Garden of Sastra

Worst Day of the Year ... so far

Today is arguably the WORST day of my relatively beautiful 2005 year, all because of ONE event which happened at 6.10 AM local time: Manchester United was kicked out of the Champion's League competition by AC Milan.

Since we're on a this topic, and for those of you who don't know, allow me to give u guys a quick run-down of my football affiliations. I have been an avid Manchester United fan since 12 years ago, during the days of Steve Bruce, Gary Pallister, Lee Sharpe, right till the Cantona-era, the Giggs-Scholes-Nevilles-Beckham era, and now. Not that I don't like any other teams, I do.

I think Barcelona's a great team, AC Milan's not too bad (and not just because they kicked MY team outta the competition). Juventus's a cool team, I really like Leeds Utd too. Aside from United players, my utmost respect goes out to Ronaldhino, Kaka, Nedved, Ballack, and even Robben.

On the down side, crappy teams like Arse-nal and Chelsea (I call them Russian Chelskis) are a definitely in my hate list. Arsenal is the most dirty and arrogant team playing top flight football anywhere in the world (Divers like Pires and Ashley Cole, brutes like Viera and Campbell, cheaters like Henry and Lundberg... and all these sanctioned proudly by their manager Arse-ne Wanker). On the other hand, Chelsea has no depth, no spirit, no soul (skills and flair, yes. But no love). Their players play not for the love of the game, but for the love of the Pounds or Euros. That has gotta suck.

Roughly 4 competitions awaits qualified team to compete in each country, and in the case of England (from order of least important):

4. League Cup (Domestic, won by Chelski a couple of weeks ago, known as the Micky Mouse Cup, or Worthless Cup)

3. F.A Cup (Domestic, Man United favourites to win after the dismissal of Chelski, another worthless Mickey Mouse Cup)

2. Premier League (Domestic, Chelski favourites to win this season)

1. UEFA Champions League (Europe, Top teams from Europe selected from different countries compete for the prestigious cup, predicted front runners now are - AC Milan, Juventus, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich)

Anyway, back to the game this morning. MU deserved to lose. We are just not good enough for Europe this time around (MU won the treble - FA Cup, Premier League and Champion's League back in 1999). Sad, dissappointed, shocked, speechless. Words alone cannot describe the utter frustration that only another true MU fan (in mind and at heart) knows. There will be grins and smiles from idiots outside today, that's for sure. Biggest grin would be from some new fair-weathered Chelski fans (who happens to be Arse-nal fans last season), and a lot of snickering from Arse-nal fans (refered to as Arse-hols), though, of course, they are going to play tonight with a 3-1 goal deficit against Bayern Munich.

True fans with class knows when their oponents are the better team after each competition. And so it is. AC played much better, has more skillful players, their fans love them just as much. Congratulations, AC Milan. You did well, and it was an honor for MU to be playing against you. Good luck in your next phase of the game.

Next thing on my mind? Let's hope that Chelski gets kicked out of the competition in the next round, and the Arse-hols get another 3-1 trashing from Bayern Munich today. After all, you get what you give. Always.

posted by Leon @ 1:05 PM