English Premier League week 36 games in 2014 :1360

    Premier League week 36 games were played. Of course, I watched Chelsea's game. It is second game of series of three games with two old homes for Torres. I thought he was lined up in starting members in Chelsea, but It isn't so. I was disappointed it because I want Mourinho to line up him in all of series of three games with old homes. But not Chelsea is a team for Torres. When he belonged Liverpool, It was not mistake to say it a team for Torres. He was shining in Liverpool. He scored 24 goals in first season in Liverpool. It is the greatest record i Premier League. It is a record of goals of foreign players' goals recording in first season. It was not still broken. I think  Mourinho must have had a lot of ideas. In fact, modern soccer is as not easy as consisting of only a player. Soccer is a sport which is played by eleven players. Moreover, modern soccer's defense is solider than old soccer's defense. It is called zonal press. It is a way to defense without being broken defense's block. Because man mark defense was mainly adopted in old football, It was easy for attacker to break defense. But when Torres belonged to Liverpool, zonal press had already mainly adopted among top teams. In short, Torres at that time is a monster. Monsters always exist whenever we exist. But I could not see Torres when he was a monster because I was not interested in him at that time. It is the saddest thing for me. Mourinho appointed Ba. In recently, he might have recovered good condition. He was a good striker when he belonged to New Castle. He has been bad condition for about a year since he had come to Chelsea. The reason why he appointed no Torres and Eto'o but Ba might have been such a thing and tactics. Things thought on a tactics side are his height and his ability to score super goals. Mourinho might have thought Chelsea had to become defensive because Liverpool's two tops were proud of scoring about fifty goals, they were very offensive, Chelsea had to get goals in less chances than Liverpool, and in order to do it, a tall player got balls as many as possible from long ball, and he had to get precious goal. One more chance was set play, so to speak, corner kick, free kick, penalty kick, and so on.
    Then, I will wrote contents of the game since now. As expected, it advanced with Liverpool possessing a ball. Chelsea continued bouncing it. Liverpool made many chances whereas Chelsea could not make only few chances. Chelsea aimed counter attack, but area they robbed is too low to set counter attack directly because Liverpool is too aggressive. But just before the first half finished, honestly Chelsea scored first goal. It was very the good luck. It would be nightmare for Liverpool.
     They tried to construct attack after Chelsea's corner kick had ended in failure. The construction of attack is called "build up" in football vocabulary. Only Japanese people may call so, but I don't know if foreign people call so. When Liverpool built up, Three Liverpool's player pass each other at defense line. Build up makes attack easier. First step of it is to pass each other. While that, distance opens between a player band a player. Second step is passing a ball to become point of attack, a player at defense line passes a ball to a player in midfield in front of defense line. "Build up" is completed by complete them. There are some ways to complete first step of build up. In the case of Liverpool, Brendan Rodgers who is  manager of Liverpool used 4-2-3-1 as the basic formation. 4-2-3-1 is a formation to consist of 4 defenders, 2 defensive midfielders, 3 offensive midfielders, and a striker. It maybe changed 4-4-2, 4-1-4-1, or kept 4-2-3-1 when they were defensing, because It is easy to defense by making blocks as many as they can. Rodgers maybe used 3-4-3 when they were changing from defense to attack because it is easy to attack by using the number of players to attacks. He maybe used 2-1-3-4 when they were attacking. He maybe used 2-4-4 when they were too aggressive. It is not only so destructive but also cause destroyed own defense.
        First goal was born when Liverpool were maybe consisting of 3-4-3, step of build up. When teams build up, players who do it have to avoid enemies' press. In order to pass each other at defense line, defense line need three players at least. In the case of Liverpool, because both side back was in midfield when they built up, only two people was left at back line. It was not enough to build up. Because of it, Steven Gerrard who was one of the greatest passers in the world came to defense line and took part in build up, but unusually he made a serious mistake. He can't get a ball from Mamadou Sakho. He sent a good ball, but Gerrard took the wrong ball control. Ba didn't miss it. He robbed the ball and scored first goal by going through the ball between crotches of Simon Mignolet who was a goal keeper of Liverpool. It would be one of the most serious incidents in this season for Liverpool because Captain who supported the team for a long time, so to speak, the Legend living of Liverpool made the most serious mistake in the game requiring championship. Supporters of Liverpool must have been disappointed and some of them might have wondered if they could get the title but they gave up. They have never got the title since League's name had changed from Football League to Premier League, for 24 years. Because of it, their thought to the title was so strong and they may want to return favors to Gerrard. They became too aggressive from start to finish in the second half. Chelsea defensed very well.　Mourinho lined up eight players in front of goal in second half, but it was criticized after the game had finished. He was said " he lined up two buses in front of the goal. " Liverpool could not score readily, but just before the game finished, shouts of joy broke out at An Field. It is from supporter of Chelsea. they give the decisive blow to Liverpool. Liverpool was consisting of 2-4-4. What was worse. 2 of 4-4-2 located in front of half way line. It was happy for Torres who participate at 39 minute of second half to get rid of there. Chelsea's 8 players was also easy to pass him in large space behind Liverpool's defender. He didn't have to care about offside, because Offside was not applied own area, in front of half way line. He succeed in getting rid of there with Willian who is a Brazilian offensive midfielder and can hard work. Torres carried the ball to inside of penalty area and passed it to Willian. He scored calmly. I screamed. I wanted Torres to score. I said him " if you carried there, score by yourself." But I could think over about a lot of things. He might have chosen the best way to give the decisive blow to Liverpool, He might not have wanted to score to an old home, He had no confidence to score, and so on, but If he was the best condition like when he had belonged to Liverpool, He would score. Anyway, I was disappointed. Then the Referee whistled.
        Chelsea got a chance to win the title. But because it is impossible to win it by themselves, they win leaving two games and we hope Manchester city and Liverpool lost points in leaving games. I'm looking forward to being eon the title by Chelsea. (1360)
       

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE semifinal 1st leg vol.2 :323

    Chelsea defend completely from Atletico's attack.
    Chelsea lined up top players and Fernando Torres in starting members. Mourinho who is their boss said to a lot of journalists " I don't tell you that Torres will be lined up in starting members, but he may be in pitch for about 5 or 10 minutes.", but Torres was lined up in starting members. I thought Mourinho had told a lie to puzzle Diego Simeone who was Atletico's manager. I thought Mourinho was clever again. Finally, Fernando Torres was in pitch until having been whistled by referee and the game ended in a zero - all draw. Fernando Torres could not score to his old home, but his dribble and shoot was effective because his hart was burning. Torres was asked whether he returned to play at old home again in the future or not, but He answered to him or her " from a game to a game. " This word is often used by Diego Simeone who is a friend of Torres. This mean soccer players should concentrate on now. Unless they do so, they show their supporter the best performance. He seemed that he didn't think about far in the future.
     It was a good game. Diego Simeone told that It was advantage for Chelsea to having ended in a zero - all draw. I thought so, too. It is advantage because 2nd leg will be played in Stanford Bridge, so to speak, Chelsea's home, but Chelsea could score away goal is also a fact. They should be carefully. I hope Chelsea won the game in 3-0. 3 will be Torres' goals. I expect Torres will make hat trick.
     Next is against Liverpool. It is the series of three games with two old homes for Torres. I'm looking forward to winning the game, and I hope Torres scored to the old home which he had flourish for the first home. (323)

book review 1 :334

       THE STORY OF FOOTBALL is children's book. Story of football is written. Football was born in China over 2000 years ago. Chinese soldier booted balls made of goat fur into a tiny net to improve their aim with weapons hanging high above them.
        A hundred years later, the Roman army also trained with footballs. Their game involved running with a ball and kicking it over the team's line. As the Roman army conquered Europe, they introduced their ball game to new countries.
        Many people think the Romans introduced football to England too, but one story claims it was first played with the head of a Viking Prince. Football which was played between two villages' a lot of people was dangerous. The only thing that wasn't allowed was murder. Mayer of London banned it from the city's streets. But no one listened to him.
         In the 19th century, smaller teams of students began to play football. It was dangerous and had a lot of problems, so, in 1863, students from several schools and universities in England met to decide exactly how the game should be played. The group named themselves the Football Association (F.A.) and their new sport became known as soccer. The name soccer comes from the SOC in Football AsSOCiation.  A lot of rules were made by them.
         In 1823, players pick up the ball and Rugby was born.
        New types of football develop all over the world, including Australian Rules in 1858, American football in 1874, and Gaelic Football in Ireland in 1887.
       The first soccer World Cup kicks off in South America in 1930.
       The first American Football Superbowl is played to decide the top team in the USA in 1967.
       The first rugby World Cup is played in Australia and New Zealand in 1987.
       197 countries enter the 18th soccer World Cup, in Germany. The final is watched by over a billion fans around the world.
reference 
Jones, Rob. THE STORY OF FOOTBALL: Paddy Mounter (334)

Rob Lloyd Jones ; illustrated by Paddy Mounter

London : Usborne, 2007