Man United have the X-factor
So Reading lost to Man United, who scored the only goal of the game through Louis Saha. The slender scoreline was surprising, as the Royals had three players sent off (Sonko, Sidwell and Kitson) for seemingly no apparent reason (the Konami Difference, perhaps?).
Of course, it was difficult to argue with the ref when the players were merely well-drawn characters on a Samsung screen, for I was playing Pro Evolution Soccer 6 on the Xbox 360.
Yes, in anticipation of the weekend’s hot encounter with the Red Devils, I was guiding the Berkshire Blues, as Reading is termed in Pro Evo, against Ferguson’s men in the hit console game. There wasn’t an Old Trafford to play at, and certainly no Madejski, so instead I played in front of a packed Santiago Bernabeu crowd.
The game was realistic enough: I picked up all the cards (3 reds, 2 yellow), while Man United escaped the wrath of the ref. And there was plenty of time added on.
As for the real clash between the two sides, I predict a draw.
February 16th, 2007 at 3:32 pm
I bet that somebody, somewhere, has played out all of this season’s fixtures already on their console.
March 2nd, 2007 at 3:36 am
Hehe. I was once addicted to Championship Manager 3 (or was it 2?). I played every fixture in the La Liga calendar. If a game wasn’t going particularly well, I remember suddenly stopping it and starting all over again until I got the result I desired. That meant a lot of playing time - and a lot of silver at the end of the season.