SOCCERPOHIM *2 (Nil)

It was a day of defense
The psychology of winners having recently won
Fed to the hunger of perennial losers
A day of
Petr the safety Cech
Messi, season over, missing
Luck measured in millimetres
And the sending off
The getting rid of Terry
That hoon
To make way for the parking bus
To soak up warnings
Ramirez made immediate amends

Ramirez made the difference
He had been watching footage of Barcelona,
I'm sure, the way their attack takes a breath
When confronted with a one on one,
So he raced towards the bored Valdez
And didn't blink as he delicately squeezed the trigger
Timing is all
For a goal

Torres is superfluity in motion
He is an appendix to attack