Talk about the perfect sport. Futbol is a 90 minute game. I’m not talking about futbol americano, which, in theory, should only be an hour long with four quarters at fifteen minutes each, but we all know it steals three hours out of our day. This is just one of the many reasons that makes soccer the perfect sport to watch. 90 minutes means 90 minutes, maybe 100 at most depending on the penalties in the game. Also, the refs don’t spend all day deciding on how to call a play.
Specifically, I am going to talk about the Chelsea vs. Liverpool game yesterday. With the pitiful outcome of the Super bowl yesterday, I am at least glad that Liverpool wrecked Chelsea. If not, yesterday would have sucked.
You can kind of parallel the Chelsea Soccer players and the Steelers football players. They pull some unsportsmanlike crap that no one seems to notice. Take Harrison from the Steelers and Bosingwa of Chelsea. During the superbowl yesterday, Harrison holds a Cardinal’s player down and punches him. During the Liverpool match yesterday, Bosingwa kicks Benayoun in the ass to shove him out of bounds. What do these two separate instances have in common? None of the refs called it.
Still, Liverpool got the last word. 2-0 I believe. Fernando Torres made an amazing header in the 88th minute. And, in the final minute of the game, Torres also managed to slam another one in. It was epic. Fernando Torres is easily one of my favorite players. Not only did he have the win yesterday, but he did score the winning goal that won Spain the last world cup. Just sayin’.
Benayoun and Gerrard also played a hell of a game. I know Liverpool won, but my only complaint is that Benayoun wasn’t put in earlier. He did have some great attempts though. Petr Cech, the keeper for Chelsea, also played some great defense, but the Reds were on their game and hungry for the title yesterday. Manchester United did have a 1-0 win against Everton yesterday, thanks to a penalty by Ronaldo, but Liverpool is closing the gap on Man. United, now only 2 points behind.
Go Reds!
