[identity profile] lady-teazle.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] crinkly_ears

There is a lovely article by Chris Nyari about Mesut in the New York Times. I hope the link below works. I'm on an iThingie, and struggling to cut & paste.


Mesut Özil: Real Madrid's Engine Room

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Date: 2013-04-15 10:49 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] suzanne410.livejournal.com
This was very nice! I'm particularly a little giddy that it's in the NY Times. Thank you for sharing!

I actually follow this guy on twitter and I'm always favoriting his tweets because he's often singing Mesut's praises.

Date: 2013-04-15 10:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jenny-jenkins.livejournal.com
Oh...someone new to follow!

I left a comment :)

READ THIS AT ONCE:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/02/opinion/02iht-edcohen.html

Notice: date.
Edited Date: 2013-04-15 10:59 pm (UTC)

Date: 2013-04-15 11:07 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] suzanne410.livejournal.com
I'm reading! I love that first paragraph. :')

Er, the date?

Date: 2013-04-15 11:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jenny-jenkins.livejournal.com
2010 - not recent. But I suppose the article makes it clear enough!

My favourite part:

No player has fascinated me more at the World Cup than Mesut Özil. He has the languid self-assurance on the ball that comes only to the greatest footballers. Where others are hurried, he has time. He conjures space with a shrug. His left foot can, with equal ease, caress a pass or unleash a shot.

Make a girl swoon.

Date: 2013-04-15 11:14 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] suzanne410.livejournal.com
Oh, I swooned. I love when people get him just right.

<3 <3 <3

Date: 2013-04-16 02:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jenny-jenkins.livejournal.com
Our Mesut inspires!

Date: 2013-04-16 07:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ladya-sama.livejournal.com
Anyone who praises Mesut is a friend of mine. But ...

"There’s a third reason, beyond brilliance and birthright, for my fascination with Özil. He is probably only on the team because “The Big Man” of the German squad, Michael Ballack, was injured a few weeks before the tournament."

Yeah ... wrong. Mesut's place in the starting line up for the WC was long assured prior to the injury. It was Sami who was Ballack's last-minute replacement (and hasn't he filled the role well? ^_^)

Date: 2013-04-16 08:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jenny-jenkins.livejournal.com
But zat ruins zee idea in zee post!!!!

;)

Date: 2013-04-15 10:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jenny-jenkins.livejournal.com
IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME Y'ALL!!!


IT HAPPENED BEFORE!!!

Link:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/02/opinion/02iht-edcohen.html

I was SO PROUD of that article when it came out during the World Cup. I printed it off and put it in an album!

I am so proud,I may just go hoarse or burst or something.

Date: 2013-04-15 10:59 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] suzanne410.livejournal.com
Özil, at 21, oozes class. I just love that line.

Sniffle. I'm going to have to print both!

Date: 2013-04-15 11:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jenny-jenkins.livejournal.com
Michael Essien is in the article!!

Date: 2013-04-16 06:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] skywonder9.livejournal.com
*cough cough* looks like someone has exclusive join-opinion with the writer ;).
I like how actually he respond the comments.

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