There is actually a game tomorrow MORE important than Chelsea-Bayern Munich....it’s the “Richest Game in Football” between West Ham and Blackpool to determine the final team to be promoted to the Premier League next season, it literally is worth about 100 million dollars to the winning team.
BTW, Go Bayern!
I’m not the biggest soccer fan around, but I do admit the concept of promotion and relegation makes things interesting. How many late-season games do you see where a team tanks it to get better draft picks? Do you think, say, the Pirates would slack off if they knew another loss might put them down in AAA ball?
The Man City/Man U drama could happen in any sport where one team makes a miraculous last-second comeback to get a win. The part that’s unique to most soccer leagues in the world was taking place on the other side...Queens Park Rangers fighting like hell because if they lost, they stood a good chance of being relegated back to the Championship. In an equivalent NFL scenario, there’s nothing but pride on the line for the team that’s low in the standings. But in the QPR/Man City game, QPR had every reason in the world to play like it was a title game, because for them, it basically was. As it was, they dodged the bullet. (Poor Bolton. I saw the end of the QPR/City game on Youtube and they had shots of the Wanderers fans when they got relegated. Talk about heartbreak.)
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