BLEACHERS BREW EST. MAY 2006

Someone asked me how my blog and newspaper column came to be titled "Bleachers Brew". It's like this, it's an amalgam of sorts of two things: The bleachers area in the stadium/arena where I used to sit when I would watch baseball, football, and basketball games and Miles Davis' great jazz album Bitches Brew. That's how it got culled together. I originally planned on calling it "The View from the Big Chair" that is a nod to Tears For Fear's second album, Songs from the Big Chair. So there.

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Juninho par excellence


Juninho the best free kick taker in the world by JUNINHOKICKS

A short video (with music -- "Black and White Town" -- by one of my fave British bands Doves) on free kick specialist Juninho during his time with Lyon where he scored 75 goals. Loved that French team. It's just too bad the team was broken up (after winning seven consecutive Ligue 1 titles). When watching this compilation of Juninho's goals, the free kicks are powerful, fast, and deceptive fooling the like of Barcelona's Victor Valdes. It's like a rocket coming at you. He has a variety of shots -- those that curve in and those that go straight like it's got a laser target painted on the goal. And check out that bounce that has proven to be a killer for the keepers. Even at 35 yards out, he was real accurate! 

On another note, I wanted to purchase the OL kit with "Novotel" as their shirt sponsor but it was too late. They soon changed to "Bet Clic". Oh well!


Do I still root for Lyon even without Juninho and Benzema? Of course! There's Yoann Gourcuff, Jeremy Toulalan, Kim Kallstrom, Michael Bastos, Miralem Pjanic, and Hugo Lloris! If I am real lucky I will get to watch them next season at the Stade de Gerland this August!

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