Lexus Cup

Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi, who suffered heavy vote losses, now alleges election fraud. The Italian football team, trailing in their Euro 2004 group, allege a Nordic conspiracy. I am officially withdrawing my support for Italy (the football team). They’re a bunch of spoilt brats who have been underperforming and blaming everyone but themselves. However, there…

After having many friends on Facebook who are also football-crazy, it was inevitable that over the weekend, my Status Updates bar would end up looking like this:

Wasted two hours of potential sleep by watching the France-Switzerland match. To be fair, neither team was particularly bad. However neither team was exceptionally good, either. So it was very much a deadlock. The refereeing was inconsistent, said the commentator. There was some confusion in the Swiss camp when Thierry Henry left the pitch for…

It was the time of the year again, that the old titans of the English Premier League clashed. Though somehow I think yesterday’s Liverpool v Chelsea match was talked about more. Arsenal had already beaten Man United this season at Old Trafford. Both sides were in good form. The jury was out on the final…

I haven’t written much about football lately. That’s because there hasn’t been much for me to shout about, has there? Well, I hope the Gunners stay in 4th position and maybe try for 3rd, though it makes little difference. It’s simply not their time. I’m not even sure if it’s going to be their time…

This was apparently [considered a lucky omen](http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/7109058.stm) for Croatia as they beat England in the Euro qualifiers: > Croatia rose to the occasion in their crucial Euro 2008 defeat of England – after an apparent X-rated gaffe by an English opera singer at Wembley. > > Tony Henry belted out a version of the Croat…