Monday, March 15, 2004
I'm going to keep this short because my room lights burnt out a few hours ago. That shouldn't matter, but for some odd reason even though I don't LOOK at the keys, my typing speed and accuracy fall dramatically in the darkness. I really don't know how or why this happens, but it does, so go figure.
Mixed weekend in footballing terms, because Liverpool's loss totally outweighs any joy from elsewhere. Another one of those games for Liverpool where we totally dominate, create tons of chances, and yet manage to lose 2-0 to the opposition's only two shots on target (and as usual, the first should have been disallowed for offside and the second was a fluke deflection). Owen managed to hit the post from a yard out and miss a penalty too. There was consolation in Newcastle losing, thus keeping us in touch with the race for the final Champions League spot, and Man U being totally thrashed 4-1 by rubbish local rivals Man City (and Fowler got the first!). That result has no bearing on Liverpool other than to give us great joy. The biggest game of the weekend wasn't in England though, but in Italy where Juventus hosted my AC Milan... and Milan strode imperiously on, beating Juve 3-1 with goals from Shevchenko and Seedorf. Forza Rossoneri!
The best part of the weekend from a footballing perspective though was Roberto Baggio's 200th Serie A goal for Brescia against Parma. Baggio is my favourite footballer of all time and one of the greatest of all time. He's retiring at the end of a sensational career, so I was hoping he'd hit this milestone before the end.
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