World Cup 2010 - new results

There were new games played in World Cup. These are the results:

Ghana - Australia 1-1

Netherlands - Japan 1-0

Cameroon - Denmark 1-2

Slovakia - Paraguay 0-2

Italy - New Zealand 1-1

Brazil - Côte d'Ivoire 3-1

Portugal - Korea DPR 7-0

Chile - Switzerland 1-0

Spain - Honduras 2-0

Mexico - Uruguay 0-1

France - South Africa 1-2

Nigeria - Korea Republic 2-2

Greece - Argentina 0-2

These are the final tables until now:

Group A

Uruguay 7p

Mexico 4p

South Africa 4p

France 1p

Group B

Argentina 9p

Korea Republic 4p

Greece 3p

Nigeria 1p

The teams marked with italics will continue to play for this tournament. The others are eliminated.

I still present you expressions from South Africa.

apartheid = segregation; apartness; the state or condition of being apart

bakkie = pickup truck
braai = barbecue
tekkies = sneakers

And this is Lord's prayer in Afrikaans translation
Ons Vader in die hemel, laat U Naam geheilig word.
Laat U koningsheerskappy spoedig kom. Laat U wil hier op aarde uitgevoer word soos in die hemel. Gee ons die porsie brood wat ons vir vandag nodig het. En vergeef ons ons sondeskuld soos ons ook óns skuldenaars vergewe het. Bewaar ons sodat ons nie aan verleiding sal toegee nie; en bevry ons van die greep van die Bose. Want van U is die koninkryk, en die krag, en die heerlikheid, tot in ewigheid. Amen

Aurica Ticleanu - a new coach

Universitatea Craiova has a new coach for the season 2010/2011. His name is Aurica Ticleanu. This is a comeback after 15 years. Aurica Ticleanu used to play for Universitatea Craiova for at least 10 years. His football player career contains 2 Romanian Championship titles and 3 Romanian Cups, all gathered for Universitatea Craiova. This below is his trainer resumee:

1991-1992 UTA Arad

1992-1994 Oţelul Galaţi

1994 Universitatea Craiova

1997 Rocar Bucureşti

1998-1999 Maghreb Fez

1999 Astra Ploieşti (assistant coach)

2000 Oţelul Galaţi

2002 Bangladesh

2002 Maghreb Fez

2002-2003 Dinamo Tirana

2003 KS Lushnja

2004 Hassania Agadir

2006-2007 Al-Sahel

2007-2008 Al Jahra

2008-2009 Al-Shabab (U-19 coach)

2009-2010 Al-Sahel

Good luck for the new football season which is about to begin.

World Cup 2010 - South Africa

New results since my last post here.

South Africa - Uruguay 0-3

France - Mexico 0-2

Greece - Nigeria 2-1

Argentina - Korea Republic 4-1

Slovenia - USA 2-2

England - Algeria 0-0

Germany - Serbia 0-1

I am continuing to present some particular words from South Africa.

Imbomu = this was the initial name of vuvuzele
Afrikaans = West Germanic language, mainly spoken in South Africa and Namibia. There are 6 million of native speaking of this language.

Emil Gargorov - 2 years for Universitatea Craiova

Emil Gagorov signed for Universitatea Craiova. He will play in our team for the next 2 years.

Birth date: 15.02.1981

Birth plsce: Sofia (Bulgaria)

Height / weight: 1,67 m / 61 kg

Bulgaria national football team: 12 caps / 1 goal

First game for Bulgaria: 14th Of January 2001

Last game for Bulgaria: 12th Of October 2005

Previous teams:

1998-2002: Lokomotiv Sofia - 65 games / 13 goals

2002-2006: ŢSKA Sofia - 105 games / 48 goals

2006-2010: Strasbourg - 51 games / 6 goals

New games in World Cup 2010

World Cup is still continuing in South Africa. There new games played since my last post here:

Netherlands - Denmark 2-0

Japan - Cameroon 1-0

Italy - Paraguay 1-1

Slovakia - New Zealand 1-1

Côte d'Ivoire - Portugal 1-1

Brazil - Korea DPR 2-1

A new South African expression, is rather a nick name. The famous ex-presindet Nelson Mandela is called by people Mandiba.

World Cup 2010

On 11th of June started World Cup 2010. At the opening show there were numerous stars present. Between them, Shakira or Black Eyed Peas.

It is a really nice ediotion played in South Africa. The fans are great and the football played there is really good. These are the first results:

South Africa - Mexico 1-1

Uruguay - France 0-0

Argentina - Nigeria 1-0

Korea Republic - Greece 2-0

England - USA 1-1

Algeria - Slovenia 0-1

Germany - Australia 4-0

Serbia - Ghana 0-1

Here I present you a list of South African expressions:

vuvuzela = a horn used by fans to create a big noise during football games

bafana-bafana = the name of South Africa's national football team

bombela = a very fast train built in South Africa before this World Cup 2010. Its speed can 250 Km/hour.

Universitatea Craiova - Otelul Galati 3-0

On "Municipal" Stadium in Drobeta Turnu Severin it held the ninth game of the of the 34th stage (last) of Liga 1, edition 2009-2010. Universitatea Craiova met Otelul Galati. A team which was motivated to escape from relegation (Craiova) and a demotivated team, which fought for honor (Galati) and with a lot of problems due to injuries and suspensions.

Craiova played great, getting a nice victory against Otelul Galati 3-0 (1-0), thanks to goals scored by Iliev (14 '), Prepelita (50') and Barboianu (90 '), a result which maintain Craiova in the first Romanian football league. For Craiova was sufficient a draw in this game, but 3 points helped our team to finish this championship on the 13th place in the table from 18 teams in Liga I.

You can see the goals of this game in the video below:

Our team: Lung – Dănănae, V. Găman, Iliev, Bălace, Prepeliţă, Bărboianu, Dilevski, Gângioveanu ('83 Firtulescu), Dina ('65 Craciun, '71 Badoi), Piţurcă

The final table 2009-2010
1 CFR Cluj 34 20 9 5 46-23 69
2 Urziceni 34 18 12 4 53-26 66
3 FC Vaslui34 18 8 8 44-28 62
4 Steaua 34 18 8 8 49-36 62
5 Timisoara34 15 14 5 55-27 59
6 Dinamo 34 13 14 7 48-37 53
7 Rapid 34 14 10 10 53-38 52
8 Otelul 34 14 8 12 38-38 50
9 FC Brasov34 12 10 12 40-30 46
10Gaz Metan34 9 15 10 33-37 42
11Bistrita 34 10 11 13 35-46 41
12 Craiova 34 11 3 20 44-52 36
13 Astra 34 8 12 14 33-45 36
14Int.Arges34 10 6 18 32-49 36
15Pandurii 34 7 13 14 19-30 34
16Poli Iasi34 7 10 17 28-50 31
17Ceahlaul 34 6 10 18 28-57 28
18Alba Iulia34 7 5 22 33-62 26

Steaua Bucharest - Universitatea Craiova 2-0

Steaua Bucharest did not made a good impression in the last match played in front of their own supporters, but they won after a bad game, in lack of technical achievements on both sides.

22:00 o'clock was a very inappropriate hour for a football game. Both football teams left the impression they are sleeping on the field. The same sensation had also the viewers of the game. The owners of the both teams, Gigi Becali from Steaua and Adrian Mititelu from Craiova get cursed by the fans and they received trivial invitations to leave the teams for someone else. Both galleries agreed with this point of view during this game.

About the match, but poor words as was the game. Fewer technical achievements. Pleşan two shots on goal in first half both saved by Lung jr. And, perhaps, mostmissed opportunity for Steaua in the first half by Surdu.

Craiova, while seated bravely on the ground, were timid in front of the goal. Mihai Costea was often as individualistic as his older brother. The only occasion was created by Steaua's defender Petre Marin, who in the 38th minute sent a soft pass to his goalkeeper, Firţulescu intercepted but he sent a weak shot near the goal of Tătăruşanu.

In the second half, Arman Karamyan, perhaps the best player of Steaua, openened the score in 70th minute of the game, after a pass from Surdu, who relapsed eight minutes later. Steaua said goodbye to their own supporters with a good result, but with a modest game. Craiova made a pale impression and they still need a victory in the next game to remain in the first Romanian football league.

Our team: Lung - Dănănae, V. Găman ('34 R. Barbu), Iliev, Bălace - Prepeliţă, Dilevski ('71 Gangioveanu), Bărboianu, Firţulescu - M. Costea, Dina ('82 Craciun)

Universitatea Craiova - CFR Cluj 2-3

This was a very important game. Universitatea Craiova was trying to stay in the first league, while Cluj came to the Danube to keep a fragile advantage in the front of League I.

Craiova started euphoric the game and after a few unsuccessful attacks, in the 12th minute Prepelita created a superb action on the right side. He evaded of two opponents and sent a cross in the six meters square where Piturca defeated Nuno Claro by a heel strike. 1-0.

Just over nine minutes, Mihai Costea doubled the advantage with a powerful shot from a short corner from around 12 meters and fans remembered Craiova's victory from the previous season, 4-1 against CFR Cluj. Until the break, both teams have split scoring opportunities, but the score remained unchanged. In the 38th minute, Alcantara saw the red card after hitting Dina.

At the break CFR started to put constant pressure on the goal defended by Lung jr. Cluj efforts materialized in the 63rd minute when Traore has relaunched the game. CFR Cluj, although outnumbered, continued to attack. With five minutes before the end of regular time, Bud restored the equality. Misfortune struck again Universitatea Craiova. In the third extra minute, Iliev comited a foul against Traore in the box and the penalty kick was converted by the captain of CFR Cluj, Cadu. The Severin's stadium get down in silence.

University lost another game and its fans have a lot of reasons to be worried. They will seriously shake for the last two days remained to play in this season.

Our team: Lung - Dănănae, Găman, Iliev, Bălace - Prepeliţă, Bărboianu (Barbu ‘68), Dilevski (Gângioveanu ‘82), M. Costea - Dina (Firţulescu ‘63), Al. Piţurcă