Word Of The Week T3 W2

Word	Conspicuous
What I Think It means	Something Suspicious
Revised Meaning	clearly visible
Use It In A Sentence	In hide and seek I am sometimes Conspicuous.

Synonems	Visible, Easily Seen, Viewable
Antonyms	Well Hidden, Unviewable

FIFA World Ranking Analysed

The FIFA world rankings have taken some interesting turns recently. With 2014 World Cup champions Germany taking first place with Brazil and Argentina respectively taking up the 2nd and 3rd positions. Next, in 4th comes Portugal which was kind of a surprise to me. To be honest they did win the Euros last year and have Ronaldo playing for them but other than that they haven't won much in a long time.
Next, comes the biggest shock of all. Switzerland has jumped into 5th place!!!! What did Xherdan Shaqiri do to come 5th?!?!? I checked out their team squad and the only player other than Shaqiri was Lichsteiner, so how did they get into 5th?!?!?!? Something else that surprised me was that France and Italy are in 9th and 12th which surprising because they are such great teams. So why don't you check out the FIFA World Rankings it may surprise you.

The top ten teams in the world

Ronaldo Owes 140M Euros In Taxes

Cristiano Ronaldo has done some questionable things in his career but this is the most questionable act of all. It seems that Ronaldo copied Messi and did not pay over 140M Euros in taxes between 2011 and 2014.

One thing I do not understand is why he did this. He earns 32M Euros annually and from 2011 to 2014 he would have made an estimated 120M Euros so why does he not pay his taxes? One thing I do know for sure Ronaldo must be loaded right now.

Is Ozil An Alien

Arsenal Midfielder Mesut Ozil is no doubt a phenomenal footballer and can make world class passes but I can't just help but wonder if he is an alien.

I have a few theories on why his eyes are so big and here they are.

1. When he was a boy he had plastic surgery and the surgeon had fidgeting problems and gave a bad operation.

2. He is ET's bro and his mum is from Mars. When he was born he inherited the big eye gene.

3. He opens his eyes very wide to help him see where the ball is. This would also help him see where his team mates are.

Ozil's Mum from Mars

Ozil's Brother ET

Ozil's Eyes

442oons: A Football Masterpiece

About a year ago I discovered 442oons. 442oons is football based series of animations revolving around what is happening in the football world and I must say I love them.

Combining characters with exaggerated features and football-themed song parodies 442oons is a football fans dream. The creator of 442oons Englishmen Dean Stobbart is a qualified voice actor and a brilliant cartoonist. On the 8th of February 2017, the channel hit 1 million subs. This is possibly my favorite youtube channel ever.

Word Of The Week Spontaneous

Word	Spontaneous
What I Think It Means	An unorganized happening
Revised Definition	Performed or occurring as a result of a sudden impulse or inclination and without premeditation or external stimulus.

Word Of The Week Excrucciating

Word	Excruciating
What I Think It Means	Something Very Painful
Revised Definition	Intensely painful

Germany Champions Again

World champions Germany have survived a game majorly dominated by Chile to win the Confederations Cup in Russia. The game which was dominated by Chile was won by a 20th-minute goal by Lards Stindl. With time running out Vidal and Sagal both fired shots over the bar while Ter Stegen saved an amazing Alexis Sanchez free kick late in stoppage time. Perhaps a bad omen for Germany though, no team has ever lifted the world cup trophy after winning the previous year's Confederations Cup.

(Below) Joshua (Kimchi) Kimmich celebrates the German win.

My Weekly Reflection T2W9

This week I have become a proud supporter of Lionel Messi writing that I tink that he is the footballing GOAT.

For my Matariki creation, I worked with Leon and Daniel to create a star out of dominos. It didn't work very well as it stopped but then on Friday the Paua and I created a turtle out of dominos and it worked!

Next week I think I need to work on writing my blog posts about something other than football.

Ronaldo Vs Messi

Confusion At The Confederations Cup As Referee Shows A Red Card To The Wrong Player

At the latest Confederations Cup match in Russia, the new VAR (Video Assistant Referee) has come under fire after causing confusion an hour into Germany vs Cameroon.

With about an hour gone Ernest Mabouka fouled German and Liverpool midfielder Emre Can. With the referee not knowing what happened, he decided to check the VAR. After reviewing all the replays he made his decision. The ref sent of Sebastian Siana who was not involved with the foul in any way. This then caused outrage from the Cameroon players making the ref check the VAR once more. Eventually, he came to the conclusion that he had sent off the wrong player and then showed red to  Ernest Mabouka. Naughty Ernest.

(Below) The Happenings In Pictures

My Weekly Reflection T2W8

This week I am proud of winning the weekly current events quiz as I usually come second or third.

I think I need to work on multiplying fractions on Mangahigh as I find this really challenging.

Next week my goal is to write a blog post about Liverpool FC.

This Bus Can Drive Right Over Traffic Jams

Engineers in China have designed a bus to combat their severe traffic jams. This bus has a hole through the middle which lets cars drive through it or the bus drive over the cars.

These buses are able to carry 1,400 passengers at a time and are cheaper than the subway. The buses glide on rails and can only follow a set path. Maybe they should install some of these in Auckland's Waterview Tunnel.

The Art Of Panna

Could Football As We Know It Be Coming To An End?

Warning, this post contains horrific crimes against football.

Ifab the organization who make up football rules has put forward a case to Fifa to make games 60 minutes instead of 90. Ifab calls their case play fair with three main points.
 1. To increase playing time??
2. To improve player respect and behavior.
3.To increase attractiveness.

For one how will making the game shorter increase playing time and how will it improve the behavior of the players??

Another suggestion from Ifab was to make players be allowed to pass to themselves at free kicks which would be kind of cool.

If these rules go ahead I wonder how long the Python's games would be? 15 minutes?

Why Paul Pogba Is So Overated

Paul Pogba, the poster boy of world football. The king of dabbing when it is so out of date. But is he even that good?

Pogba was world class at Italian giants Juventus but after a highly speculated move to Manchester United for 89 million pounds the French midfielder flopped. Even with Pogba's drop of form, open goal misses and dabbing the ball the media have constantly reported him as sensational.

Another reason that Pogba is overrated would no doubt be his sponsorship deal with Adidas. I have particularly noticed Adidas putting up massive posters of Pogba at Stirling Spots. Pogba may seem like a football beast but stats and his performance shows that he is not as good as he seems.

Highlanders Just Scrape Past The Lions At Forsyth Bar

Last night at Forsyth Bar the Highlanders had a narrow win against the Lions. The game started with an extremely high tempo with the commentator even stating that the first three minutes had been incredible. The first half finished at 10-10 after an amazing try from Waisake Naholo. With a number of tries in the second half, the game drew to a close at 22-23 to the Highlanders. This was the first game of rugby I have watched in a long time and I loved it.

What Makes A Good Football Shirt

There are some amazing football shirts out there. BVB, PSG, Brazil, Barcelona, Juventus, Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Germany, Portugal, Croatia, Colombia. These teams and clubs all have distinctive and pretty sick playing shirts. But what makes a great football shirt?

I think a splash of colour makes all the difference in a football shirt. For example, the Barcelona shirt has vibrant red and blue making it stand out and easily recognisable. I also think that a few intricate lines can make a shirt look awesome like the Portugal Shirt.

Here are some of my favourite football shirts,

Matariki Word Of The Week

Word List	What I think the words mean	Revised definition
constellation	A cluster of stars.	A group of stars forming a recognizable pattern that is traditionally named after its apparent form or identified with a mythological figure.
navigation	The process of finding your position and going in the correct direction.	. the process or activity of accurately ascertaining one's position and planning and following a route.
voyage	A journey by ship.	a long journey involving travel by sea or in space.
waka	A traditional Maori boat.	a traditional Maori canoe.
horizon	The place where the earth curves and there is no more land to see.	the line at which the earth's surface and the sky appear to meet.

What Did Ronaldo Do To The Most Legendary Hair Of All Time

If you won the Champions League Final how would you celebrate? Well, Ronaldo thought that he would shave off the most legendary hair of all time to celebrate his teams victory. Looking at the pictures I can now confirm Ronaldo was probably drunk when he did this.

Ronaldo got an extremely short buzz cut making him almost unrecognisable. Now he looks more like Ben Franks than Cristiano Ronaldo as we knew him.

On an online survey, people have voted on what Ronaldo hairstyle they like best. Here are the results.

My Weekly Reflection Term 2 Week 6

This week I found Mangahigh challenging because I did not know what simplify 6X+3. I learned what it meant in a Mangahigh conference with Miss Coles.

I am also happy because I have finished my-my future milestone video which is about me wrecking everyone. I found editing slightly challenging as the iMac was a bit slow:(

My highlight of the week was filming and editing my milestone video because I love making movies and videos like Hitchy's Caretaking Service. This video has got me really excited for the MADE awards as I did it last year and won.

Top 10 Champions League Goals 2016/17

As the Champions League draws to a close we have to celebrate by seeing the best goals of the 2016/17 season.

Transfer Rumours: Utd and Chelsea Want Dybala

Here are the latest transfer rumours, Man Utd are apparently after Paulo Dybala after failing to sign Atletico Madrid star Antione Greizmanne. Meanwhile, Chelsea is after Dybala with the threat of losing Eden Hazard to Real Madrid.

Also, rumour has it that German mega club Bayern Munich is after Everton striker Romelu Lakaku. Lakaku has recently rejected a new contract with Everton for the new premier league season.

Atletico Madrid striker Fernando Torres is set for a move to Mexican club Queretaro. Torres apparently has had talks about moving with the club owners.

Real Madrid Champions Again

Real Madrid has become champions of the Champions League once again with Ronny (Ronaldo) putting two goals past Juve keeper Gianluigi Buffon to help guide Real to a 4-1 win on Sunday night.

Real got on the score sheet early after a long range effort from Ronaldo but Mario Mandzuckic sublime overhead goal completely eclipsed Ronaldo's. Mandzuckic's goal is being regarded as one of the greatest Champions League final goals ever. I myself think it should win the Puskas Goal of The Year award.

Wenger In

Arsene Wenger has agreed to a two-year contract at Arsenal on Monday after a meeting with Stan Kroenke. This new contract comes after an unsuccessful season finishing fifth for the first time in his thirteen year reign at the club. If Arsey doesn't impress next season there will be some unhappy fans that's for sure.

Transfer News: Are Bayern After Willian?

After the end of two major leagues, La Liga and The Prem the transfer market is going crazy. Bayern Munich is still hunting for a contract with Arsenal star Alexis Sanchez. Meanwhile, rumour has they also want the Brazillian Willian from Chelsea.

Elsewhere it has been confirmed that Colombian playmaker James Rodriguez is set to move to Man Utd. The Madrid attacker has had little game time and poor form which is probably the reason he wants to leave the club.

Man City have also had success signing Bernardo Silva for the 2017/18 season. In a somewhat controversial manner, Mino Raiola has been accused of taking a 40 million pound cut from Pogba's 89 million pound transfer fee from Juventus to Man Utd. These happenings are being investigated by FIFA.

Arsenal Win The FA Cup

After a terrible season, Arsenal has finally triumphed in England winning the FA Cup. Arsenal defeated Chelsea in the final on Sunday 28th of May to claim their 14th FA Cup.

Arsenal went ahead with a goal by star striker Alexis Sanchez which was considered somewhat controversial with a clear handball leading up to the goal. Next Chelsea equalised with a superb goal from Deigo Costa (the elephant man) to make it 1-1. Chelsea was then reduced to ten men after a hilarious dive from Victor Moses.  Then Arron Ramsey head it home for a 2-1 win over the pensioners. Watch the video with the volume on full.

Leicester City Champions To 12th What Happened?

Everyone one remembers the fairy tale triumph of Leicester City in 2016. The odds were so low for them to win that it was more likely for Sir Alex Ferguson to win Strictly I'm Dancing. But the following season the champions flopped finishing 12th in the league, so what happened.

Their horrible title defence started with a 2-1 defeat to Man City in their first game becoming the first title defending team to lose their first game of the season. This was followed by a 6-1 thumping by Tottenham Hotspurs and a 1-1 draw with Bournemouth. After that Leicester's form couldn't recover and they flopped down to 12th place.

But the main reason for Leicester's flop was the form of their star striker Jamie Vardy. Vardy notched up 24 goals in the 2015/16 season but declined dramatically in the 2016/17 only scoring 13. Now I think Leicester are back to being a mid table team but with Leicester you never know.

Arsenal Fail To Qualify For Champions League

After a disappointing season Arsenal have failed to qualify for the champions league after a 13 year run of doing so. Arsenal finished the league in 5th 1 point behind Liverpool which therefore means they miss the cut for the Champions League.

Meanwhile my team Liverpool qualified for the Champions League coming fourth. Also in this years Champions League Juventes and Real Madrid will be facing off for the title on the 4th of June.

Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane also had success winning the golden boot with 38 goals this season. As the league draws to a close we can get our hopes up for Liverpool next season then become disappointed when they lose again.

Ronaldo Sets Up Real Madrid To Win La Liga

Ronaldo has scored a key goal against Celta Vigo to set Real Madrid up to win La Liga. Being 3 points ahead of Barca with only one game to go, Real only have to win or draw against mid table Malaga. If Madrid win it will be their 33rd time winning the title. Now Barcelona's only hope is that Real lose and they win.