Where's the mud?

Here’s a quite interesting extract that got drove me up the wall this morning:

There is rivalry and then there are the teams that really don’t like each other. Lampard offers a diplomatic response, but a knowing smile.‘It is strong, I can’t deny that,’ he admits. ‘The players feel an extra edge. You’ll see it on Sunday. We’ve played them so many times in big games so lots of individual tensions build up. There is always something between me and Xabi Alonso, for instance.’

But you broke his leg. (after a tackle back in January 2005)

“Yes, I know, and it was a foul and I got booked, so I am not trying to plead innocence, but it was a tap, it wasn’t anything nasty; the sort of tackle that happens all the time, both ways. That night, when I heard how it had worked out, I felt very bad and phoned to apologise but he wouldn’t really have it and ever since he has that look in his eye when we meet, and there is always a bit of jostling and shoving."

‘There is respect between the teams, though. Steven Gerrard always says how hard it is to play against us at our place and it is the same up there. Just a sea of red shirts on the pitch at times because they work so hard and put you under so much pressure. They are a horrible lot like that, but Steve? What a fantastic player. I watched him against Everton the other week and it was a complete performance, he was the driving force.”

From there: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/...abi-Alonso.html



Some of you know i'm a huge fan of Lamps. For what...six years now. Yet i think that's very easy to blame Xabi for the look in his eyes and the feud after he didn't accept his apologies.

But at that game Lamps did what he always does when he's on the pitch: spending the entire game shouting abuses, insults and calling names every single of his opponents. Then he breaks his legs and finds strange Xabi had a hard time believing he was truly sorry.

When you know him like Steven Gerrard does it's okay but when you don't, it's not. There's quite a range between facing someone with competitiveness and insulting them constantly. Countless players complained about his rude and extremily insultive behaviour whereas i dare anyone to find me two people who complained about Xabi's.

Maybe if he started to show a little bit more of respect and stop acting like a yob on the pitch, people would have easier time believing the truthness of his apologies.

He's doing the same with Fabregas but Cesc never hesitated kicking his arse when he had an occasion...he had three actually.



I have to say, i can't wait for Xabi and Frank to fight on a very muddy pitch one day. It'll be worth all the best porn movies ^^