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I Scored A Goal In The Final
Alcides Ghiggia (Uruguay, 1950)
Ghiggia almost single-handedly sent the nation of Brazil into spiraling depression when he scored in the de facto final of the 1950 World Cup in Brazil. The Selecao needed only a draw in the final group game to win the world title, and when the Brazilians went up by a goal, it looked like theirs. But Uruguay equalized at the hour mark and Ghiggia put the squad ahead in the 79th minute, wrong-footing the Brazilian keeper and tucking the ball into the near post.
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Tags: 1950, 79th, Alcides Ghiggia, Brazil, Final, goal, Uruguay, World Cup
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May 28th, 2010 | by admin
Week 3
The Greeks give it a miss. My father warned me about this day. History repeats itself. And as southern europe stood in disarray after the fall of Alexander it was left up to a mighty Roman, Augustus, to continue the progression of our civilisation. But unfortunately I’m english, and at the time of Augustus, civilised was not something the english were well adversed with. And on this day, with the greeks gone and no romans in site, I found myself in Brossard…alone, in charge of both teams and holding a large box of socks, more socks than I’d ever held before.
Division B
Luckily I quickly realised that I wasn’t there alone, I was there as part of Ringleaders FC and as I handed out the new socks to my team mates I knew we were capable of anything. So at 4pm, RFC 2 lined up for their game against Real Montreal and the team stepped up and put in an extremely solid performance. Unfortunately, we were limited to sharing the points with Real Montreal, with the post and crossbar presenting us with seemingly unfathomable problems, but with Rod making some extremely sharp saves we were not too disappointed with the draw and left the field somewhat content. The game finished 2-2.
Division C
As RFC warmed up for their 5pm game against Once Amigos, the confidence we were taking from RFC 2’s performance in the first game quickly dissipated as I was faced with a referee holding a horribly inaccurate team sheet. After 25 minutes of haggling with the flimsy bureaucracy we had to paid to govern us, two of our players were deemed illegible to play. This ruling was outrageous and cloud of negativity and confusion descended upon the team.
This aura of confusion seriously affected our play and we lacked the concentration needed to put a stop to our somewhat consistent opponents. We fell to defeat for the second week in a row with the lowly result of 6 to 1. Heads dropped as we left and I knew it was going to take more than the return of the Greeks next week to pick us up.
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After his much inspiring first goal of the season, Jesse Bowden is on the rise. Matchday three is on a “Brigade” tip, paying tribute to Dirty Rotten Imbeciles.
Real Montreal 2-2 RFC 2 (—)
RFC 1-6 Once Amigos (—)
Tags: Brigade, Brossard, Dirty Rotten Imbeciles, goal, Jesse Bowden, matchday, Once Amigos, Real Montreal, RFC, RFC 2, Ringleaders FC, Rod
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Dec 12th, 2009 | by admin
