I should be working on GRE vocabulary today but I’ve been distracted. Can I do two things at once?
flat·ter - to portray too favorably
Wisconsin wipes out Illinois to go to 8-1 this season. I still can’t believe the team has done that well because the defense varies from woeful to stellar with long periods of adequacy. But I should probably cut them some slack. They’re 8-1.
scin·til·lat·ing – brilliantly lively, stimulating, or witty
mes·mer·iz·ing- having hypnotic appeal
Both of these words describe the first half of the Spurs vs. Ars*nal match. Anyone on this side of the Atlantic who finds soccer to be boring, wimpy, and generally worth ignoring would do well to watch the first half of this game. Spurs dominated, absolutely dominated the first half — and without Edgar Davids. He would have helped boatloads in the second half, but he was suspended due to yellow card accumulation.
What struck me the most about the match is how average Arsenal become when you subtract Thierry Henry. I do my best to avoid watching them and I’ve loved how they’ve stumbled this season, but now I see why. Without Viera, they’re entirely lightweight. No one bosses the middle of the park for them. Spurs should have taken more of their chances in the first half because in the second, they were poor. Still, the match ended 1-1 so it wasn’t a complete loss, but still disappointing. The fact I can be disappointed with a 1-1 draw with the Arse shows just how far Spurs have come
eclipse – the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another
Exactly what Ledley King has done to Sol Campbell — literally on the first goal. On today’s evidence, I would much rather have King than the traitorous Campbell marshalling my defense. Campbell, booed with every touch, rarely put a foot right in the whole game.
my·o·pia – a lack of foresight or discernment : a narrow view of something
Referee Steve Bennet bought absolutely everything Arsenal was selling, much to my disgust.
Bath day for Athena. Not looking forward to it.
Current Mood – Unsettled | 