Manchester United 1 - Chelsea 1 (6-5 on penalties)The pitch was falling apart (which made a difference - just look at John Terry...); the rain was pelting down (always a plus); there were a lot of cheap shots with plenty of yellow cards and even, of course, a red one (moral of the story-- always keep at least one ruthless, annoying Argentinian on your squad to drive the other team crazy or provoke a fight - you never know what will happen...), the actual goals ranged from the beautiful (Cristiano Ronaldo's) to the freakishly lucky (Frank Lampard's); the penalty kicks were thrilling (especially when Ronaldo's was stopped); and, of course, the wrong team won.
Since I am lucky enough to have a job and live on the west coast of the United States, I had to tape the match and watch it some six hours after it had taken place. It was hard to imagine that the rest of the world already knew what we happening and I was still just finding out.
Everyone knows that settling a match like this on penalties is an absolute atrocity - imagine ending the seventh game of the World Series on a home run hitting competition or the Super Bowl with a Punt-Pass-Kick contest - but it was nice to see two teams I don't really like being put through the winger.
If Chelsea had put in Shevchenko, he could have taken that penalty instead of John Terry.
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