Sunday, April 24, 2016

Foxes and Swans. Black Cats and a Frenchman

At the "Stadium of Light" today. Wearside, England. Home to the "Black Cats" of Sunderland. Who wear red and white vertical striped sweaters. Who may be sipping Coca-Cola with Huddersfield Town next season. Managed by massive, craggy Sam Allardyce. And Arsenal. Who play at mammoth, distinguished Emirates Stadium. London. So distinguished and polite it is known as the "Highbury Library." For whom it is a birthright to be sipping Lafite with fellow royals in Madrid. In Barcelona. In Munich. Who may be drinking beer in Poznan next season. Managed by the elegant, erudite Gaul Arsene Wenger.

Sunderland and Arsenal. Downtown and Uptown. 18th place and 4th place. Both with something massive to play for.

Sunderland 0, Arsenal 0. FT.

Sunderland move out of relegation into 17th place. Arsenal move closer to a cold Żywiec.

And at "King Power Stadium." East Midlands, England. Home to the "Foxes." 5,000-1 odds Leicester. Sans swan diver Jamie Vardy. And Swansea. Wales.

Leicester 4, Swansea 0. FT.

It is the City of Leicester and Leicester City F.C.-Leicester!-who will be sharing the charms of the East Midlands with Real Madrid and Barcelona and Bayern at King Power Stadium next season. Peut-être pas Arsenal.