Well that was a bolt from the Blues! Despite all their problems, Birmingham not only drew 2-2 with Champions League qualifiers Borussia Mönchengladbach, they outplayed the Germans! And that was despite Gladbach fielding a full strength team and Birmingham rotating nine players by the time the game had made it to the 70th minute mark.
In fact it took a massive Curtis Davis deflection for the Germans to equalise. And this was despite the fact that Mönchengladbach came into the game on the back of two comfortable wins and, with a Champions League qualifying fixture coming up, more tuned up in terms of fitness than Birmingham.
I know it was only a friendly, but having bet on the game, I watched 70 minutes of it and you honestly would not have known which team had qualified for the Champions League, with Marlon King looking one of the
best players on the park.
After that, and I laid 0-0 so won my bet, I'm tempted to have a fiver on Birmingham to win the Championship this season!
3 comments:
and we Hammers fans care about this because ...?
Presumably, bobbiguy because the author writes articles on all, things of interest in the beautiful game. Look down the list of links on the right and this fact is clear. All clubs, including West Ham United have a part to play in the time space continuum that is our domestic and European game and Birmingham's creditable result against a Champion's League bound club was a notable achievement and of interest to those interested in football generally rather than the microcosm of your individual club, passionate though you may be about it. You have a good blog; keep up the good work and good luck in the Premier League this season.
Cheers Bazz. Good luck to Birmingham too, I was genuinely impressed.
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