European Champions League Final
May 28, 2009
(left) Fletcher – Heavy Industry
The Final was better than a classic. It was a lesson. At the center of it was the midfield. Barca won the game there, as football matches often are. Darren Fletcher, Manchester United’s central component was missing.
Two years ago, Darren Fletcher played in the red, to high interest rates of abuse from Man U fans. The slow donkey jibe was popular. But Fletcher made an ass out of them. He increased his productivity and came to neuter the spark plugs of opposing sides. Had Fletcher played in the Final, Iniesta and Xavi would not have wiped out Manchester United.
Heavy industrialists and light artists are at the core of soccer’s conflict. Yesterday, the industrialist Fletcher could not smoke his stack and the Catalan artists had the freedom to paint their own beautiful victory.
