Hatchet Man is not accustomed to making impassioned pleas but ahead of a special night in Moscow I fear the worst.
The prophets of doom have good reason to predict a borefest in the Champions League Final, with players and staff from Manchester United and Chelsea warning us the game will be utterly predictable.
Nemanja Vidic and Avram Grant are among those who have claimed the teams know each other inside out after six meetings in the last two years, and you don't have to be a romantic to worry about the implications of that.
So Hatchet Man urges United and Chelsea to forget the past and make English football proud.
The cream of the Premier League will be on show and the world will be watching so please, please, please show them what is good about our game.
It should be a spectacle filled with attacking football, an approach of complete commitment and no little skill.
If you make counter-attacking and nullifying opposition threats gameplan priorities you will be letting everyone down.
That is the mindset of the weak and Hatchet Man is confident that Sir Alex Ferguson, at least, is better than that.
The Scot promised last night: "Skill is what we do."
Tactical sophistication can show cunning but let's not overdo it and have a chess match.
A repeat of the snoringly dull 2007 FA Cup Final between Chelsea and United just won't wash.
Fans from Old Trafford and Stamford Bridge probably couldn't care less if their team send us all to sleep and win on penalties, and that includes the style conscious Roman Abramovich.
But that would mean the stunning skills of Cristiano Ronaldo and Joe Cole going completely to waste on the biggest club stage.
The sides who jump out from the history books are those who succeeded with flair, drama or heroics.
Chelsea manager Grant wants to prove he is Special, so here is his chance. Don't bottle it.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment