Well, that was entertaining. 90 minutes of hard-fought action, hardly a foul committed, no play-acting, solid refereeing. Then 30 minutes of back-and-forth extra time as tactics and weary legs both made their effects felt. A single goal separating a team from a nation with a huge footballing history from a nation which treats it as a second-class sport for girls.
Apt, really, as it was the Olympic Women’s Football final. The United States squeaking through to win gold against Brazil. Excitement, pressure, end-to-end play and very little cheating – if any. You know what? It was better than most Premiership or other men’s football games I’ve watched for some time.
And the American goalkeeper, Hope Solo, is a hottie.
I hear Arsenal‘s boob-blessed starting eleven have a good history. I wonder if Newcastle have a women’s team? And no jokes about our new defender’s somewhat bouffant hairstyle. Or ex-players nicknames “Mary Poppins“.
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I know Whitley Bay have a women’s team.
Not sure if you’d want a Newcastle Women’s team – Could they be as badly organised as the men?
They’d have a different manager, less financial pressure, less ego problems, wouldn’t cheat as much… Yeah, I think they could be pretty good. I’ve watched a handful of women’s games – usually just World Cup and FA Cup on the rare occasions the TV bothers to show them – and I think the standard’s pretty good.
Frankly, I’m getting pissed off with the predictability and play-acting in top-end male football. Might be time to switch.
Besides, that US goalkeeper is hot.