Talk of the 2006 World Cup wouldn't be complete without mention of another Argentinian "best goal ever". This time it was in the last 16 and Maxi Rodriguez scored a stunner to get Argentina past the Mexicans in extra time. Eder, you may have been bettered. That was a real beauty!
On a more personal note, the time has come when I have to mention Aston Villa again. We are down to the business end of the season: playoffs. Superstitions are important (not mentioning them in the hope they keep winning) but ignorance is a little hard. Today was the first leg of the semifinal in Middlesbrough. Watching it was going to be tough, that I knew in advance. I signed up to an online streaming service, thought I could watch it on my phone but the old blackberry let me down. So I spent most of the match following updates on twitter and looking online for a new phone. In the second half I switched my search to new tv's. Why? Maybe to have a better picture when Villa are in the Premier League. More simply it was because I needed a distraction. Staring at my phone, dreading a Middlesbrough goal and hoping for a Villa second is a weird kind of fun. And as I did this, by all accounts (as seen on twitter) the Villa huffed and puffed to a 1-0 win. A great result, the neutral may think, a first leg away win. But the neutral doesn't follow this team like a fan. Its going to be a long, stressful 90 minutes, or more, on Tuesday.
It's more enjoyable to be a football fan when you can watch goals like Maxi's, with no fear of the result.
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