Last weekend and pretty much up until this day was what I would imagine the Football Gods call "Prank Week". So many weird things occured in the world of football these past games, and I mean more than usual.
Let's do a little recap of some of the interesting highlights shall we :
1) The Good, The Bad, and the-WTF?!
- In football there are the teams that are just too tough to lose, there are the teams that are just losers, and then there's Arsenal. No, I'm not saying Arsenal is lower than the lowest (despite arguable evidence), I'm saying they are... how do I put this, unpredictable. Yes, yes. Arsenal's fate is as shaky as the ground under an elephant, not even a psychic knows what's going to happen in their games nowadays. Especially not their last game vs Blackburn where, not only did they end up losing 4-3 to the Burns, but they also lost to themselves scoring 5 goals of which 2 were into their own net. I don't know but I'm pretty sure all the Gooners should be blaming Piers Morgan for their monsterous lack of luck because maybe he's bothered Lady Luck with his repetitive moaning.
- Every Red on the face of this planet was excited for Liverpool's game against Tottenham. Everything was on our side : we had a great team with plentiful talent, we had a decent spot on the Table, and Tottenham were having a really, really bad time to put it mildly. What could go wrong really? Well, EVERYTHING. Not only did we have Santa Claus as ref, giving out 6 yellow cards and 2 red cards (JUST FOR LIVERPOOL), leaving us with only 9 men on the pitch come 2nd half, we were simply not being ourselves. The lack of pace, - especially in the back, bb Enrique left to do all the heavy duty it seemed - shoot accuracy, and focus from the boys was astonishing. We ended up losing (LOSING TO TOTTENHAM OMG) 0-4. The game also cost us Daniel Agger as he fractured his ribs during the hideous game. I hate Modric for his beautiful goal that started the Spurs' snowball, they actually did play well. By this game the Football Gods had gone mad, I was sure of it.
- Like I've said before, some teams are just winners and some are just losers. And I'm sure, despite my own beliefs, people will categorize Real Madrid as a winners team. The only thing that could stop this club from their glory was their own dirty tackles and bad talk post-games. But if that wasn't enough, the Football Gods knew what to do. The game against Levante was a sure win. If Spanish football was high school, they'd be the geekiest of all geeks. Real Madrid as the popular powerful jock of the school certainly was going to have no trouble flushing Levante's head in the toilet. But along came a fairy godmother and granted the geek his wish, giving Levante a 1-0 win against Real Madrid. The footy world rumbled and Mad Mou spoke his piece as usual per conference, blaming Levante for being dirty cheats and the ref for a harsh sending off of Sami Khedira which left Los Blancos one jock down. As I didn't really watch the game, reports do say that the ref was even more into Christmas than Liverpool's Hotspurs ref, giving out 12 yellow cards in total (to both teams) and 1 red card. Not sure if he was sent by the Football Gods to wreak havoc on the game or if he just responded accordingly to the game's nature. If it was the latter, well then that must have been one violent game.
2) It's Not A Bird Or A Plane, It's Actually A Goal!!
- What do Michael Owen and Fernando Torres have in common? I mean, despite both leaving Liverpool to join rival teams and become two of the probably most hated players in football? Well, the answer is they both also aren't exactly scoring machines. Now I can't really blame Owen for his own lack of goals because Fergie benches him a lot. I can't say the same for the other freckled one though, since he's had a decent amount of appearances on the pitch and yet has only managed to give Chelsea two goals. No, I didn't type that amount wrong, he's actually only had TWO goals since he's arrived in Chelsea which has been around 9 months. That is as long as it takes for an embrio to grow into an actual baby. I don't even. ANYWAYS, the two made footy fans buzz when they both scored for their teams during games this week. Torres made his 2nd goal when The Blues were playing United, although it was soon forgotten after he made an unbelievable miss against a perfectly OPEN United net. Oh how the Football Gods are humorously cruel. If you missed his miss (lol see what I did there) you could have watched it on YouTube, but the videos have all been taken down per FA's request (lol what). Luckily, it was already giffed! Bless the internet. Owen was luckier, getting pulled off the bench to score twice for a Manchester United win against Leeds and not executing a massive miss that was recorded and viral on the internet.
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3) Tie, Tie, and oh, Draw
- Big teams like Barcelona are always expected to win, so after two draws in a row against AC Milan and Real Sociedad the team started to get annoyed. That annoyance only grew with some of our most effective players, Sanchez and Iniesta, out for injuries. Barcelona - in a drawing fit rage - took Osasuna to the cleaners, scoring 8 goals that night with a clean sheet. This was certainly not going to do for the Football Gods and their "Prank Week", so they stripped Barcelona of all their magic and thought it would be funny if after that colossal win Barcelona drew AGAIN. This time against a formidable foe, Valencia. It most definitely could have been a win if we didn't waste so many opportunities and if the crossbar and goal posts weren't trying to play the game as well.
Dear Football Gods, please stop.
This isn't funny anymore.
A confused footy fan,
x Natasha
