Lakenheath Old Boys

We are all former students at Lakenheath High School and other public schools in East Anglia. We were in school in the 70s and 80s and drank deeply from the well of British culture of those decades - the pints, the telly, and of course the footie!

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

A Ridiculous Night of Footie!

It's on like Donkey Kong tonight, lads, as we can barely stuff all the footie action in. It all starts with an intriguing friendly that UWS and I should really have been at live at Foxboro featuring the new ManYoo v. the Mighty Revs of the MLS. And then an hour later, I'll be multi-tasking as Brazil take on Ecuador in a must-win Copa America match-up. Join me for all the action.

52 Comments:

Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Here we go then. Coverage of the match on ESPN2 has started.

8:00 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Bugger - I wish we were there!

8:00 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Rob Stone and John Harkes in the stadium tonight for the chit-chat.

8:01 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

They're profiling Roon as if he's going to play tonight. Interesting.

8:01 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

The Revs described by former-Rev as "a sinking ship." Ouch!

8:02 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Here's the United side for tonight:

Lindegaard, Fab, Vidic, Evans, Rafael, Young, Anderson, Carrick, Nani, Berba, Roon,

Ashley Young straight into the side!

8:09 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

And we're away at Foxboro tonight.

8:10 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

The Revs are a sad shadow of the side that Stevie Nichol built in the Noughties around Clint Dempsey and Taylor Twellman. About the only remnants left are Matty Reis and Shalrie Joseph.

8:14 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

It'll be interesting to see how former US international Benni Feilhaber fits into the Revs set-up.

8:15 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Rooney looks a touch heavy to me, not that I should be commenting on that after just wolfing down a bowl of pasta.

8:15 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

The silly sods have been trying to track down a decent ball for the past fifteen minutes.

8:17 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Oh - Nyassi got behind Fabio and was crunched. Free kick oppo now.

8:18 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Good looking crowd in the Fort tonight.

8:19 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Nani should be grabbing Scholesy's #18 shirt - he determined to play in the hole.

8:21 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Oh - Shalrie was inches away from giving the Revs the lead!

8:21 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Interestingly my boy Nani has lined up on the right tonight with Ashley Young on the left flank. United now have three right-footed wide men in the squad - so someone's going to have to play on the wrong side.

8:24 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Nice stuff from Drac and Roon but broken up by Feilhaber.

8:26 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Oh - nice stuff from Young but then he's facing Alston.

8:31 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Berba with a header in the box there but well wide.

8:35 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Phelan has had a couple of nice digs from range at this point. United defenders seem to be standing off him so why not?

8:36 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Here's the line-ups for the Brazil v. Ecuador match coming right up:

Brazil - Julio Cesar, Maicon, Andre Santos, Thiago Silva, Lucio, Lucas, Paulo Henrique, Ramires, Robinho, Pato, Neymar.

Subs: Victor, Jefferson, Dani Alves, Luisao, David Luiz, Elano, Adriano, Elias, Lucas, Jadson, Fred.

Ecuador - Elizaga, Yano, Ayovi, Erazo, Araujo, Mendez, Noboa, Mina, Minda, Caicedo, Benitez.

Subs: Banquera, Carabali, Quinones, Checa, Achiller, Calderon, Castillo, Quiroz, Mina, Nazareno, Montano.

8:44 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Ecuador about to get us started in Cordoba.

8:45 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Reis is just barely keeping us in the match now with great saves from Roon, Berba and now Nani.

8:55 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

0-0 at half-time at Foxboro.

8:57 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

GOL! Pato nips in and heads home.

Brazil 1-0!

9:14 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Goal! And it's wee Mikey off the bench who slots home for United.

1-0!

9:19 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Goal! And it's 2-0. Tasty finish there from another super sub.

9:23 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

GOL! The goals are flying in now.

Caicedo equalizes thanks to a howler from Julio Cesar. It went straight through him.

9:24 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

GOAL! The goals continue to fly. Benni Feilhaber with a deflected free kick.

1-2!

9:26 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

GOAL! Machedo has a brace.

3-1

9:29 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Oh - Machedo nearly had his hat-trick.

9:32 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Gooner and I are both amazed to see old man Giggsy lining up to come on. Didn't he retire with Scholesy?

9:37 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Butterworth denies Macheda his hat-trick again.

9:37 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

UWS won't be happy to see Obertan coming on either.

9:38 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

What's happened to Tom Cleverly then? Surely they're not to flog him to Wigan, are they?

9:42 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

More subs for ManYoo - Park and Diouf for Anderson and Carrick.

9:43 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

The second half starting up and Elano has come on for Brazil.

This one's still on a knife's edge at 1-1. I suppose a draw would work for them but a loss and they're out.

9:48 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Bloody hell - Park has scored a fourth for United. This is starting to get a bit embarrassing.

9:49 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

GOAL! Neymar finally comes good with a nice finish from Ganso's ball in.

2-1!

9:52 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

So - as it stands, Brazil would meet Chile in the Quarters.

10:01 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

GOL! And just as I type that Caicedo has done Brazil in again! What a rocket!

2-2!

10:01 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

And again Julio Cesar seemed slow to get down to that one. It's as if Caicedo has given him a pay off before the match.

10:02 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Ecuador can now dream again of knocking Brazil out and going through in their place to the Quarters.

10:03 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Half an hour to go here.

10:03 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

GOL! Pato restores the lead! Neymar hit a rocket of a shot, it was bobbled and Pato ran it in.

3-2 Brazil!

10:04 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

So there were six goals in the earlier match and there have been five in this one. They're finally get some use out of the goals in this tournament!

10:07 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Maicon unleashes a piledriver and the keeper did well to keep it out.

10:09 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Oh - Pato should have had his hat-trick there. Scooped his shot over.

10:12 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

GOAL! Neymar again and Brazil's fourth. That should just about do it, then.

4-2! And Brazil top the group.

10:15 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Nice ball in from Maicon and Neymar merely had to guide it home.

10:15 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Handball on Maicon there. Nice free kick opportunity for Ecuador now.

10:17 PM  
Blogger The Blue Devil said...

Fred coming on for the last five minutes to replace two-goal hero Pato.

10:27 PM  

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