Our Champions League luck continues with the draw. We amazingly avoid the top second-seeded teams in Madrid, Juve, Inter and I would add, Porto and even Lyon. Our final Group H mates then, are AZ Alkmaar, Olympiakos and Standard Liege. Pretty decent, and most would see that of all the English teams, we've got the best deal. Charlie Nicholas has been ooh-ing and aah-ing, so this basically sums it up. This all augurs well for us to finish top of the table, and again - avoid top teams in the next draw. There'll be more reactions for sure, and we can monitor that as it comes in.
There're way more interesting draws elsewhere - AC Milan/Madrid, and Barca/Inter especially. That's why we all love the Champions League, and further underlines Le Boss's point about the evolution of a European league one fine day in the near future. Speaking of Milan and Madrid, pretty happy to note that they'll be visiting Zurich, so that opens up some interesting options for watching games.
As for the match schedule, the full list is right here. We begin with a trip to Liege on a Wednesday - which is a day after Zurich host Madrid, so there's an idea! Anyway, our trip to Belgium comes after tricky travels to Manchester, so there's a bit to think about as well.
There's some reeeallly irritating shit going on the Arse front, and it all comes from north of the border. First, there was that twat Donati: "If it is clear on television then UEFA must act against Eduardo and ban him. I think he should get a two-match suspension." Then, no less than the chief of the Scottish FA: "We have shown the courage to use retrospective punishment when it comes to simulation and I would urge UEFA to do so in this instance. Everything that can be done to stamp it out must be done - starting right now."
What absolute bags of hypocritical horse manure. I'm sure they would say exactly the same thing if they'd won a dubious penalty as their first goal, and got the aggregate score to 2-1. They'd have said: "No, no thanks, Mr Ref. You see, I have this little "Respect" badge on my sleeve, and we really are gentlemen up here, so while you have made a genuine mistake, I think we should just miss this penalty." I suppose this all just shows what absolute losers they are up there. Tell you what. As a gesture of goodwill, Arse should either (a) deduct two (no, why not three) goals for that act of treachery from Eduardo. We really feel bad about the two shit goals you conceded, so we'll make that three; or (b) let's offer to replay the tie altogether. We'll even start with 10 men, and give you a goal's headstart. Would that make you shut the hell up?
I mean, the head of the Scottish FA (won't bother with what his name is) had to raise Eduardo's injury: "Eduardo is a terrific player who has battled back from a serious injury to resume playing at the highest level. However, last night he showed disrespect to the game by his actions in winning a penalty against Celtic." Now what the hell has that got to do with him being a "cheat"? Epitome of pathetic, this is.
So, UEFA now are looking into it. If they had any sense, they'd forget the whole thing, have a quiet word with Le Boss and Eduardo and leave it well alone. They've got a whole lot more to deal with, and if they are even going to consider a ban, then I'd say they've got other people, games and past games to deal with.
This, though, raises for me what I've always thought might be necessary in the modern game: immediate replays for such decisions in the penalty area. Why not. But that's something I've spoken about on many occasions before, so I'll just leave it at that. My respect for Celtic has fallen to nothing. I suddenly find myself a Rangers fan, and am going to start watching Celtic games to see when they're going to turn down dubious penalties, free kicks, etc etc etc etc.
Alright, enough of these bad vibes, started by the worst of hypocritical low-IQ buffoons. Will look forward to Sunday, when I'm sure we'll have a more interesting game than those losers at Celtic ever will.
Ciao.
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