Manchester United won their 10th Premier League titled today, on two goals from Ronolodo and Giggs, beating a game Wigan. Clearly United deserved the title the most, because of the number of victories they had over the Big 4 this year, in addition to Ronoldo's amazing campaign. The best part of today, however, was watching Chelsea draw against Bolton. If Chelsea had won, they would have had the same points total as Man U, but Man U would have won title because of the goal differential between the two teams. Of course, flaming Chelsea fans would have claimed they won just as many games as United, and United won the title on a technicality. However, today, they held a 1-0 lead over the vastly inferior Bolton, but they became complacent in the final 10 minutes as word of Giggs's second goal leaked out over Stamford Bridge, basically announcing that United would win the title regardless of what Chelsea did. Then, in stoppage time, lightening struck, and Bolton scored a goal on a free kick, which went right under Cech's legs on a deflection. United won the title on a lot more than just a technicality today.
And there is more...both teams will face each other in 10 days time, in Moscow, for the UEFA final. Now Chelsea will have their chance to show they are just as good as United, and there will be no excuses of technicalities here - its win, or go home. If you hadn't noticed, I don't particularly like Chelsea.
Why is that? For starters - I have been a Man U fan since Middle School soccer. Second, Chelsea fans all complain that United is overrated, and has no real fans, because the city of Manchester sucks. However, most Americans who root for Chelsea only do so, so they can enjoy the same Red Sox mentality of pulling for the wild, cowboyish underdogs. Manchester United are the Yankees of the Premier League, and they are quietly stoic and classy. Chelsea fans tend to complain about money, but they seem to forget the amount of money that their Russian tycoon owner spend on them - including paying 90 million GBP for Shevchenko, and also picking up Anelka mid season. Moreover, they seem to forget that Manchester United beat Chelsea, Liverpool, and Arsenal (who was running away with the title at one point) this year.
So the season that begun last August is finally over. I have to say that I am sad. Alot happened for me during that period. Friends came and went, I had several relationships, wild nights out, good soccer games of my own, several new bosses. It was quite a time, and now its over. Some of the best weekends I had would begin with watching soccer games at Nevada Smiths or Baker Street. Sadly, I have to wait until next fall for that to come again.
Will Man U prevail in Moscow on May 21? Its hard to say, because Chelsea was in top form until today. But I know this for sure, it will be the last game of quite a period for me personally - August 07 to May 08, sort of the final chapter. That's about as personal as I want to make an entry here - go back and read my first blog posts for clarification there. So let's wear the jersey once again, and order beers at 11:00 AM one final time this Monday.
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