Futbol Notes, and stuff

Not the best of starts for my beloved Inter Milan. Marco Materazzi gets injured during Italy's lame ass loss against Hungary (he's got a groin), so he's going to be out until Xmas. Great.

Sunday, leading 1-Nil against Udinese in its Serie A lid lifter, GK Julio Cesar has a brain fart, gets called for a hand ball outside the top of the 18 yard box, and gets sent off. Down a man, Inter gives up the tying goal and the 3 points.

Worse yet...AC Milan, Juve, and Roma all win. WTF?!?



Heard Johnny Rotten, an avid Arsenal fan, was a special guest last night on Fox Football Fone-In, and I missed it dammit. I speak nothing but the f*%king English language...

more nothin to do with futbol. and we don't caaarrrrrrrrre...

I guess it could be worse for Inter. At least they scored. Unlike Barcelona who took home a Nil-Nil draw against Racing. I'll assume better days ahead for Ronnie, Eto'o, Messi, Henry and crew. Henry btw, came off the bench in the 60th minute for my boy Messi. I'm real curious as to how Frank Rijkaard is gonna get all this talent to work together. It better happen soon...as in this Sunday at Camp Nou.

Speaking of soccer...Toronto FC still hasn't scored. Those bastards.

And for the only good news for one of "my teams" this week...

Liverpool. Winners.

A couple more solid performances from Liverpool this week. 2 goals Saturday...1 from Momo and 1 from Voronin were enough to take care of Roy Keane's Sunderland squad. And yesterday, the Reds took care of Toulouse at Anfield to advance to the Knockout Stage of the Champions League. All the while w/o injured Stevie Gerrard (he's got a toe). Rest up, my boy.

Next 4 fixtures: (h) Derby, (a) Portsmouth, (h) Birmingham, (a) Wigan. Winner, Winner, Winnner, Winner. That's 12 points right there.

WATCH LIST this week...

Friday, 2:30pm, UEFA Super Cup Final, AC Milan vs. Sevilla, FSC

Saturday, Noon, Man Utd. vs. Sunderland, FSC

Saturday, 2:30pm, Inter Milan vs. Empoli, FSC

Sunday, 11:00am, Aston Villa vs. Chelsea

Looks like i need to visit Piper's Pub again this weekend if I intend on watching the Liverpool / Derby match.

AND WTF IS WITH GOLTV'S SCHEDULED LISTINGS!?!?!?! Updating your programming guide 1 day before a match is NOT CUTTING IT CHIEFS!!!!!! Hot Damn!