I had the bright idea of drowning my sorrows by maybe catching a late show at the movies. Saw what was on and having identified something that seemed to have pretty decent reviews, I quickly set off. I am not saying what happened next.
Note to self: Never go by show timings on the theatre’s website.
I was hoping we would draw Madrid or Barca in the 2nd round of Champions League and behold – Barcelona it is. Don’t ask me why I was hoping for the toughest draw possible, but it sets up a cracking tie between Champions of Europe 2005 and Champions of Europe 2006.
Just looked at the entire draw, and as usual Arsenal, Chelsea and the Mancs get easy draws. It’s all random, yeah right. Roma v Lyon, Madrid v Munich and Inter v Valencia are the other picks of the draw by the way. The fixers (Milan) get the easiest tie – after having slept their way through the easiest group. You know, the one they just “happened” to be in.
Putting the conspiracy theories aside, Barcelona might have been the best team in Europe for the past couple of years, but I have no doubt that we’ll have them for dinner. Bring them on – I’m going to Athens in May baby! Did I tell you (actually no one knows this) I had two tickets (the good ones) for this year’s final (Barca vs Arsenal), but I obviously didn’t take up that option. Who wants to see the two most exciting teams in Europe play against each other? Not me.