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Det krävs ordentligt med förberedelser inför en alpin World Cup. Dagarna innan tävling inspekteras underlaget i backen och då gäller det att ha koll på väderleksprognosen så förberedelserna blir korrekta. Hårt (läs: isigt) underlag i backen är ett måste. Tävlingsåkarna vill ha hårda och jämna förhållanden. Underlaget är att likna vid en skridskois. Att försöka gå ut i backen med vanlig kängor är inte att tänka på. Det slutar i regel med att man hamnar längst ned i backen. Det är knappt att man klarar av att hålla sig kvar med pjäxor på fötterna. Funktionärer, fotografer och andra i backen har knivskarpa stegjärn på fötterna för att inte åka på ändan.
För att få till ett ishårt underlag måste snötäcket mättas med vatten. Det kallas att "balka". Med hjälp av högtryck skjuter man helt enkelt vatten en bit ned i snön så vattnet tillsammans med snön ska frysa och bilda en stenhård kaka. Det gäller att pressa vattnet under översta snöytan annars blir det bara en ytlig isskorpa som går sönder efter de första åkarna i banan. Det här är ett krävande jobb som görs för hand. Två personer går steg för steg och flyttar "balken" som har fler vattenmunstycken längs ett långt rör.
Printable 2018 FIFA World Cup group stage schedule. The 2018 World Cup group stage starts on June 14, 2018 and will be finish on June 28, 2018. The World Cup schedule includes the date, time, and opponents for each soccer match. Print out the full FIFA World Cup Bracket before the knockout round starts June 30th. printableteamschedules.com/worldcup.php
Last night I started watching Cautiva, a 2005 Argentine film about a girl who discovers that her parents aren't who she thought they were. The first few minutes are all clips from the 1978 World Cup held in Argentina during the military dictatorship when an estimated 9,000 - 30,000 citizens where disappeared. Three years before junta leader General Jorge Rafael Videla presented the trophy to the Argentine team after they defeated the Dutch (poor Holland) in the finals he stated: "As many people as necessary must die in Argentina so that the country will again be secure." That was 32 years ago and 8 World Cups ago. It's amazing how much has changed. Last World Cup I was in Brazil with Eli. This time Mexico with Alex. This World Cup has reminded me that nationalism still exists, but it's a different beast than it once was.
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Anoche empece a ver Cautiva, una película argentina de 2005 sobre una chica que sus descubre que sus padres no son lo que ella pensaba. Los primeros minutos son todos clips de la Copa Mundial de 1978 que se realizó en Argentina durante la dictadura militar cuando un estimado de 9.000 - 30.000 ciudadanos fueron desaparecidos. Tres años antes del General Jorge Rafael Videla presentó el trofeo al equipo argentino después de que derrotó a los holandeses (pobres de Holanda) él declaró: "en la Argentina deberán morir todas las personas que sean necesarias para lograr la seguridad del país. " Eso fue hace 32 años y hace 8 Copas. Es increíble cómo se ha cambiado tanto el mundo. Durante la última Copa Mundial estuve en Brasil con Eli. Esta vez en México con Alex. Me ha recordado que el nacionalismo aún existe, pero es algo distinto de lo que alguna vez era.
Tokyo, Team's World Cup Group - Match 2 , ZEN-NOH 2019 ITTF Team World Cup, Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo 2019/11/06.
Well, not quite...
but it was the 10th of April, in Rome, and I cast a spell on the cup: "You'll be back. Soon!"
Here are the photos from the England vs Panama group game, supported by Budweiser and MatchPint. Head to claphamgrand.com for info on all future games!
[photo source: Getty Images / Team England's Frank Lampard reacts to his uncounted goal against Team Germany. Now forever marred (or scarred) in the team's history; FIFA gets more frowned at.]
Edited on June 28: Added video footage of Lampard's "goal that never was"...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aO9Rfnz8YPM&feature=player_em...
Germany vs England
(04 - 01)
Grilled.
This is the English's eighth straight defeat by the Germans? Did I hear that right? Then again, who's counting?
The Germans scored an effortless (yet tactical) streak of four goal in their performance against the English. Heck, they didn't seem like they broke a sweat, while the game play was intense. England's strange attitude showed in their performance at start as if their spirits never lifted since their play against their bittersweet buddy USA or scoreless game against Algeria (then being booed at by their own fans). Surely the English defeated Slovenia, but this is Germany. Their biggest foe, yet. As soon as the English scored their first goal (at around :35') into the game their spirits were lifted and they were back into playing "the game". Less cranky, would be the term.
Then, there was the controversial second goal made by Frank Lampard (England). The ball ricochet off the top bar of the goal's gate and made its way into the goal past the boundary line on its own (a clear goal by replay) and then swiftly rescued out by the German goal keeper on its second bounce off the ground. All the referee caught was that the ball never made its way into the goal.
That, of course, will be forever be marked down in the English team's history. Even with that second score, the Germans defeated the English with two more straight goals afterward. A total of four.
The English superstar David Beckham can only look out to his team on the field. Ambivalent, almost.
Germany advances to the next quarter-quarter finals (or semi-finals or whatever you want to call it now) to face against the winner to this afternoon's match: Argentina or Mexico.
Germany and Spain are the two remaining top European countries competing in the Cup.
I can imagine how the European TV viewers have slimmed since the last two major countries (France and Italy) exited the games.
Now, England is going home too.