At the end of the day (really, I'm not trying to sound like an English football manager or player...it is 11.45pm, the end of the day) all the thoughts I had brewing in my head, all the inspiration I had from things I saw or read today have disappeared. So I had to look up to see what happened in the Danish SAS-Ligaen today for some emergency football action.
The Danes aren't the only ones playing on Friday. There were matches in Germany, France and Spain, all needed to get enough TV coverage for the respective leagues. Nice are the early pacesetters in France and won again today while second placed Monaco lost. It's nice to see a new team at the top of the French league. Yes, it's nice. (I'm sure the joke I thought of earlier this afternoon was way better than that one.)
In Denmark, FC Copenhagen lead the way. They were in the news today because they are one of the clubs looking to put together a new European league to be a competitor to the Champions' League which has come so far from having anything to do with what its' name means that Aston Villa, in the second division in England, might be playing in it next year just because Peter Withe scored that winner in the final against Bayern Munich a lifetime ago. And because they're from England.
Back to the pitch, Sonderjyske won today to move up to 4th place, 6 points being Copenhagen. But I came across a more interesting story on ESPN as I was going through the Danish results. Back in August during the warm-up of the Brondby-Copenhagen match a Brondy fan was hit in the head by a ball kicked into the stands by a Copenhagen player. He was taken to hospital to be checked for concussion but x-rays showed he had something way more serious-a brain tumour. He underwent surgery and is expected to be ok. He posted his thanks on facebook to all the medical personnel and stadium staff....and to the player who hit the wayward shot.
And, as I thought, they do indeed spread out the football over the (long) weekend in Denmark. Two matches today, one tomorrow, three on Sunday and one on Monday in the 14 team top division. And that's how it is for the next 2 weeks and in the third week there are 4 matches on the Sunday before the International Break. It's smart, I guess. As someone pointed out to me there is lots of time to watch what they may think is better football from England on Saturdays.
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