Despite vowing to myself that I'd refrain to talk about big time football but since the only sports event I was able to catch up in the last couple of days was the Milan derby (and since I'm working in Milan at the moment) I'm going to write a couple of paragraphs on how it went and why.
Wel, first of all I guess everyone knows what the final score was, and I might say that only over-enthusiastic Milan fans or people who do not follow Italian football could have expected Inter to lose this game. Last week's results could have led some people to believe that Inter was not the team to beat and that Milan had finally found some groove after its disastrous pre-season. The problem is that Mourinho got what he wanted (Snejider) and was finally able to bench the useless armchair called Vieira this week. The Inter side was also able to exploit and show to everyone who still hadn't got it (like its President, who never gets anything) Milan's weaknesses: the wings. Especially on the right side Maicon and Eto'o did whatever they wanted and all the first three goals came from attacks down that side.
I won't be in the office tomorrow, but I do believe that the minority of Inter fans will send plenty of emails to the majority Milan fans (with us neutrals as cc) with jokes and trash talk. The Milan Derby is something that is strongly felt throughout the city, something enhanced by the fact that football is the official religion of Italy.
On a different note, mixed results for the teams I support during this weekend. To quote just a few:
- wins for Man City, NAC and Istra Pula
- draws for Osasuna, Bodo/Glimt and Keflavik
- losses for my beloved TPS (on ET in the Cup), Udinese and Belenenses (both 3-1s away); plus for Hannover 96
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