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Welcome to the Mad Cows' blog!

The Mad Cows is the EUI's female five-a-side soccer team. We play just for fun and absolute beginners are warmly welcomed. Playing with the Mad Cows is a nice way to do some sports and meet new people to share some beers with. The members of the Mad Cows come from all environments and all nationalities: EUI researchers from all the departments, partners, members of the staff and people from outside the EUI world.
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18 February 2015

Miracolo Gazella Turpeinen vs. Kindergarten

As the old good times, the epic decided to visit the Herd. For second time in this season, the team smashed their opponent without mercy. The superiority was so clear that, even before the second half, Nino got bored that decided to change the position of all the players: defenders as forwards, forwards as defenders, and Mira everywhere.

But as the good old times too, we started the journey, though, with a collective heart attack when Mira screamed NOOOOO in the changing room without being able to articulate word for some seconds. We were all panicking, thinking she forgot her football shoes...  false alarm, it was just the headband - pure girl drama- solved by mum Bea with a bunch of head accessories for heart broken Mira. After teasing her a bit, she managed to get under control her Justin Bieber bangs, and was ready to score a bunch of goals.

The game started, and here is where the magic happened. The association in the initial attack was just perfect. With Shark Ale fighting for each ball and inch of the pitch, dribbling opponents and perfectly harmonized with Gazelle Mira, the goals were just a matter of time.  She also did a great job in defense, for exasperation of Bea, who was freezing on the goal box. Letizia the Bomb sent a powerful cannon to the goal, that was impossible to stop. Letizia the Bomb sent a powerful cannon to the goal that was impossible to stop. Mainly, because if you were on the way of the ball you would lose an arm, leg or head in the crash. Proficient in the middle of the pitch, she got all the balls and helped both in defense and attack. It was the player who connected both sides of the pitch, an important add to our game. Eventually, everyone joined the attack (well, not Bea, but almost).  Magalí alias but my chocolate is from Belgium, did have a bunch of opportunities as well as Captain Sanne Sparrow, that bored in the defense had her chances in the opponents goal. Both of them have the honor of assisting goals to Gazelle, who tried to give back the favor by waiting for them until they were ready to receive an assist and score, quite close but not quite in, the new attackers tried and tried for desperation of the Athena goalie.

And the only one who stayed, formally, in defense, all the game was, Marilú Stasi, former presidenta- in-pettore. She was a tower in the middle of the defense. The poor kids didn’t have a chance against her, and she even joined the attack a couple of times, but as a good defender, she was lost in dribbling and the goal didn’t come. Well, there was someone else in the defense, Frozen Bea. She was so bored that she was about to have some pop corn and watch the match from the goal. Yet, she managed to get some warm and crashed with the little kid who scored between her legs. Unfortunate goal that didn’t really count much, I mean we should let kids score, at least, an honor goal.

Perhaps is about time for the MVP of all times, the soul of the victories our light on the pitch (mainly because, yes, you shine under the lights as a true Finn (not Swedish, we know, we know)): Mira Gazelle Turpeinen. Because, let’s be honest my dears, this team reaches another level when she is on the pitch. It was so sublime, so astonishing, so great that the coach of the other team was screaming, desperate and finally laughing: please for god sake just stop her, do whatever you need but stop her at least once. They celebrated that they got the ball from her as goals, thrilling and hugging each other. The faces of the poor kids were petrified every time she got the ball, as if they’ve seen the boogieman. They just panicked, as primitive animals, they played dead to have some mercy. No chance, she was always there either to score or assist.  In fact, the only one who managed to successfully tackle her during the evening was the light post during the warming up… and herself.

At some point, Gazelle felt a bit guilty with all the goals and the possibility of being the capocannoniere of the league with just two games, so she started to assist everyone around. The problem was, we’re not as fast as she is, so she had to wait a bit… well, ok, A LOT. I tried several times, she was a bit desperate and yell to me “Gooooo Laila, (seriously, when are you going to learn my name?) where are you? are you coming?!” which I had to answer “Well, I AM TRYING”. Lost in the attack, I started to be Darth Vader again, I am definitely not made for run. I did not handle well the first passes, but sooner than later Gazelle understood my turtle approach to running, my lack of controlling skills while running, and decided to give me an amazing pass to my feet, that ended in the goal.

Finally, with a total 12 goals, is time to say goodbye, AGAIN, to our beloved Gazelle Mira, the new queen of cakes and, so far, Capocannoniere. Her, supposed, last game of the season was, without a doubt, its best. We know you have a Tiger on every port, but only one herd, so we forgive your affairs with other teams.  Hope to see you soon, as always, making poetry with a ball.


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