Author: David Pleat

I’ve never known a Groundhog Day like this and I’ll have to go and see the film to find out what it’s all about.

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Oh dear, I forgot to put my watch back to Swiss time.

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If United get through, they’ll play Chelsea or Liverpool, in an all-Premiership tie, which is also an all-English tie, and also an all-British tie.

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Marseille needed to score first, and that never looked likely once Liverpool had taken the lead.

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Preki quite literally only has the one foot.

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We are now in the middle of the center of the first half.

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This is a real cat and carrot situation.

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What does it feel like being rammed up the backside by Barrichello?

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Moutinho using his weight there – all 5’ 7” of it.

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A game is not won until it is lost.

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He’s got a brain under his hair.

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He’s very quick for a man of his age. I suppose you’d call him ageless. He’s 33 or 34.

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I’ve just noticed something interesting; the left and right backs have both got long sleeve shirts on.

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Eighty per cent of teams who score first in matches go on to win them; but they may draw some… or occasionally lose.

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Eighty per cent of teams who score first in matches go on to win them. But they may draw some. Or occasionally lose.

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For such a small man, Maradona gets great elevation on his balls.

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Stoichkov is pointing at the bench with his eyes.

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He hits it into the corner of the net as straight as a nut.

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There’s Thierry Henry, exploding like the French train that he is.

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Here we see Tevez’s little curly one.

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He wasn’t really trying to score with that shot.

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