Monday, July 21, 2008

The Inaugural 2008 Mundo Albiceleste Award – Just One Week Left

Greetings to all Albiceleste supporters worldwide. I’ve got an important announcement to make regarding our very first contest on Mundo.

As the title says it all, we are just ONE week away before we close the door for any incoming votes and start counting the ballots. I must say that it’s going to be very interesting for me after receiving an overwhelming of votes from all of you. I can’t really wait to do that. Once again, thanks for your participation.

For those of you who haven’t submitted your vote, kindly please mail them to me at sivanjohn@yahoo.com. Just in case, here is a recap on all the nominations.

Best Goalkeeper
Roberto ABONDANZIERI (Getafe)
Leo FRANCO (Atletico Madrid)
Juan Pablo CARRIZO (River Plate)
Mauricio CARANTA (Boca Juniors)
Mariano ANDUJAR (Estudiantes de La Plata)

Best Defender
Gabriel HEINZE (Real Madrid)
Ezequiel GARAY (Racing Santander)
Martin DEMICHELIS (Bayern Munich)

Fabricio COLOCCINI (Deportivo La Coruña)
Javier ZANETTI (Inter Milan)

Best Midfielder
Javier MASCHERANO (Liverpool)
Esteban CAMBIASSO (Inter Milan)
Lucho GONZALEZ (FC Porto)
Juan Roman RIQUELME (Boca Juniors)
Maxi RODRIGUEZ (Atletico Madrid)

Best Forward
Lionel MESSI (Barcelona)
Sergio Kun AGÜERO (Atletico Madrid)
Fernando CAVENAGHI (Bordeaux)
Carlos TEVEZ (Manchester United)
Lisandro LOPEZ (FC Porto)

Oh yes!!! Don’t forget to drop us a line a two on why did you pick that particular player. Please be creative because you acknowledgment might just be published once we unveiled the results.

Before I end this, may I request a small favour from you? For those of you who have submitted your votes to Seba’s argentina.correspondent@gmail.com, could you kindly forward your choice to me as well. I would appreciate that very much.

Now let’s all hope that Lionel MESSI will say Si or 是 to Beijing.

Keep the votes coming and Vamos Argentina!!!