So close you can taste it: Final squads announced
May 28, 2008
The last stage of preparation is over for UEFA 2008. All the final squads have been named, and now we can begin the countdown to the tournament. June 7 is just over a week away.
To see all the final squads, click here.
Counting the minutes…
Gökhan Gönül out for Turkey
May 24, 2008
Whatever Turkey does in UEFA this year, they’ll do it without Gökhan Gönül. He’ll be out with a right foot injury.
“Scans have showed that Gökhan should be rested for at least four weeks without participating in any training sessions,” said Turkey coach Fatih Terim. “We did our best to keep him in our squad but our players’ health is more important in any case. Therefore, we were forced to remove him from our squad.”
Petit set to retire
May 23, 2008
Portugal’s Petit has stated he’ll retire after UEFA 2008. He said: “We have players with a great future ahead of them in the Portugal midfield, so I think it’s time … this will probably be my last [UEFA] European Championship and my last matches for my country.”
Petit has had a memorable career, playing in the World Cup finals and the UEFA final, but knee and thigh injuries may spell the end for him.
Images from Bread and Soccer: In the Arena of Art
May 20, 2008
Some images from:
Bread and Soccer: In the Arena of Art
Austrian Cultural Forum
11 E 52nd St, New York City
acfny.org
May 27-September 13
Opening Reception: Tuesday, May 27th, 5-8pm
CLICK any of these images for a closer look:
Klaus Pobitzer, Soccer Girls, 2008
Martin Maximilian Michl & Markus Iser, Zine; 2006
Nives Widauer, Philosoccer, 2007
Documentation of Spencer Tunick’s Installation by Heidy Miglino, Vienna, Austria (Ernst Happel Stadium) 2008
Serge Spitzer, Global Culture (RED); 2004 - 2005
Monika Wührer, Wuzeln; 2008
Pia Lindman, Long Stars, 2004
Thomas Feuerstein, Flesh For Fantasy, 2008
Roderick Buchanan, Chasing 1000; 1994
Gustavo Artigas, The Rules of the Game, Sport Event, San Diego / Tijuana; 2000 - 2001
The Final Tournaments Dates
May 19, 2008
Tournament Dates and Times:
Tuesday, June 10; 7-10pm
Tuesday, July 15; 7-10pm
Thursday, September 4; 7-10pm
These events is FREE and open to the public, and free Austrian beer, a live announcer providing play-by-play of the action, and a DJ will keep the party going.
Wuzeln by Monika Wührer will feature foosball tournaments against members of New York’s professional soccer team, Red Bull New York. The public will have a chance to pit their foosball skills against others, as well as play against team members from New York’s own professional soccer team, the NY Red Bulls. Trophies made by the artist will be awarded to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place teams.
my panini
May 15, 2008
‘my panini:
I may have hesitated to write this. its simply too embarrasing. at my age, still collecting panini? dammit. Its an addiction….what can you do…
Who would have thought that the swiss are the top consumers of paniniin worldwide comparison (switzerland: 150 million images sold = 20/person = 11 x more than the germans = 40 x more than the italians = the inventors of the thing. panini are sold in 110 countries, yet switzerland alone makes up 10% of worldwide sales. [numbers via blick]). the swiss collect those silly footie stickers with a passion bordering on the frantic.
The austrians are probably not much better, except that the swiss have more money to spend on silly things like panini.
I have been doing the math. in order to fill the album clean, meaning you never get any doubles, would cost 120.- swiss francs. and with a rate of doubles of 33% at least the cost shoots up to 180.-. this is nuts. only when you are down to 20 images missing you can order the missing images directly.
In short:
That’s the panini addiction!
If anybody doesn’t know what panini is:
http://www.paninionline.com/collectibles/institutional/bt/uk/
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Fantasy is my reality
May 15, 2008
Euro 2008 fantasy is open for registration at ESPN.com. I don’t know about you, but for me, this is one of the best parts of any soccer tournament.
I think I’d make a better coach than Guus, don’t you? I suppose we’ll find out come June.
Hiddink’s squad a surprise
May 14, 2008
Among surprises in Guus Hiddink’s squad for Russia is midfielder Sergei Semak. He hasn’t played for the Russian national team since May 2006. Other surprises include FC Lokomotiv Moskva winger Renat Yanbaev, FC Krylya Sovetov Samara midfielder Oleg Ivanov and FC Spartak Moskva playmaker Aleksandr Pavlenko.
Hiddink has said that many of his players are there to build for the future. It’s still a surprise to many, but then, he is Guus Hiddink. If anybody knows what he’s ding, it’s Guus.
Foosball worm-up tomorrow in Washington Square Park
May 13, 2008
tomorrow @ around 7pm I will be in Washington Square Park with the Foosball table. Around 9:00pm, latest 9:30 I want to play a bit in the Open Source Gallery - 251 17th street, between 5th and 6th Avenue in Brooklyn.
last week in chelsea
May 13, 2008
photographs Miho Suzuki
