Okay so this is just going to be soccer related news, that I couldn't squeeze in with my last article. So if you don't care for soccer ignore this one and I'll get it out of my system...maybe.
First off Paul the octopus...remember him, the octopus who picked 8 World Cup matches and went 8 for 8. Then died months later. Well the aquarium where he lived has made a momunment and urn for him. I don't know what really to say about this, this story started weird and just got weirder. Way to go Paul, your sure to be the most famous Octopus, pretty much ever.
St. Pauli is in the news again. This time for their goalie, 24 year old Thomas Kessler. He works as a custodian in the off season, but is St. Pauli's new starting goalie. He works and resides in Koln and will get to play his hometown next week on Saturday.
Also if you are looking for international soccer there is the Asian Cup going on the next couple days sorry I was late to report this, there are only 4 matches left Uzbekistan vs Australia and South Korea vs Japan. Winners go on to the final, losers play for 3rd place. And the champions go on to the Confederation's Cup in 2013. What's that...maybe you'll find out next week.
The two semi-final games will be on Tuesday at 7:25am (South Korea vs Japan) and 10:25am (Uzbekistan vs Australia).
But the real reason I mention the Asian Cup (besides name dropping the Confederation's Cup) is that the entire Axis of Evil was in one group of the Asian cup. I know it's not exactly topical, but Iran, Iraq, North Korea (and the United Arab Emirates) were all in one group meaning that two of these teams had to get through. In a way I guess this shows the way the world changes, this would have been a silly talking point a couple years back. I mean the US government almost wouldn't let Cuba participate in the World Baseball Classic a few years back, but this didn't even get a bit of air time. Or it could just be that most Americans don't give a penalty kick about soccer.
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