Ugly football?

Well, it has been a while but I have been busy. So Chelsea won the UEFA Champions League beating Bayern Munich on their home turf. Many pundits said they were happy Chelsea won, but were not happy with the style of football they played. Look, as a Chelsea fan five minutes from the end and trailing 1-0 I said to myself, I don't think they have given it a right go but I wasn't unhappy with the 'style'. Step up Didier Drogba......again. With Chelsea's first corner of the match he strikes one of the best near post headers you are ever likely to see and keeps Chelsea in the game. The rest is history. But my problem with the press reaction is this. Because Chelsea don't/can't play like Barcelona does that make their football ugly? My answer is no, it is just different. There is more than one way to play football and it depends on your squad, the opposition and the result required. More than that there is more than one way to win football matches. Chelsea didn't play all out attack, so what? If they did they would likely have been beaten comprehensively. But Chelsea did win at the end of the day and they beat Barcelona over two legs on the way. What more do you want?

I must say I am looking forward to the upcoming world cup qualifiers and European championships. Unfortunately I will be travelling during this period but I plan to catch as many games as possible. I got the chance to watch a few Euro warm up matches over the weekend though. However, I don't think they really told us very much. Germany and Netherlands were average but Germany were without their Bayern Munich stars  so I wouldn't take much notice. Always there and there abouts Germany haven't won a major tournament since 1990. It may be their time I reckon. France were even worse although Ben Arfa looked lively and Ribery changed then game when he come on. I saw Italy at 14/1 in betting yesterday, good value by anyone's standards. Spain will be hard to beat but I can't help thinking they are on the slide after having what really was a golden generation of amazing footballers at their disposal. It sure will be interesting. I hope a dark horse wins it to be honest.

Adelaide United take on Nagoya Grampus tonight in the knockout stages of the Asian Champions League. It should be a good match. Adelaide have surprised many considering their form in the A-League this season and I am tipping them for the victory. Also as the only Australian side left in the competition I don't have much choice. I like Adelaide, and for some reason I like their controversial coach John Kosmina. Never short of a few words he tells it like it is. And who will ever forget when he grabbed Kevin Muscat by the throat...Lol. Anyway till next time.