by tchumatu » Fri Aug 20, 2010 6:17 pm
Perfect training game for Monday, all good teams don't go all out on the first leg of an away European encounter. Timisoara never looked like posing a threat for us, their representatives are just bitter and looking for ways of putting the blame of this loss on the reffs, the freaking UEFA list, the weather or whatever. We played good football, had plenty of posession and patience. We knew we would eventually break their lock, and quite a lock it's been, defending with 10 or 11 men behind the ball. Yaya and Vince were MotM for me
I had a great time, I stood close to Gary Cooke (for the first half) and some other City fans, right in the middle of some racists Timisoara fans, and got them all watching me when Mario scored and I went berserk. A really happy day!
Roberto Mancini was the man who brought us our first trophy in 35 years. He was the man that brought us our first league title in 44 years. He brought us one of the greatest moments of our lives. He masterminded a 6-1 win at Old Trafford, and a Wembley win over United. He challenged Ferguson, he argued with him on the touchline, he brought success, and he punched the air in delight with the rest of us at the madness of it all. He had style, panache and a winning smile.All those memories he gave us will never be forgotten, in a wonderful period in this club’s long history.
And I swear, we’ll never see anything like it again.