Madrid's in Lisbon

Madrid's in Lisbon

Today, is the UEFA European Champions League Final, between Athletico Madrid versus Real Madrid.  Amazing to see two teams from the same city make it all the way to the finals.  This final will be played in the neighbour country of Portugal's capital city of Lisbon.  

     Athletico Madrid

I'm very much impressed at the journey of these two teams, to make to the 'bitter end'. 

     Real Madrid

May it be a good game, and let the better team win today.  

I'm waiting for the game to begin, and wanted to post this blog.  

Here's comes kickoff.  

World Cup Final of 2014

World Cup Final of 2014

The final of the prestigious World Cup Final will be played on July 13th, 2014.  

The teams that made it to the final are Germany  and Argentina. 

   Germany

This will be a fantastic final against two very good team. 

   Argentina

Hopefully you will make time to watch this game.  

Sincerely, 

Madrid Duel

Madrid Duel 

The  UEFA Champions League final is going to be played in the city of Lisbon Portugal.   The teams that will play in this years prestigious final will both be from the city of Madrid.  The teams are:

Athletico Madrid 

&

Real Madrid 

Athletico Madrid beat Chelsea FC & Real Madrid beat Bayern Munich to make it to the final. 

    Ilker Casillas of Real Madrid

I am very much impressed that one city can have two teams go all the way to the finals.  

The city of Madrid is rejoicing and should cherish this moment.   They are clear winners in the UEFA Champions League. 

   Arda Turan of Athletico Madrid

Let's find out who will win the trophy.  

Sincerely, 

Ben

Our Only The Brave Emblem

Our 'Only The Brave' Emblem

Final version of our emblem. 

The mission of  'Only the Brave' are:

- Help disadvantaged youth with social inequality',

- Provide support and help to youth in and around the city of Edmonton, Alberta,

- Relief of poverty, in underprivileged families with children/youth, &

- Contribute to the sustainable development of less advantage areas and people around Mesopotamia (Eastern Turkey, Northern Syria/Irak) (Tigris & Euphrates River System Area).

Thank you for visiting, 

Ben 

Odds & Champions League of 2014

Odds & Champions League of 2014

The teams that are remaining in the 2013/14 UEFA Champions League are listed below.  Beside the each 'mighty' team, I have included the 'odds' given by:

www.williamhill.com

to win this prestigious trophy, here they are:

1. Bayern Munich 11/4

2. Real Madrid 9/2 

3. Barcelona 11/2

4. Borussia Dortmund 10/1

5. Chelsea 10/1

6. Manchester United 10/1

7.  Athletico Madrid 14/1

8.  Paris Saint Germain 14/1

9.  Manchester City 16/1

10. Arsenal 33/1

11. AC Milan 66/1

12. Bayer Leverkusen 100/1

13. Galatasaray 150/1

14. Zenit St Petersburg 250/1

15. Olympics 500/1

16. Schalke 04 500/1

Now, I'd like to bring to your attention another 'bet' taking place in the webpage of:

www.skybet.com

on the team to reach the finals in May 2013, again, here they are:

1. Bayern Munich 6/5

2. Real Madrid 2/1

3. Barcelona 9/4

4. Borussia Dortmund 11/2

5. Chelsea 6/1

6. Athletico Madrid 6/1

7. Paris Saint Germain 13/2

8. Manchester United 13/2

9. Manchester City 13/2

10. Arsenal 12/1

11. AC Milan 28/1

12. Bayer Leverkusen 66/1

13. Galatasaray 80/1

14. Schalke 04 100/1

15. Zenit St Petersburg 100/1

16. Olympics 200/1

I am following this tournament, since I like to watch the game, plus an added bonus is that the team I support, Galatasaray, has made it this far.  

As we can all see in the above 'odds', chances are very low that 'Gala' will progress further in this difficult tournament.

But there is always 'HOPE'.  

Next matchup for Gala is against Chelsea FC.  I am hoping that the 'underdog' will prevail to make it past the 'London' club.

I will analyze this matchup numerous times over the coming months since the 'head to head', knockout games will not be played until February 18 and March 11, 2014, respectively. 

Thank you for reading, please visit again in the future. 

2014 World Cup Draw

2014 World Cup Draw

The FIFA 2014 World Cup, will be played in Brazil in June of 2014.  The Final Draw for setting up of the 'Groups' for this tournament will take place at the city of Costa do Sauipe, which is near the city of Salvador, in Brazil. 

The 'Draw' will be completed on December 6, 2013.  

The 'Pots' are listed below, and the way it works is like this.  

There will be 1 country picked per pot, to form 8 groups of 4 teams.  A look at the Pots, shows that there will be interesting and difficult match-ups  lurking for us viewers.  

Pot 1: Brazil, Spain, Germany, Argentina, Colombia, Belgium, Uruguay and Switzerland.

Pot 2: USA, Mexico, Costa Rica, Honduras, Japan, Iran, South Korea and Australia.

Pot 3: Chile, Ecuador, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Algeria, Nigeria, Cameroon, France

Pot 4: Netherlands, Italy, England, Portugal, Greece, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Russia.

I'm looking forward to the draw and finally, the World Cup. 

Happy viewing to everyone in the World.