Football is a game, of two halves none the less, and it has spawned a raft of internet football games that can broadly be split into two halves.
The good and the downright piss poor.
In the first of a possible weekly feature, I’ll walk you through some of the football games the internet has to offer, rating them or more likely slating them along the way.
If the Portuguese League were an episode of Batman Porto would be Catwoman, Benfica would be Batman and Sporting would be Robin.
Porto are always sleek, attractive, and have the classiest strip, while Benfica think they’re the star of the show but are surviving on the glory of past performances.
In contrast to the classy blacks of the Cat and the Bat Sporting stand out like a sore thumb in their green and white. They also spend most of the time looking like inadequate fannies.
Real Madrid found the perfect tonic for their midweek Benayoun blues with a 2-0 win at Espanyol on Saturday.
Espanyol, full of energy and confidence having taken Barça's scalp just last week, fought hard to hold Real till just past the hour mark, but vicious challenge from Román Martínez brought down Guti just outside the box. The whistle blew and Guti dusted himself down and buried the resulting free-kick top left corner.
What makes the perfect goal? For some it is the culmination of a free-flowing attacking move that demonstrates gliding passing and movement. Take for instance Estebian Cambiasso’s goal at the 2006 World Cup, or Carlos Alberto’s strike against Italy in 1970.
For others, the sharp electrifying shock of a stunning shot is of greater satisfaction. If that’s the case then few come better than Giuseppe Mascara’s 50 yard volley.
Chelsea’s Didier Drogba is one of the game’s great enigmas. He can be utterly abject or almost unplayable, depending on the way the wind is blowing.
This season he has largely been the former, struggling to even hold down a first-team place under Luis Fillipe Scolari.
However, since Guus Hiddink took charge at Stamford Bridge, the burly Ivorian has shown glimpses of his dynamic best.