| 1st Place = $ 190 : SalsaKing (Ricardo A) 2nd Place = $ 95 : Thecomebacker (Edmund L) *-wins tiebreaker 3rd Place = $ 65 : Russo (Alex R) 4th Place = $ 40 : The Mighty Mobelfakta (David F) | |||||
HWCI's 38th overall pool! Our 3rd EURO pool is over! Congrats to Gli Azzurri who wins our pool! See you in June 2024!
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Congrats, Winners!
Italy v Spain
14': ESP scores off a great pass by Fabregas! ITA has not trailed so how will they respond? Can SalsaKing taste the title?
16': ITA Pirlo with a good FK opportunity (he's the only one to score a FK goal in the last 2 EUROs)
25': ESP's Pique gets first yellow... doesn't look like we'll get the ugly WC final when 13 cards were given
29': ITA's Cassano's shot nutmegs two defenders but not the GK
41': Jessica Alba, I mean Jordi Alba, gets a Beckham-esque pass through two defenders and puts it away for a 2-0 lead. I guess a lot of goals are scored in the final as a team has scored two goals 12 of 13 finals (11-0-1). Is SalsaKing dancing?
12:35: Halftime! All hope is not lost. The SJ Earthquakes just came from 3-1 down to beat the LA Galaxy... of course, that's MLS and not elite international competition. But there's hope.
61': Not good for ITA. A sub is injured and no subs left. Now playing with 10 men. ITA were lucky earlier in the half, though, to not get a handball in the box penalty which could've iced it for ESP. ESPN just flashed ESP is 41-3-4 in their last 48 competitive matches -- of course, USA had one of those wins!
75': ESP's Fernando Torres is entering the match! Gordo or Pando? Fabregas out.
81': Considering ESP hasn't given up a goal in 500 minutes in knockout rounds, ITA should be toast.
84': Torres puts the game in the refrigerator! 3-0. SalsaKing should be counting his money now. Torres is the 6th to have 3 goals but would win the Golden Boot with 1 assist and a better point to minute ratio.
88': Torres is unselfish and passes to Juan Mata who scores ESP's 4th goal!
90': 3 painful minutes of stoppage time.
1:36: OVER! Balotelli storms off the field, ESP celebrating (as is SalsaKing)! ESP is the first team to win 3 straight major titles! Dynasty and best team ever? Who needs David Villa?
Love how they engrave the trophy on the spot (like they couldn't start in the 84' when Torres scored). ITA at least gets into the FIFA Confederations Cup.
16': ITA Pirlo with a good FK opportunity (he's the only one to score a FK goal in the last 2 EUROs)
25': ESP's Pique gets first yellow... doesn't look like we'll get the ugly WC final when 13 cards were given
29': ITA's Cassano's shot nutmegs two defenders but not the GK
41': Jessica Alba, I mean Jordi Alba, gets a Beckham-esque pass through two defenders and puts it away for a 2-0 lead. I guess a lot of goals are scored in the final as a team has scored two goals 12 of 13 finals (11-0-1). Is SalsaKing dancing?
12:35: Halftime! All hope is not lost. The SJ Earthquakes just came from 3-1 down to beat the LA Galaxy... of course, that's MLS and not elite international competition. But there's hope.
61': Not good for ITA. A sub is injured and no subs left. Now playing with 10 men. ITA were lucky earlier in the half, though, to not get a handball in the box penalty which could've iced it for ESP. ESPN just flashed ESP is 41-3-4 in their last 48 competitive matches -- of course, USA had one of those wins!
75': ESP's Fernando Torres is entering the match! Gordo or Pando? Fabregas out.
81': Considering ESP hasn't given up a goal in 500 minutes in knockout rounds, ITA should be toast.
84': Torres puts the game in the refrigerator! 3-0. SalsaKing should be counting his money now. Torres is the 6th to have 3 goals but would win the Golden Boot with 1 assist and a better point to minute ratio.
88': Torres is unselfish and passes to Juan Mata who scores ESP's 4th goal!
90': 3 painful minutes of stoppage time.
1:36: OVER! Balotelli storms off the field, ESP celebrating (as is SalsaKing)! ESP is the first team to win 3 straight major titles! Dynasty and best team ever? Who needs David Villa?
Love how they engrave the trophy on the spot (like they couldn't start in the 84' when Torres scored). ITA at least gets into the FIFA Confederations Cup.
The Veteran Dancer vs. The Reality TV Veteran
It's kind of crazy that so many people still flock to the drive-in and even more shocking that they still exist. Went with the family to see Madagascar 3 (didn't stick around for Rock of Ages) and people were still filing in at 10:45 at night which caused headaches getting out. But a neat experience harkening the past. Not too far in the past that I do remember using FM for the sound (vs the heavy speaker hooked to the window).
Well, our HWCI EURO pool has no past as this is the first one (of many). We just need a soccer pool in 2013 (FIFA Confederations Cup is too short and only has 8 teams -- but convince me) and 2015 (with Women's World Cup expanding to 24 teams, a possibility).
Well, good luck to our two finalists for the inaugural title. We won't name the trophy after you, because, uh, there is no trophy, but it will be an honor nonetheless. Will it be Ricardo A's SalsaKing or Bernice P's Adivinanza? The former works and runs the press box during Chivas USA matches and after games goes dancing while the latter once ran public relations for the San Diego Spirit of the defunct pro women's soccer league WUSA (not to be confused with the WPS, which finally folded this year) and turned adventurer and reality TV star. The former also seems to win Sam N's (V2 Wedding Bells!!! and V2 Divorce Court!) LA Galaxy stat crew PANDO Pools while the latter will try to become our 3rd female champ of the last 4 soccer pools. One of them will be $195 richer. Good luck!
Issue # 7.3.1 "Azzurri vs La Furia Roja..."
Well, the end is near. The penultimate issue!
Spain (3-0-2) Real Federación Española de Fútbol |
vs. |
Italy (2-0-3) Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio |
It'll be SalsaKing vs Adivinanza for the inaugural title
"All or nothing, huh? That's how I roll!" -- Advinanza
"Let's do this!! I won't be able to watch the game in peace now" -- SalsaKing
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