| Michael Owen님의 프로필Road to World Cup 2006사진블로그리스트 |  도구  도움말 |
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7월 18일 Michael Owen, July 18th 2006The truth is that when you have suffered a serious injury, you watch football in a different way. In fact, sometimes it’s hard to watch it at all. You can’t help but feel slightly less enamoured with the game and you don’t enjoy it as much. Nonetheless, I did watch the rest of the tournament after suffering my injury against Sweden and there were times when I found myself fascinated by it, as well as by players who really impressed me.
As England got knocked out in the quarter-finals, I ended up disappointed, while I was also surprised by how little impact Brazil and Argentina had on the World Cup. Argentina at least started well and promised great things – they were simply sensational against Serbia and Montenegro – but I felt that Brazil never really got going.
Apart from Italy, who I thought looked superbly organised and tactically very astute (if not exactly breathtakingly exciting) throughout the tournament, the big success story for me was Germany. No one expected anything from them and just a few months ago, Jurgen Klinsmann was under intense pressure. He did not look like he was going to win anyone over but by the end of the tournament everyone was desperate for him to stay on. The third-fourth place play off is normally a nothing match but for Germany it was a chance to celebrate their achievements: a semi-final place, the best young player of the tournament in Lucas Podolski, and the top scorer, Miroslav Klose.
I was very impressed with Klose. He scored 5 goals, the same as at the last world cup when Ronaldo beat him to the Golden boot, but he has also developed. Last time, he scored them all with his head, this time he proved that he has a greater all round game than that. Apparently, Klinsmann encouraged him to practice with both feet at home by trying to turn the lights out by kicking the ball at the switches. I’m sure he must have broken a few ornaments, but there’s no doubt that the practice paid off! 트랙백이 블로그를 참조하는 웹 로그
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