Wednesday, 22 November 2017

Champions League, Celtic's better thrashing and The Ashes

Day -204 WorldCup2018

Rushing towards the last 200 days.

I've been trying to get excited about Champions League. Apart from the spectacle of Tottenham 's beautiful, visually pleasing destruction of Real Madrid I've been struggling.

Today: Juventus-Barcelona. Messi (when he came on), Suarez, Dybala, Higuain. Mouthwatering prospect. Outcome : borefest.

Russia's goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev today kept a Champions League clean sheet after 11 years and 43 matches. Bad luck, bad defence, or questionable choice as Russia's number 1 for the number 1 position?

Celtic lost 7-1 to PSG today. PSG won the first match in Glasgow 5-0. Last season Barcelona beat Celtic 7-0. The Celtic manager, Brendan Rodgers, said today's defeat was " better " than the Barca thrashing. A laughable attempt at looking for positives?

Omar Niasse was today suspended for two Premier League games for diving to win a penalty for Everton in their 2-2 draw with Crystal Palace last Saturday. The penalty was awarded and scored. If the winning of the penalty was illegitimate, how can the goal stand retroactively? How can the result stand? Logic?

Leatherhead beat Billericay Town in an FA Cup first round replay. Leatherhead in the second round!

The Ashes started today, tomorrow in Australia. That's cricket. First test is in Brisbane. There is a swimming pool in the stadium. A pool. In the stands. Cricket and Australia. They've got it all figured ot. It's true. I saw a picture

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