Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Barcelona - Jewel
I din plan to catch the game. After all, if i was free, i would have attended Bible study instead (honest, Markus!).
So they went off, leaving me. After the whole day of attempting to study, i was tired - and there was still a lot to to cover before the seminar tomorrow. I tried to take a nap - it's gonna be another all-nighter. But couldn't sleep. I went back to me laptop and checked on the game. Oooo.... Chelsea down to 10 men!
I was tempted to go and join Michael and Alberto. After much internal struggle, i decided to do just that. After all, it was just for the 2nd half. And i have been stuck in me room all day - going out would refresh me for burning the midnite oil tonite, i rationalised!
And to be honest, i din regret it one bit! It was an awesome 2nd half! Sure there was the smoke again and i had to watch the screen in between the many heads in front of me. But wat a 2nd half!
Credit to Chelsea as they din just sit back and defend stoutly. They came out attacking and eventually got their just rewards - altho it was quite an amusing own goal by Motta!
Still, the difference was obvious in the end. It wasn't just that Barca got one extra man. It was that Barca had the man! Ronaldinho!
The man! Where can i get a florouscent yellow jersey??
He was a class above the rest! He was instrumental in both of Barca's goals - the first by sending in the freekick which Terry could only deflect it pass his own goalie, the second, by launching the counter-attack and bringing the ball quickly and strongly from his own half to the other side.
Besides that, he was just weaving his magic with the ball, at times turning the Chelsea players wif such ease that it was unbelievable. There was one occasion when Lampard and him tussled for the ball and no prizes for guessing who got the ball in the end. When that happenned, even the Chelsea fans standing next to me had to concede that "Frank is no Ronaldinho"!!!!
After all the fears about Chelsea flooding their pitch (the Mirror.co.uk wins the best headlines with "The Bridge under troubled waters"!!!!!), it turned out to be highly entertaining game in the end! Prolly the best match i've seen since i got here. We were all so into the game, biting our fingers, cheering, clapping, groaning in unison, jumping up and down etc.! When the final whistle went, all of us at the Top Bar broke out in spontaneous applause. :-)
Barca, Barca, Barca, Barca...
Now, i really need to study...
Post-script
I was just reading an amusing news report. Mourinho is furious over the red card against Del Horno. He is especially furious at Barca's player, Messi, who made a meal out of Del Horno's challenge. Well, to be honest, i did think it was a foul but not one which warranted a sending off. It's amusing cuz Mourinho was pretty silent over the Robben - Reina incident a couple of weeks ago! now he's calling fire and brimestone from heaven!!!!!
Anyways, it is good that he now knows how it feels when players make a meal of innocuous challenges just to get the other player sent off - maybe he shud advise Robben not to do the same anymore? ;-P
So they went off, leaving me. After the whole day of attempting to study, i was tired - and there was still a lot to to cover before the seminar tomorrow. I tried to take a nap - it's gonna be another all-nighter. But couldn't sleep. I went back to me laptop and checked on the game. Oooo.... Chelsea down to 10 men!
I was tempted to go and join Michael and Alberto. After much internal struggle, i decided to do just that. After all, it was just for the 2nd half. And i have been stuck in me room all day - going out would refresh me for burning the midnite oil tonite, i rationalised!
And to be honest, i din regret it one bit! It was an awesome 2nd half! Sure there was the smoke again and i had to watch the screen in between the many heads in front of me. But wat a 2nd half!
Credit to Chelsea as they din just sit back and defend stoutly. They came out attacking and eventually got their just rewards - altho it was quite an amusing own goal by Motta!
Still, the difference was obvious in the end. It wasn't just that Barca got one extra man. It was that Barca had the man! Ronaldinho!
The man! Where can i get a florouscent yellow jersey??
He was a class above the rest! He was instrumental in both of Barca's goals - the first by sending in the freekick which Terry could only deflect it pass his own goalie, the second, by launching the counter-attack and bringing the ball quickly and strongly from his own half to the other side.
Besides that, he was just weaving his magic with the ball, at times turning the Chelsea players wif such ease that it was unbelievable. There was one occasion when Lampard and him tussled for the ball and no prizes for guessing who got the ball in the end. When that happenned, even the Chelsea fans standing next to me had to concede that "Frank is no Ronaldinho"!!!!
After all the fears about Chelsea flooding their pitch (the Mirror.co.uk wins the best headlines with "The Bridge under troubled waters"!!!!!), it turned out to be highly entertaining game in the end! Prolly the best match i've seen since i got here. We were all so into the game, biting our fingers, cheering, clapping, groaning in unison, jumping up and down etc.! When the final whistle went, all of us at the Top Bar broke out in spontaneous applause. :-)
Barca, Barca, Barca, Barca...
Now, i really need to study...
Post-script
I was just reading an amusing news report. Mourinho is furious over the red card against Del Horno. He is especially furious at Barca's player, Messi, who made a meal out of Del Horno's challenge. Well, to be honest, i did think it was a foul but not one which warranted a sending off. It's amusing cuz Mourinho was pretty silent over the Robben - Reina incident a couple of weeks ago! now he's calling fire and brimestone from heaven!!!!!
Anyways, it is good that he now knows how it feels when players make a meal of innocuous challenges just to get the other player sent off - maybe he shud advise Robben not to do the same anymore? ;-P
# posted by imissw : 10:17:00 pm
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hehe.. watever la mun onn
i caught the match too.. AFTER bible study!! ;)
but yeah, it was really a superb game for the neutral observer. so many chances created for both sides.
must give chelsea credit for fighting till the end tho
i caught the match too.. AFTER bible study!! ;)
but yeah, it was really a superb game for the neutral observer. so many chances created for both sides.
must give chelsea credit for fighting till the end tho
# posted by 
: Wed Feb 22, 10:52:00 pm
: Wed Feb 22, 10:52:00 pm
hey man, we MUST meet up and catch up! i keep in touch wif people in m'sia more regularly than wif u - who live in the tower next to mine!!!!
but there's soooooo much work now... will prolly be like this til end of the term. even then, i'll have two "take home exams" to be handed up after the easter hols. sigh...
how was the trip last weekend?
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but there's soooooo much work now... will prolly be like this til end of the term. even then, i'll have two "take home exams" to be handed up after the easter hols. sigh...
how was the trip last weekend?
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