Football Is For Real Men, Not Posers

Woohooo! Chelsea are out of the Champions League. Firstly, i would like to say that i have nothing against Chelsea FC, but i do have something against their manager who likes to think of himself as "the greatest" or "the special one". Anyway, serves him right that he lost to Barca. Barca played the game as it was meant to be played, the beautiful way or as Eric Cantona would say, Joga Bonito. Barca played passing football, with thinkers and ball players, with skills and trickery, but Chelsea played long ball style. Oh wait, the term "long ball" is only used for teams like Bolton. When Chelsea employ the same tactics, it's called "long pass". A load of bull la. It's the same tactic no matter what you call it. Stupid commentators and writers.

Back to the match, Chelsea was outplayed by Barca for the whole 180 minutes. Jose would point to the fact that in the first leg, Chelsea was playing most of the match with 10 men. I think that even with del Horno there, he wouldnt stand a chance against Messi. Messi outplayed him everytime he ran at him. He couldnt get close to the ball when Messi was in control and so had to resort to body charges and tackles ,on the leg mind you, to get the ball off him. It's kinda embarassing to see a defender worth 8 million pounds get trashed by an 18-year-old who's as tall as me. But then again, he is such a talent.

The second leg was a tactical affair where most of the football was played at the middle of the park but it was also peppered by some exciting flicks and tricks by the reigning world player of the year. At one point, he managed to flick the ball over Ferreira's head but then he pulled the ball back just to have a go at Ferreira again. Paulo Ferreira was made to look like a schoolboy throughout the match by Ronaldinho and Eto'o. Whenever Ronaldinho had the ball, he was challenged by 3 Chelsea players but the best thing was, none of them could get the ball off him. They had to foul him just to stop him going towards their goal. However, they couldnt shackle for long. On 78 minutes, Samuel Eto'o passed the ball to Ronaldinho and with those magical feet of his, he waltzed his way pass 3 Chelsea players, at the same time managing to brush off John Terry like he was a sack of potatoes, to score the decisive goal.

After the match, Jose's still going around saying that his team were the better team. I wonder which match has he been watching all along. Anybody who watched the match could tell you who were the better team. Even the statistics from both the legs will tell that Barca were clearly the better team. So, i think i represent a lot of people when i say this, PADAN MUKA KAU JOSE!

Anyway, back to the title of this post, did any of you manage to watch Didier Drogba's Oscar worthy acting last weekend? He was about to kick the ball when Jonathan Greening ran across him to block his shot. Apparently, Greening caught him somewhere in the stomach and he fell down as if he was shot by a sniper at the roof of the stadium. Then, he rolled around on the ground to get some nice grass stains on his jersey while screaming in agony. Another Oscar contender is Arjen Robben. When Reina placed his hand on his neck, he went down like he got shot through his neck by a revolver. Then he clutched his neck while rolling around on the ground like he was choking on a durian seed. There's also Cristiano Ronaldo, who's a serial diver. It's difficult to differentiate when he is really fouled and when he's not. I know that he's a Man Utd player but you cant seriously be condoning diving, even if he's playing for the team that you support. These guys are an embarassment to the game. On one side, you have the real gentlemen of the game. They are the guys who are committed in every game. They get kicked around but they get back up again just to taunt their opponents all over again. They play with dignity, passion, and pride. I'll just list down a few of these gentlemen: Thierry Henry, Roy Keane, Alan Shearer, Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, John Terry, Gabriel Heinze. On the other side, we have the divers and play-actors who are staining the beautiful game. We really need to get rid of these posers before more of them appear in the game.