What you missed while using hypnotism to make your girlfriend like curry…
- Your African Cup of Nations championship match recap: Ghana 0-1 Egypt. Honestly, I watched exactly none of these games.
- Blackburn striker Benni McCarthy should now be referred to as West Ham striker Benni McCarthy.
- Arsenal 1-3 Manchester United; I think it’s fair to say that Arsenal’s cunning 4-6-0 formation didn’t really work.
- Last year’s Champions League final was watched by 109 million people…or three million more people than the 106 million who watched the Super Bowl. This is the first time the Champions League final has overtaken the Super Bowl in international ratings.
- Manchester United – who appealled a Rio Ferdinand red card last week so the centerback could play in the Manchester Derby Carling Cup semifinal – are appealling the FA’s decision to extend Rio Ferdinand’s ban by to four games because of the first frivolous appeal.
- Roger Federer wishes he could’ve been an attacking midfielder for FC Basel. In other words: Attacking Midfielder in Switzerland > Best Tennis Player Ever.
- West Ham are hoping to sign Middlesbrough striker Mido on a £1,000-a-week deal.
- American international Steve Cherundulo will be out for four weeks with a shoulder injury.
- Derby County manager Nigel Clough faces an FA investigation and possible assault charges after kneeing Nottingham Forest manager Billy Davies during the East Midlands Derby over the weekend. Also, Nottingham Forest and Derby County were both fined (£15,000 and £10,000, respectively) for failing to control their players. In case you were curious, Derby County won the game 1-0.
- Tough weekend to be a manager in La Liga: Villareal (10th place, seven wins out of twenty matches) sacked manager Ernesto Valverde, while Real Valladolid (17th place, three wins out of thirty one) sacked manager Jose Luis Mendilibar.
- A surprise locker room visit from Robinho spurred Santos on to a 2-0 win over Oeste in the Paulista state championship.
- Adriano’s hat trick gave Flamengo a 5-3 win over Fluminese in the “Fla-Flu” derby.
- Alvaro Negredo’s brace for Sevilla in a 2-1 win over Valencia puts Sevilla back into the fourth Champions League spot.
- Fiorentina have signed FM’09 legend Keirrison on loan from Barcelona; they’re clearly unaware that he isn’t as good this year. Keirrison’s previous loan spell was at Benfica, where he’d failed to break into the starting lineup.
I think you forgot to mention 3-1. I didn’t see 3-1 anywhere in the review. Please remember to include 3-1 at some point today.
Good morning AtD.
Third bullet point; I haven’t seen a home team that embarrassed since Liverpool’s 4-1 win at Old Trafford.