It did not take long to get caught up in the whirlpool of activity here over football, the most watched spectator sport in the world. The tournament involves a number of football associations all over Europe, and each association has a rank that determines the number of teams in this tournament. I have followed Arsenal and Manchester United over the past few weeks as they compete; I watched them both get eliminated, the former Tuesday evening and the latter last night.
We had dinner beforehand at the Greek Club, with plans to hit Blue Drops for the match. It was closed so we went to Bole Rock sports bar. For 20 birr each, we entered to a close to full house with ManU already up 2-0 with 5 or so minutes gone in the game. There were a handful of TVs with a giant 30 foot screen jobbie garnishing the most attention. ManU subsequently went up 3-0 then all h__l broke loose in the second half. The German team scored twice, bringing the match total to 3-2 and the aggregate score (the two games they have played together) to 4-4. ManU did not muster much offense in the second half and it seemed like forever that the ball was in their end during those 48 minutes. It was electric in the bar and after the elimination of ManU, someone offered me his sympathy as ferenge was wearing the AIG ManU jersey. I will take on the Liverpool game in the Europa league against Benifica (Portugal) tonight that starts at 10PM.
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