Post Match View – F.C. Bayern München v F.C. Internazionale Milano UEFA Champions League Final

First, Jose Mourinho is the dog’s balls. Many people have expressed their dislike for the man without acknowledging his prowess. The man gets it done. End of! I salute Jose Mourinho. I hate Inter but I can salute Jose Mourinho. He will probably remind the entire world that he is “the special one” but he [...]

Three C’s

- Chamakh. He’s now officially an Arsenal player. He’ll provided needed depth in our forward line. Chamakh was one of the best players in Ligue 1, and that’s not a backhanded compliment. From what I’ve seen, he’s a bit of a link player as well. Granted, his strength is his post play and his leap, [...]

Inter the Future

- The match between Arsenal and Manchester City has been unanimously called dull. Everybody is right. The only thing to take from the match was Robin van Persie’s tackle on Adebayor. The less said about the match the better. – I don’t know why Manchester City are being allowed to bring in Fulop on emergency [...]

Tired of It

- Barcelona deservedly advanced to the Champions League semi-final over us. Earlier in the year, I was watching Barcelona play and I openly wondered how somebody could tactically beat this team. Five months later, we brutally learned that this Arsenal team could not do that. – When somebody pointed out the injured players for Arsenal, [...]

One Man Team Are Out

“The young boy (Rafael) showed a bit of inexperience but they got him sent off, everyone ran towards the referee – typical Germans.” Alex Ferguson speaking after Manchester United had been knocked out of the Champions League by Bayern Munich. “When an Italian tells me it’s pasta, I check under the sauce to make sure.” [...]

Wow!

Shock a sudden upsetting or surprising event or experience a feeling of disturbed surprise resulting from such an event I’ve gone on record stating my admiration for the footballer Wayne Rooney – I can’t stand the sight of him in United colors but the boy can play. Lionel Messi is beyond amazing though. I won’t [...]

Resurrection

- We’ve been left for dead many times. Here’s a small list: when van Persie was injured, when Chelsea beat us 3-0 at home, when United beat us at the Emirates, when Chelsea beat us at Stamford Bridge, when we went down 2-0 to the World Champions Barcelona one week ago, when we entered the [...]

Let’s Prove the Critics Wrong Like We Did in 1980

On 23rd April, 1980, Arsenal shocked the football world by beating Juventus 1-0 in their semi-final, second leg, Cup Winners Cup clash in Turin. It was the first time a British team had beaten Juventus at their home stadium. The first leg at Highbury had ended 1-1 with Arsenal scoring an equalizer in the 86th [...]

Nasri Time

- There are too many things about the Barcelona match that one can write about. I’ll limit what I write here, so I can leave some material for the match preview on Tuesday. I will address a couple of things that are relevant to tomorrow though. – Not enough credit is being given to Arsenal [...]

Master Against Pupil

Last night was a strange game. At times, the game was a mismatch with Barcelona clearly the wearing the trousers. The game will mainly be remembered for the first 20 minutes and the last 20 minutes. The first 20 minutes was a Barcelona gang rape. The only positive to take from that period of the [...]