fooooootball.
yesterday: the fateful day of the arsenal-manchester united match..
it was utterly and completely brilliant!! after enduring matt's impassioned complaints that we didn't watch the chelsea-liverpool match, we traipsed off to the deramore arms to catch the match, along with about sixty other half-crazed, mostly drunk football fans. most of which were united fans, sadly enough. [makes a face]
imagine. sixty people squeezed into a tiny little pub with three television screens, all showing sky sports super sunday.
it was utterly fantastic. adrenaline was pumping, mucho screaming, gloating, and from the more fanatical [or drunk] cussing and crying. i've never been one for watching matches in a large group.. but ohhh man, this was fun. especially considering of the four friends i had that were there with me, one was a liverpool fan, one only watches the la liga, and the other two were manchester united supporters.
after clearly disproving that i loved arsenal purely for the eyecandy by listing out their first team, we watched the first half as rooney's nearly amazing shot got neatly deflected by lehmann, several half-hearted and rather pathetic attempts at the goal got made by rosicky, and all round screams and hair-tugging began.
in the second half, things got a lot more exciting. [especially since we moved towards a bigger screen :p] i'd have to admit that one player that particularly impressed me was evra.. never gave up, that man. even though he was clearly playing for the wrong side. :P the manchester united goal wasn't too bad. [grudgingly] but somehow i KNEW, i KNEWWWWW that we would make a comeback.
and then they brought on van persie, recovering from his injury. [i honestly wasn't expecting him to be able to play.]
a little backstory: robin van persie is one of my most loved arsenal players EVER. henry still ranks pretty high up on the list, but he tends to get a little too cocky for my tastes. [and the diving yesterday. -shakes head- gad.] the only reason why i watched the netherlands during the world cup was for van persie. he's a solid forward, and ever since he made his first arsenal appearance in august 2004, when we WON the match against manchester united, i have been an undying supporter.
so of course, when they brought on van persie, i let out a little shriek of joy. matt was rather astounded, because during half time, we had been talking about my undying affection for van persie.. and.. he comes out shortly after the second half begins. HA. i turn to matt and i go, "van persie will do something." craig shakes his head, matt laughs at me, and i cross my fingers, hoping against hope that he would do something.
and he DID. amazing. :)
you can imagine just how loudly and unstoppingly i screamed when that first goal was scored. the match goes on, and i turn around and say to my friends again: "they're gonna win." everyone scoffs. and then henry pulls that last minute goal.
see. i AM psychic.
best day EVER.
neh, not really.
but in all seriousness, van persie is my hero. broken metatarsal or not.
GO GUNNERS!!!!
ciao.
it was utterly and completely brilliant!! after enduring matt's impassioned complaints that we didn't watch the chelsea-liverpool match, we traipsed off to the deramore arms to catch the match, along with about sixty other half-crazed, mostly drunk football fans. most of which were united fans, sadly enough. [makes a face]
imagine. sixty people squeezed into a tiny little pub with three television screens, all showing sky sports super sunday.
it was utterly fantastic. adrenaline was pumping, mucho screaming, gloating, and from the more fanatical [or drunk] cussing and crying. i've never been one for watching matches in a large group.. but ohhh man, this was fun. especially considering of the four friends i had that were there with me, one was a liverpool fan, one only watches the la liga, and the other two were manchester united supporters.
after clearly disproving that i loved arsenal purely for the eyecandy by listing out their first team, we watched the first half as rooney's nearly amazing shot got neatly deflected by lehmann, several half-hearted and rather pathetic attempts at the goal got made by rosicky, and all round screams and hair-tugging began.
in the second half, things got a lot more exciting. [especially since we moved towards a bigger screen :p] i'd have to admit that one player that particularly impressed me was evra.. never gave up, that man. even though he was clearly playing for the wrong side. :P the manchester united goal wasn't too bad. [grudgingly] but somehow i KNEW, i KNEWWWWW that we would make a comeback.
and then they brought on van persie, recovering from his injury. [i honestly wasn't expecting him to be able to play.]
a little backstory: robin van persie is one of my most loved arsenal players EVER. henry still ranks pretty high up on the list, but he tends to get a little too cocky for my tastes. [and the diving yesterday. -shakes head- gad.] the only reason why i watched the netherlands during the world cup was for van persie. he's a solid forward, and ever since he made his first arsenal appearance in august 2004, when we WON the match against manchester united, i have been an undying supporter.
so of course, when they brought on van persie, i let out a little shriek of joy. matt was rather astounded, because during half time, we had been talking about my undying affection for van persie.. and.. he comes out shortly after the second half begins. HA. i turn to matt and i go, "van persie will do something." craig shakes his head, matt laughs at me, and i cross my fingers, hoping against hope that he would do something.
and he DID. amazing. :)
you can imagine just how loudly and unstoppingly i screamed when that first goal was scored. the match goes on, and i turn around and say to my friends again: "they're gonna win." everyone scoffs. and then henry pulls that last minute goal.
see. i AM psychic.
best day EVER.
neh, not really.
but in all seriousness, van persie is my hero. broken metatarsal or not.
GO GUNNERS!!!!
ciao.
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