To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (5112) | 12/3/2022 6:45:46 PM | From: X Y Zebra | | |
as a teenager, i had a great passion for the sport...
once i cried of frustration and anger as my favorite team lost... -lol
Brazil won its first World Cup in Sweden in 1958 with Pele, still a teenager (17)... Brazil 5 x 2 Sweden (in Stockholm)
Vavá (2) Pelé (2) & Zagallo scored for Brazil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Syncd5yq8o4
i watched (on TV) Brazil's Pelé beat Czechoslovakia. 3 x 1 in the final in 1962 in Chile....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnV_ezpSMI0
Pelé was injured, did not play in the final, Garrincha, Zito Amarildo and Vavá scored for Brazil... that was their 2nd WC
then i was at Wembley in 1966.
Pelé was injured in a game against Bulgaria and never came out of the group play
in the final England (and the famous ghost goal) defeated W. Germany 4 x 2...
one hell of a thriller game... Germany scoring first... England tying and going ahead 2 x 1, and in the last minute of regular time Germany tied the game 2 x 2 in overtime,,, the ghost goal came...
i was there, and i saw the ball hit the crossbar, bounced (not in) and out... the linesman (a Russian if i remember correctly) said it had gone in... -lol... Germany lost all hope, and England scored its 4th goal to clear all doubts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMDuHPvNtgg
then in Mexico City watched at the Azteca Stadium Brazil's win of their 3rd World Cup (Jules Rimet - which meant they kept it for good), beating Italy 4 x 1.... in fairness... the Italians were "spent" due to their semifinal match against west Germany, beating them 4 x 3 in over-time fiercely played (yes i watched that too)... and in my opinion, THAT game has been the BEST match of football ever played.
Italy went ahead 1 x 0... in the last minute of regular time Germany scores the equalizer.... to over time...
in which Germany goes ahead 2 x 1.... and on and on.... best to watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIxr3kQnYvk
so after such an exciting game (and tiring).... Italy went to the final against the BEST verde-amarela ever assembled
Final 1970 Mexico city
Brazil 4 x 1 Italy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZRdegSdrBI
Brazil (with Pelé) win their 3rd WC hence keeping the Jules Rimet trophy for good. (1958 Sweden, 1962 - Chile, 1970 Mexico)
enjoy....
edit:
no idea why the links are not "live", so copy and paste
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To: X Y Zebra who wrote (5113) | 12/3/2022 8:43:36 PM | From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell | | | I graduated from college in 1982 and toured Europe for July and August with my then girlfriend (an American who lived in Brussels because her father worked at ITT). Even at campsites we noticed people gathering to watch the World Cup (which was meaningless to us). Italy had beaten W Germany prior to us getting that far away from Belgium. I figured, what the heck, I'll buy a commemorative t-shirt. It took me days to find one, and a really generic crappy one that was a size too small at that. Times sure have changed.
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To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (5116) | 12/11/2022 9:06:05 AM | From: X Y Zebra | | | Crazy indeed....
how about Morocco's victory over Portugal.... ?
i think Portugal was a little unlucky, including Ronaldo missing so many gols.....
but credit to the Moroccan goalie for sure ! Portugal 0 x 1 Morocco
France advances over England 2 x 1 Kane missing a penalty |
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To: X Y Zebra who wrote (5104) | 2/14/2023 8:36:44 PM | From: X Y Zebra | | | speaking of Hungary....
and NOT relevant to fútbol...
i read this in Capital Exploits newsletter
A top Ukraine official acknowledged what we’ve been saying all along — that the mighty Ukrainian military is NOT about to win.
On the contrary, they’re getting hammered. A meat grinder.
And now Hungary is preparing. Preparing for what, you ask?
Well, what is the step for the US… urgh, I mean Ukraine when they’re winning so hard that Russia will be in control by spring?
As I mentioned in a recent issue, the US/NATO/EU cannot lose. The harm to the US military hegemony would be a game changer. The rest of the world and all the military intelligence, from Delhi to Beijing to Ankara and even Tel Aviv, knows full well this is a US war.
So what do they do? If their previous actions are anything to go by, they ramp up the conflict, attempting to ensure other so-called participants “HAVE TO” join. This was what the bombing of the Nordstream pipeline was designed to do. To cut off all options, forcing Germany in particular to follow Washington’s policy.
Now, ahead of time, Orban is preempting a declaration of war by NATO. Hungary wants no part in this, but under their current NATO and EU membership they’d be obliged regardless.
Is Orban prepping for the time when he has to take his country out of the EU and out of NATO? If he was to do that (and I’m not saying that this is what he’s doing, merely that it is a logical and possible explanation), then he’d get rid of all the pro-NATO military because, by golly, he’s going to need a strong ideological position domestically within the military if he is to succeed in doing so. He’d almost certainly understand that the CIA would be active in promoting a “colour revolution” that would appear out of nowhere like a military myocarditis.
In a recent speech Orban had this to say:
The West violated Central Europe’s 1000 year old borders and history . It has pushed us to indefensible limits. Deprived of our natural resources. Cut off from natural resources. Made our country a house of mourning. They redrew the borders of Central Europe without moral concerns. Just as they drew the borders of Africa and the Middle East. This we will never forget.
Aristotle, 2,500 years ago, wrote a book on the constitutions of Greece. He wrote, “All these constitutions call themselves democracies, but they are really oligarchies.”
Look around you and tell me that today’s so-called democracies are not run by a financial oligarchy. Many call it the deep state, but what exactly is the deep state? It is a financial oligarchy.
Takeaways?Well, I think the euro is F.U.K.T (fragile, useless, korrupt, and terminal). So there’s that, but you know what else I’ll be looking out for? Should this indeed be the case, then when or if Hungary announces its exit, I expect Hungarian assets to immediately be sold by European institutions, not because they necessarily disagree but because everything has become so politicised that holding assets of Hungary would be immediately deemed “unpatriotic” and/or sanctioned.
We’ll wait for that to play out and then go hunting and probably buy the snot out of Hungary. If they can extract themselves from the WEF puppets, then there is hope.
I do realise that Hungary is a tiny landlocked country and really this works only where it gains momentum as/if others join. Serbia? Quite possibly. Italy under Maloni? Sure, I can see that, though for reasons stated other than the Russkie angle. Croatia, sensing the tide turning? I wouldn’t discount it. |
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