While the IMOTGP usually gets it right like with our correct prediction of Chile over Argentina in Copa America, there are times we don't get it right. And when we don't, we admit to you that we choked.
Well last week's takedown of Julian Green drew plenty of attention in the blogosphere after his beyond abysmal performance with The Phantom deciding to show up to observe. It was an embarrassment to football itself.
As you know, we spare no expense for football and decided to pay $350 for tickets to another big match. We continued our tour of Euro training matches with a trip to famed Michigan to see Real Madrid and Chelsea. But it was later in the day that Green and fellow flop Jozy Altidore would strike, as the J and J boys of the United States made the Phantom look like a phool.
First, Green redeemed himself with a performance for the ages. Facing a mighty Inter Milan squad, Green delivered the following hat trick:
Looking like a cutthroat striker and perhaps motivated by playing in his "home" country and by his disdain for the controversial bathroom laws in North Carolina, he thrilled a Charlotte crowd with a set of clinical and ruthless finishes. The football media world was stunned, saying that Green has "come of age."
What did Green say? We quote (though it's not clear if this was said by him): "IMOTGP can eat s----!"
That comment stung your humble blogger but an even more fatal blow would be struck later Saturday by another player who also etched his name in U.S. lore with his own meaningless hat trick. None other than Altidore, who no doubt inspired by Green did something unthinkable later that night in MLS.
They said it couldn't be done but finally, the superstar scored his first goal of the year after nine goalless appearances with an 87th-minute strike to wrap up a 3-0 Toronto FC win over Columbus Crew. He ended not one, but two national nightmares, since all of the United States and Canada were wondering if he was ever going to score.
Altidore has been ripped by many media outlets and afterward he may or may not have said, "Suck it, IMOTGP!" while throwing in something unintelligible about Draymond Green - no relation to Julian Green. Your blogger was not sure he understood the reference.
The bottom line is that the J and J boys came up big over the weekend. The only logical conclusion is that Green is set to become a key figure for the Bavarian giants since he has no doubt usurped Robert Lewandowski's place in the lineup while Altidore's greatness can't be questioned.
We here at IMOTGP are red-faced in our shame. Thank you.
No comments:
Post a Comment