A streetcar/tramway called desire…STEAUAvsRAPID

A streetcar/tramway called desire…STEAUAvsRAPID

Will Romania be divided? Does the confrontation between RAPID and STEAUA in the UEFA Quarterfinals will bring Bucharest football fans together or it will deepen their rivalries?

Will we have some sort of segregation in the Bucharest’s Bars and Pubs for the STEAUA vs RAPID match?

Are we – the Romanian fans – ready for a ‘fratricide’ war?

Anyways…we do have our dreamed Romanian final…and we will know for sure what team is better: Steaua or Rapid…We won’t have to compare players, budgets, goals or adversaries to decide if Steaua is better than Rapid…

As in our old traditional fairy tales…on April 6, one eye will laugh and one eye will cry…

And, also from the GSP.ro site, take a look at these two wonderful, emotional and so suggestive pictures: sadness and happiness, defeat vs victory...



Children who live the game with a sincere and unlimited passion…

The show must go on…the players must Perform their Magic... and may the best team bring back home in Bucharest the UEFA TROPHY!



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MAGICA STEAUA!

Piata Universitatii/University Square in Bucharest, last night:



After 20 years, Steaua Bucuresti made history in Sevilia…

Nothing could have happened to Steaua yesterday…Not in Seville and not when the Giants from the legendary 1986 squad were there…

Carlos, who was magnific yesterday, was not alone…Duckadam was there beside him…And Lacatus was fighting the spanish beside Ogararu, Iovan was running beside Banel and I am sure that Bumbescu, Majearu, Tudorel Stoica and everyone of them felt the punch of Joaquin the same moment as Dica... The heroes from Sevilia ’86 were back on their crime scene… And their giant footsteps were still there...

Steaua loves Seville and Seville seems to love Steaua…

The Class of ’06 made the class of ’86 proud… And made us all proud...

Of course Steaua was sometimes ’luky’ yesterday…but it was a well-diserved luck…and Steaua 'fought like hell' yesterday…

The first goal of Banel “Jardel” Nicolita was 'built' on a pure fight, on passion and on inspiration… And this was the match of his career for Oli (Cosmin Olaroiu – The young Coach of Steaua)

Many fans expected the players to…’die’ there on the field… Emrich Jenei, the coach of 1986 told the class of 2006 something so deep and so true:

“Everybody’s expecting you guys to die on the field…I tell you this: go there and LIVE ON THE FILED”…

YES! That’s THE SECRET…LIVE ON THE FIELD…PERFORM YOUR MAGIC!

MAGICA STEAUA…

And Piata Universitatii/The University Square in Bucharest was again bloked and full with 15.000 fans:



Today…we know that STEAUA will meet RAPID in the quarter-finals…STEAUA vs RAPID, two of the best romanian football teams…confrunting eachother in the UEFA Cup Quarter-Finals…in Bucharest!

This will be our TRUE FINAL… And one Romanian Team will reach the Semi-Finals and we hope that, Steaua or Rapid...will bring back in Bucharest the UEFA trophy!

But one thing is sure: one Romanian Team will play the UEFA Cup SemiFinals...May the best team win!

And I sincerely hope it will be the MAGICA STEAUA!

And now let's remember the goals:

Radoi-> Nicolita, Steaua – Betis 1-0

Dica ->Iacob, Steaua – Betis 2-0


And look at Banel Jardel Nicolita scorring the third goal (his second goal)


(…remember the Betis fans crying – you may only imagine what will happen in Bucharest after the second match between Steaua and Rapid… )

How will we be able to watch the matches in Pubs and Bars?!…some of us will be happy and some will be inevitable sad…

But until then... let’s remember the celebration after the Match, and lets remember once again the Titans form 1986:





And what were the odds for Rapid vs Steaua!?!? ...this is both insane and fantastic. Wouldn't be wonderful to bring back to Bucharest the UEFA Trophy from Eindhoven?

And I can't wait to see our new National Team at work... The best players from Steaua, Rapid, Dinamo...+ Mutu, Chivu and some other brilliant romanian players who Perform their Magic all over the world...

Netherlands...here we come! And this time we're goin' to 'teach you a football lesson'! ;-) (When I am thginking of Holland I am thinking both at their National Team and ... at Eindhoven - the UEFA Final host-city)

And ...ROMANIA is now NUMBER 1 in EUROPE! CLICK Here for the proof!

Maybe the italians will come first, but I bet we'll stay in the TOP 3!

Steaua or Rapid (I'm betting on Steaua) will play... in the Semifinal with the winner between FC Basel 1893 (SUI) v Middlesbrough FC (ENG). I bet on those two SemiFinals:

STEAUA Bucuresti - Middlesbrough FC

FC SCHALCKE 04 - FC SEVILLA

And I'd love a STEAUA - SCHALKE 04 Final on May 10 in Eindhoven... Can't wait for the Bucharest Celebration on May 11...;-)

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FORZA STEAUA!

Here you have a video from the last UEFA Cup season’s victory against Valencia…
Steaua - Valencia (2-0) - with 2 goals by Andrei Cristea. Steaua eliminated the great Spanish Team on penalties.

Today…after 20 years Steaua Bucharest returns to Sevilia…

20 years ago Steaua won the UEFA Champions Cup there…

On 7 May 1986, Steaua became the first Romanian side to lift club football's greatest prize by defeating FC Barcelona 2-0 on penalties following a goalless draw at Sevilla FC's Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán stadium.

HELMUTH DUCKADAM, the legendary goalkeeper of Steaua Bucharest during the European Champions Cup final against F.C. Barcelona, played in Seville, in May 1986. He saved four consecutive penalty shots, from Jose Alexanco, Angle Pedraza, Pichi Alonso and Marcos, being the first one to do so in an official European competition.

Tonight, March 16 2006, after 20 years, STEAUA BUCURESTI is fighting BETIS SEVILIA for a place in the Quarter Finals of the UEFA Cup. In Seville…

And Marius Lacatus, one of the heros in 1986, is now the President of FC Steaua.

Steaua owner Gigi Becali invited all of that 1986 squad to travel aboard the same charter flight to Spain as the class of 2006, who are looking to reach the UEFA Cup quarter-finals at the expense of Real Betis Balompié following a 0-0 first-leg draw.

Dukadam will bring with him at the match the gloves he wore in the 1986 final. "I want Steaua to qualify so who knows, if it comes to penalties again, I might give my gloves to Steaua keeper Carlos Alberto Fernandes." said Ducadam.

Stefan Iovan, Steaua's captain in the 1986 showpiece in the absence of the suspended Tudorel Stoica, has also journeyed to southern Spain along with team-mates Adrian Bumbescu, Ilie Barbulescu, Mihail Majearu, Lucian Balan, Marin Radu and Constantin Pistol.

Laszlo Bölöni - now coaching French club Stade Rennais FC - is set to meet up with his former colleagues in Spain. It all augurs well... Let's hope God will help and give strenght to our guys tonight.

I am betting on a '1-1' score…Or maybe 'o-o' and penalties again… Carlos I sure hope that you are prepared, man! ;-)

Anyways…

FORZA STEAUA!

I'll be in The BAR BAR Pub for the game!

P.S.

Yesterday, after a dramatic match, Rapid Bucharest eliminated FC Hamburg and qualified (for the first time in Rapid’s history) in the Quarter Finals.

We are hoping that Steaua will join them in the Quarter Finals.

I hope that we'll read this post tomorrow happy and satisfied that we got through!

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Cool VIDEO! Do not ASSUME! - 2-

Another DO NOT ASSUME Video…

It is very emotional…and very creative. Well done…makes you think...

We sometimes need to make a step backwards… and try to see the big picture! We must not assume and we must not judge people or situations as quick as we feel the urge to…

Great idea, very good add!

In so many ways we have to learn from kids…

Only if we will stop judging and start understanding…

All we need is patience, an open mind and …an open heart!

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COOL VIDEO! Do not ASSUME!

Ain’t this guy an ass-whole? Or not?

DO NOT ASSUME!

Because you risk to make an ASS of U and ME! ;-)

Cool ad, very clever idea...

And the Music…”Son of a preacher man” …Janis Joplin… a great choice!

I love the video!

And I’dd love to have this guy around…24/7 ;-)

Understanding others, listening, using all of our senses, helping others, trusting our feelings and sometimes our forefeeling, using ‘the force’…Performing Our Magic! This is the way!

And more than that…sometimes helping others might mean 'hurting' them…or there better said...there are moments in life when you must make fast decisions and sometimes it is impossible to explain or to reason with somebody if the action must be fast or it would be in vain…

And of course we can discover here the concept of ‘good intentions’ - No matter the act, what matters is the intention behind it!

That’s why I love this video…because it is so well made, it has a cool idea and it makes you think and reflect about life… and about the little choices we make every second…Any small choice can change our life forever…(Remember ‘Vanilla Sky’ with Tom Cruise…)


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