NATIONAL ANTHEM OF URUGUAY AND TRAINING PICS

[jenni_blog]

While watching the World Cup games I've been enchanted by a few of the countries' national anthems. There is the well-known and beloved Germany anthem, Portugal's is also quite beautiful and stirring, and while the national anthems are ALL special, this one is my favourite:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Anthem_of_Uruguay

Here is a good vid of the players singing it during a previous match vs Brazil:

Here being sung by Edison Cavani:







Maxi Pereira also singing:



Training pics from yesterday:













Uruguay coat of arms:

Comments

[aglaiya.livejournal.com]

Mucho LOVE for the whole team!!

Thanks for posting the Anthem *smiles*

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

I LOVE their anthem! I love the way it takes such a LONG time to get to the words! And then the players sing it so passionately! The words are stirring too. I love to watch them singing it at the WC, so I hope there will be at least two more times to hear it! :)

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

Shit! I keep forgetting to use the URU icon! LOL.

[aglaiya.livejournal.com]

Would be great to hear them in the final but....

Who cares about an icon? *smiles*

[lunar-art.livejournal.com]

who is this and how do I get him to come home with me?

[adorerdollylux.livejournal.com]

MARTIN CACERES AND YOU CAN'T HAVE HIM HE'S MINE

[lunar-art.livejournal.com]

But you have Sergio today. Will you really notice if I just borrow him for a bit?

[adorerdollylux.livejournal.com]

oh hm. no i guess not, that's a good point. you may borrow my little martín! (he worships sergio by the way. swoon!)

[adorerdollylux.livejournal.com]

oh hm. no i guess not, that's a good point. you may borrow my little martín! (he worships sergio by the way. swoon!)

[lunar-art.livejournal.com]

does he really? awwwww

Cute and has good taste.

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

Martin Caceres. I believe he is still with Juventus...he did play for Barcelona a couple of years ago. Some pics:








How do you get him to come home? Just hop over to South Africa, kidnap him, and bring him home in your suitcase! :)

[lunar-art.livejournal.com]

Is yummy. I need to start paying more attention to non spaniards and boys that play for teams other than Real. I really have become overly focused. Shame on me.

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

Good call! I was afraid of becoming overly focused awhile back so I started to 'spread out' a bit and start watching teams and leagues other than Real Madrid and La Liga. I may be crazy now because I watch so much football and have so many favourites, and run 6 LJ comms, but I can't help it! Maybe I have become too unfocused! LOL. There must be a happy medium somewhere. :)

[lunar-art.livejournal.com]

I think I will stick with la Liga for now. I made a new comm. I think I have lost my mind. la_liga_love I figured it would be the best way to get me to be less Real centric. And I have to say I am a bit intrigued by Hercules CF at the moment. It's just such a great name. I'll start pimping it after the WC. No one cares about leagues right now.

Stupid LJ and footie. It's so freakin addictive.

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a GREAT new comm! That's lovely...and I like the idea that we can get away from Real Madrid a little bit. I agree with you that Hercules CF is a fantastically romantic name for a club. Someone on my flist has recently come back from Spain where she was studying in Alicante, and she went to some Hercules games last year. She loves them, so I'm glad because they must have a pretty good team! I'm going to join that comm! :)

So addictive, true!♥

[txorakeriak.livejournal.com]

OMG, DID YOU KNOW THAT LOUIS VAN GAAL SAID IN AN INTERVIEW THAT HE'S KEEPING AN EYE ON MARTÍN CÁCERES???? OMG!!!!

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

Are you serious?
OMG! This transfer season has had some real eye-openers! Some very, very interesting rumours and some hideous ones. Even more so than usual! Wow! Martin at Bayern would be incredible! I love Martin and the way he gave everything to the Uru team when he got a chance to play. He was wonderful as were all of them!♥

[txorakeriak.livejournal.com]

Imagine how AWESOME it would be if Martín were at Bayern. Then we'd have a Martín/Martín defense. XDDDDDD

He's developed a lot ever since Barça sent him on loan, and we could do very well with him!

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

LOL @ Martin/Martin defense!
I need to see Martin MORE! A LOT more! XDDD

Oh, and btw, I've just watched 'Swimming Pool'. Which is why I am in a somewhat sexy mood today. XD

Thanks for the rec! XDDDDDDD

[txorakeriak.livejournal.com]

Me too! And I don't want him to end up at Juventus permanently. The Italian league is so not the right thing for a young player like him.

YAY, SWIMMING POOL!!! I love that film! What did you think of it? Wasn't Ludivine Sagnier GORGEOUS? :D

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

I loved the film Swimming Pool! I loved its simplicity and its style! I love movies that have a lot of indoor and outdoor scenes around the place where the characters live...you get a real sense of their world that way. Not only the house, but I love the cafe as well where Sarah spends her time and meets Franck.

Ludivine Sagnier is indeed gorgeous! So naturally sexy. I find a lot of young women in films annoying, but she certainly wasn't. And at first I thought it was going to take a lesbian turn, but I loved the way the two women bonded.

I loved the contrast between Sarah's uptightness and Julie's looseness. And I even loved how the men Julie brought home were somewhat unattractive. It was more like real life, even though I, like most people, like a little eye candy now and then!

And poor Marcel! That little old man...I don't think he knew what hit him when repressed Sara loses her inhibitions and bares it all! Hahahaha.

Yeah, I loved the film. I could go on and on...I think I will make a film review post soon. I just watched 3 new gay films (with boys) and bought 3 sexy films (het) and I have one more to watch! Then I will review them all! XDDDDDDD

[txorakeriak.livejournal.com]

So glad you liked the film! You're right, it's not really your typical film involving a young woman. The contrasts were awesome, and it all felt really natural.

Looking forward to your reviews!

[txorakeriak.livejournal.com]

HANDS OFF, HE'S MINE DIEGO'S.

you know what i'm gonna say

[adorerdollylux.livejournal.com]

martííííííííííííííííííííííííín

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Re: you know what i'm gonna say

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

LOL...he's beautiful. (I wish he wasn't just bench-sitting in South Africa!)

Re: you know what i'm gonna say

[adorerdollylux.livejournal.com]

god me too. i despair every single match he doesn't play :(

Re: you know what i'm gonna say

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

It was puzzling me, but yesterday I read that he was getting over an injury, and the coach didn't want to risk him. :(

[txorakeriak.livejournal.com]

I love the Uruguayan anthem. It's so wonderfully strange with its hour-long prelude. :D

And wtf @ myself, I really couldn't stop staring at Forlán when he was singing. There's something about the way his mouth looks when he talks that completely absorbs me.

I think I must make a post about anthems in my LJ soon, there are quite a lot of very good ones and some quite exceptional ones. :D

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, I just LOVE the national anthems! You're right about there being some exceptional ones. :)