circlous monkeys
Monday, August 6, 2007
Errr...yes, because it was daryl's and daddy's birthday BUT more importantly (even far more important than THE day of the year, 10th July 2007) it was the day where MANCHESTER UNITED FC got their devilish hands on the English FA Community Shield 2007. What a tensed game it was. Both sides could have snatched a victory but no, that wasn't the case in normal time. Strangely, the game was played for only 90 minutes and NO extra time was played. Weird? I definitely thought so. But hey, who's complaining? [rhetorical question] Ryan Giggs got United into the lead after 35 minutes with a delightful finish from an excellent Evra cut-back. Yes, the energetic Frenchman has done that countless times that it has actually become a noun [exclamation mark] But somehow, Malouda managed to get the equaliser for Chelsea (actually due to pure luck and coincidence) just before half time. Both sides fought well in the second half, showing absolutely no desire to hold back their hunger for the first domestic trophy of the new season. In the end, it all came down to penalty-shootouts. Pizarro ran and hit the ball with all his might but hey, what's the point? Van der Sar stood tall and parried the ball to safety leaving the United fans in ecstasy. Lampard was the second spot-kick taker for Chelsea and he struck the ball in the typical Frankie-power way and yet again, Van der Sar stopped the venomous shot. The third Chelsea spot-kick was taken by Wright-Phillips. He tried (good try SWP, but obviously it wasn't good enough) to place the shot low at Van der Sar's right (hmm..or was it left??) but the Dutchman made another stunning save [exclamation mark] Truly impressive. 3 out of 3 for Van der Sar and for United as well. All 3 United penalty takers (Ferdinand, Carrick and Rooney) converted their kicks ever so well to grab the first of the many many more silverwares to come for Manchester United. Quoting Joe, "And Van der Sar stands even taller..." Well said my friend. United 1, Chelsea 0.
P.S. I have no idea why I blogged this. Probably because I've got no personal blog and I really really really wanna say all these. Hmmmm... makes me wonder.
P.P.S. This da*n thing doesn't allow me to use exclamation marks [lots of exclamation marks]
-AK-
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