TV Announcer: The Continental Soccer Association is coming to Springfield!
It's all here--fast-kicking, low scoring, and ties? You bet!
Bart: Hey, Dad, how come you've never taken us to see a soccer game?
Homer: I...don't know.
TV Announcer: You'll see all your favorite soccer stars. Like Ariaga!
Ariaga II! Bariaga! Aruglia! And Pizzoza!
Homer: Oh, I never heard of those people.
TV Announcer: And they'll all be signing autographs!
Homer: Woo-hoo!
TV Announcer: This match will determine once and for all which nation is
the greatest on earth: Mexico or Portugal!Quote from Simpson's Episode F501
Funny as the Simpsons episode was, most US sports fans have this misguided impression of soccer. And, sometimes it's not even that misguided. But it sure missed the mark in Sunday's Sevilla - Athletico match.
This is why you need to watch soccer, and Spain's La Liga in particular. It doesn't get much more exciting than this!
Sevilla went up 3-0 in the 62nd minute. Normally at 3-0, a team owns the game. It's over and they can put in their development players to prove it. Not on Sunday!
Los leones (the lions) of Bilbao came roaring back like their namesake from the Serengeti. They brought the score to 3-2 before a questionable penalty (committed on Negredo, executed by Kanoute) put the game out of reach at 4-2.
Athletic didn't stop there either, they scored a 91st minute header to keep hope alive!
They could not however, pull even. Athletic ran out of time and Sevilla added a win to the post-Alvarez era.
All told, it was a breathless 30 minutes of soccer. I can think of very few sports that can serve up this kind of emotional roller coaster in such a short time.
Ride that football roller coaster with me with this embedded video:
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