Waking up bright and early (Conclusion)
Sep. 20th, 2007 09:02 amWoke up and was downstairs at 4:50am. Caught ten minutes of the pre-game intro and then watched as Canada scored an excellent goal thirty-some seconds into the game. And then watched as Canada played terribly for the first half and were very lucky to get to the break still up 1-0. If I ever meet Canadian goalkeeper Erin McLeod, I'll buy her a beverage of her choice after her performance today.
They gave up a goal at the start of the second half (which McLeod was inches from saving). Then they finally woke up. The way they started playing, I just knew that they would get ahead again, and when the ball was directed to Christine Sinclair's head in the 85th minute, I knew it was going into the net before she touched it. Canada up 2-1!
Minutes later, disaster. They just had to hold on for the three minutes of injury time but Australia was too strong up front (and Canada's defense looked really slow, as they did in the game against Ghana). As surely as I knew Sinclair would get them ahead again, I knew that Canada was about to lose the lead when Australia burst into the left of the penalty area.
So it was a bit of a frustating experience, but at least the game was entertaining right until the very end.
The bonus of waking up so early is that I had time to do two sets of exercises instead of just one, freeing up a bit more time this evening for me to watch the Ontario leaders' debate and go to the gym for some time on the stationary bike.
They gave up a goal at the start of the second half (which McLeod was inches from saving). Then they finally woke up. The way they started playing, I just knew that they would get ahead again, and when the ball was directed to Christine Sinclair's head in the 85th minute, I knew it was going into the net before she touched it. Canada up 2-1!
Minutes later, disaster. They just had to hold on for the three minutes of injury time but Australia was too strong up front (and Canada's defense looked really slow, as they did in the game against Ghana). As surely as I knew Sinclair would get them ahead again, I knew that Canada was about to lose the lead when Australia burst into the left of the penalty area.
So it was a bit of a frustating experience, but at least the game was entertaining right until the very end.
The bonus of waking up so early is that I had time to do two sets of exercises instead of just one, freeing up a bit more time this evening for me to watch the Ontario leaders' debate and go to the gym for some time on the stationary bike.