Defensive Midfielder: The Unsung Hero and The Silent Warrior

In case you meet any children who really enthusiast about football and you ask him who is his favorite football player, in this day, they will apparently say a group of these footballers, like Iker Casillas, Gianluigi Buffon, Frank Lampard, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, etc. It is very rare for those children to say player like Xabi Alonso, Sergio Busquets, Danielle De Rossi, Michael Carrick as their favorite football players. This also happens to the most people who do not like and do not really know about football. They will apparently express the same things about their favorite footballers. However, in girl cases, their favorite player is every footballers who has good-looking and cool faces. LoL.

That phenomena is merely natural remembering those mentioned player are clearly amazing and always consistent in performance. Furthermore, the case of favorite player for most people is normally affected by the amount of goals, assist, dribble, and saves that created by the players, individually. That’s why the name like Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Manuel Neuer, are more familiar than players like Sergio Busquets, Michael Carrick and Xabi Alonso or other players who has role as defensive midfielder, or the holding midfielder.

World Cup 2014: Rio’s Verdict

After undergoing plenty of matches which brought drama, bitterness, anger, joy, and tears, finally, we reach the final stages of World Cup 2014 that concludes Germany and Argentina to craft a new history in Maracana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro. That means there will be a historical match with full of passion, excitement, and spirit coming up by hours!!! Yet, in the same time, sadly, it is also a sign that this 4 years event is going to meet its end T_T

This final between Germany and Argentina is really interesting. It is one of the most ideal scenario for final game by referring both teams performance during world cup 2014. They have shown to the world that they were able to beat other world class team during the tournament. And this final is surely a deserved prizes for them.

World Cup 2014: The Guardian Angels

Actually, I have written this similar article in Bahasa Indonesia with title of Kiper = Malaikat Sepakbola. Yet, due to this world cup spirit, I’d like to write over this topic in World Cup 2014 version. This topic really triggers me because of several good goalkeeper show up in this tournament. Several infamous goalkeeeper showed brilliant performance during this tournament, such as Guilermo Ochoa (Mexico), Keylor Navas (Costa Rica), and Raïs M'Bolhi (Algeria). They even could create difficulties to high profile team like Brazil, Italy, and Germany!

Beside, this is the best position where I am able to give my best whenever Im playing football..^_^

World Cup 2014: Germany is My Favorite, but Belgium will be The Center of Attention and Japan is Our Best Asia Representatives

Since several months ago, apparently, every attention of the world started to focus on the upcoming World Cup 2014 in Brazil, by the numbers of days, the event will be started. However, in my beloved country, Indonesia, the atmosphere of this event has been immensely distracted by the National Election which has been held on April 9^th for the representative’s election and will be going on July 9^th for the presidential election. And honestly my attention was also distracted because of that, since I also concern and always put interest about the national politics issues in my country. When I realized, the event which was introduced by my beloved father in 1998 and made me among the football maniacs in the world, is going to start very soon, so then I conditioned myself to be prepared for this 4 years event. And this writing is one of the result J

Decisive Clash for Lisbon Verdict: whether Madrid, Munich, or London ?

This 2013/2014 season, the Final Game of UEFA Champions League will be held in Da Luz Stadium, Lisbon, where also the home of SL Benfica. Currently, The Lisbon Verdict is still waiting for the representatives that would come from 3 famous cities in Europe: Madrid, Munich or London. Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Bayern Munich, and Chelsea will have the decisive battle in Semifinal Stage of UEFA Champions League 2013/2014. Due to the drawing, Real Madrid will faces Bayern Munich meanwhile Chelsea will deal with Barcelona’s slayer, Atletico Madrid.

Which one will you choose between Cech or Courtois, Mou?

Commonly, A Football Club has only 1 High-profile Goalkeeper which then conveyed by two or three back-up Goalkeeper to undergo season. And obviously, The Back-up Goalkeeper should have less quality compared to The High-profile one. Meanwhile, in this very day, Chelsea FC owns 2 Great Goalkeeper in the same time. Chelsea has Petr Cech that undoubtedly stands among The Best in the world, and Thibaut Courtois, who recently considered as The Best Young Goalkeeper in the world. This news seems very delightful for the club for having these two great goalkeeper. 

Perbedaan Flash Point, Fire Point, & Auto-Ignition

Bahasan ini sangat menarik untuk siapa saja yang ingin memahami tentang fenomena yang ada pada bahan bakar. Ketiga istilah ini pasti akan ditemukan jika kita mulai mendalami masalah bahan bakar, karena sebenarnya ketiga istilah ini merupakan pengetahuan dasar dalam prosedur keselamatan kerja yang berkaitan dengan bahan-bahan yang mudah terbakar/meledak

Namun karena saya tidak begitu tahu terjemahan Bahasa Indonesia dari ketiga istilah serapan tersebut, jadi, untuk kesempatan kali ini saya akan mencetak miring ketiga istilah tersebut. Harap maklum. Hehe.

Dimana Goal Poacher sekarang?

Artikel ini saya tulis karena, jujur, saya rindu dengan sosok striker seperti ini setiap kali menonton pertandingan sepakbola. Di era sepakbola modern sekarang ini, keberadaan striker seperti ini sulit ditemui. Dewasa ini, posisi ini seringkali terlihat hanya sebagai penghangat bangku cadangan. Padahal, sejak tahun 80 hingga awal 2000, posisi ini selalu menjadi momok yang menakutkan bagi bek-bek lawan.