Gifts For The Greeks
‘WHILE Chelsea march on in Europe theyve now won three games on the trot in their Champions League campaign Arsenal continue to misfire.
| Jens Lehmann couldn’t even catch a cold |
While the Blues Cruise in the Mail with a customarily prosaic and battling 2-0 win over CSKA Moscow, the Sun focuses on Arsenals 2-2 draw in Greece.
True enough, Greek football is none too shabby and Panathinaikos are not a bad outfit, but this was a game the Gunners should have won.
In WHAT A GOON, the Sun attributes both of the Greeks goals to Jens Lehmann, the Arsenal goalkeeper.
He managed to make a complete hash of a clearance to gift the Greeks their first equaliser and then get nowhere near a cross for their second.
I dont want to criticise him, says Arsene Wenger. Of course, its important for a keeper to make correct decisions but Ill sit down with him and ask him about tonight.
And after that chat, Wenger will be hoping that Lehmann will have cleared his head ahead of his teams next game against Manchester United.
Meanwhile, Tony Cascarino is writing in the Times about Adrian Mutu.
Having read that the disgraced Romanian striker wanted to meet his idol Diego Maradona, and tried to visit him in Cuba, only to be prevented from doing so by his agent, Cascarino laments a missed opportunity.
He should have let Mutu go, he writes. Seeing up close how cocaine has ravaged his hero would be the best deterrent possible.
Indeed, posting a picture of a fat, bloated Maradona in every changing room, alongside another of a paunchy Mark Bosnich, may work where more expensive anti-doping campaigns have failed.
The FA could also print other posters, these ones of the idiotic Rio Ferdinand returning from a late night out on the town.
Having been excused from attending Uniteds trip to Sparta Prague earlier in the week to attend his grandmothers funeral, the tainted defender was seen the same night by the Mail returning from a jolly in Londons West End.
We already know about his short-term memory loss – which has nothing whatsoever to do with drugs.
Its just a shame his mental state has affected his ability to learn from past errors…’
Posted: 21st, October 2004 | In: Back pages Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
