6-ое февраля
11:52 | 06-02-2012 | Culturology, History, Sport | 1 Comment
немного о футболе[1][2]:
[Sir Alex] Ferguson may not like to swallow the hard truth that this is not one of his finest teams, but what it has – what all the Scot’s sides have had – is the inner belief that even the most hopeless situations can be retrieved in a game that operates on such fine margins.
и еще:
“We fought well and that point could win us the league,” said Rooney. “You can also see it as two points lost – we understand that – but, after being 3-0 down, all the City players sitting there at home won’t have enjoyed watching us recover, the way we fought back and the spirit of the team.
“They know it will be a long fight to the end of the season, and we’ll be there right to the end.”
они действительно играли хорошо, и я в самом деле больше склонен оценивать случившееся, как два потерянных очка. но желание играть, что было вчера на поле, — оно дорогого стоит. и, да, напоминает мне былое:
No matter how big a guy might be, Nicky would take him on. You beat Nicky with fists, he comes back with a bat. You beat him with a knife, he comes back with a gun. And if you beat him with a gun, you better kill him, because he’ll keep comin’ back and back until one of you is dead.
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[1] — сегодня можно:
The Munich air disaster occurred on 6 February 1958, when British European Airways Flight 609 crashed on its third attempt to take off from a slush-covered runway at Munich-Riem Airport in Munich, West Germany. On board the plane was the Manchester United football team, nicknamed the “Busby Babes”, along with a number of supporters and journalists. Twenty of the 44 people on board the aircraft died in the crash. The injured, some of whom had been knocked unconscious, were taken to the Rechts der Isar Hospital in Munich where three more died, resulting in a total of 23 fatalities with 21 survivors.
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[Sir Matt] Busby resumed managerial duties the next season (1958–59), and eventually built a second generation of Busby Babes, including George Best and Denis Law, that ten years later [were the first English side that] won the European Cup, beating Benfica. Bobby Charlton and Bill Foulkes were the only two crash survivors who lined up in that team.
[2] — недавно мне встретился смешной человечек, который всерьез рассуждал о том, насколько “Что? Где? Когда?” лучше футбола.
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