Some serious reflections on Sunday May 20th 2012 begin with a little success for as previously mentioned I made a £20 bet on Chelsea winning the Champions League. This was not my money but that of the bookmaker when first placing a bet on the Grand National. I still have the original placement money after several winnings and losses. The odds were 10.1 so the net gain is £200 as understandably the original bet is not given as it was their money and not mine.
Despite the being there atmosphere of 3D I switched off in the 84th minute when they went down 1.0 after struggling throughout the game and where the home side playing in their own stadium squandered a number of chances to put the game beyond redemption. Didier Drogba then scored a bullet header in the 88th minutes taking the game into extra time.
I missed this goal and then the penalty he gave and its saving by the Chelsea goal keeper one of several heroes on the night. I watched the last 30 minutes or so of extra time but could not bear to watch the penalty shoot out after the German Team out the first in to the net. German teams, especially the national side had a reputation of always winning penalty shoot outs against British teams and while Chelsea had lost all their previous penalty events the home side had done the opposite.
I switch channels again to see the team celebrate just after Drogba and won the competition 4.5 on penalties on the night. The last German kicker hitting the post with the ball then running back into the field of play. With Manchester City winning the Premiership there has been two weekends of great football excite. This afternoon just after 4pm I watched the players and backroom staff parade in a blue bus with the banner Champions of Europe. There was a second bus for families of friends of the players and given that most of those in Germany were in the process of returning home the tens of thousands who packed the streets were impressive and genuine in their excitement. Even more so were the players who jumped up and down and sang out for about an hour over the mile and half hour the journey took to Parson’s Green as the parade stopped various congested pointed to enable people to take photos. Here the players chanted in raucous voices, The Russian owner, chief executive and manager were at the back of the bus enjoying themselves throughout the ride. At one point the club captain encourages the players and supporters to please with Drogba to stay with the club as rumours have traversed the sport’s media that he was on his way having allegedly asked for a two contract extension when the club was only prepared to offer one. Similarly all the commentators and pundits pressed for the interim manager to be given a full contract having won the FA cup and the Europeans Championship in his first season with only three defeats during his reign of a few months. The Chief Executive on camera said they would make the decision as previously state once the season had ended.
I shall use the winnings for a weekend in London to view the paralympics with one million tickets on sale tomorrow morning
Despite the being there atmosphere of 3D I switched off in the 84th minute when they went down 1.0 after struggling throughout the game and where the home side playing in their own stadium squandered a number of chances to put the game beyond redemption. Didier Drogba then scored a bullet header in the 88th minutes taking the game into extra time.
I missed this goal and then the penalty he gave and its saving by the Chelsea goal keeper one of several heroes on the night. I watched the last 30 minutes or so of extra time but could not bear to watch the penalty shoot out after the German Team out the first in to the net. German teams, especially the national side had a reputation of always winning penalty shoot outs against British teams and while Chelsea had lost all their previous penalty events the home side had done the opposite.
I switch channels again to see the team celebrate just after Drogba and won the competition 4.5 on penalties on the night. The last German kicker hitting the post with the ball then running back into the field of play. With Manchester City winning the Premiership there has been two weekends of great football excite. This afternoon just after 4pm I watched the players and backroom staff parade in a blue bus with the banner Champions of Europe. There was a second bus for families of friends of the players and given that most of those in Germany were in the process of returning home the tens of thousands who packed the streets were impressive and genuine in their excitement. Even more so were the players who jumped up and down and sang out for about an hour over the mile and half hour the journey took to Parson’s Green as the parade stopped various congested pointed to enable people to take photos. Here the players chanted in raucous voices, The Russian owner, chief executive and manager were at the back of the bus enjoying themselves throughout the ride. At one point the club captain encourages the players and supporters to please with Drogba to stay with the club as rumours have traversed the sport’s media that he was on his way having allegedly asked for a two contract extension when the club was only prepared to offer one. Similarly all the commentators and pundits pressed for the interim manager to be given a full contract having won the FA cup and the Europeans Championship in his first season with only three defeats during his reign of a few months. The Chief Executive on camera said they would make the decision as previously state once the season had ended.
I shall use the winnings for a weekend in London to view the paralympics with one million tickets on sale tomorrow morning
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