The world of the King...

Hi people.. blogging from school now ... about an hour and half left for PE... haix. I'm going to blog about..................... the champion's league finale! Barcelona versus Arsenal... Being the football maniac that i am there was absolutely no way I was going to miss that match!! From the very start it was exciting to watch with Arsenal starting off well... Then came the deciding moment... When Samuel Etoo was fouled... I personally thought his pace was going to put that ball at the back of the net but the Arsenal golie came out of his box, and clipped his leg. The referee flashed an instant red card. What surprised me though was that very decision. Since the ball was guided to the back of the net by a Barca player, the referee should have given the advantage to the Catalans and counted the goal and should have shown Lehmann a yellow card. That would have been a good decision. Instead by disallowing the goal and sending of Lehmann, I was completely surprised by his decision... Other than that I was quite upset when Sol Campell scored the goal... dn't get me wrong here the set piece was almost perfect and Henry's free kick was absolutely fantastic. I only regret about the way the got the free kick- it was a blatant dive by an Arsenal player. Still, I have to congragulate them on holding off Barca until the 76th minute. The two moments of genius by Hendrik Larsson lead to two goals being scored. I applaude that guy. He gets all my respect and my vote as the man-of-the-match. Although he only played for 30 mins, his contribution far outweighed many of the other players on the field. Frank's substitues helped alot as Iniesta troubled the Arsenal defence, Larsson set up the two Barca goals while Belletti scored the winner.

Much of the pre match hype was about who would prove to be better- Henry or Ronaldinho. Both did not play to thiwer best and thus both of them fell short of my expectations.

For al those arsenal fans out there, take heart from this defeat. Your club are improving. THough I fell they are still a long way away from matching Man Utd :P. Barcelona trully deserved this victory. They faced Milan, Chealsea, Benifica on their way to the finals. It was not an easy time but they did it. With this, European football comes to an end for this season. Next up is the much anticipated world cup. Unfortunately I'll be touring Vietnam during theworld cup so I would have to miss a few matches. My Mid year exams also clash with the world cup but I'll catch the final. No matter what.

Ok i gtg. Cya .

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