Journal Week of 2/27/11

Game 1
1. Arsenal vs. Birmingham
2. Arsenal= Szczesny; Birmingham= Foster
3. Arsenal= 4-2-3-1; Birmingham= 4-4-2
4. Forster had quite a bit of pass backs to him from his teammates, these were good pass offs. Forster also has some really awesome saves that kept his team in the game. Also, he was communicating quite well from the way he was talking. He played well despite him not getting a shut out.
5. I thought both teams had good movement, but I feel like Birmingham showed they really wanted to win this game more than Arsenal.
6. 1-2 Birmingham
7. I think my favorite player was Foster because he has some awesome saves.
8. ESPN has an article on the Arsenal front page about Thierry Henry says that if Arsenal will take him back, he will gladly come back. I think this is interesting because he now is playing soccer in the states. It would be cool to really ask his opinion about how he really feels about United States soccer because he was the first to start a trend of retired European players to come bring more media to the MLS.

Game 2
1. Wigan vs. ManU
2. Wigan= Habsi; ManU= Van Der Sar
3. Wigan= 4-2-3-1 ; ManU= 4-4-2
4. Van Der Sar did well, he held his own. He got the shutout that he needed, and Habsi could've cleaned up his game.
5. ManU played well, but could've played more composed. They seemed to have good ball movement, but it was sloppy. However, they got the job done.
6. 4-0 ManU
7. I don't really have a favorite player because it was a sloppy game for both teams, but the better team, ManU, put the game away.

Live Games:
Chelsea vs. ManU 3/1/11 @2:45 pm
The game atmosphere was really intense. The movement was good by both teams. Chelsea really brought good offense in the first part of the game. Ramierez got a yellow card in the 12th minute for a bad tackle. In the 29th minute, Cech disappointed and Rooney scored. However, the defense did a poor job of keeping him from getting the shot off. In the 38th minute, Chelsea almost scored, but missed by desperate defense of ManU. ManU's Vidic got a yellow card right outside the 18. Luiz scored in the 54th minute to tie the game up. It was great finish. Lampard finished a PK in the 79th minute after a foul by ManU's captain Vidic. Late in injury time, Vidic, the Captain received his second yellow card to be kicked out of the game. Chelsea won the match 2 to 1. Way to get a win boys!!! It was about time! I think that Cech came up big this game for Chelsea, even though the goal he was scored on was pretty much savable, he did have some nice saves as well as Van Der Sar. It was a good game, but the refereeing was questionable on some calls. But like I said early, a win's a win, and glad my boys finally got one!