However, lets have a different look at things. Football imitates life itself with important lessons that are learnt & need to be put in practice: the fall can be long from the top, humility, respect, teamwork, cautiousness, discretion, it isn´t won until the end...etc, & another dozen of sayings that are wise & applicable to this case & Sport.
Lets see how in 48 hours "Football Life" can turn around completely, how bad luck can play a part & how it is always wise to be careful with words & respect the opponent no matter how "inferior" on paper they may seem to be initially. The euphoria not controlled can be counter-productive.
Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos goes on record on the front cover of "Marca" to afirm: "We will win 3-0", while other team-mates say things similiar but not so direct. Lyon players arrive at Madrid that same morning & read this. They are naturally upset at the statements & feel Real Madrid should have some respect.
Match night - PJANIC scores in the 75th min. This goal eliminates Real Madrid from Champions. Earlier in the first half Higuaín ( "World star" the week before) hit the post (bad-luck) & missed a "sitter" that would have "killed off" Lyon in the 1º half possibly with a 3-0 scoreline. In the break Lyon Coach remembers players of the "Marca 3-0 cover", bravely makes a double substitution change to look for the needed goal seeing that Real Madrid are infact "ineffective" & wins the battle.Real Madrid players & Coach do not/cannot react in the 2º half with the "new" Lyon attitude. Coach Pellegrini makes controversial substitution decisions ( Kaká & M. Diarra) that will have after shocks.
POST - MATCH: Lyon players in the tunnels ask Real defender Sergio Ramos : "Were´nt you meant to win us 3-0? Verbal fight breaks out between players.
"CATASTROPHE" - the main message of all media & International press. More adjectives: Disaster, Galaxy turns into a Black Hole, Failure...
Speculation rises of the end of the road at Real Madrid for Coach Manuel Pellegrini. Tagged as docil, lacking in ideas, a Coach not up to the level, lacking in character, a coward...The rumour is that Real Madrid will keep Pellegrini until the end of this season ( League title still up for grabs) & then cease with his services
Guti adds wood to the fire by claiming on TV after the match that ..."Real cannot solve the big occasions & need to overcome the individual tendency & learn to play as a team".
THIS ALL HAPPENED IN 48 HOURS!
Coldplay warned us about it all, about the way LIFE itself operates & how we all need doses of humility in our lifes. Here is the VIDEO of "Viva La Vida", let us allow the music to sooth the pain, & see if we can all learn something, at least...:
I used to rule the world
Seas would rise when I gave the word
Now in the morning I sweep alone
Sweep the streets I used to own
I used to roll the dice
Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes
Listen as the crowd would sing:
"Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!"
One minute I held the key
Next the walls were closed on me
And I discovered that my castles stand
Upon pillars of sand, pillars of sand... Tweet
1 comment:
great post, however i think that peligerini is not to blame, higuain missed a chance to make it 2 - 0...he also did not pass to ronaldo who was in a better position to score which could have made it 3 - 0 and people would be singing praises about the coach
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