[SPANISH]
Hace poco recordaba con mis compañeros del lab las técnicas especiales de esta serie (super campeones). Qué tal el tiro del tigre?, o mejor aún, las técnicas de los gemelos Kazuo y Mazao, quienes hacian equipo para lanzarse por el aire o apoyados de los postes (que si hicieran eso en la vida real sería tarjeta amarilla). Lo que es una realidad es que este anime logró introducir el futbol a Japón. Aunque el beisbol sigue como su deporte favorito, los jóvenes se intersan más en el soccer. Las espectativas de Japón para este mundia se ven difíciles, estos jugadores crecieron a lado de esta fantasía, de que algún día, Japón será el campeón del mundo.

a picture from a video rental shop near my home

La técnica de la catapulta

[ENGLISH]
Some days ago we were remembering about the special techniques in this anime. How about the tiger shot, or better, the special techique of the twins Kazuo and Mazao. They can push each other to high altitudes, and also by using the goal (but it would be against the rules in real soccer). The truth is, that this anime introduced soccer to Japan. Baseball is still the national sport, but young people are now more interested in soccer. It looks difficult to Japan in this world cup, but these players have been raisen with this fantasy of being the world champion.

[ENGLISH]
CocaCola Citra (lemon) and one of the 32 keyholder collection.
[SPANISH]
CocaCola Citra (limón) y uno de los 32 llaveros de colección.
[JAPANESE]
コカコーラシテゥラと一つのコレクションキーホルダだ。

[ENGLISH]
Please don’t confuse with the FIFA WorldCup. In this cup, countries not recognized by the ONU have a chance to play in Germany! They are Gibraltar, Greenland, Sansibar, the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus and Tibet.

Soccer Team of North Cyprus

[SPANISH]
Aqui esta la foto de la seleccion de futbol de chipre del norte. Jugaran junto con otros paises no reconozidos por la ONU (Gibraltar, Greenland, Sansibar y el Tibet) en la FIFI WildCup de Alemania.

The soocer fever starts from these days. I watched 3 games in 2 weeks. First one was “New Wave Kitakyushu” (My City’s team), agaist “Kyoritsu University”. They are teams from the 3th division league but it was a fun game anyway. Too bad that Kitakyushu lost 3-2.

Next, I went to Fukuoka to see my first J-League (1st division) match. “Avispa Fukuoka” vs “Nagoya Grampas Eight”. Too bad, Avispa lost 1-0.

Yesterday I saw 2 World Cup teams, Japan VS Ecuador in the Big Eye Stadium in Oita (in this same stadium, Mexico played against Italy in the worldcup of 2002). I went Karla-chan and good ecuadorian friends. It was too bad that Japan scored in the last minutes of the game. Anyway this was only a preparation game and we will see the team with all their players in the world cup. By the way, Karla-chan recieved a call from her family in Ecuador, only to told her that they where watching her on TV.

Ok, any of the teams that I supported won, but at least I had some fun and I got prepared for this year’s worldcup! Best luck to both Ecuador and Japan!!!