Benfica 2-1 United

NOTE: THis is not a rant from a disgruntled United fan. They deserved to lose; what riles me is the manner which Benfica won.

I am insulted that a team of such wusses and pussies should go through at our expense. Surely a team in Ronald Koeman's image could be man enough to stand up to a physical challenge. Indeed, the Dutch defender with the thunderbolt freekick would cringe when he sees his players play-acting and time-wasting.

Beto, Petit and Quim in particular almost persuaded me to fly to Portugal and stick a boot up their candy ass. It was comical, but not particularly funny, if you know what I mean.

In the first instance, Beto was protesting testily about a United foul, when surprise, surprise! he suddenly realised he forgot to play-act and started writhing on the ground, clutching his ankle. Last we heard, his ankle was nowherenear the action. I wish Rooney had snapped then and showed him what a broken ankle was. Beto was brought off on a motorised stretcher to the touchline, whereupon he got up immediately and started berating the referee for not noticing him and bringing him on. I say the ref was right: for such a serious injury, the pansy should have been just left there like a fool.

In the second instance, Petit went to ground in grass-covered idiocy when he noticed the Greek referee walking away waving play on. Chastised, he quickly got up. Really, if UEFA applies the same video evidence ruling to hard but honest tackles, why not lily-livered cheats like them?

The third instance was more of a constant occurence. Every time a foul was called against Quim the goalkeeper, he would need to roll on the theraprutic turf for a good three minutes to recover. Maybe they should call it the Stadium of Blessed Light because of the sacred sod.

Koeman must be embarrassed but when S$45m is at stake, you see the ugly side of sports.

A word on Ronaldo: farm him out to Kettering or something to teach the brat a lesson and matbe break a metatarsal or two. Give me Park anytime. *finger*