Last Thursday I watched a game that I was very excited about. It was the Rangers of Scotland pined up against Manchester United of England. These are two of my favorite teams that (as I talked about in my last post) have some of my favorite and the best players in the soccer world today. These are two high class teams close to or the best from there country, they range from top of the line strikers to brick house defensemen. Although this game ended up at a draw 0-0 I was on the edge of my seat the whole time it was an absolute thriller defensemen wise and there were also some great strikes but to fallow them up were some heart stopping saves. Although no one was thrown out of the game there were some nasty tackles and plays in general. For example Wayne Rooney one of my favorite players was on the break running toward the goal with only a few defenders in front of him, a great opportunity to put his team in the league after about 70 scoreless minutes. As he was running with the ball he lost a bit of control and the defender seized the opportunity and nicked the ball out from under his feat. Just out of frustration from this happening to him a few other times in the game he grabbes the back of the rangers defensemen’s shirt, and with one swift pull drops him to the ground. I could not believe what I saw, I thought there was going to be a fight but I was wrong Rooney just snuck away with a YELLOW card which was even more surprising to me I was sure he would be getting a red and going off. I am still new to the game so I don't fully understand how every thing works. Another nasty play was a slide tackle from a Scottish player towered an English player named Antonio Valencia one of their best players. He was running down the sideline when a defensemen came in and tackled him and in the process he dislocated and fractured his left ankle. This was one of the must gruesome injuries I have ever witnessed in fact it was to horrific that they weren’t even allowed to show a replay if you missed it. I saw the play I just didn't see the injury but since I have T-vo I of course went back and re-watched it and 100% regret doing so. I felt sick to my stomach seeing this injury. I was shock to see one of his teammates Wayne Rooney standing by him watching them wrap his ankle up and carrying him off. The commentators of the game Mattie Tyler and Andy Gray were saying he must have a strong stomach to be watching this. To me what he did was the right thing though when you are in that much pain it is nice to see a friendly face. After this injury Valencia will be missing a good portion of the season. Those plays were what I found most interesting and that concludes my blog about the Manchester United/Rangers game of the Champions League last Thursday.
