"The Game Before the Game"

Sunday brings around one of the biggest sports days in America, as the Super Bowl is being played. But, across the pond, on of the biggest soccer days will be played out, as Manchester United travels to Stamford Bridge to take on Chelsea, while Newcastle takes on Aston Villa. "The Game before the Game," as Fox Soccer is calling it, will be one of the biggest games of the year.

In the first clash between these giants, out of whom have come the last seven champions, Manchester United dominated the game, winning by a tally of 3-1, with Fernando Torres missing an open goal shot that brought boo's and a hail of abuse from the media. The game was Manchester United's to lose from the start, and the advantage of Old Trafford helped very much. Now, Chelsea are at home, and though they are coming off an exceptionally weak performance at Swansea, they can be expected to perform better. All title hopes are gone for the Blues now, with a hope residing only truthfully in the FA Cup, or, a very, very unlikely Champions League trophy. Andre Villas Boas is truthfully on the hot seat with Roman Abrhamovich.

Yesterday's riots in Egypt after a Al-Masry and Aly-Ahly where 74 people were killed has resulted in the Egyptian FA's board being disbanded by the prime minister Kamal el-Ganzouri, as FIFA were demanding reports as to why such a tragedy was allowed to happen. Hundreds more people were injured. This is the worst show of soccer violence since 1996.