The Girl with the Goalden Boot

Monday, November 06, 2006

 

MANCHESTER UNITED 3 - 0 PORTSMOUTH
My United boys were awesome. We could've won 5-0 or 6-0. David James had a few great saves. Why didn't Kanu play? It's great to see the defenders (Gaz and Rio) having a go at the goal. Cristiano's free-kick was very well struck, even I'm impressed.

REAL MADRID 1 - 2 CELTA VIGO
First loss at home in a long, long time. :( We played so well for so much of the match, but for the two defensive errors which lost us the match. Ronaldo (after lots of whining during the week) started the match as the lone striker. He was clearly not match-fit and had to come off (with cramps) in the second half. If I were the manager, I'd prefer Reyes instead of Robinho on the left wing. Ruud came on in the second half, and boy, did he work hard! He had 2 defenders on either side of him and somehow managed to break free and pass to Becks. He played deeper than usual when Ronaldo was still on the pitch, and made a perfect cross to Ronie, except Ronie was out of steam already, lol! Now that both Ruud and Ronaldo are available, Capello should convert to 4-4-2 (instead of his more defensive 4-2-3-1), having 2 strikers was so effective at the start of the second half.

NEWCASTLE JETS 1 - 1 SYDNEY FC
Ugh. We suck. And we did it again...score early in the first half, sit back, and watch the other team equalize. :
Other matches: Chelsea lost to Tottenham! Arsenal lost to West Ham! (Someone threw something at Robin. *glares*) Everton and Blackburn lost. Queensland lost to the NZ Knights, omg.

Lola Nadal 8:42 PM