A few really wonderful things happened. First, of course, was Bartha losing the way they did to Inter. Just priceless. I suppose for all the shit that has been spewed about the brilliant game that they play, it had to be a moment of sheer cheating brilliance that reduced Inter to 10 men with about an hour still to play. The ref was pathetic, but Inter's response was perfect. Messi reduced to nothingness. All sorts of huffing and puffing, but the more worthy emerged winners after two legs. So I emerged a minor fan of Inter on Wednesday, and went to bed happy that there are every now and then, results that restore your faith in things. (Point to note: the sheer crappy biased-ness of ITV's commentary was unforgiveable. It was not like hearing a Catalan TV station commentating on the game. This was English. English channel. English speakers, for a supposedly wider English-speaking audience. And you had the commentators, Clive Tyldesley and whatsis-usual-face going on and on and on about Barca. It just shows how just about everyone has bought into the Bartha myth. God bless Jose Mourinho.
Second, was of course Fulham. How brilliant was that story? Fulham. Going all the way to the final of the Europa League. I pray they win, and they'll have every chance to do it. I just feel, though, that Atletico will just have enough to see to them. But the fairy tale will live on forever. Shakhtar, Juve, Hamburg, and they way they did it. Wow. I'm a little bit of a Fulham fan now too.
Third was the other semi. How nice as well, to see Pool where they are. I suppose with Juve flirting with mediocrity, who better to confirm their newly-found mediocre status than Rafa Benitez. The board at Anfield would do well to take a long, hard look at Roy Hodgson. But I suspect he has well enough grey matter to avoid that place. How poetic was the goal too. Jose Antonio Reyes (Arsenal), pass to Forlan (Man U), to give the ole Pool one up the arse. Priceless.
I'm not sure what there will be to watch tomorrow, but Chelski-Pool should be nice. Wouldn't mind another 7-goal showing from Chelski, and I wouldn't rule it out either.
Finally, I wouldn't rule out the title getting decided tomorow too. Chelski win, Man U drawing. Who's going to put some money on that then?
On the Arse front, all sorts of things have come and gone on the Arsh and Russian translation issues, pre-World Cup signings, etc etc. Basically, nothing we aren't already used to. Blah. At least we'll have a football to watch at dinner time on a Monday night.
Ciao then, friends. Hopefully, we'll have more meaningful things to talk about soon.
No comments:
Post a Comment