Generally, I like football matches to be decided in the regulation time. Even extra time is okay, but I detested the idea of Golden Goal. It was not quite football. Even Penalty kicks during regulation or extra time do not enthuse me very much. They tend to simplify the whole process. Knock-outs being decided in…
Category: Football
The Right Age to Go is Now (Poem)
The lad died too young. They exclaimed about SSR. He was thirty-four. (3) Fifty-three is not yet ripe. Not quite an age to go. They shed tears for Irrfan. (6) He was just seventy-one. Healthy, hearty and fine. Should have served longer, Ahmedbhai. (9) Diego has called it quits. Maradona is dead at sixty. Maradona…
RED DEVILS RISING – On Belgium! (Poem)
RED DEVILS RISING (A Poetic TRIBUTE TO BELGIUM) Five minutes of slackness, Japan hammered a brace, Red Devils lay on an operating table, Red Trident stuck in their face.(4) Golden generation, beautiful football, Hopes buried quite deep, ‘Pretenders’ were bowing out, Promises ,they could not keep.(8) Forty minutes to the final whistle, The…
Abhinav Pancholi 