Endoh’s Dungeon

I wrote before the Champions League Final of the great job Avram Grant has done at Chelsea, despite being a MUFC’s fan. Looks like Roman Abramovic haven’t really learnt from his lesson, that money can’t buy him silverwares. Just shortly after the defeat in Champions League, Avram was sacked.

For someone who has had less than a full season but posing such a great danger to the many great teams in EPL, and even brought the team to the Champions League Final, that itself is a impressive report card to produce. I am sure while MUFC’s fans are mocking Chelsea on their loss, a part of us knows that Avram Grant has shown to be better and wiser than his predecessor - Jose Mourinho.

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Lose a championship and lose your job! That’s what some football fans were screaming when Chelsea lost the English Premier League Championship. Although I am very much a Red Devils fan, I see no reason why Avram Grant shouldn’t stay on. Moreover, he just barely took over Chelsea management since September 2007 when Jose Mourinho.

The EPL is a “blood-thirsty” game, that I know. For the entire time Alex Ferguson called the shots at The Theatre of Dreams, we have seen countless managers and top players switching sides. Honestly, I lost count. Especially so for teams that were relegated, a change of manager is not uncommon. For the top teams, the changes come if they failed to win any silverware. But in tribute to Avram, Chelsea has been fantastic.

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Sometimes, the reason isn’t really too complicated. It’s always us - the football fans - who complicated ourselves. I thought Man Utd’s Christiano was bad enough with his prostitutes, but Chelsea’s Shevchenko…?

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The headline was rolled out yesterday as Chelsea defeated Man Utd in the EPL, and apparently Chelsea’s problem isn’t only about ground staffs vs Man Utd players. Even though Chelsea is not my cup of tea, I don’t see how a football match should be linked politically.

I thought football is a game that establish friendship even though the rivalry on the pitch can be fiery. I thought football is the game to share love even though it’s an international game. I even thought football is the game to bring joy and hope to needy countries. But apparently some people in our neighbouring country feels otherwise.

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Remember that 6 year old boy in India, who was trained to do marathons at such a young age? His ex-coach was first fired from his job following accusations of torture. He had been fired again - but this time, with a gun. Two bullets were pumped into his body, and he died before he could even be sent to the hospital.

I was quite shocked when it was reported that there was “no possible motive” for the attack. I’m not quite sure what to think of it, but the possibilities are endless. It could be personal, or it could simply be someone who hates the coach so much for putting a 6-year-old boy through such grueling trainings.

Ironic… fired twice. I bet he didn’t see the second firing coming.