Good football on Boxing Day gift

Today was the traditional Christmas day in the Premier League, the number nineteen in the calendar, known as Boxing Day, "day boxes", referring to the gifts themselves of these dates. Goals and good football have brought these cases in a weekend in which we found, among other parties, like Manchester United and Tottenham continued their good season after winning all three points against Sunderland and Aston Villa respectively.

There is debate about the fact of playing on these dates. Spain is not the only league that opts for the Christmas break, because except in the islands, including Welsh-Scottish league, the rest of Europe choosing the same decision. England soccer lives differently, there is practically a religion and football, which are creators, part of the Christmas tradition: fields are filled with witnesses. They have their own rules: play at noon, a practice that is being adopted without much success in the Calcio, and reserve the game smoothly greater substance to Monday without forming a debate like the one formed here with the Barcelona-Real Madrid. Two weeks ago, played on the first day of the week, the Manchester-Arsenal, tomorrow, the Arsenal-Chelsea.

I've always believed the debate over whether excessive should be played at Christmas. It's just another day on the calendar to coincide with special dates in which the players can be with family a few days away from the noise of professional football. In many cases the players may also travel to their lands, which will in a few occasions throughout the year because there are few cases of player who plays in the city close to yours. Looking amateur grateful that we offer football in England when the rest stops, but I understand that other places do not do the same.

So in the Premier rolled the ball at Old Trafford and did it dramatically. Duel between the leader and the fifth-placed Sunderland is completing a great season. However, the difference in the field was considerably larger than the rating indicates. Ferguson's team played some sublime first twenty-five minutes could well have ended 4-0, but Santa must now wear the shirt of Sunderland and the Red Devils scored only one goal in that stretch, with two shots to the bottom and several shots that found the net.

Finished the game 2-0, the two works of Bulgarian Berbatov erected in The Grinch for Sunderland. The ManU moved the ball quickly rapid counterattacks, with Anderson and Giggs pulling the strings and Rooney and Berbatov in attack with great mobility. Van der Sar was a spectator of luxury. Sunderland, with Zenden everlasting right wing, left too many spaces and reached the area just opposite to what Bent, 24 goals last year only after Rooney and Drogba in the scoring charts, and Gyan, one of the revelations of the past global Ghana only came into play.

Who knows if it may have been one of the last games for United in the hands of the Glazer family, for it speaks of an outrageous offer in Qatar. Even after winning the World Cup in 2022 and with a hole in the shirt of the best team out there, it seems that the Qatari petrodollars seek to get noticed in the world of football.

Later he would play the match between Aston Villa and Tottenham, much like the previous one which ended with victory for the Spurs 1-2, with two goals scored by Van der Vaart. In the beginning it was a shock round where both teams came again and again the penalty area, but most Londoners technical quality was noted and thus became the first Dutch goal on 22 minutes after opening a banda Luka Modric spectacular. A little later came the red card expulsion of Defoe after jumping with the elbow raised and impact on the rival. Fair expulsion. Far from losing control of the game, Redknapp's team dominated possession in the hands of Croatian player, and only the above referenced loss prevented them from having more depth. Shortly before the break would Heskey's injury, so that the Aston Villa lose one of its best resources: the balls coming down the giant England striker.

In the second half, the villains have control of the match but once again the quality of the Spurs would be imposed on the scoreboard. In a backlash from the book, Van der Vaart left with an exquisite touch the ball to Bale, who ran midfield a couple of rivals racing to leave the ball to Lennon, who coolly boasting no shot on goal but saw the arrival of Van der Vaart, who had followed the play and finished off the network.

It was the best Gareth Bale did throughout the match, who appeared in the best possible time. Welsh player is a marvel in terms of speed, power and change of pace, but has too many technical and sometimes try again and again the same trick: throw the ball forward and leave the couple showing off their virtues physical, but opponents already know. Also makes a player a little individualistic. But when you have space in front, as in the second goal, it is virtually unstoppable. Perhaps the comparison is to be the new standard of Welsh football and share a similar position, but the truth is that the now legendary Ryan Giggs and Bale are totally different players.

Villa scored the Albrighton center capped and no one caught off guard Gomes. This resulted in uncertainty to the party s last minutes but the three points went to White Hart Lane after the final whistle. In other matches of the day, bottom club West Ham beat Fulham 1-3 with him leaving the last place detriment of Wolverhampton, which lost at home to Wigan 1-2. Manchester City follows in the wake of his neighbors after his win at Newcastle, Blackburn lost at home to Stoke and Bolton continued their good season after a 2-0 defeat to WBA. Everton-Birmingham-Liverpool and Blackpool were suspended because of heavy snow, which forced them to stop the previous day in almost its entirety. Tomorrow, Arsenal and Chelsea said.

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