Champions' League

Another season of the UEFA Champions' League gets under way tonight. It's not as fun as it used to be when they showed it on ESPN and Star Sports with the good Sky Sports commentators though. TEN Sports sucks, they bring random people as 'experts' who clearly know less about the technical aspects of the game than you and I. I mean, people with vague claims to fame, like 'John Doe, lives next door to the groundsman of Old Trafford' ... COME ON!! Get some proper people to analyze the game, geez...

Anyway at least they're not gonna show just the English clubs' games this time, much to Agent Zero's surprise who had been fearing that they would show 'something like Liverpool vs Debrencen in stead of something like Real Madrid vs AC Milan'. This is the beauty of the tournament, European superpowers clashing at any stage of the tournament truly meant for Champions.

Funny thing, my mind suddenly drew a comparison with the over-hyped 'Champions Trophy' of cricket coming up in October. WHY is it called the Champions Trophy?! Who are the Champions?! With all due respect, West Indies might have won the World Cup a couple of decades back but they are NO champions. Neither are England, New Zealand, Pakistan and 4 other teams out of the 8. There's no logic behind calling the thing a "Champions Trophy", it makes no sense. Then again, much of what happens in the cricketing world makes no sense. Over-hyped teams, over-paid players, I could go on and on about how cricket is ruining Indian sport especially football and hockey but let's reserve that rant for another post shall we? This one was about THE REAL sport, ie football..

Enjoy the season maties, and to a particular matie, don't get too carried away with Fantasy Football...