http://paulmthomas.com Music, science, wine, cricket... Sun, 22 Apr 2012 14:13:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://paulmthomas.com http://paulmthomas.com/2008/05/22/pride-cometh-before-the-fall/ http://paulmthomas.com/2008/05/22/pride-cometh-before-the-fall/#comments Thu, 22 May 2008 15:06:13 +0000 paulmthomas http://paulmthomas.wordpress.com/?p=37 ]]> I don’t care hugely for football – I like it, I’ll watch it, but there are many higher priorities – but I did catch the very end of the Champion’s League final last night. Of course that’s an irony just there: I’m just old enough to remember when it was called the European Cup, and only the champions of each countries’ leagues qualified to play. Then it became a super-rich tournament, rebranded the Champions’ League, and features teams as low as fourth in their respective National Leagues. Hmm. But I’m wandering from the point, which was how much I enjoyed Ronaldo’s penalty miss. He has great talent, but too much pride. His swaggering run-up and gamesmanship in his stutter which was of course intended to put off the goalkeeper, ended in a very tame spot-kick, and a lot of derisive jeering. He looked very foolish, and it is only a shame that Chelsea threw away their chance and so his error of judgement will be forgotten in the grand scheme of things! But for today, it’s keeping me amused!

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