Musings of a Curious Mind

In life in general and football in particular, miracles do happen. The latest episode of Football’s miracles will be played out when a few weeks from now, the Old Lady from Turin will turn up against the might of Barcelona in the final of the Champions League. Yes, the Champions League final. The same tournament which is supposed to be the playground of the Ronaldos and the Messis, the Mourinhos and the Ancelottis. Playing against the big boys of Europe, Juventus had no business being here. But, let alone only playing the Champions League final, they have also won the Italian league for the 4 th consecutive time and by also being in the final of the Italian Cup, they stand on the verge of a historic treble. From playing in the Serie B in 2006-07, Juventus have indeed come a long way. Against all odds, Juventus have made it to the final of the Champions League Before 2006, Juventus had always competed at the highest level in both Italy as well as Europe. In fact, even today,

The mental age of a 10 year old, or an Australian spy seeking to destroy English Cricket? What is wrong with Andrew Strauss? I know we (sports fanatics) are the greatest romantics and we yearn for comeback stories even if it does not make any sporting logic. What else will explain the entire Brazilian media running a campaign for Romario to be included in the 2002 world Cup or for Kaka to be included in the 2014 World Cup? But for the case of including KP in the English cricket team, it made perfect commercial and sporting logic. Except for one man’s ego and personal grudge. And at the expense of millions of fans, that one man won. KP was in superb form playing for Surrey in the county Kevin Pietersen is no sage. He has made mistakes. Lots of them. But, none of them were grave enough that he did not deserve a recall after spending almost 18 months out of the side. First, it makes absolute cricketing sense to get him back to the team. In the last 6 months, he has been battin