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It is easy this football lark. Well, it is easy to say that, as you are peeling yourself off the pillow after the biggest celebration of recent times.
I went to the ground early on Saturday, I was interested to see what the organised protesters aims were and why. I asked the fella giving out leaflets outside the Gallowgate. “I’m here to give out leaflets promoting the World Cup Fan Zone at NX and I aim to get paid for it” was what he said. Not what I was expecting. The Qatar World Cup, Sportswashing at its worst, ought to be ashamed of themselves, ah the irony.
NUFC were on top straight away, even though that didn’t show in chances. Chelsea were a bit jittery at the back but better once Thiago Silva had rearranged his schedule to replace Loftus-Cheek early on, still a quality defender. Just past the hour, Chelsea had a shot on target. Bruno lost the ball and Conor Gallagher forced a decent save out of Nick Pope. I have seen reports that Chelsea were more in the game at this point but I didn’t see it that way. They were a little further up the pitch, they have some good players, they had a shot, that was about it.
The game ended with Chelsea’s toys out of the pram. The only surprise was that the referee got away with keeping control of the game until the end, he was incapable of seeing the difference between the physical and the foul, penalising the slightest touch one minute and not the next. He was also not alone in allowing players to sit down on the pitch and pretend to be injured. From both sides to be fair.
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