Laurent Dubois's Blog, page 42

El efecto de la Musica en los Partidos Internacionales

Como sabemos, el fútbol es un espectáculo internacional. Dos equipos de dos países completamente diferentes comparten una cosa en común: la pasión por el fútbol. Esta pasión trae los equipos juntos para la competencia, donde los países luchan por el orgullo. En muchos casos existe una historia entre las dos naciones. Esta historia podría estar en el campo de fútbol… Read More »

History of the Ball

According to official FIFA regulations, a soccer ball must be spherical, made of leather or another suitable material,  the circumference must be between 68 and 70cm, the weight must be between 410 and 450g, and the internal pressure must be between .6 and 1.1 atmospheres.  Within these regulations, however, there can be a lot of variation.… Read More »

Ronaldo v. Messi: Una comparación detallada entre los dos

Uno de los debates más comunes que existe en el mundo del fútbol es: qué jugador es mejor, Messi o Ronaldo? Los aficionados al fútbol de todo el mundo han estado buscando una respuesta a esta pregunta por alrededor de una década, y todavía hay mucha discusión. Cada vez que Barcelona y Real Madrid se reúnen… Read More »

Es posible que Inglaterra gana Euro 2016 este verano?

Con toda probabilidad, Inglaterra no va a ganar el Campeonato de Europa este verano en Francia. Alemania, ganador de la Copa del Mundo en 2014, y Francia, la nación anfitriona, se inclina como favoritos a ganar el torneo y España espera ganar su tercer campeonato europeo en fila. Esto significa que Inglaterra es considerado un… Read More »

Liverpool vs Dortmund: The Amazing Soccer

It happened at Anfield two days ago: when everyone thought Liverpool’s chance to advance was over after being led by 2 goals, they created an amazing comeback and scored the winning goal at the last minute, making the entire stadium go wild. Both teams deserved respect from soccer fans for putting up the best match… Read More »

Square+R2, or look at his Dab.

Adolfo Dybala always wanted his children to become professional football players. Two older brothers could not make their father’s dream come true, so Adolfo decided to invest all possible resources into his youngest son, Paulo. Both of them had to drive 35 miles from their hometown, Laguna Larga, to Cordoba everyday. Laguna Larga was such a small… Read More »

The Contributions of Virtual Soccer

Like most of the people I knew in elementary school, I played soccer for a few years of my pre-teenhood. I was alright at it – once every so often I’d dribble past a defender and score on the kid that was forced to play goalie for his team. But I never really had full… Read More »

Schooling the NCAA

As someone who has only been to one college soccer game (only because it was against UNC) I can definitely see that it definitely needs some reworking because if it wasn’t for the rivalry I wouldn’t have even wanted to be there. There has been talk in the NCAA of making meaningful changes to both… Read More »

Oh Zlatan

Zlatan Ibrahimovic, hes big, hes fast, and had a little cannon mounted on his foot, if you look close you can see it. Currently he is the forward for Paris Saint-Germain and he is very good at it. Born in Sweden Zlatan grew up as a “bicycle thief and a school bully” until he realized… Read More »

Rivalry

Anthony Chammah Rivalry At any given moment there exists a myriad of rivalries in the world—some are between sports teams while others surround politics. The Derby della Madonnia is one of the most iconic sports rivalries in Europe, which features A.C. Milan against F.C. Internazional (Inter) Milano. Its name stems from the main tourist attractions… Read More »