Great Game

Okay, I know that title doesn't make sense.

Phil and I watched the UEFA Championship Final last night. That is the "Union of European Football Associations". It was setup to be a great game. Manchester United versus Chealsea, an all English final. I'm a United fan, so obviously that's who I was pulling for, I'm not sure about Phil. He knew more players on the Chealsea team.

The first half was awesome, Cristiano Ronaldo of ManU scored first, in the 26th minute, then in the 45th minute, Frank Lampard with Chelsea pulled it even. I'm not sure about the second half, must have been boring. ESPN cut out about 30 minutes of it. If it was typical English Soccer it was boring. They are pretty conservative. During the Overtime a fight broke out, resulting in 1 red card and (I think) 2 yellow cards. We were still tied 1-1.

Since it's a final, a tie puts you into two 15 minutes overtimes. If it's still tied after that it goes to Penalty Kicks. And that's what happened here. ManU's captain (Cristiano Ronaldo) missed his kick, putting Chelsea up 3-2, then their captain (John Terry) slipped in the grass and missed his to pull it back to a tie 5-5. (It's a best of 5 kicks to begin with, after that it's whoever misses.) We had 2 more kicks for each team then U's goalie (Edwin van der Sar) guessed right and managed to divert Chelsea's kick. It was a very exciting. I hate for finals to be decided that way but it was at least a good show for all (except the captains).

Great game. Of course I just love to watch soccer anyway...