Archive for April, 2009

Who Goes to the Finals?

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

The last round served up some scintillating matches and absolutely separated the men from the boys as we usually say. The titanic encounter between Liverpool and Chelsea will remain etched in the memories of football fans for a long time to come. The one sided encounters between Barcelona and Bayern Munich was a sore embarrassment [...]

A Spectacle Like No Other!

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

I’ve seen matches both live and on television but ‘am glad I watched the Chelsea VS Liverpool second leg encounter at the Bridge today! What a cracker and outstanding advertisement for our beloved sport.
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Could it have been better orchestrated? I don’t think so! Even a Nollywood blockbuster couldn’t have been better conceived; yes, such was [...]

Football: Nothing Like it!

Sunday, April 5th, 2009

When I did a piece on the last minute defeat suffered by Hull City against Aston Villa some months back, little did I know that the same thing is going to replay itself today. And true to the famed karmic law, Villa also suffered a last minute defeat to Manchester United in a game they [...]