Sunday

Free Soccer Games: Yahoo Japan Soccer Game


In the previous post, I have explained in more detail about Super Slime Soccer, one of my favorite downloadable free soccer games. You are able to play the game on your personal computer or laptop after downloading the game (to download click at below recommended link below the post). It is the one of the most interesting advance version of slime soccer game. The slimes characters in this slime game have special attributes and power. The power is used to help them achieved victory in the game. Different slime has it own special feature.

Introduction to Yahoo Japan Soccer Game
This post is about another free soccer game that I want to introduce to everyone here. Yahoo Japan Soccer game is developed by Yahoo Japan. It is a very interactive online soccer game. You have top play the game online at Yahoo Games Japan website.


How to play Yahoo Japan Soccer Game

This is a simple game and you can pick it up in just a few minutes. Everything about the game is good but the only setback about the game is it comes in Japanese language. Thus it is very difficult for those who do not know how to read Japanese words to handle the interface or choosing any options. Here is how you play this online soccer game at Yahoo Games site.



Basic Features
It is a single player soccer game. Basically, you choose a team and compete against the other teams. It comes in tournament mode, whereby you advance to the subsequent round after beating an opponent. If you are able to beat all then you will be crowned champion.
In another word, it is a knock-out type of competition.


Step 1: Select country
First, you must select the team that you want to represent. There are 6 countries where you can choose from.
1) Brazil
2) Japan
3) Turkey
4) Argentina
5) Italy
6) Germany



Step 2: Choose your tactics
After selecting the country of your choice, you are required to choose a tactic that you the team play. There are 3 types of tactics that you can choose from
1) 4-2-4 formation, your players are spread around the field. It gives you the strength in the both left and right flanks during attacking. Both wingers will move up and down until three quarter of the field.
2) 3-1-2-4 formation, this is a very attacking formation. 4 players are situated at the opponent’s area. It is the most attacking tactic among the three formations.
3) 3-4-3, compact at the middle of the field and also during defending. It is a more defensive approach to the game. How ever, 2 midfield players are going to support the 3 attackers during counter attack. They will drop back to help the defense when opponent have the ball.


Basic Function Keys
You are required to use mouse to move the players around. The player under your control has an arrow pointing on him. The player will move according to your cursor location. To zoom in closer to the player, you just have to point the cursor at the player or closer to the player. While to zoom out, point the cursor away from the player. Thus, you do not have to use the keyboard. To pass, shoot and tackle is also by pressing the left click on the mouse. Point at the place/goal where you want to pass/shoot the ball, then press and released the left click of the mouse.


Start The Game




Winning Moment
This is what you get when you win the tournament.


My search for interesting free soccer games continues and next post will sure have more attractive soccer game.


Recommended Link:
1) Super Slime Soccer Game
2) Yahoo Japan Soccer Game
3) Slime Soccer

Wednesday

Free Soccer Games: Super Slime Soccer

In the previous post of free soccer games, I talk about earlier version of slime soccer game and recommended one of the improved version of slime soccer that I discovered while looking for more interesting online soccer games. The Super Slime Soccer which was created by Mollerhoj can be downloaded to your personal computer. In my previous post I posted the link to download the game but did not talk much about the free soccer game. Today, I am going to introduce a bit about this game.

Super Slime Soccer


This version of slime soccer game has very beautiful and interesting background graphic compared to the plain background of the earlier version. The game play is very much the same and do not differ a lot. You still use the four essential arrow key to move your slime character around. However, in this version you will need to " space bar" for the slime character special ability. The special ability is the main attraction for Super Slime Soccer.



One of the most interesting features of Super Slime Soccer is that each slime character has its own special ability. Each time you uses the special ability (by pressing “space bar”) cost you energy. The energy level is shown by energy bar at the top of the screen. If you do not have enough energy, you can not use the special ability. The slime will regenerate the energy according to rules of energy regeneration.

So what does it means by rules of energy regeneration?
Every time you used your super slime special ability, the energy bar will reduce. However, you are able to regain back your energy level over time. When the energy bar reaches half, it will generate faster thus you are able to use your special ability again.

Some of the special ability is:
1) Archer Slime
2) Clock Slime
3) Ice Slime
4) Twin Slime
5) Runner Slime
6) Water Slime

Below is an example of Ice Slime in action, using its special ability. Ice Slime is able to make the ball to temporary float in the air. Thus, the ball takes more time to drop down to the ground. So when the ball drops back to the ground, you can take advantage of the situation.


Super Slime Soccer by Mollerhoj is highly recommended by the Slime Master. Go to download this free online soccer game right now. In the coming post, I am going to write more attractive online free soccer games that I have discovered lately.

Download link: Click Here
Watch demo for Super Slime Soccer

More Soccer Games:
1) Yahoo Japan Soccer Game
2) Slime Soccer

Thursday

Free Soccer Game: Slime Soccer Game

Hi everyone!
To those who are new to Slime Soccer Game, you can get information about slime soccer from this website. I also shared with everyone about new and old interesting free soccer games on this site. Occasionally, I will also write my opinion of the latest events that happened in the world of soccer. I love soccer very much and my life is and will always be associated with the soccer game. I watch matches and play soccer game (either is on the field or online soccer games) a lot.

All major soccer leagues in Europe have just started after a long break thus ended the boring period without soccer. My weekend will be very interesting again as I will be able to watch soccer on TV. So, those who follow English Premiere League, Spanish Premiera Liga, UEFA Champions League, Italian Serie A, German Bundesliga and others will know and understand how I feel right now. Even though the season has just started, we can see plenty of drama. Chelsea and Barcelona are the early pace setter for their respective leagues.


Ok, back to the main topic.
Out of the many free online soccer games available, the one that really attract my attention is slime soccer. It is a very interesting, funny but addictive game. Slime soccer is actually a free soccer game that has evolved from it original version to many improved or upgraded versions. You can play World Cup Soccer Slime from the following website http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bartle/.

This game was created by 3 university students and if you are interested about the origin of this free online soccer game; you should read about the history of slime soccer from my earlier post. Furthermore, this is a very simple and funny game and it is very easy to pick up, therefore I have wrote about how to play slime soccer.


There are many improved version of the game but on this occasion, I would like to share wit all of you one of the improved version that I came across recently. I would loves to recommend to everyone; Super Slime Soccer. Super Slime Soccer is downloadable to your PC. You can play the game offline too. This version of the game is very interactive with many different mode. You are spoil with choices and it is a more complete version than the earlier one.

Related post:
I have posted an introduction to Super Slime Soccer and some of the interesting features of the game.


Recommended Links:
1) Slime Soccer
2) Free Soccer Games: World Cup Penalty Kick
3) Free Soccer Games: Yahoo Japan Soccer

Wednesday

FIFA Confederation Cup 2009 Updates and Review

Samba Triumph in a Successful Rehearsal of FIFA World Cup 2010


FIFA Confederation Cup 2009 in South Africa ended last weekend. The Brazilian emerges as the champion after beating USA in the final. In the final held in Johannesburg's Ellis Park Stadium, one of the venue for next year FIFA World Cup, Brazil were 2 goals down going into the break. Clint Dempsey and Landon Donovan scored a goal each to give the USA team a comfortable 2-0 lead after just half an hour into the game. The Samba boy were not able to penetrate the USA defense in the first half.

However, everything change in the second half. Luis Fabiano scored almost straight from the restart. The strike gave Brazil hope for a comeback. Indeed the game change and the Brazilian keep up the pressure on the USA defense. In the 74th minutes, Luis Fabiano tie the score at 2-2 before Lucio struck 10 minutes later to gave Brazil a superb and magnificent comeback to win the Confederation Cup title. Its a story of so close yet so far for the USA team, they are just 45 minutes away from producing another great upset (just as they did in the semifinal against Spain).

The USA was actually in the brink of elimination after losing the first two group games when nobody gave them any chance to move to the next round. They qualify for the semifinal by the slightest of margin (virtually by goals scored). The "never say die" attitude of the USA team should be applause and set as an example by others. Here are the recap of the Confederation cup tournament concluded in South Africa.

Egypt surprise everyone after stunning display against the Brazilian and Italian
Egypt surprise everyone with superb team display. The almost held Brazil to a 2-2 draw, but Kaka scored the decisive penalty to gave Brazil the victory. In the second game, Egypt stunted Italy, the World Champion, after beating them 1-0. After the victory, Egypt was in a very good position to qualify for the semifinal but they lose to USA in the third games and end up eliminated from the tournament.


USA, The team that was almost eliminated but cameback producing one of the most famous upset in the history of football
USA ended as the surprises of the tournament. They were not given any hope winning the title and their participation just merely to make up the numbers. By no means that the USA team are a weak team but before the tournament begun I have mentioned that they are one of the dark horses (apart from Egypt) of the tournament. They play with cohesiveness and tactically very disciplined. However, winning title required extra quality and class. This is what separate teams like Brazil, Spain and Italy with the others. They have the additional edged and quality over the others. In this tournament, USA had shown that they are a very good team and not an easy team to beat. They managed to beat Egypt 3-0 to qualify for the semifinal. Then in the semifinal, the produce one of the greatest upset in football history by beating Spain 2-0. Spain was undefeated in 35 matches and with 15 consecutive win under their belt. It look almost impossible for USA to beat Spain but guess what! Nothing is impossible and Spain was well beaten 0-2 by the American.


Third place
Spain beat South Africa in the third place play off. The game was decided after extra time as Xabi Alonso scored in the extra time to gave the Spanish a consolation prize. The third placing game came into life only in the second half. The final few minutes of the second half were amazing and filled with excitement. Three goals were scored in the final few minutes of the second half. South African was 2 minutes from winning the morale boosting third placing match. But Daniel Guiza scored twice in a matter of 2 minutes to put Spain infront. However, there was another twist deep into the injury time when Katlego Mphela his second goal to put the tie into the extra time. In the end, Spain managed to beat South Africa 3-2. It was a great tournament for South Africa as the team played very well and above my expectation.


Award





Golden Ball: Kaka has been awarded the most valuable of the tournament.











Golden Shoe: Luis Fabiano won the top scorer awarded with 5 goals












Golden Glove: Tim Howard won the best goal keeper award.






Player to watch - My choice
Clint Dempsey scored several important goals for the USA team. He is skillful and play with lots of confidence. I would select him as one of the player to watch. Mohamed Zidan is the other player to watch. The striker played very well against the Brazilian and the Italian before went of injured. I would like to give my thumb up to Jozy Altidore from the USA team. He is a young and promissing player with a very bright future.


World Cup 2010 South Africa
South Africa staging the Confederation Cup can be considered a success. The South African team played very well in this tournament and they show that they have the quality to compete in next year Word Cup.

Who do you think will win the World Cup 2010 in South Africa? and why do you say so?



Related post:
1) Participants of Confederation Cup

Saturday

FIFA Confederation Cup 2009

FIFA Confederation Cup 2009 - A Rehearsal for South Africa World Cup 2010

The FIFA Confederation Cup 2009 is going to kick-off today. South Africa will host this year competition. The competition will actually act as a rehearsal for next year FIFA World Cup which will be hosted by South Africa. 32 teams from all around the world will travel to South Africa to compete in the FIFA World Cup 2010 Final. It will be a huge event watch by billions of people around the world. 8 teams from continents across the globe will be competing in the FIFA Confederation Cup. The competition consists of teams from winners from respective continents, current FIFA World Cup winner, and host nation for the next FIFA World Cup. This will enable FIFA t further evaluate the readiness of facilities such as stadiums, media center, accommodations and transportations for next year FIFA World Cup. Any needed improvement still can be done before the start of one of the world biggest and popular event.

Here is the list of the competing nations for FIFA Confederation Cup 2009.
1) South Africa - Host
2) Italy - World Cup Winner
3) Brazil - South American Champion
4) Spain - European Champion
5) USA - North and Central American Champion
6) Egypt - African Champion
7) Iraq - Asian Champion
8) New Zealand - Oceania Champion

The 8 nations are divided into 2 groups. In Group A, we have Spain, the European Champion and host nation South Africa. Both are expected to qualify from this group. Spain is on a 32 matches unbeaten run and rank first in FIFA world ranking. Iraq and New Zealand are the remaining teams in the group. All the 3 teams should not posses any threat to Spain and they should not have any obstacles topping the group. Spain should qualify for next year final in South Africa. New Zeland will have to go through play-off with a team from Asia to see who go through. Iraq already knock-out from the final stage of Asia qualifying round.

Group B consists of Italy, Brazil, USA and Egypt. Predicting the two teams to qualify seems easy, Italy and Brazil. But USA and Egypt are not easy meat either, both teams have the ability to produce upset results. Brazil seems vulnerable in South America's World Cup qualifying matches. Even though they top the group, it was a hard fought matches all the way. Italy does not seem impressive lately but they manage to get results to top their World Cup qualifying group as well. USA and Egypt also still in the running for places for next year competition. But Egypt are bottom of their group and very likely to miss out next year competition. USA is doing better are in a better position to qualify for nest year, which I think they should not have any problem with.

Group A
1) Spain
2) South Africa
3) New Zealand
4) Iraq

Group B
1) Italy
2) Brazil
3) USA
4) Egypt

Here are the mathces for the FIFA Confederation Cup 2009 in South Africa. We will be able to see some of the contenders for next year FIFA World Cup 2010 in action.

















All he current headlines are devoted to Perez's mission f assembling the new Galactico team but this competiton will shift the attention from the two major transfer news at the moment Cristiano Ronaldo moves to Real Madrid and Kaka transfer to Real Madrid.


Related post:
1) Fifa Confederation Cup 2009 Updates and Review