Thursday, April 16, 2009
Stanford Bridge NOT Istanbul?!
Oh well.
The title speaks for itself. I think you know what I mean.
Yes. I am talking abt the 4-4 tie between Liverpool and Chelsea at Stanford Bridge.
It's not because Liverpool played badly, since the likes of Dirk Kuyt, an off-form Torres and Yossi Benayoun form an attacking trinity upfront to score 4 goals.
It's because Chelsea have strong fightback mentality. They could have just lost their hopes after being behind 4-3.
But Lampard showed the character that makes Chelsea a strong team.
Yes, the fightback mentality. This doesn't apply to football only, but rather to our lives as well.
Learn to fight back and become stronger after meeting obstacles.
Isn't that how things are?
Meanwhile, at the Emirates, Arsenal managed to rout Villareal 3-0.
You have to admit Arsenal were the better team, even though there were many dangerous moments for the Gunners throughout the 90minutes.
Given their patched-up defence consisting of Toure, Eboue and Lukask Fabianski at goal, they could have been sunken down by the Yellow Submarines.
Walcott revelled in his role as right winger, van Persie and Adebayor piled pressure with their runs, and the whole team was brilliant in their counter-attack.
If they played like this all the way, they can possibly be strong contenders for the footballing Holy Grail.
Looking over to the Estadio do Dragao, Man U got themselves their new no. 1.
Yes, they became the first team to defeat Porto at home.
Ronaldo's sixth minute strike put them through. I must admit I do not like Ronaldo, but that shot was brilliant. Porto goalkeeper Helton couldn't have caught it. Otherwise, they are still good, launching loads of attack on Porto's strong defense. Which could mean their form is back anything soon. Watch out for that.
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xander'07
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