Life is a Game…

BIGGEST UPSET IN THE RECENT PAST!!! The World No.1 Spain are knocked out of the Confederations Cup by an unheralded USA. Having scraped through to the quarters aided by an incredible luck, USA managed to upset all the odds and bring Spain’s breathtaking 15 match unbeaten streak to a screeching halt.

The match began in an ominous note for Spain as USA continued to bombard forward time and again. Casillas was forced to come off his line to clear the ball twice in 90 seconds. But Spain calmed their nerves and began to dominate the game as time went by. But it was USA who took the lead against the run of play when Altidore scored through a counter. Casillas was caught wrong footed and the ball agonizingly went off the post trickling into the net. USA sniffed a great upset and began to push Spain to its absolute limits. It was 0-1 at HT.

The second half was all about Spain. Excellent interplay between Fabregas and Riera saw Spain havin a numerous shots on goal. But USA’s defenders Onweyu and their goalie Howard kept Villa and Torres at aby for the most part. When it seemed Spain would equalize soon, a defensive lapse saw Sergio Ramos giving the ball away to Demsey just 10 cm from goal and he made no mistake. 0-2 and Spain were down and out. USA indulged in some cheap time-wasting tactics but nevertheless held on to the lead till the FT despite having a man sent off. And many players in the Spain squad faced their first defeat in their Nation colors.

This defeat will serve as a blessing in disguise to Spain as they will go into the world cup in a right frame of mind rather than in an overconfident manner. As for USA, they are enjoying their best run in their chequered history!

It’s Spain vs USA in the first semifinals of the Confederations Cup. Both the teams entered the semis in a contrasting style.

Spain played some breathless football even with their B team and topped their group with a perfect 9. And incredibly, they haven’t conceded even a single goal in this tournament and have scored 8 goals and are on a 15 match winning streak.

USA on the other hand are extremely lucky to be in the semis and they could hardly believe their luck when Brazil thrashed Italy 3-0. Going in to the final group match against Egypt, they were written off as they lost to both Italy and Brazil earlier. But as luck would have it, they scored three while Italy conceded three in the other match and USA are through on “Goals For” (Even the Goal Difference was equal).

But no prize for guessing who’d go to the finals- Spain are sure shot favourites with USA attracting incredible odds of 1/40 if they win. At best, USA would be hoping that they are not humiliated by the World No.1. Spain are further boosted by the return of David Silva from injury and would like to continue their breathtaking run.

Let us hope that we get a good match and the best team makes it to the finals.

This is a blog about sports. I am a huge fan of all kinds of sports and i love writing too. So i have decided to mix up these two and this is the outcome. Welcome to my blog and you can get to read about all kinds of sports here. You will get to know about all kinds of sports and you can also keep yourself updated on the latest sporting news.

I will be dividing my posts into different categories based on the sport. If it is some new or different post, you can find it under the Miscellaneous category. I also have a category called ‘Hot News’ which would be definitely worth a read. Thats it for now and Life is indeed a Game… play it!!!