What's up?

Hello everyone, what's up? Is anything new in your life?
The temperature is getting warmer here and days have been becoming pleasant. Any of you have a special plan in spring or the Easter? Do you have any travel plan? I am thinking of a possible getaway if I can get a reasonable ticket. Hopefully, Australia. Linda, tell me about your plan for your trip to Europe (where and when). Any of you have any exciting one, feel free to respond to me.

The other topic that I want to talk about, is football. Probably, Nuno is the only one who is enthusiastic about this topic. Watching how my country played, I am sure that Japanese players need to improve their performance in their tecnic and physical fittness. A large gap between Europeans and Asians. So, I am not sure that they can fulfill my expectation.

Ok, the latest match between Portugal and Slovakia is, in a way, impressive. Once again, Scolari proved himself is a great coach. Having one goal behind, he changed a forward player to draw the game. If I give marks on individual players, I will give the highest marks to Cristiano Ronaldo and Ricardo Carvalho. Ronaldo showed his great skills to beat defenders and run up in both side lines and make a few attempt to score a goal. Carvalho conducted their defense superbly. The poorest ones are Simon Sabrosa and Paolo Ferreira. Simon is simply too short and undynamic to beat tall Slovakian defenders. Ferreira again committed a big mistake to give a goal to the opponents.
For the next home game, Scolari must find a good substitute for a left winger. If you ask me, Figo is the only alternative. (Nuno, tell me about reviews and critics by Portuguese media). I do not know how much Scolari trust Ricardo Quaresma. An excellent player but who knows who he will pick for the next match. I believe the opponents put a tight mark on Deco again. So, Portugal need another excellent winger to destroy the defense system.

Another headache is to miss Costinha due to 2-yellowcard suspension. Who will be the substitute. Let me know your view, Nuno. To sum up, the result is OK as long as they can surely beat them hard in Lisbon.

Talking about other countries, France is over. Spain may suffer from an enormous pressure to win next few games. If they can not win, they are out, too. The Dutch coach is brave to test new and young players and so far, they are good. England will be qualified surely even though I myself do not hope so.

Sorry for other members. This can be boring topic.