Champions League First Leg Recap
Arsenal 1 - AC Milan 0
It was a hard fought game with the Gunners moving the ball around nicely. Milan's staunch defense seemed as if it would never crack but finally Theo Walcott put a pristine cross on the head of Adebayor (who else, right) who buried the empty netter in stoppage time to give Arsenal a valuable 1 goal lead heading into San Siro.
Liverpool 0 - Nazionale 0
Materazzi anchored a solid Inter defense that turned away Liverpool when opportunities presented themselves. Inter's offensive flood labored some at Anfield but returning home without giving up any unnecessary goals away should pay dividends for them in the second leg. Pool proved that you can't just try really hard when it matters and see results.
Manchester United 0 - Lyon 1
Young French firecracker Benzema showed that even ManU can't overcome talent. Lyon stayed patient on defense and kept some offensive mindset to keep ManU honest. Maintaining that attacking mentality proved well instead of cramming the box with defenders against ManU's offensivibility (offense and inevitability) to hold Chester 1 nil. This result gives Lyon hope as they did not give up the often pivotal goal at home.
Premier League Recap
Arsenal 3 - Birmingham City 1
The bad news is that Eduardo has a high ankle sprain and will be out 6-8 weeks. The good news is that Theo Walcott came in and propelled the gunners to a two-one lead before Adebayor (will he ever slow down?) put the baby to sleep and assured Arsenal of three important points in the scorching race for the Premiership.
Man Utd 2 - NewCastle 1The Treble got caught score watching and struggled their way to victory against the Magpies. NewCastle after their first drubbing (6 nil) against Manchester made the necessary adjustments and almost held off United before finally conceding a late goal to Cristiano Ronaldo. Roonaldy (Cristi and Wayne) played uninspired and are officially slumping.
Serie A Recap
Juventus 2 - Reggina 1
Juventus established their win last week over Roma as no fluke by beating lowly Reggina the next week. With no Champions League or Coppa Italia to distract them anymore (or ever) Juve
can concentrate on the Serie A and work hard to earn the coveted 2nd place finish in the Serie A. Trezeguet took his flu shot in October of last year so that silly things like sickness wouldn't hamper his starts. The inoculation proved effective as he was on the pitch to score the game winner late and in dramatic fashion to keep Juve threatening.
3 comments:
That dog is smiling because he loves Juve.
I'm packing up and moving to this alternate reality you've described. Hopefully this is also a place where Tottenham are still chokers who don't win trophies. (PS: Juande Ramos has really turned that club around. Respect.)
Two things - You meant AC Milan, not Inter Milan in the summary recap of the Arsenal game.
And in this alternate reality, Michigan beat Appy State, right? And the Cardinals are going to be awesome this year, with a healthy Carpenter, Pujols, and Edmonds; and we never traded Dan Haren for Mark Mulder? And the Blues are on their way to making the playoffs for the 28th straight season.
Ahh, I love years that end in 8.
you're welcome to come join me jim, its a fun sporting world where i am
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