Paul Gascoigne - Gazza
22. Buffon - Gigi
23. Franz Beckenbaur - Kaiser
24. Cannavaro - the berlin wall
25. Higuain - El papita
26. Gattuso - Rino
27. Ribery - Scarface
28. Henry - Titi
29. Anelka - Le Sulk
30. Dennis Bergkamp - Non-flying Dutchman (he hates aeroplanes and the flying Dutchman is a legendary ghost ship) my personal favorite sebab ironic

Banyak lah pulak.. but you can always add more

NATS Player of The Week - Week 10

NATS Player of The Week 10 - Shahrul Izham

23.50 Points

NATS Weekly : 6th December 2009

Permainan NATS Sunday Futsal pada minggu ini bertarikh 6 Disember 2009 telah menyaksikan aksi yang mantap dah jitu dan kompetitif sehinggakan lampu akhir di padamkan.

Edisi kali ini menyaksikan kemunculan julung kalinya Amru dan Sabry di medan NATS. Amru dan Sabry di pilih sebagai captain untuk pasukan masing. Di bawa bersama temannya Siti Fadzilah untuk memberikannya semangat untuk berjuang. Captain pasukan (yang mendapat extra 1 point kerana menjalankan tugas2 ketua pasukan) untuk kali ini terdiri dari:

• Amru
• Irwan
• Sabry

Keputusan kali ini menyaksikan Syauqi sebagai NATS Player of The Week untuk minggu ke-11 dengan pungutan mata 20.50 markah. Tahniah di ucapakan pada Syauqi.

Pasukan yang memenangi perlawanan paling banyak pada kali ini berdasarkan Kertas Calit adalah Team Amru. Setiap ahli pasukan ini akan mendapat extra 1 markeah setiap seorang.

Kali ini pasukan-pasukan agak seimbang berbanding pada edisi-edisi yang lepas. Tetapi masih terdapat beberapa keputusan pengadil luar padang yang agak kontroversi. Biar panas supaya aksi di atas padang juga lebih hangat.

Berikut adalah pungutan mata oleh pemain-pemain NATS yang hadir:

Saves 0.5; Defense 1.0; Assist 1.0; Goals 1.0; Own Goal -1.0

Player	Saves	Defence	Assist	Goals	Own Goal	Total
Syauqi	15	7	1	4	0	20.5
Shahrul	6	7	7	1	0	19.0
Afnan	5	7	3	5	0	17.5
Lukman	7	3	2	7	0	16.5
Shafiq	0	7	3	5	0	15.0
Jini	7	6	1	3	0	14.5
Kimi	0	7	4	3	0	14.0
Mazleen	16	2	2	1	0	13.0
Irwan	13	1	3	1	0	12.5
Shah	5	4	2	4	0	12.5
Zul	0	8	0	5	1	12.0
Sabry	16	1	0	1	0	11.0
Bo	3	4	1	4	0	10.5
Fadzli	2	7	2	1	1	10.0
Mazlan	6	1	3	2	0	10.0
Amru	0	3	0	2	0	7.00
Izwan	0	4	1	2	1	6.00
Aznam	2	2	0	1	0	4.00

Gambar-gambar dan video juga ada untuk refleksi pada perlawanan pada minggu lepas:

Team Amru

 Team Sabry

Team Irwan

Captain-captain melakukan percaturan sebelum aksi bermula

 

FIFA Names World Footballer of The Year 2009 Nominees

FIFA have named the 5 nominees for the FIFA World Footballer of The Year 2009, which will be presented on 21st December 2009 in Zurich, Switzerland. The nominees in alphabetical order are:

Andreas Iniesta
Barcelona FC & Spain
Midfielder

Kaka
Real Madrid & Brazil
Midfielder

Lionel Messi
Barcelona FC & Argentina
Midfielder/ Forward

Cristiano Ronaldo
Real Madrid & Portugal
Midfielder/ Forward

Xavi Hernandez
Barcelona FC & Spain
Midfielder

Clearly, it is dominated by two teams from La Liga and this shows that most of the great players are in the La Liga. Lionel Messi is the frontrunner for the award after winning the Ballon d'Or and his Barca team mate , Xavi Hernandez is a close second.

World Cup 2010 South Africa Draw Increases the Heat

Last Friday, in South Africa, the World Cup 2010 draw was held in a glittering affair. After the dust settled, Group G was considered the Group of Death as Brazil, Portugal and the Ivory Coast were drawn together with North Korea.

The groupings are as below:

So, which team is your favourite & NATS maybe can have a World Cup viewing like 4 years ago with the BBQ, games and food. Lets make it happen!