It's all fine to get up early on a Sun morning, after less than 5 hours of sleep, when you consider that such matches are guaranteed to happen only twice a year. So, when the alarm goes off, it isn't a stand alone cuss word that starts the day, but a "What took the bloody Sun so long to come out??!!!" There is no tiredness or sleepiness, just nerve jangling excitement and tension.
Manchester United have made their best start to the season in over 100 years and Arsenal are floundering. To top it all, the feast is served at the Theatre of Dreams, hosting a Premiership record 75,595. With Arsenal clearly having fallen behind United in the past year, I can safely admit that along with ManU they play football, while the others defend their goalposts. So, this was going to be a football match and not a formation match that Chelsea versus Liverpool always turns out to be.
The goals didn't come. Thankfully, neither did the cards. However, it was non-stop action that left me breathless by the end of 30 minutes. It's at times like this that I make resolutions to wake up early on weekends and savour the live long day. Alas, when it all goes wrong horribly at the 85th minute, what promised to be the dawn of a glorious Sunday, sets the precedent for an arse of a day....
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Pardon my ignorance, but what is a formation match?
Dont I even deserve a reply to my comment? :(
Not sure actually....considering that I don't always get a reply to my reply (and its not necessarily the blog I am talking about :D)
Anyway, the formation match I was referring to is one where the teams strategies and formation cancel each other out tactically and the ball itself primarily stays in the midfield
In football, each team has a formation, something that goes like 4-4-2 or 5-4-1 or 4-3-3 or whatever. The numbers refer to the number of defenders, midfielders and forwards in that order. Even when they play against others, Chelsea and Liverpool aren't known to play a flamboyant style. Against each other, due to familiarity and their innate style, they play very conservative football, that can make football seem like a drag.
P.S > Considering that I am a ManU devotee, my comments MIGHT NOT be entirely unbiased :D
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