Back from the grave - Sporting beat Benfica
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- Written by Ian Shine
Contrary to last week’s report, Ian Shine die not die after his fall from Lisbon’s Elevador de Santa Justa.
He was only heavily concussed after, somewhat ironically, landing on a bag of counterfeit football shirts. He is now recuperating in hospital, where he is being weaned back onto football by a team of leading physios and doctors.
He will be allowed to only watch one Liga Sagres game a week. This week’s game was the Lisbon derby, Sporting vs Benfica.
In the biggest Anglo-Italian tet-a-tet since North Africa in 1940, three sets of English and Italian sides are set to clash in the second round of the Champions League over the next two days. Given the weekend’s Serie A action, how can ‘Our Boys’ expect to fare against their Mediterranean brethren?
Last Saturday I managed to get myself up to the Emirates stadium for Arsenal's league match with Sunderland. Despite the recent lack of wins for the Gunners, there was an air of excitement and anticipation, nearly all of which was attributed to the eagerness of witnessing the debut of Andrei Arshavin, and some of which was fuelled by a few ales at Finsbury Park before the game.
I wasn't surprised to see Aston Villa lose 1-0 to Chelsea yesterday. I had a feeling that Hiddink would provide them with a bit of fresh impetus, and we've had a tough week. I'm sure people will go overboard and say that this is the beginning of the end for the Villains, that they're overrated and not top 4 material. Let the Villa bashing commence, come on, I can take it.