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Time for Change?

The time has come; we are only 1 day away from the presidential elections in the US and Lewis Hamilton all the way from Brazil has led the way. Yesterday was victory no.1 with Lewis winning the F1 world championship in a dramatic Brazilian GP, but the best is (hopefully) yet to come with tomorrow's showdown in the US. Until then, let's just sit back and watch how Obama's candidacy actually turns out. Change? O' the Times...

A Supersonic Future from Arshavin

Supersonic Andrei Arshavin gave Euro 2008’s favorites (after the first round) Holland an early ticket back home after a spending display of modern football. The Russians were unmatched yesterday and although they should have nailed the game before extra-time, they managed not paying for it (unlike Croatia a day before). As a tribute, we would like to dedicate the next band to perhaps the best player of this tournament (besides Bastian Schweinsteiger). Hopefully we’ll have a grand finale between Germany and Russia at the end and a colossal battle between our two favorites Bastian and Andrei.

So, our dedication comes in the form of Supersonic Future. This electronic based band from Moscow is a side-project of Oleg Kostrov and their latest album is Leslie Family, out on AeroCCCP Recordings (you just have to love the label’s name). Mixing dance bits with pop and electro and English lyrics with Russian, they are quite fun (although nothing more than that). But I guess they are perfect for celebrating yesterday’s win!

Otkloneive

JellyBoy

Maybe Yes

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Zenit all the way

It was up to Igor Denisov and Konstantin Zyrianov to set things straight and give the UEFA Cup to the team that actually deserved it. FC Zenit St. Petersburg won their first European title last night after defeating 2-0 the unbearable Rangers FC. The Scots tried to steal one more victory by playing their usual annihilation system but fortunately for most of us, it only got them as far as the 72nd minute. And to top it of, the Russians doubled their goals on the 92nd minute to give them a blazing victory. All eyes now on Chelsea to salvage the Champions League as well…

The Rocket is back on top

Ronnie “The Rocket” O'Sullivan claimed his third world title yesterday at the Crucible by winning Ali Carter 18-8. The 32-year-old snooker genius wasn’t pleased with his performance (managed to score only one century as opposed to five in the semi-final against Steven Hendry and also his opening game’s 147 maximum). This win also brought him once again at the top of the world ranking.
Ronnie is the record holder on number of maximums achieved (9) and is also responsible for the 5 fastest maximums (justifying his nickname “The Rocket”). As a tribute to the Rocket, here’s his first maximum from all the way back in 1997, which also happens to be the fastest one ever achieved (in just 5 minutes and 20 seconds).

Bayern des samma mia

We kind of expected it but not at this extend. Bayern has managed to equal their worst losing score ever (4-0) against Zenit yesterday. The Germans were a true disappointment and with them gone so have our last chances of watching the UEFA final (who actually cares whether Zenit or Rangers win it?). They truly deserve the following fake video (not as fake as their performance)

Send them all home Drogba

After a disappointing win from Manchester two days ago (damn you Ferguson) it came down to Drogba to save us from a miserable final. Let us just hope he can produce another appearance like yesterday's and send yet another set of Reds back home. Nevertheless, my focus this year is set at the UEFA cup (due to our beloved Germans) and not the Champions League. I'm hoping for an away win from Bayern (although due to being in Glasgow these days I'll probably watch the Rangers match in some local pub instead).

PS. I just noticed that we (Panathinaikos) demolished AEK yesterday (4-1) for the playoffs. Nice to hear but our miserable team is still not winning me back...not with their appearances the last few years (especially in European matches...pure disappointment)

Ronaldo missed yet another chance to score

Soccer ex-superstar Ronaldo was involved in a "strange" incident yesterday (Monday 29th) in Rio de Janeiro. Ronaldo was planning on having a good time with three girls in a hotel downtown Rio. To his surprise (and our amusement) once back at the hotel he found out that his company were actually three transvestites (damn...how wasted was he??)

A few hours later (and after some rounds of extorsion) everything ended up in the police station (where the photographs from). A photo of one of the "girls" is also posted (damn he must have been on some good stuff to not have a clue). Reports say that the "girls" tried to excurse him for 50,000 reais (14,900 pounds) while he was counter-offering 1,000 reais (he may have been high but he wanted to get away with 500 pounds?? fit him right). No mention is made whether all this actually happened after he "paid" for his mistake or prior...

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Athens66 started off as a common project by a bunch of friends but quickly turned into almost a personal blog (although some remains of previous posts can still be found). Currently, the Team has been narrowed down to two members, who besides being old friends and schoolmates share the same joy for Music, Movies, Alcohol and Pro Evolution sessions.

The sole purpose of this blog is to shout out whatever comes in mind about movies, music, reality, fantasy and all the rest. Nothing posted here is to be taken seriously, but then again what is? Since this blog is still quite fresh, we are definitely open to suggestions and directions (although most of them will just be ignored)

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Time for Change?

A Supersonic Future from Arshavin

Zenit all the way

The Rocket is back on top

Bayern des samma mia

Send them all home Drogba

Ronaldo missed yet another chance to score

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