September 19, 2007
Arsenal 3-0 Sevilla
For those of you who don't follow European footy, the two big days of the week in the sport are Saturdays and Wednesdays. Saturdays are the "league" days. Like the NCAA games here in the states, Saturday is the big sports day for footy. There's one or two games in England on Sunday, but the bulk of the action is on Saturday.
Wednesdays, however, is "Europe" day. The top club teams in each country compete in the UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) Champions League, and the second-level clubs compete for the UEFA Cup. Today was such a day, and Arsenal FC from London defeated Sevilla from Spain. Unfortunately, Manchester United FC from England defeated Sporting Lisbon from Portugal, with Christian Ronaldo (who plays for the Portuguese national side) scoring the 1-0 victory for the Evil Red Bastards.
Still, at least I could ring up my firstborn and brag that Arsenal scored more than MUFC. :-)
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And in the other half of group H, my buds at Slavia won in their first real Champions League game. So they're just behind the gunners. And you know it killed the Sporting fans, since CR used to play for them...
Posted by ashley at September 20, 2007 1:29 AM