Portuguese Liga Sagres review - What does a child say when he goes down a slide?
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- Created: Monday, 02 February 2009 16:38
- Written by Ian Shine
“Weee,” and with 18 goals and only two 0-0s it was piss-your-pants with excitement time this weekend in Portugal.
And like three grown men sharing one urinal the big boys were standing on each other’s toes at the start of the weekend, as only one point separated them. All of them fancied themselves for wins as they faced opposition from the bottom four, and while two bonfires remained urine free, Trofense got their usually inadequate willy out and sprayed all over Sporting’s pathetic excuse for a fire.
The outlook continues to be rosy for Steve McClaren and his new team FC Twente. Although a 0-0 home draw with FC Utrecht did not leave much to write home about, there were positives for McClaren to take from the result. FC Twente increased the pressure on their opponents throughout the second half and were unlucky in the last twenty minutes not to force a deciding goal against a team who are one of several vying for a UEFA Cup spot, and looked happy to settle for an away point.
Try as they might Juventus just don’t seem to have it in them to make a fist of this year’s title race. Saturday evening’s 3-2 defeat at home to Cagliari made it two losses on the trot for the Bianconeri, as they followed Wednesday’s defeat at Udinese with another poor performance.
I have a friend, believe it or not, and we love nothing better than to mock footballers, waiting for them outside their houses at night, one of us with a torch, the other with a bucket of cold water.