Sħãlïq™ Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 (edited) http://www.sportsencounter.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Fifa-Club-World-Cup.jpg http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/293/fifauae10.jpgOMG!!! Congo's TP Mazembe just eliminated Mexico's Pachuca!!! :shocked: Story: Ten-Men Mazembre Oust Pachuca Edited December 11, 2010 by Shaliq Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newman Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 Rafael Benitez should be fired if his Inter doesn't win this cup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sħãlïq™ Posted December 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 (edited) Rafael Benitez should be fired if his Inter doesn't win this cup.True, true. BTW, Mazembe just shock'd the world by eliminating Brazil's Inter: Mazembe stun Internacional 2-0 in Club World Cup http://www.abola.pt/img/fotos/fotosap/nnh/mazembe1.jpg TP Mazembe became the first African team to reach the Club World Cup final with a shock 2-0 win over Internacional of Brazil on Tuesday. Goals by Mulota Kabangu and Dioko Kaluyituka stunned the South American champions and put the team from DR Congo into a final against Inter Milan of Italy or South Korea's Seongnam.Source Check out this comparison: http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/4895/comparisona.jpg Source:My link Edited December 15, 2010 by Shaliq Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clutch Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Rafael Benitez should be fired if his Inter doesn't win this cup. moratti is pissin me off, he keeps sayin it wont judge rafa's outcome, and he wont fire him...THAT GUY IS TERRIBLE!!!! i dont care how many injuries we have, at least prepare the guys who are playing properly..there is no life in the team, make some real substitutions - the first 10 games his problem solving sub was [expletive]in muntari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sħãlïq™ Posted December 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2010 (edited) The final's today - in less than an hour!!! And FIFA.com reveals three interesting facts about the overachieving African champions: http://www.fifa.com/mm/photo/tournament/competition/01/35/14/84/1351484_medium.jpg The KidiboikieAs you will no doubt have noticed by now, Crows goalkeeper Muteba Kidiaba greets every goal his side scores with a unique celebration, which involves him sitting down and bouncing along the ground on his backside. “It started off as an exercise for my abdominal muscles and for improving my flexibility on the ground so I could get up more quickly,” the extrovert keeper tells FIFA.com. “My team-mates have a good laugh when I do it in training. When one of them scores I just have to express my joy, and this is the first thing that came to mind.” Its inventor has even given the eye-catching celebratory routine a name: the Kidiboikie. A formidable wallKidiaba’s antics are not the only unusual sight The Crows have been responsible for in Abu Dhabi. Prior to the kick-off in each half of every game, the TP players have been forming a line on their goal-line and kneeling down, looking back down the pitch as they do so. “We usually form a circle in the centre of the pitch and say our prayer there, but the rules are more strict in the Club World Cup and we have less time to do it,” explains the team’s Cameroonian midfielder Amia Ekanga. “So we decided to do it on our goal-line. As soon as we finish, everyone gets into their positions and the game can start.” Team-mate Dioko Kaluyituka also believes the pre-match ritual sends a message to their rivals: “When we line up as one between the posts it shows opposing strikers that they’ll have to work really hard to score. Subconsciously it could demoralise them a little bit, and up to now it’s been working.” A name that speaks volumesThere are several 'powerful' sides in world football. Bolivia have The Strongest, Spain have Hercules, and Congo DR have their own musclemen in TP Mazembe Englebert. The 'TP' stands for 'Tout Puissant' (French for 'all powerful') and was adopted by the team in its early days. The club was founded in 1939 under the name of FC Saint Georges Elisabethville, as the city of Lubumbashi was formerly known, before being taken over five years later by the tyre manufacturing firm Englebert. Unbeaten during the course of its first season under its new owners, the club renamed itself Tout Puissant to celebrate the achievement. In Swahili, 'Mazembe' means 'Crows' and was incorporated into the club’s name in tribute to the black and white jersey worn by the team. TP Mazembe have their imitators in the Congolese league, which also boasts teams by the names of Tout Puissant Molunge, Tout Solide Malekesa and Tout Capable Elima.http://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/news/newsid=1353395.html Edited December 18, 2010 by Shaliq Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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