Soccer Update

A few weeks ago, I went to my brother’s soccer game. It wasn’t with the school team but with a separate soccer school called A.C. Milan. This school gives very talented players the chance to get noticed. Every year, this team goes to a city in Europe to compete and scouts from major teams come to find new talents. These scouts go to the school and choose a player to take to Europe and play. I actually met one of the players that was taken to play for a year. He was normal and down to Earth but also very talented. Anyways, this school gives many chances and that’s why my brother plays there. As I told you before, I went to see one of the games. The soccer field was normal sized and the players seemed a little bit older than 15. They looked professional and prepared unlike my brother. I’ve heard him say that in the school games he shines but in these games he’s unnoticeable. These players looked tough and ready to do whatever to take the ball. As I saw them play, I realized that I suck at playing soccer. Whenever they took the ball it looked like they didn’t even know the had the ball and they glided through the field. Whenever I take the ball, I look at it while I’m running. These players didn’t have to look at it. They knew it was there and they are so used to having it, they don’t have to concentrate on taking it but on getting through the field with it. It was amazing how they looked like they had been playing soccer for they’re whole lives. For them, soccer is a lifestyle not a sport. As I watched the players from both teams, I realized that it all takes practice. Even if you know all the theories, it all takes practice to be productive. This practice requires some sacrifice as I notice in all good players. Practice is also very useful because all players need a very good resistance to be able to play through the whole game. Our school games are very patronizing because they only last 60 minutes while professional games last 90 minutes. The games of A.C. Milan do last 90 minutes and that’s why it’s so very tiring. In my brother’s case, he can only play for half the game because he doesn’t have as much resistance as the rest of the players. When I watched the players play every minute until the game ended, they never stopped giving they’re best during the whole game. Even though they were tired, when they got the ball they would run as fast as possible with the ball. The two goals that they scored were amazing and were scored with so much style and perfectness. Watching the game was wonderful and I’m sure I am going to go watch one again.

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A few days ago, we all had a school trip to Manuel Antonio in Costa Rica. The second day we were there, we went to the beach but we weren’t allowed to get in the water which I think is ridiculous because there wasn’t any thunder and it was barely raining. After a while of taking pictures with my friends, I got bored of the same pictures and looked for something else to do. One one side of the beach, a bunch of boys were playing American Football but I wasn’t interested in playing that because they all become savages when they start playing. On the other side of the beach, there were some boys playing soccer. At first I was worried to go play with them because there were many dangerous rocks on the sides and I wasn’t sure if they would let me play. Then I noticed that Diana was playing soccer with them so I went to ask her how everything was. She told that I should play because it was very fun and the boys were not like the boys playing football. I asked  Ariel if I could play because he was the first one I saw and he said it was okay. I started a little shy because I wasn’t used to my team but after a while, I got used to it. I looked for the ball the whole time and when I got it, I tried to dribble with it as long as I could. Every once in a while I would hit a small rock and get hurt but I got over it quickly. There was one moment when I was close to the goal and I shot at the goal. I think I made a goal but I’m not sure because we went back to playing. There was one inconvenience throughout the game though. Every once in a while, a big wave would reach the area where we were playing and the ball was hard to control. It would float and go back to the beach along with the water. Luckily, it never got past the shore so it never got lost. Besides that, there where no other inconveniences until something very hurtful happened. One of the players, Brandon, was running with the ball and he hit his foot with a big, pointy rock. He cut his foot pretty bad because he was bleeding very bad. He stopped playing and after that, other people stopped, too, and the game ended. A few minutes later, we had to go back to the hotel. I enjoyed the game a lot because I had not played soccer like that in a long time. 

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I’m lost. For all of you readers that like this blog because it’s about soccer, I’m sorry to dispapoint you because I have no idea what to write anymore. Any suggestions? I mean, I really like soccer but to play it… not to write about it. I wanted to write about it at the beginning because I don’t have many passions and that was the only thing that came to my mind. But now, I’m starting to regret it. When writing posts, I can’t really express my feelings that much because it’s all about collecting the facts and that just bores me. Let’s say I decide to write about a soccer game. Yes, I can say how I feel about the results and the players but it’s mostly just collecting the facts and reporting what happened. It involves research and time but I prefer to talk about something that I know about and don’t have many opportunities in giving voice to the writing. The other day in class, we had a discussion about giving voice to our writing. Voice is very important because it differentiates out writing from the rest which is very important because writing something is not the same thing as saying it. When saying something, we can give it our “personal touch” but when writing something, it’s just the same as everything else so voice is something very important so that people feel like they’re talking to them and that there is a uniqueness in the writing. When I write about soccer, it is harder for me to give that voice to my blog. So what can I do to give that voice but still talk about soccer? Well, let me tell you that I’m going to keep writing about soccer for the rest of the school year but I’m going to try to write more about some experiences that I myself had with soccer than informing about a soccer event.

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The other day the middle school was told that there was going to be a soccer game at ICS. The soccer season had ended so we were all surprised that there was a soccer game out of the sudden. We were told about 2 weeks before so when the day came, I had already forgotten. I hadn’t brought the soccer uniform nor the cleats and socks. I wasn’t ready to play and I wasn’t feeling very well to go so I decided not to go to the game. Unfortunately, not many people were going so I was asked to go. I had to call my mom quickly so that I could get my uniform on time and be able to go play. My mom was able to get the stuff on time and I hurried to get ready. So we went to the school after a half hour bus ride. When we got there, we waited for the other team to get there so that we could start playing. We were having this game because the ICS school was having of a sports day. We were in the semifinals but the other team never came and we won for default so we went directly to play in the finals with ICS. The game was different than other games because we only played with 6 players including the goalkeeper and the game only lasted 30 minutes with 15 minutes each half. The game was quick but not that easy. The other team’s goalkeeper was very good and tough. She wasn’t afraid to jump in front of the ball and risk getting hurt. There was another girl that really got in my nerves because she wouldn’t let me play and one time, I  was running with the ball and she bumped into me from the side and I fell to the ground. I wasn’t hurt or anything but it really annoyed me. The rest of the game went pretty well. Marian scored a goal and the other team scored a goal, too. It was a tie so we went to penalties. After a long while of shooting at the goal, Eva scored a goal and we won the finals. We won the tournament and a trophy was given to us. Even though the game wasn’t that long, I had a really good time and enjoyed playing again.

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