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Spain and the Republic of Ireland will confront each other in a critical Group C matchup on Wednesday in Euro 2012. Both teams are in need of a victory after disappointing result in their respective opening matches.

Spain were held to a 1-1 draw with Italy in their opening encounter. Ireland suffered a 3-1 defeat to Croatia in their opening fixture.

Spain used an unusual 4-3-3 formation against Italy, as Andres Iniesta was moved up from his normal midfield position, to a left-wing forward setting, which was a surprise to most observers. Manager Vicente Del Bosque decided to start striker Fernando Torres on the bench, using him a substitute in the 74th minute. What Del Bosque does with his team sheet for the Ireland match, remains to be seen.

Very possible that Torres, Cesc Fabregas and David Silva will be the starting forwards against Ireland. Fabregas notched Spain’s lone goal…

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Dubsism

Ever since this fight last Saturday, I’ve been hearing a lot of the same discussion. It tends to revolve around the same three points.

• Manny Pacquiao won the fight.
• The judges screwed Manny Pacquiao.
• Boxing is rigged.

I have to admit, after watching this fight twice, I can see valid arguments for all three points. But rather than makes this all about gut reactions, I thought this would be a perfect time for another Dubsism-style break-down. As I am prone to do, let’s go through this on a point by point basis.

1) Manny Pacquiao won the fight.

In order to truly understand what happened here, one must have an understanding of how boxing is scored. Short of a knockout, or the referee or ringside physician stopping the fight (a “technical” knockout), boxing is judged on a completely subjective basis. I’ve written before about how events without an objective scoring system…

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What's Left on The Floor

We never know what life is going to give us or where the glass may fall after it breaks. All we know is that its coming down and we need to be careful not to get cut by it.

The path to being great isn’t a set one and its definitely not always easy. As humans we all must grow, but the rate of growth is not a set one and how much you grow cannot be exactly projected by computers or any close-to-life simulation. We must experience things. We must feel heat to know that it will burn. That is our nature as human beings; curiosity drives us and ambition empowers the growth of those who are curious. You must want to tread the waters of the unknown to become the best at what you do.

Growth isn’t a verb, its a noun. Its a process of development from…

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