Thirty Two National Foot-ball Teams will vie for the supremacy of the coveted Golden Trophy known as FIFA World Cup played in South Africa – first time in African continent – during the whole one month starting from tomorrow 11th June 2010. Each National Team will be represented on the playing field by its Eleven National foot-ballers and they will do their best to come out victorious. Is the victory of any participating teams in the hands of Eleven Players only, however best and greatest foot-ballers they may be?
According to my assessment and also of many soccer experts, the greatest Brazilian World Cup squad of all time was that of 1982 and not the one that represented Brazil in 1970 with Pele as one its members. The great Brazilian soccer Maestro and Foot-ball artiste Tele Santana was the genius who coached all the genii of that 1982 Brazilian squad. They played best of soccer that one can play on this planet and one can enjoy, gaining victory after victory till they were knocked out in the crucial stage by the Paulo Rossi inspired Italy in a very thrilling encounter with the score 2-3, all the three goals of Italy coming from Paulo Rossi’s hat-trick while Brazilians scored thru their skipper Dr. Socrates and Falcao.
After their loss to Italy, Tele Santana was on tears, so too me and millions of Brazialian fans all around the globe including Italians who loved Brazilian entertaining and Samba type of soccer. Then when asked for his comment, Tele Santana spoke like a real philosopher saying ‘Brazil had everything to win this match and the Trophy except LUCK which denied Brazil its otherwise due victory'.
So, from the above philosophical statement of Tele Santana, one must admit that this year's World Cup will be won by the team having not only best players but also the team having best of LUCK. Which will be that best team having best of LUCK? Time alone will tell. Let us count the time from tomorrow.
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.
June 10, 2010
RAJAN NARAYAN OFFENDED CHRISTIANS>
Rajan Narayan’s Apathy Towards Our Dead www.goanobserver.com
Looking at the cover story of Goan Observer of June 6, 2010, I was very much appalled to see a coloured photograph of Mickky happily dancing on Nadia Torrado’s grave, what sort of humour was Rajan Narayan aiming at, if at all it was humour. It was indeed distasteful and pathetic. Reporting on the ills or the colourful lifestyle of Mickky is one thing but making a mockery of our dead is most certainly uncalled for. Rajan Narayan’s apathy towards our dead is not acceptable. If Rajan Narayan want’s to get at Mickky there are lots of other ways than disrespecting our dead
Rajan Narayan has been in Goa for ages and should have known better than to hurt the feelings of the largest minority in Goa, If Rajan Narayan wants to derive some humour from the dead then he should do it of his own dead ones, if he does not respect his dead it his prerogative but trying to derive humour from our dead is not what we like.
We Christians consider our resting place sacred, and so our feeling should be respected. What ever her live was, she lived it, but in death, it is essential that we show some respect. Who are we to judge others when we ourselves are stuck in the muck one way or the other. Rajan Narayan should refrain from such callous humour. Would Rajan Narayan do the same to the other minority community ?
Freddy Agnelo Fernandes.
Looking at the cover story of Goan Observer of June 6, 2010, I was very much appalled to see a coloured photograph of Mickky happily dancing on Nadia Torrado’s grave, what sort of humour was Rajan Narayan aiming at, if at all it was humour. It was indeed distasteful and pathetic. Reporting on the ills or the colourful lifestyle of Mickky is one thing but making a mockery of our dead is most certainly uncalled for. Rajan Narayan’s apathy towards our dead is not acceptable. If Rajan Narayan want’s to get at Mickky there are lots of other ways than disrespecting our dead
Rajan Narayan has been in Goa for ages and should have known better than to hurt the feelings of the largest minority in Goa, If Rajan Narayan wants to derive some humour from the dead then he should do it of his own dead ones, if he does not respect his dead it his prerogative but trying to derive humour from our dead is not what we like.
We Christians consider our resting place sacred, and so our feeling should be respected. What ever her live was, she lived it, but in death, it is essential that we show some respect. Who are we to judge others when we ourselves are stuck in the muck one way or the other. Rajan Narayan should refrain from such callous humour. Would Rajan Narayan do the same to the other minority community ?
Freddy Agnelo Fernandes.
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