Sunday, November 09, 2008
It was a humid Saturday afternoon at Ashburton Grove
all I remember were the crowd's deafening roars
and the torrential rain pouring down on the pitch.
I knew this was it, this was the special day
The life of a striker, simple as it seems
but hell no, the world's weight lies on your shoulders.
Dimitar received a ball inside the box.
Brilliantly as always,
he twisted and released Cristiano at the far side on his right.
Tracking back, anticipating the cutback from Ronnie and it really came.
The next thing i knew was the ball gone to the stands.
Game over, it was still 0-0 and the chance was gone.
And I knew, those 3 seconds were gonna replay and haunt me
in my head.
A striker's life
simple as it seems, not so.
With utmost concentration, you pour your entire soul into a single shot
and pray it hits the net.
There was the moment, i knew we weren't gonna get better chances than that the entire afternoon.
And it was gone, forever.
It's hard not to be disappointed, at 0-0 that goal would have changed things.
If it had gone in, we wouldn't have been losing at half time.
If it had gone in, we wouldn't have pushed for the goal so much that we conceded another.
All the IFs, but it was too late. The scoreboard read Arsenal 2 Man Utd 0. My heart sank.
Michael Carrick's shot, Dimitar's disallowed goal, Wayne's 2 misses, Park's blistering shot. Cristiano's miss after we went 2-0 down.
We can talk about luck, no doubt their first goal was a result of poor defending, but it took a deflection to go in.
What about us, Cristiano's free kick was wickedly deflected by Gael Clichy, but where did it end up? Shaving the post and out for a corner.
I was resigned and knew it wasn't gonna be our night.
How on earth did we create so many chances but not a single one went in?
Don't fault Wayne, Ronnie, and the others so much. It wasn't easy to take those chances and nobody would know that more clearly than me. Cause i know how it feels. That lonely feeling when you feel you let the entire world down, not just your team. It takes great spirit and time to shake away.
Arsenal 2 Man Utd 1
there's always a brighter day in the future ahead.
fanaticme->4:33 PM