Los pibes
The last bits of my dissertation, not counting revisions, need to be turned in around the beginning of next week. Meanwhile, I continue to apply for academic jobs. It amazes me that so many are posted so near to the beginning of the next school year.
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After starting slowly, with a draw and a defeat in the first two group games, Ecuador has progressed to the quarterfinal round of the men’s U-20 World Cup in Poland.
Ecuador’s opponent in the quarterfinals: the USA.
(I’m not saying that one side is morally better than the other, but one is like Luke Skywalker and the other is like Darth Vader.)
Los pibes, as the youths are called, seem especially bad at kicking penalties. They missed one against the Japanese, whom they outplayed and should have beaten, and another against the Italians, whom they also outplayed and with whom they should have drawn.
They did convert two penalty kicks against the Uruguayans. They used two different shooters who followed the same strategy: shooting low and centrally into space vacated by the goalkeeper.
Not very inspiring. I hope the quarterfinal doesn’t have to be settled with a shootout.
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After starting slowly, with a draw and a defeat in the first two group games, Ecuador has progressed to the quarterfinal round of the men’s U-20 World Cup in Poland.
Ecuador’s opponent in the quarterfinals: the USA.
(I’m not saying that one side is morally better than the other, but one is like Luke Skywalker and the other is like Darth Vader.)
Los pibes, as the youths are called, seem especially bad at kicking penalties. They missed one against the Japanese, whom they outplayed and should have beaten, and another against the Italians, whom they also outplayed and with whom they should have drawn.
They did convert two penalty kicks against the Uruguayans. They used two different shooters who followed the same strategy: shooting low and centrally into space vacated by the goalkeeper.
Not very inspiring. I hope the quarterfinal doesn’t have to be settled with a shootout.