Kamis, 29 Oktober 2009

Piala Carling; Liverpool Disingkirkan Arsenal
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Kiper Liverpool Diego Cavalieri berusaha menangkap bola dan pemain Liverpool lainnya berjuang untuk menahan pemain Arsenal pada pertandingan Piala Carling Inggris. Arsenal menang 2-1.

Sukses Liverpool mengalahkan Manchester United pada laga Liga Utama Inggris pekan lalu ternyata tidak bisa dipertahankan dalam pertandingan Piala Carling, Kamis (29/10) WIB.

Lepaslah salah satu gelar yang diupayakan musim ini.Tim remaja Arsenal justru tampil bersinar di hadapan pendukung mereka di Stadion Emirates setelah menyingkirkan Liverpool dengan skor 2-1 dan menempatkan diri di babak perempatfinal Piala Liga Inggris.

Pada laga lain Manchester City mengalahkan klub Championship (divisi dua) Scunthorpe United 5-1 untuk mendapat tempat di delapan besar dan Chelsea menjegal Bolton Wanderers 4-0 di Stamford Bridge.

Trio klub itu menyusul penyandang gelar Manchester United, runner up tahun lalu Tottenham Hotspur, Blackburn Rovers, Portsmouth dan Aston Villa pada laga perempatfinal yang diikuti semua tim Liga Utama.

Pelatih Arsene Wenger, yang menangani Arsenal untuk ke-750 kalinya dalam pertandingan dan sedang mengincar penampilan terbaik klub itu sejak 2005, menaruh kepercayaannya kepada para pemain muda dalam kompetisi tersebut, dan penampilan mengesankan mereka membuat tim itu pantas menang.

Fran Merida, pemain tengah mereka yang berusia 19 tahun dari Spanyol, membuat timnya memimpin lewat gebrakan kaki kiri ketika pertandingan sudah berlangsung 19 menit, sebelum Liverpool menyamakan skor melalui pemain Argentina Emiliano Insua enam menit kemudian.

Liverpool, juga menurunkan banyak pemain muda dan mengincar kemenangan pertama di Arsenal dalam sembilan tahun ini, bermain apik tetapi mereka terperangah setelah Niklas Bendtner mencetak lewat tendangan kaki kiri ketika pertandingan sudah berlangsung 50 menit.

Manchester City, yang belum pernah memenangkan turnamen besar sejak Piala Liga pada 1976, unggul terlebih dahulu lewat tendangan Stephen Ireland setelah permainan berlangsung tiga menit melawan Scunthorpe, tapi tim tamu itu membuat kejutan pada klub kaya raya di Liga Utama itu, ketika Jonathan Forte menyamakan skor.

City dengan cepat mengatasi keadaan, dengan menambah gol mereka melalui Roque Santa Cruz, Joleon Lescott, Carlos Tevez dan Michael Johnson.
Chelsea menikmati kemenangan rutin mereka atas Bolton di Stamford Bridge setelah gol tercipta melalui Salomon Kalou, Florent Malouda, Deco dan Didier Drogba.

LIVERPOOL WINNING THE BIG MATCH

Rafael Benitez: Liverpool Were Always Confident Of Manchester United Scalp

Reds boss insistent his players offered "perfect response".

Oct 27, 2009 9:53:13 AM

EPL: Wayne Rooney & Dimitar Berbatov, Liverpool - Manchester United (Getty Images)
EPL: Wayne Rooney & Dimitar Berbatov, Liverpool - Manchester United (Getty Images)

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The mood around Anfield prior to the Manchester United game was quietly confident, according to Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez, who today (Tuesday) claimed that everyone associated with the club, from the first player to the last fan, was sure maximum points could be secured against Sir Alex Ferguson's men.

Benitez has been witness to contrasting fortunes in recent seasons. Initially it was Ferguson who always had the better of the Spaniard, but Benitez bit back and did the "double" over the Reds' regional rivals last season, and continued that contemporary dominance on Sunday, with a 2-0 win sparked by Fernando Torres and finished by David Ngog.

"From the keeper to the last fan on the Kop, we were not going to be beaten," Benitez defiantly stated to the Daily Mail.

"The players just did not want to lose and this was the perfect response.

"With the fans getting behind the team, we had 12 men on the pitch. We’ve answered a lot of questions," concluded the manager.

STEVEN GERRARD PROFILE


Position: Midfielder
Date of Birth: 30/05/1980
Height: 6'0
Weight: 12st 5
1st team games: 495
1st team goals: 123
International caps: 77
International goals: 16
Former clubs:
Birth Place: Whiston


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Once in a generation a player comes along to whom nothing seems impossible. Luckily, that man wears the No.8 shirt at Anfield.

Liverpool's inspirational captain is arguably the most complete footballer in the world. Power, pace, touch and a never-say-die attitude; Stevie G has it all, and rarely have these attributes been more apparent than when he skippered the Reds to 2005 Champions League glory in Istanbul.

The current Football Writers' Player of the Year has collected just about every medal during more than 10 years in the first team - except the Premier League. He's also captained his country and in 2006 was awarded an MBE by the Queen.

Gerrard's LFC love affair began when he was spotted playing for Whiston Juniors aged nine. Eight years later, after a period as a trainee, he signed his first professional contract.

Within 12 months the starlet had made his first-team debut, coming on as a second-half sub for Vegard Heggem against Blackburn Rovers on November 29, 1998. Gerrard played 13 games in his debut season, in part due to the injury woes of fellow midfielder Jamie Redknapp.

Persistent back and groin problems punctuated his blossoming career, though he'd managed to establish himself as a first-team regular by the start of the 1999-00 season.

It proved to be a momentous campaign for the Whiston-born youngster, not least because of a spectacular first professional goal at Anfield against Sheffield Wednesday. England coach Kevin Keegan was starting to take note.

Having already featured at U18 and U21 level, Gerrard was handed his first senior international cap against Ukraine in May 2000. From there he was selected for Euro 2000 in Holland and Belgium, but had to settle for just a single substitute appearance.

By now regarded as the complete box-to-box midfielder, he was instrumental in the Reds winning a unique treble in 2001. With the Worthington and FA Cups already in the bag, Gerrard was one of the scorers in an unforgettable 5-4 UEFA Cup final victory over Alaves. It came as no surprise when the man nicknamed the Huyton Hammer was voted PFA Young Player of the Year.

The milestones were starting to stack up for Gerrard, who kicked off the following season by netting his first international goal in the famous 5-1 trouncing of Germany in their own backyard. The win helped Sven's men secure a World Cup place, but heartbreak followed when a groin injury ruled the midfield maestro out of Japan and South Korea.

A disappointing domestic season followed, the highlight of which was a Worthington Cup final at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium. Gerrard opened the scoring in a satisfying 2-0 win over Manchester United.

By the start of 2003-04 the midfielder had firmly established himself as Liverpool's on-field leader, and it was no surprise when Houllier handed him the captain's armband in place of Sami Hyypia.

The decision proved such a success that within six months Gerrard was captaining England against Sweden in the absence of David Beckham.

Just when it seemed things couldn't get any better for the Scouser, they did. On May 25, 2005, under new boss Rafa Benitez, Gerrard lifted the club's fifth European Cup.

Having already brought Liverpool back from the brink earlier in the campaign with a last-gasp strike against Olympiacos, the skipper helped inspire the greatest comeback of all time in Istanbul.

No one believed the Reds could overturn AC Milan's 3-0 half-time lead - until Stevie G's 54th minute header, that is.

His heroics earned him the title of UEFA's Most Valuable Player, as well as a nomination for the prestigious Ballon D'Or award. He would come third in the latter, behind Ronaldinho and countryman Frank Lampard.

In the months that followed the final, captain fantastic signed a new four-year contract at Anfield to put an end to speculation about a possible move to Chelsea.

With his future sorted, Gerrard went on to enjoy his most impressive season to date, scoring 23 goals in 53 games and being crowned PFA Player of the Year. He was the first Liverpool man to win the award since John Barnes in 1988.

The 2005-06 campaign culminated with another FA Cup win in Cardiff, with West Ham providing the opposition. If 1953 will always be remembered as the Stanley Matthews final, then 2006 will surely go down as Gerrard's day.

The No.8 twice breached Shaka Hislop's net, including a dramatic equaliser in the dying moments to send the game into extra-time and, ultimately, penalties. This 35-yard volley was voted Match of the Day's Goal of the Season.

Gerrard - who's played in just about every position for Liverpool - had now scored in four major finals, something no English-based player had ever done.

Next, in the summer of 2006 and aged 26, the Scouse sensation featured in his first World Cup. After scoring twice in the group stages, he was one of three players to miss a penalty in the quarter-final shoot-out loss to Portugal.

In the wake of defeat and Beckham standing down, Gerrard was widely tipped to be the next England skipper. New boss Steve McClaren eventually plumped for Chelsea centre-back John Terry, with the Liverpool man having to settle for the vice-captaincy.

The Kop idol returned from Germany for another eventful domestic season during which he broke Ian Rush's European Cup goalscoring record. His header against PSV was his 15th in the competition, one more than the legendary striker.

In December 2006 Gerrard was awarded an MBE, which he later collected from the Queen at Buckingham Palace.

As if all this wasn't enough, the season ended with another European Cup final, and again it was AC Milan. The Reds might have lost 2-1 in Athens, but Gerrard was more than happy to pen a new four-year contract to keep him at Anfield until 2011.

Back on the international front, there was major disappointment in November 2007 when he skippered his countrymen to a 3-2 defeat against Croatia at the new Wembley - ending both England's hopes of qualifying for Euro 2008 and Steve McClaren's reign at manager.

The domestic season also ended without silverware despite a 21-goal haul for Gerrard including an ice-cool penalty versus Arsenal to take Liverpool to yet another Champions League semi-final.

Now a bona fide legend of the British game, the midfielder made it a century of club goals with a powerful free-kick against PSV in October 2008. In doing so, he joined an elite band of 16 Anfield legends to achieve the feat.

The strike was one of 24 for Gerrard during 2008-09, a personal record which earned him Football Writers' Player of the Year for the first time. Sadly, his haul wasn't enough to secure an elusive Premier League winners' medal, though Liverpool mounted their best challenge since 1990 before United crossed the line on the penultimate weekend.

With the Reds now established as true Championship contenders, the pride of Merseyside once again committed his future by agreeing a two-year extension tying him to Anfield until the age of 33.

Kamis, 15 Oktober 2009

Membuat Buku Tamu

Memasang sebuah buku tamu (shoutbox/guestbook) pada sebuah blog adalah hal yang cukup lumayan penting,karena buku tamu ini merupakan salah satu sarana untuk berinteraksi antara yang mpunya blog dengan para pengunjung blog. Dengan di pajangnya buku tamu di dalam blog, maka para pengunjung dapat mengungkapkan isi hatinya tentang blog yang anda buat, yang pasti isi dari sebuah buku tamu ini sangatlah bervariasi bisa merupakan pujian, pertanyaan, sekedar iseng, atau ada juga merupakan kritikan terhadap isi blog anda, dan justru dengan adanya variasi itulah membuat blog kita jadi hidup lebih hidu (kaya iklan aja).

Ok, terlalu lama intermezonya ya, sekarang kita kembali (ke lap...top) ke topikbahasan. Bagaimana caranya mendapatkan sebuah buku tamu. Untuk mendapatkannya sangat mudah, anda tinggal mencarinya pada mesin pencari semisal google ataupun yahoo, silahkan ketikan kata free shoutbox atau free guestbook pada search engine masing-masing situs, maka dalam beberapa detik saja akan muncul berpuluh-puluh situs penyedia buku tamu tadi, anda tinggal klik lalu coba lihat-lihat. Tapi untuk menghemat waktu pencarian anda, maka di sini saya akan langsung memberikan alamat situs penyedia buku tamu yang servernya lumayan bagus dan jarang sekali mengalami down yakni http://www.shoutmix.com. Untuk caranya silahkan anda ikuti langkah-langkah berikut ini :

  1. Seperti biasa anda harus daftar terlebih dahulu dengan cara mengklik tulisan Get One noe, free>>, ataupun dengan mengklik tulisan Sign Up, silahkan anda tulis data-data anda pada form yang telah di sediakan.
  2. Jika sudah tedaftar, dan di terima jadi anggota shoutmix, silahkan anda login dengan id anda
  3. Pada kolom yang berjudul Style, klik menu appearance.
  4. Silahkan klik menu pulldown di samping tulisan Load From Preset untuk mengatur tampilan buku tamu anda, silahkan pilih yang sesuai dengan keinginan anda. Jika sudah selesai klik Save Setting.
  5. Untuk mendapatkan kode HTML dari shoutbox anda, silahkan klik Use Shoutbox yang berada di bawah menu Quick Start
  6. Klik tulisan Place Shoutbox on web page. Isi lebar dan tinggi shoutbox yang di inginkan
  7. Copy seluruh kode HTML yang ada pada text area yang berada di bawah tulisan Generated Codes, lalu simpan di program Notepad anda
  8. Klik Log out yang berada di atas layar anda untuk keluar dari halaman shoutmix anda. Silahkan close situs tersebut.
  9. Selesai
Untuk menempatkan kode HTML shoutbox tadi pada blog anda, silahkan ikuti langkah-langkah berikut ini. Untuk blogger dengan template klasik :
  1. Log in terlebih dahulu ke blogger.com dengan id anda
  2. Klik menu Template
  3. Klik Edit HTML
  4. Paste kode HTML shoutbox anda yang telah di copy pada notepad tadi di tempat yang anda inginkan
  5. Untuk jelasnya saya ambil contoh dengan shoubox milik saya, untuk menempatkannya tinggal klik Edit pada browser lalu pilih Find (on this page).. trus tuliskan kata buku tamu lalu klik find, maka kita akan langsung di bawa ke tulisan tersebut. Jika sudah ketemu tulisan tadi silahkan paste kode HTML shoutbox nya.
  6. Klik tombol Preview untuk melihat perubahan yang kita buat.
  7. Jika sudah cocok dengan perubahan tadi, klik Save Template Changes
  8. Selesai
Sedikit Clue, agar shoutbox anda sesuai dengan ukuran lebar sidebar , anda bisa merubah ukuran lebar ataupun tinggi dari shoutbox , caranya anda tinggal merubah angka Width (untuk lebar) dan Height (untuk tinggi) dari dalam kode HTML shoutbox tersebut. Untuk Blogger baru :
  1. Silahkan Login dengan id anda
  2. Klik menu Layout
  3. Klik Page Element
  4. Klik Add a Page Element
  5. Klik tombol Add to Blog yang berada di bawah tulisan HTML/JavaScript
  6. Tuliskan judul shoutbox anda pada form title. Contoh : Buku tamu ku, atau my guestbook atau apa saja yang anda suka
  7. Copy paste kode HTML shoutbox anda di dalam form Content
  8. Klik tombol Save Changes
  9. Drag & Drop element yang telah anda buat tadi di tempat yang di sukai
  10. Tekan tombol Save
  11. Selesai
Selamat mencoba ! Sebagai tambahan, guestbook yang sering dipakai para blogger lainnya :
  1. http://oggix.com
Untuk langkah-langkahnya hampir sama dengan langkah diatas