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7月6日 Nine million campaignI would like to take this opportunity through MSN to ask everyone to support the Nine Million Campaign. The campaign is designed to help refugee children from all over the world and is closely linked to football. In fact, one of the key ideas is to supply nine million footballs to children, with a third of the money raised going towards this initiative. As well as providing education for children, many of whom are living in extreme poverty or in areas of conflict and warfare, the idea is to offer them the chance to enjoy themselves. Not only does football allow them to have fun and provide a release, it can also foster friendship and helps to educate children, promoting values of harmony and togetherness. It helps kids grow in confidence and self-esteem, so please support us in any way you can. Football is a fantastic way of making a real difference to millions of lives. My favourite songsIt's hard to name your top five songs because there are so many that you could include but right now I would have to go for:
Nirvana, "Smells Like Teen Spirit."
Andres Calamaro, "Estadio Azteca."
Andres Calamaro, "Flaca."
Robbie Williams, "Angels".
And, living in and playing for Liverpool, I really have to add Johnny Cash's, "Ring of Fire"! 7月5日 Xabi Alonso - July, 5th 2006I have had a bit of time to mull over it now, but while I have finally got used to the idea that we are no longer there, that doesn’t make our world cup exit at the hands of France very much easier to take.
Their equaliser just before half time cost us dearly. It was a real blow not to go in a goal up; psychologically we never really recovered from that. If we had managed to get to half time one-nil up I am convinced that it would have been different. At half time the coach, Luis Aragonés, told us to remain calm and keep a clear head because our chance would come. But it never did and we never really settled; we didn’t get a clear opportunity for the rest of the game and then they caught us out from a free kick.
It was really hard to go out after we had started the world cup so well and created such expectation. We really did expect to be in Germany much longer and after the game the dressing room was a depressing place. As I looked around the thing that really struck me was the silence. We were all just so disappointed to be going home early. |
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