Chelsea v Colchester Utd (The Report)
As you all know, well at least those who have been following my blog, which probably isn’t many, I made my way to Stamford Bridge, enduring the cold bitter London rain to watch the epic David (Colchester Utd.) v Goliath (Chelsea).
Before the match I met up with an old friend from Melaka who was a great company throughout the day. We had a sumptuous lunch at Chinatown. I have to admit bashfully now, that I had to use all my strength to restrain myself from gorging down my roast duck as the waiter fearfully (Who blames him? I must have looked like I had not eaten in days) put down my plate on the table. Jun Wei even offered to bring me around London in that torrid weather. What a guy!! At first, I wanted to try out Fishtail’s recommendation. I remember him mentioning something ‘bout the infamous Wong Kei Restaurant. Sadly, Jun Wei has had enough of the ill treatment made so (in)famous by the restaurant’s waiters!
As for the match, Colchester in my books played their hearts out. Their fans were truly amazing. Colchester played with dignity and even took a lead through an own goal by Carvalho. They could have scored more had they been more clinical in their finishing. Alas, in the end Chelsea did win.
Many Chelsea fans were boisterous in their support but also very loud in their bragging. I just could not understand how they could brag when they were facing a team who were clearly such huge underdogs from the start. When Chelsea made a poor start to the first half, they actually attributed that poor performance to the fact that it was the ‘reserve team’ who was playing. The first eleven boasted of the likes of Drogba (African Cup 2006- Runner-up), Carvalho, Maniche and Ferreira (Champions League Winners) and yet the Chesea fans felt they had a ‘reserve team’. Who were they kidding?
Chelsea for a common fact is well known not to play the swashbuckling football that the ‘Invincibles’ Arsenal team played on their route to the Championship. The Blues pride on good tactics and score almost at will at set-pieces and again when the opponent is simply bored to death trying to probe their water tight defence.
However, it is just another win for Chelsea and another day at the stadium for me. Anyone care to propose a way to stop the Blue machine? Well, short of stopping petrol money from getting into Stamford Bridge of course.
Before the match I met up with an old friend from Melaka who was a great company throughout the day. We had a sumptuous lunch at Chinatown. I have to admit bashfully now, that I had to use all my strength to restrain myself from gorging down my roast duck as the waiter fearfully (Who blames him? I must have looked like I had not eaten in days) put down my plate on the table. Jun Wei even offered to bring me around London in that torrid weather. What a guy!! At first, I wanted to try out Fishtail’s recommendation. I remember him mentioning something ‘bout the infamous Wong Kei Restaurant. Sadly, Jun Wei has had enough of the ill treatment made so (in)famous by the restaurant’s waiters!
As for the match, Colchester in my books played their hearts out. Their fans were truly amazing. Colchester played with dignity and even took a lead through an own goal by Carvalho. They could have scored more had they been more clinical in their finishing. Alas, in the end Chelsea did win.
Many Chelsea fans were boisterous in their support but also very loud in their bragging. I just could not understand how they could brag when they were facing a team who were clearly such huge underdogs from the start. When Chelsea made a poor start to the first half, they actually attributed that poor performance to the fact that it was the ‘reserve team’ who was playing. The first eleven boasted of the likes of Drogba (African Cup 2006- Runner-up), Carvalho, Maniche and Ferreira (Champions League Winners) and yet the Chesea fans felt they had a ‘reserve team’. Who were they kidding?
Chelsea for a common fact is well known not to play the swashbuckling football that the ‘Invincibles’ Arsenal team played on their route to the Championship. The Blues pride on good tactics and score almost at will at set-pieces and again when the opponent is simply bored to death trying to probe their water tight defence.
However, it is just another win for Chelsea and another day at the stadium for me. Anyone care to propose a way to stop the Blue machine? Well, short of stopping petrol money from getting into Stamford Bridge of course.
P/S: There seems to be something wrong with this blog. As a result I may have to shift to another site. If and when that happens, a link shall be inserted here. :)
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