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Sunday, May 25, 2008
The Beautiful Game Part 2
After the World Cup in June 1998, it was on to the English Premier League, arguably the most popular league in the world today. Back in 1998 Arsenal were the defending champs, but the season of 1998-1999 belonged to Manchester United. Though i am, and will never be, no fan of United, but that season was classic itself.
It was amazing how this team carried on battling even in the face of adversity and made a reputation for themselves as the Comeback Kings. The team of Peter Schemichel, Gary Neville, Phil Neville, Jaap Stam, Ronny Johnsen, Roy Keane, David Beckham, Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs, Andy Cole, Dwight Yorke, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Teddy Sheringham, Nicky Butt, Jesper Blomqvist etc, became legends after this season. The first clip is the last game of the Premier League, where Man U pipped Tottenham 2-1 and nicked the title by 1 point ahead of Arsenal.
The second clip has to go down as one of THE games of the decade.
After drawing 0-0 with Arsenal in the semi finals of the FA Cup, an English domestic tournament, the replay was just illuminating. Arsenal 1 Man Utd 2 was the scoreline, but what drama. David Beckham, for one, after being ridiculed by his country for his red card against Argentina in the World Cup, more than redeemed himself as he struck again to put Man U ahead. Dennis Bergkamp levelled for Arsenal, but then the goal from Man U's Ryan Giggs just left players and fans spellbound.
The third clip is the European final between Man U and Bayern Munich (the German champs) in neutral Barcelona, Spain. This match to determine who will go down as the champs of Europe. Man U, having won the Premier League and the FA Cup, were chasing the Treble, 3 major trophies in the season. 90 minutes in a match, plus injury time (a few minutes), and this match highlighted why United are the comeback kings, as they won the trophy not in the 90 minutes of play, but in the dying minutes of injury time, from 0-1 down to 2-1 up. Enjoy.
By the way, i support Arsenal. LOL.
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