Another weekend in the books, and yet another drama, and fun, filled match days. Introducing a new segment that will be known as, the RYG of the weekend. Red, meaning the stop in your tracks and pump the brakes, Yellow is to slow down and be cautious, and Green is a full on go. Pedal to the floor if you will.
Green Light
We had a TON, of fantastic action, plays, and storylines this weekend. Our Greens will start with some incredible goals. First off, the biggest Cinderella story of all time, Leicester City duo of Ndiri, and Vardy, combined for 2 spectacular goals. Very important win to make up some ground but it’s been a horrible year other than their lucky Champions League draws. One minute your king of the Premier League, the next you fire your coach and drop to the middle of the table. Second, is some fantastic bicycle kicks. One, courtesy of Sería A’s, Andrea Conti, in the Atlanta 5-0 thrashing of Genoa. And the other of, Liga MX’s, Avilés Hurtado, of Tijuana in the a very good 2-2 draw with Atlas. Can’t go on without mentioning the MLS, with a huge Bastian Schweinsteiger debut, and Diego Valeri volley goal. Bastian’s debut was a huge step for future, potential, MLS acquisitions, as he showed some incredible skill that no one else on the field could replicate. Our last Green light was originally for Cristian Beneteke, but I can’t mention his beautiful chip goal, without mentioning the great defensive stand, Crystal Palace endured during the last 10-15 Minutes of the game.
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Yellow Light
Just as I celebrate Crystal Palace for their defense, I’ll also throw some caution at the league leaders. Your first place, and you CANNOT, let Tottenham get any closer. They’re on your ass, and while they face the lowly Swansea City, you’ll face a much stronger, tougher, Manchester City, and a win-loss combination puts them in position of just 4 pts back. So tread lightly these next couple of matches. Our second Yellow Light, is for, Olympique de Marseille. Yes maybe you aren’t exactly the best team in France, but, they currently sit with just 3 points ahead in the Europa League qualifying, and you tie against on rod the worst teams in France. Sure Dijon may not concede as many goals as Nancy or Loriente, but they have lost the second most games so far, and a 1-1 tie is unacceptable. Slow it down, and get back some wins, because only 2 of the last 5, isn’t good enough for the Europa. Last on our Yellow light, is Messi. He’s missed the last 2 competitions for disciplinary action, and what do you know, Bolivia beats Argentina, and Neymar is making a case to becoming the best player at Barca. He’s notched his 100th goal for the Blaugrana, at the age of just 25. All in just 4 years, something Xavi couldn’t do in 17 years, and Ronaldinho couldn’t do with over 40 more matches than Neymar. So Messi, quit fucking around and keep building that GOAT resumé.
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Red Light
Only two red lights this weekend. First, AC Milan not only played like trash, but they looked like it too. Their away jersey are HIDEOUS!! First off, not only did they draw against the worst team in Seria A, but, they drawed 1-1 in which Pescara didn’t even score a goal. A terrible play by the goalie Gigi Donnarumma results in an unbelievable own goal. You can’t let that type of play happen to you. Not with that name you can’t. The last red light could only belong to one team. A team in a completely different sport! Oregon lost their chance of making the finals by not boxing out on missed free throws, on two consecutive missed pair of free throws. Utter Ridiculousness.
Our Highlight is the Hurtado and the Lowloght is of Gigi Donnarumma.
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