By mid-May, we’d played Milan three times in four weeks—twice in the Coppa Italia semis and once in Serie A—and were set to play them twice more in an epic Champions League semifinal. The first leg was slated for Naming Rights Park, and then we’d head to the San Siro with a place in the final on the line…
Also: We won the Coppa Italia, 1-0 over Roma at the Olimpico. Kozlov scored the goal. No one seemed to get too worked up about this—the board explicitly told me before the season started that they “didn’t consider the TIM Cup to be an important competition”—but I’m happy, because it’s the first time I’ve won the cup and because it means we’re still on for the elusive Quadruple. We only have to win one of our final three league games (which are against the 20th, 16th, and 18th-ranked teams in Serie A) to take the scudetto. Man Utd in the Champions League final will be another story, obviously. Updates soon…
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by Brian Phillips · July 1, 2009
So with regard to the bright sunshine visible on the pitch, in the future are Champions League semis played in the daytime?
And the cross on the second Vercelli goal in the away leg was insane.
They were both night games, actually. I think Sepp Blatter attended them both, and since he’s now 97% fusion-powered it’s probably just the “false day” effect of his fallout halo.
Also could have something to do with the fact that UEFA are artificially increasing the brightness of the moon in 2020 to draw attention to the Heineken spot they’ve plastered on it.
Well, someone has to fund NASA under the Palin administration…
That is NOT funny Richard.
Naming Rights Park still looks peat-bogish next to the San Siro.
Is it sad that simply because of your blog, I now think of Francismar as being one of my favorite players in the world?
Sad, no. Profoundly disloyal to Pro Vercelli, yes.
Brian , What is your addictiveness rating now ?
“It’s not really addictive. I just can’t stop playing…” In my defense, the game is often open for hours and hours at a time when I’m not actually playing it. So my real rating is probably more like “Your relationship has currently expired” or “Repetitive Strain Injury, anyone?”