Hallo.

Friday, July 21, 2006//

the new era of arsenal begins this saturday where the 1st match will be played at the new stadium, the Emirates stadium. this 1st match will be a very special, memorable, conclusive, symbolic and emotional one as it is the dennis "the iceman" bergkamp testimonial match. arsenal will play ajax, bergkamp's former club where he made a big name for himself, before moving to inter and then arsenal.

bergkamp scored more than a century of goals at ajax(if i'm not wrong), of which many of them are remembered. when he came to arsenal, arsenal became popular. however, he still had no idea that he would have 10 more fantastic years at arsenal.

at arsenal, he has scored 120 goals, the 10th highest scorer. however, he has become know for his assists and creation of goals. his god-like vision, complemented by his nimble footwork, perfect ball control and composure has made him able to do impossible things. he has made passes that seem impossible. he can trap the football unconventionally. an almost all-rounded striker, maybe lacking a bit in the physical area, he has scored a few classic goals, like the goal against newcastle where he made a fool out of the newcastle defender. the defender wasn't to blame. bergkamp, on receiving the ball, had his back facing the goal with a newcastle defender right behind him. he made a flick on the ball and it flew diagonally behind to the right, passing the defender. bergkamp then turned to his left and ran around the player, straight to the ball. stranded, the defender could not do much, but ponder on how great a player bergkamp was. the finish was of great composure too.

emirates stadium, a 60000 seater, is considered to be a very very luxurious stadium. go to www.arsenal.com to see it!

all right. i got to go. life goes on.

brandon--
5:28 PM