Manchester United was crowned Premiership champions for the 10th time last night, after a testy game against a determined Wigan side, coached by United legend, Steve Bruce.
The day started off with me reading up on the football news in the local newspapers, as well as online news portals.
From the league table, it is obvious what the Reds have to do in this allimportant game. With United and Chelsea both on 84 points, United will win the Premiershiptitle if they draw with Wigan and Chelsea loose at Bolton, or United wins at Wigan and Chelseawins at Bolton. However, if United slip up and loose at Wigan and Chelsea draws Bolton, thenChelsea will win the Championship.
After a quick breakfast, Azie got the girls dressed up and went out with Shida to Subang Parade, leaving me and mum at home to our devices. I basically parked myself infront of my trusty laptopand got 8 hours of internet research under my belt. Thay came home at 2pm and nap time for the girls, so some peace and quiet for 3 hours. After a dinner of chicken rice and magrib prayers, I left home at 840pm and made my way to Syed Bistro to catch the game.
United played with their hugely successfull 4-4-2 formation, with Rooney and Tevez up front, Park, Carrick, Scholes and Ronaldo in midfield, Evra, Vidic, Ferdinand and Brown in defense withvan der Sar in goal. When I saw the teamsheet, I felt relieved and confident that we'll giveWigan a run for their money.
It started off the exact opposite with some positive attacking play by the home side at the JJBStadium. Within the first 10 minutes, Wigan tested United's defense by exploiting their aerial power courtesy of their captain, Emile Heskey. The brilliant 6'7" Chris Kirkland made some important saves, one effort from Scholes was goal bound, until Kirkland made a stunning save low to the right hand side.
In another attacking play, Wigan gave away a free kick 25 yards out, prime Ronaldo country. But again Kirkland pulled off a magnificent save to deny the Premiership Player of the Year. United pressed forward, and in a goalmouth scramble, Rooney was brought down and a penalty was awarded. Ronaldo as usual stepped up, and with supreme confidence buried the shot to the right, sending the travelling fans at the JJB Stadium, as well as the United fans at Syed Bistro jumping up and down with joy. 1-0.
After half time, United piled on the pressure with some brilliant passing play. Park and Evralinked up perfectly down the left flank, and when Park was substituted for Giggs, Park was given warm applause by the United faithful, while Scholes was taken off for Hargreaves. Wigan continued their onslaught, with some scary counter attacks and set-pieces, with Heskey coming close up to 5 times with his aerial power.
However, the defining moment was when Giggs was picked up right at the top of Wigan's penalty box, with a shrug of his shoulders, he calmly wrong footed Kirkland to put United 2-0 up to guaranteeUnited's championship.
At the final whistle, I breathed a sigh of relief, and after a hard fought campaign, we clapped our heroes for another brilliant win away, and our 10th Premiership crown. I promtly conveyed my feelings in an SMS to non-United supporters, with many of them preferring to keep mum and some cheeky Arsenal and Chelsea supporters daring a sarcastic rebuke!! All in all, I was a happy bunny and drove home with a satisfied smile on my face. That night I dreamt of flying free-kicks, dancing girls in United jerseys, red black and white balloons, and a brand new Premiership cup in my glass cabinet.....zzzzzzzzz
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