Draws now, Argentina in two days!
Sunday, 09 September 07, 05:22 AM · Comments(3)
Melbourne Victory drew with Adelaide on Friday night 1-1 after Rodrigo Vargas scored, then conceded a penalty which was converted by Travis Dodd.
But with Argentina already in the country and playing against Australia on the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Tuesday night (eastern time) there is a lot of excitement about seeing the likes of Messi, Tevez and company in the flesh.
Note that the excitement is about seeing the Argentinians, not about Australia playing the Argentinians. Because if Argentina treat Tuesday as anything more than a glorified holiday it will get ugly.
Although he's not the best player to have graced the MCG - Zidane played here for France in 2001 - Messi will be the most interesting player to watch. If it means Australia losing 3 or 4-nil i'll happily watch him go on a run from the centreline to the box, ball at his feet, weaving in and out of opponents.
So back to the Victory, three draws from three games and they conceded immediately after going in front in the 80th minute. Again, a draw was a good result given Nathan Burns who had enjoyed a flawless season to date put an open-net header against the bar when it was harder not to make the score 2-1 to Adelaide. Melbourne are improving, our latest signing Sebastian Ryall is impressing, and up next is the 3-wins-from-3 Central Cost Mariners at the Telstra Dome.
It's not quite Argentina at the MCG, so I won't lie to you and say "how interesting" - let's see the Argies first and worry about the A-League come the weekend.
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The facts (rather than emotion) speak for themselves. For all the "living, eating, sleeping and drinking" of football - Argentina could still only manage a 1-0 victory over an under-strength
Australia in Melbourne. What have I learned from this result? That either Australia are stronger than many give them credit for, or that Argentina are not as strong as people make them out to be.
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We're a strange lot, Australian football fans. I remember the Maradona-lead Argentines coming to the Sydney Football Stadium in 1993 for a sudden death World Cup qualifier, from which they emerged
with the fright of their lives and a fortunate 1-1 draw. They went on to knock Australia out thanks to a freak Alex Tobin own goal in the return leg in Buenos Aires. I also remember the last time
this supposed Argentinian "super-team" (which, by the way, hasn't won a trophy in years) played Australia at the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup. That was one of our worst tournaments in memory, yet
Argentina still only came away with a 4-3 victory. So a 1-1 draw and a 4-3 loss - yet Australian football fans are still so happy to concede defeat even before a ball is kicked. I guess that's why
95,000+ fans went home disappointed from the MCG in 2006, when Australia beat European champions Greece 1-0.
Hey Mike I can see from your comment above that you still have not learned anything about Football......try taking your head out of the sand mate. Go out to the real world and learn, that is what
will take Australia one step forward when it comes to Football.....or you can choose to continue this way.....Argentinians leave, eat, sleep drink Football and that's the difference....it's in the
blood....chau loco!