If you've been living under a rock, or in the United States, you may not have noticed the stupendous football match played Saturday between Arsenal and Manchester United. If you don't know, Arsenal won 2-1. If you were lucky enough to watch the game, it's likely one you will remember for a long while. For the whole 90 minutes, both sides were at full speed, none of that standing around looking for a pass to make. One touch to control the ball, pass and go.
ManU tried to rekindle it's former glory by bringing in old timers Giggs and Tevez late in the match but to no avail. Even Arsenal losing their goalkeeper, Almunia, after he got kicked in the head, accidentally, was not enough opening for ManU to score the equalizer.
Now footie is not big on statistics, just stuff like scores, substitutions, bookings and shots. UEFA tracks how far players run during those matches but the English leagues don't. It would have been great to see how far these guys had run, I bet it was a bunch.
In other football news, the USA under 17 women played a very stylish game to beat Korea (South) in the quarter finals of their World Cup. Next up Germany. Also, you won't want to miss the FIFA Homeless cup. Huh?
The wife and I walked over to a nearby sports bar/nightclub to witness the match. Fun but loud. Arsenal and ManU have lots of supporters because of their African players. My wife being the smart one pulled a pair of earplugs out of her purse and enjoyed things at a less dangerous volume. Next time we must go earlier to get better seats, but this time the waitress was very nice in finding a place to squeeze in two more chairs.
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