FALCAO! HERO IN PORTUGAL!

When the word Falcao comes to my mind I can't avoid thinking about a brazilian football player. I think everybody does think in everything excepting a Colombian soccer player. Since the mid nineties, nobody had seen a football player with the same skills of "the pibe Valderrama and "el tino" Asprilla in my country.

I am proud as a Colombian, to introduce you how amazing is Falcao. Nonetheless, he is not famous at all. The last week Porto from Portugal (which is his current team) won the UEFA Europa League, and it was largely because of the striker's skills: He scored 17 goals! 

The fact of the 17 goals in the same edition of the Europa league means that he is the best scorer of all the times in that competition. He has beat the record which held Jurgen Klinsmann, a well known ex soccer player from Germany.


1. Radamel Falcao (Porto, 2010-11)      17 goals  
2. Jurgen Klinsmann (Bayern Múnich, 1995-96) 15   goals
3. John Wark (Ipswich Town, 1981-82)     14    goals
4. Derlei (Oporto, 2002-03)          12  goals


Perhaps the Europa league is not as important as the Champions League is. Despite this fact, Falcao is a really good player who is training very hardly to improve his skills, and the most important thing is that he keeps being humble as always. Maybe that's why prestigious football clubs from Europe as Manchester United, Liverpool and even Real Madrid has shown interest in recruit him.

GO CANUCKS GO

When I decided to come to Vancouver, it was widely because of the ski areas as well as the drinking age. However I never expected that this city had an extensive hockey culture. I mean, it's unbelievable how a freaking hockey match can transform the city as soon as the third period is ended.

Personally, I consider myself as a football fanatic, actually I do believe that there is nothing like combining a cold beer with a good football match. Before I arrived to Canada hockey sucked for me, but just to make a few things clear: Nowadays I learned how to love hockey as a part of the great Vancouver.

One of the reasons that I can mention is that the Canucks for me, personify perfectly the spirit of hope. Thus, that hopeful feeling is not strange to me at all. In Colombia I'm fan of one of the smallest teams: Independiente Santa Fe (we won the last championship 40 years ago, and i'm still waiting to look at my team with the trophy).

One second reason is how enjoyable is to be walking around on the streets having fun with all the people who are celebrating (in that way, football is not that different from hockey). I love this kind of environments, I think I was born to celebrate on the streets with strangers! hehe

VIVA EL FOOTBALL, VIVA EL HOCKEY!!!