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It's Sunday of a holiday weekend and Correspondent Ed's gone missing again -- so it's back to the slave quarters to churn out some more drivel for the masses. At least we hope Ed is enjoying himself....
Regular readers of this blog will remember that we traditionally head into a more relaxed publishing schedule as we go into football's "off-season." Sure, we could cover every one of the hot transfer rumors out there, or report on Barcelona signing yet another much-hped, bad-haired starlet, or even discuss Manchester City and Chelsea's money-grabbing American tour, but we prefer to focus on keeping it real, giving our readers some inspired, slightly off-beat coverage of the happenings in world football, and throwing in a beer review every few days or so. So if you don't see a new post each day, don't stress: we'll be back publishing regularly when the football heats up.
As a parting gift, here are a few thoughts on Bayern Munich's pulse pounding 2-1 victory over Borussia Dortmund in the Champions league final yesterday, a game played at the New Wembley Stadium in London, England:
o The newspaper articles are full of praise for the players on both sides, and for the men from Bavaria in particular, especially one Arjen Robben. But let's be honest: Bayern should have been playing the final 20 minutes of the match with 10 men -- and possibly nine. The evening's referee was correct to give a spot kick for Dante's kick in the box -- but his reluctance to show yellow for the same infraction is a bit curious. A second yellow would have shown the stadium Dante's backside during a long walk to the tunnel, and was clearly deserved. We can't help but wonder what the final score would have been in that scenario.
o Contrary to many reports, with Bayern fielding both Arjen Robben and Frank Ribery at the same time, an entirely new generation was turned off from German football. Talk about despicable characters....
