10 mars 2008

Mixed fortunes

Another double helping of football on Sunday. For a change I got to watch the returning San Heroes live on TV at home due to the unusual decision by Canal+ to put it on a channel we happen to get in our package, leaving me free to curse, shout and beat up the sofa while la bienheureuse hid in the kitchen. Which I did without inhibition as there was no change from recent league form, though playing on a ploughed field might have had something to do with it.

In the evening it was off to Gerland for the top of table clash against Bordeaux. Lively match, 6 goals, 9 yellow cards, result in the balance until OL scored their 4th in injury time. The one surprising thing was that there were no red cards, though OL's right back should certainly have been sent off following a nasty foul which put Bordeaux's best player out of the game. Reminiscent of the infamous incident at St Andrews...