Ever The Optimist
20 May 2008
Have you ever developed a vague notion that you'd dig around and find an item you hadn't seen for a while, been unable to immediately locate it, and then suddenly finding the thing becomes the most important thing on Earth?
That's what happened to me Sunday night when I couldn't find my Manchester United home replica shirt.
Man U are, of course, playing in the Champions League final on Thursday morning (Sydney time). And once I thought about it, I knew I had to watch the match wearing that shirt.
Last time Manchester United won the Champions League was May 26, 1999 (and no, I didn't have to look that date up). At the time, my life was not going so well. In fact, it was bloody awful. Then Ole Gunnar Solskjær scored the winning goal seconds from full time, and suddenly, my life completely turned around, ushering in a golden period I look back on as one of my happiest times.
And I watched the match in my Man U shirt.
Now it's 2008, and things haven't been going too well this year either. But if you're a superstitious person, as I am, then the parallels are too hard to ignore. It's nine years on, and nine is my lucky number. Man U will win, and my life will dramatically improve...as long as I watch the game in my Man U shirt. No wonder I had to find it.
I'll let you know how it goes.
I’ve just published a Champions League Final preview. For your information, the article is from a friend of mine who is very much passionate Red Devil supporter.
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For me personally, I can’t wait for the match itself to start.
Just like the rest of you, I’m going to all out for the Devils. My prediction for the final is 2-1.
Goals from Ronaldo & Tevez.
Please also let me know your thoughts about the final and what is expectation from it…
http://mundoalbiceleste.blogspot.com/2008/05/from-manchester-to-moscow-with-love.html
Of course we won, though not the way I would have thought...
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