Irving Marino

Irving Marino

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Remembering the days when I was a boy. Laying down on my bed, with my dad sitting next to me. Telling me stories of the 1970s. The 70s, possibly the greatest era of Peruvian Futbol. He told me stories of El Nene Teofilo Cubillas, how he was one of the best the world had ever seen. Telling me how his thunderous free kick that gave Per u its 1st world cup win since the 30s, sent the entire nation into euphoria. Telling me of "El Capitan de America" Hector Chumpitaz, bruising every player that stood in his way. Telling to opposition to dare to come at him. I still await the day, where I can tell my own kids stories about Peru. But what is there to tell? 32 years of Failure? 32 years of false hope? 32 years Developing some of the best players in this world, and yet, we cannot reach the World Cup? 32 years of losses that hurt our hearts? 32 years of wins that never mattered? One day I hope I can tell my kids, The speed and technique of Jefferson "La Foquita" Farfan toying with other players. The stamina and courage of Juan "El Loco" Vargas, tirelessly running up and down the pitch. The spectacular saves of Raul "Superman" Fernandez. The strength and heart of Jose Paolo "El Depredador" Guerrero, The vision and intelligence of Rinaldo Cruzado, The imitating Alberto "El Mudo" Rodriguez and then, Our captain, Claudio "El Bombadero de los Andes" Pizarro. One day I hope. One Day.

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, The Rock, Falcao, Shawn Michaels, The Shockmaster, Sergio Aguero, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Juan Mata, Arturo Vidal, Jefferson Farfan, Paolo Guerrero, Claudio Pizarro, Juan Vargas, Andre Carrillo, Raul Ruidiaz, Karim Benzema, Mesut Ozil, Teofilo Cubillas, Rene Higuita, Iker Casillas, Xabi Alonso, Xavi, Andrea Pirlo, Juan Roman Riquelme, James Rodriguez, Landon Donovan, Clint Dempsey, The Undertaker.

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Real Madrid, Peru National Team, U.S Mens National Team, Alianza Lima

  • Favorite Coaches

    Jose Mourinho, Marcelo Bielsa, Jose Pekerman, Sergio Makarian, Vicente Del Bosque, Jurgen Klinsmann.

  • All-Time Sports Moment

    Attending WM29, Attending Post-WM29 RAW. THE BEST CROWD EVER!!

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    Peru vs Argentina 1-1 in 2008 in Lima. Argentina vs Brazil 2012 MetLife Stadium. Alianza Lima vs Cienciano 2006 Lima, Wrestlemania 29 at MetLife Stadium

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Undertakers Wrestlemania streak.

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Ruth

  • Unitas or Montana?

    None

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Jordan

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    None

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Teofilo Cubillas........ and Maradona

  • Federer or Sampras?

    none

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    none

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    none

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    none

  • ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12 or SEC?

    I dont what this is

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  • Sports Lover posted 7 days ago

    Sports Lover

    Very cool bio.

  • Norman posted 8 days ago

    Norman

    Mate at this point I don't care about the 20M penalty. Let's fire Mourinho right now. Let Karanka fill in for the rest of the season.

  • Prateek Dasgupta posted 29 days ago

    Prateek Dasgupta

    Pizzaro's performance today was one of the best in his Bayern career! Schewinstiger type vision and midfield cutting passes and deadly finishing, rolling back the years. I have a very bad feeling though Gomez will start vs Barca.

  • Jon Mancini posted 34 days ago

    Jon Mancini

    Hi Irving,

    To be honest, I haven't watched too many Benfica B games this season. When I have, Ascues has looked solid, but I haven't seen enough of him to really judge his quality/potential. I do know that Benfica B's defense has been terrible in the Portuguese second division, but I'm not sure if Ascues' form has anything to do with it.

    At the moment, he is not ready to represent Benfica's first team.

    Hope that helped!

  • Alex TK posted 35 days ago

    Alex TK

    Hi Irving! Thanks for the tip. I actually hadn't heard that he was linked with Atleti so I'll check him out. I honestly don't know enough about him to give you a fair assessment. I'll reach out to Jon the Portuguese football fan and see what he thinks. Hope it's a great, cheap deal!

  • Christopher Atkins posted 35 days ago

    Christopher Atkins

    Thanks for your message. Irven Avila definitely deserved a mention, there are a lot of people who've been bringing him up on various posts for many months now. As for Guerrero/Pato, definitely Guerrero better right now, but Pato is ahead on talent which put him so high up the list.

  • Junior Yanez posted 39 days ago

    Junior Yanez

    I'm sure they will. Peru is cropping up some raw talent in the recent years. It's like both Colombia and Peru is going to be the next big thing in South America.

  • Junior Yanez posted 39 days ago

    Junior Yanez

    Pizarro is turning back the years, man!

  • Norman posted 40 days ago

    Norman

    I feel secure with Ramos in the centre half. As for Essien, They say further tests will be conducted tomorrow, I hope in the name of all that's holy, it's not too bad and he can play in the CDR final and UCL semis.

  • Norman posted 40 days ago

    Norman

    Can we terminate Arbeloa's contract? Is that feasible in football, Or can we sell him at a discount!...Jesus, the guy is so bad..

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