FERNANDO GAGO: POETRY IN MOTION

[jenni_blog]

Fernando Gago has that ability to make you want to grab him, hold him in your arms and squish him. His moves on the pitch are incredible, and if you look carefully at each and every picture of him in action, he looks fantastic in stop motion, no matter what he is doing. His allure is fascinating. And he is only 22!!!! So feast your eyes. These pics are really good.

A teaser:

I wanted a photo of his shot on goal, and here it is. Look at the way he holds his arms, his hands. And the positions of his feet. He is always so poised. It's almost as if he dances out there.

Comments

[lhuneldaiel.livejournal.com]

Fernando really is poetry in motion. Gago and Cesc Fàbregas are my favourite players, because of their creativity and their almost telepathic overview of the pitch. Utter brilliance.

&hearts

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

OMG, you are so right about Gago and Cesc! They are rare players and so utterly watchable and beautiful on the pitch that they take your breath away.

LOL. I saw this article this morning. The writer says that his impression of Gago was that he was like Legolas of LOTR. Here's the link - hope it works.XD

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/olympics/2008/writers/grant_wahl/08/23/five.thoughts/?eref=sircrc

Gago is so graceful and balletic in action (part of his girliness I guess) that I can see how people would think he was a Tolkien Elf. LMAO.

I think that Fer is going to be a very big star, yet he is so 'unstarlike' and I hope he stays that way.

[crazy-girl-86.livejournal.com]

The third picture is very intriguing. We know that his opponent didn't touch him, but that it only looks like that, though it's so hot. He could have risked it. :P

I like the subject of this entry. 'Poetry in motion' what a wonderful idea. I'm sure Fernando Gago will become a big one in Argentine football!

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

Thanks! About the third picture: yeah, it's funny when foreshortening or whatever causes it to look like there's no distance between the hand and what's behind it! It's the same in the first pic: Gago seems to be handling the ball, but of course it's actually far from his hand!

When I watched Gago closely during games, he just looked so graceful. And he never seems to get hurt, or hurt anyone else. He rarely fouls anyone, and rarely picks up a yellow card. So the 'Poetry in Motion' idea came to me.

He is so very unstarlike. And yet he caught a lot of peoples' attention. I was reading a Sports Illustrated online article that compared him to LOTR's Legolas. LOL.

[sunshinelucy.livejournal.com]

*whimper*
I can't even stand it.
He just...
beauty.
I adore his hair, and that I can pick it out on screen without squinting, trying to read numbers on the jerseys. He's so entertaining! And the eyes, and the hands and the... can't take it. He makes me all mushy inside.
I mayyyy be going to a Real game in February, and I've already lost my mind over it. I will be squeeing like a fangirl until then (and during, and after... this soccer obsession will never go away, I think).
PS- 'yum' to your "*thud*" icon! *faints*

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

LOL. He is rather intoxicating, isn't he?
Oh, fantastic about going to a Real game! I'm going to Europe as well, probably in April. Last year I was in Spain & Portugal and I loved it to death. I have to go back.
God, I've been obsessed with soccer since the 2006 World Cup and I started to subscribe to the special soccer stations like GOLTV and Setanta Sports. Once you get hooked on the EPL and La Liga (and South American football, for that matter) you can't give it up! LOL.

[lady--croft.livejournal.com]

Aww, he looks so happy for winning. :-)

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

He does, doesn't he? Happy and relieved!