Da Bootroom
Hey ho, anything happen yesterday? Something about a Cup with teams from all around the World that’s happening in six months? And ping pong balls? And Charlize Theron? (What a cutie!) Ah yes.
Well, while you are trying not to believe the hype that the USMNT got an easy draw (it’s never an easy when Bob Bradley is your coach), it’s back to another exciting, action-packed weekend of real football. European club football.
With such exciting matches as PORTSMOUTH… against BURNLEY…. and it’s ON ESPN2!!!!
There are thankfully some worthy fixtures too, most notably the Juggernaut That Is Chelsea against the Inconsistent Crew That Is Man City. Arsenal hope to turn around their poor form against Stoke (by no means an easy fixture). Liverpool will apparently be sans Torres and Aquil20millionpoundani against Blackburn. And then there a battle of the Wanderers, Wolves versus Bolton.
Meanwhile on the continent, the top four teams in Serie A face off against each other… Inter vs. Juve and AC Milan against overachieving Sampdoria. In Spain, both Real Madrid and Barcelona are in action against Almería and Deportivo. And then the night ends with a somewhat interesting Nike-branded friendly on FSC between the USA U17 and Brazil U17. I’m guessing Brazil wins 7-0.
Have at it kids! Fixtures and your comments after the hop.
EPL
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7:45 Portsmouth vs Burnley (ESPN2)
10:00 Arsenal vs Stoke (FSC)
10:00 West Ham vs Manchester United (Setanta)
10:00 Blackburn Rovers vs Liverpool
10:00 Wigan vs Birmingham
10:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Bolton Wanderers
10:00 Aston Villa vs Hull City
12:30 Manchester City vs Chelsea (FSC)
Selected Fixtures from the Rest of the World
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7:15 Leeds United vs Huddersfield Town
8:00 Nottingham Forest vs Leicester City
9:30 Hamburger SV vs Hoffenheim (Gol)
10:00 Celtic vs Aberdeen (ü75′s House)
10:00 Exeter vs Brighton & Hove Albion (Spectator’s House)
10:00 Norwich vs Oldham Athletic (Ned’s House)
12:00 Deportivo Xerez vs Atlético Madrid (ESPN360)
12:00 Sevilla vs Real Valladolid (Gol)
12:00 AC Milan vs Sampdoria
1:00 Valenciennes vs AS Monaco (Setanta)
2:00 Real Madrid vs Almería (Gol)
2:45 Juventus vs Inter Milan (FSC)
3:00 Bordeaux vs Paris Saint Germain (Setanta)
4:00 Deportivo vs Barcelona (ESPN360)
9:00 USA U17 vs Brazil U17 (FSC)
@Wedel – therein lies my issue. I play GK, and I absolutely never wear pants. It offends me.
@Kid: I never went through with it, I swear! Although in one indoor tourney (high-school-gym-and-giant-tennis-ball-indoor, not turf-with-boards-indoors), I drew short straw and ended up between the sticks. I wore sweatpants for that one. No gloves, but sweatpants.
@Wedel – that is the only situation in which wearing pants as a GK is acceptable
NYK: The GK Pants Nazi.
how the hell did Marchisio do that?
Julio Cesar has appeared to have contracted Ronaldinho’s Disease is how
@Anonsters – that sounds like an excellent book title
Gigi Buffon is about to kill someone
@Kid: phew!
@Anonsters: Agreed. I thought making fun of Almunia’s hair was going to be a slam dunk. I had no idea I was going to end up on the defensive there.
Little Leo Messi, he’s just too good. Oh, Barca.
I am 90% certain that Mario Balotelli is eventually going to be killed on the pitch by either an opposing player or opposing supporter.
NY Kid: I’m surprised you think a book title involving you and the word “Nazi” is ok. Are you more loathing of goalie pants than you are of Hitler?
well, James, Marge Schott told me that it would be a best-seller.
JT: Just think about how he’d feel about Hitler playing GK while wearing pants.
HA! The Matrix just took a shot to the head. I hope it hurt terribly.
Seriously, if Argentina hadn’t qualified for the WC, FIFA would had to have given them the 33rd spot. Messi is just sick. Passing, dribbling, shooting. Sick, sick, sick.
Wow, and Depo pulls back level with a header from nowhere.
That Depo-Provera is good in the air.
And you are a bad man.