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| "Football Brothers" Andy Cole & Dwight Yorke with yummy-lookin' David Beckham |
Manchester United still has some excellent footie going on even after the great team of the late 90's was no more. Likewise with the boys.
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| Hello there, boys. Cristiano Ronaldo & Alan Smith |
Anyway, the Slavia Praha - Arsenal FC match was to be my very first experience watching live football, and the weather was atrocious. The first half of the match was just occasional spitting every ten minutes. Just as the whistle blew for half-time, it became this torrential, pouring rain - the kind where if you're out in the open for five seconds, you'd be drenched to the core.
I was having this Which-Team-Do-I-Support Crisis. Here I was, all decked out in red and white in support of Slavia. After all, Prague is home for the next six months and it's a home game. On the other hand, having grown up watching the English Premiere League, I know Arsenal better than I know the home team. Red and white happen to be Arsenal's team colours too.
(The odds of Slavia dominating the match was slim since Arsenal had trashed Slavia 7-0 two weeks prior. It's more fun to support the winning team, but I digress...)
I decided that the best thing to do was to cheer (and jeer) for both teams. In Mandarin. That way, the locals won't be able to figure out what I was yelling. There were some exciting moments and a couple of close calls here and there. But the game ended in a goalless draw - and it was to be Arsenal's first failure to score in the season. One goal. I wanted only one goal.
I squelched home that night, soaking wet and feeling just that little bit discontented.
I was having this Which-Team-Do-I-Support Crisis. Here I was, all decked out in red and white in support of Slavia. After all, Prague is home for the next six months and it's a home game. On the other hand, having grown up watching the English Premiere League, I know Arsenal better than I know the home team. Red and white happen to be Arsenal's team colours too.
(The odds of Slavia dominating the match was slim since Arsenal had trashed Slavia 7-0 two weeks prior. It's more fun to support the winning team, but I digress...)
I decided that the best thing to do was to cheer (and jeer) for both teams. In Mandarin. That way, the locals won't be able to figure out what I was yelling. There were some exciting moments and a couple of close calls here and there. But the game ended in a goalless draw - and it was to be Arsenal's first failure to score in the season. One goal. I wanted only one goal.
I squelched home that night, soaking wet and feeling just that little bit discontented.
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