[Pre-season] Chelsea FC 1-0 LA Galaxy
Jul 23rd, 2007 by Ashley
Oh I do envy those who were in Home Depot Center watching the match and those who (Sean and Mr. yo) were at the Coliseum to witness a nowadays precious A’s win. I, on the other hand, sitting at home in front of TV in my JT centenary shirt (I wore 06/08 home UCL shirt but thought it’s too hot, and changed to 06/07 white away and then realized they’re wearing 06/08 home at the last minute, so I changed again) with Chelsea scarf hanging on the couch, had to endure a 3+ hour long David Beckham special presented by ass-kissing ESPN.
One hour of pre-game “David Beckham: The New Beginning” show was reasonable. However, it’s pretty ridiculous that the first 30 minutes of “Exhibition: Chelsea FC vs. LA Galaxy” before the match kickoff, not once was the word Chelsea mentioned. It’s like LA Galaxy was playing some local nameless club for charity reasons which was just the opposite case! They even interviewed celebrities DURING THE GAME! One of the interviewees, Drew Carey, was actually annoyed cos he wanted to focus on the game like people should at a game. And there were countless times during the course of the event that their camera decided to switch focus from the game to what Posh Spice’s wearing, what Eva Longoria’s drinking, Katie Holmes and… Becks on the bench, Becks on the bench and more Becks on the bench.
“Beckham’s taking his shoes off…” “He is putting his shoes on…” “Let’s take a close look at his ankle…” “He’s taking his shoes off again. Come on, you’re killing me!” whined the alleged commentator.
You come on! Enough with your Becks feet obsession already!
More outrageous things happened during the broadcast. I’ll just name a few: the history of Beck’s hairstyle, repeated clips of Becks in Real and in England team… and all of them were showed while the game was in progress!!!! It’s as if I’m watching E!
ESPN really showed us how unprofessional they are.
What comforted me the most was during the second half, I could hear more clearly through TV the Chelsea supporter chants and they (ESPN) even graced us (Chelsea supporters) some air time after JT’s unusual shot (FYI, JT is famous for his header.) And what amused me after the match was Teri’s post on CIA. She mentioned that Galaxy fans tried their best to insult us by saying something like “you’re only second to Man U”, totally forgot their own petty standing in MLS last season. And another lame one was “Chelsea is only a suburb of London” and then got a instant yell back from Michael “Are you kidding me? We’re in CARSON!”
They really should work on their intellect. It’s like what I heard on NPR last night: Writer Laments the Demise of the Nickname. And it’s even more pathetic when one cannot insult properly.