Ok this is the first time I have done one of these things, so expect it to be short and brief. Ive never really saw the point in these things really, now I know that the only reason people do these things is because like me, they are bored!
Sunday 31st July
Woken by someone in the street by someone, unable to control their dog, who decided to shout for anyone in sight to stop her dog from running away. I instantly had that "sunday feeling" and to make matters worse I had man flu. Any male will know that man flu is quite possibly the worse illness that anyone could have, much worse than such minor things like childbirth (no sexism intended). Once again it is coming close to the start of the football season, professional and amateur alike, this could only mean one thing - Pre Season Friendlies. Today's game was not going to plan due to the other team deciding not to contact us to confirm if they were playing or not, very considerate of them. So off I went with as many energy drinks that I could fit in my bag, shop had a sale on - 3 cans of boost for a quid - you can't go wrong. Once we arrived at the ground we found that we were the only ones there, quite worrying seeing as the manager told us to be there for a certain time. Short time afterwards, he arrived, we found out that we were going to have a good old inter team friendly, only with quite a few people who didn't actually play for us due to the team not having 22 players. The game got off to a fairly slow start, Man Flu decided to kick in and deprive me of my hearing, which is quite essential when you are in goal -.-. A short space of time later, my team were up 2-0, then it came for my "Ricardo moment". The ball was rolling towards me and instead of just picking it up like any other person, i decided to try and act clever and take a touch and pass it, the calls for a taxi were beckoning. Instead of the ball gently stopping at my feet, like I imagined in my head, the Kevin Pressman tekkers came out and so did the touch of a... well you can imagine. Next thing i know, ive given the ball to their striker and they have scored, i also got studded for my troubles. There was only one thing for it, i tried to do the old " blame the bobble in the ground" excuse. Sadly the only bobble i could see was in my boot!
Second Half
Second half took quite a while to come round, mainly because i didn't really have much to do in the first half.
Second half started once again quite slowly, nothing much to have to do, then it came, the chance to redeem myself for my pig ignorance in trying to play like an out field player. Their striker had a shot on goal, it slowly drifted in the air, me being the professional that i am (wishful thinking) decided to dive a full stretch and execute an unnecessary save for the camera, only problem was there was no camera's.
Once again my team dominated the half, scoring another 3 goals. 89th minute came around, the opposition defender decides to have a pop at goal, to which i pulled off another over dramatic save, except this time it was dramatic because it wouldn't have changed anything (like the result).
Overall today i have learnt two things...
1) Saves for the camera always look sexy, just make sure that there are actually some people with a camera ( preferably women).
2) Man Flu is actually a really serious illness and once a male has it, their Girl Friend, Wife etc... should wait on them so that they do not have to life a finger ;)
Ta for reading :D
