Ya que nadie comenta, aquí vamos

Since no one comments, here we go

Yesterday I talked about golf, a sport that I like, no wonder, I am attracted to many sports, some I practice and others I just watch, I enjoy watching them.

At the beginning, I said that we were very fortunate to belong to this sports community, which allows us to talk and comment on what we are passionate about and the topics are varied, as varied as the sports that man has created since he appeared on the planet. I missed saying something that I just realized he omitted this morning when reading and watching the video of that great post by @ eliaschess333 from a few hours ago. Not only are we fortunate to be able to cover a large amount of sports news every day and have topics for our publications, but we are also blessed because #fulldeportes gives us that wonderful opportunity to learn about life and receive lessons in humility, sacrifice, victories, and defeats, to get up from our failures and mistakes to try to improve in the next opportunity. It's not little.

As always, I strayed a little from the topic I wanted to write about, not on purpose, although perhaps I do so consciously, to cover other topics, as important or more important than what I am going to comment on now.

A little surprisingly I didn't find any comments about Aston Villa's great victory over Arsenal, I'm probably giving it more importance than it has, the English league doesn't attract our community members as much as the Spanish one, nor does the Italian one now that I think it. Anyway, I saw that match and I don't want to miss the opportunity to make some comments before the next date starts and becomes obsolete.

Just as Girona is causing a sensation in the Spanish league, something similar is happening with the Birmingham team, a modest team, with few renowned players that is third in the probably best soccer league in the world, well that is what many say and although it is a debatable topic, it is undoubtedly among the three best.

I watched the game, mainly because on Aston Villa's goal there is our world champion goalkeeper, "Dibu" Martínez, who I love as a goalkeeper, although sometimes he has some attitude that doesn't quite convince me. But sticking exclusively to his role in the team, he fulfills it in the best way and is not discussed at all.

Just as the Spanish league is dominated almost exclusively by Real Madrid and Barcelona, with Atlético de Madrid sometimes taking part and not much else, something similar happens in England where the championships are divided between three or four, namely: Manchester City, Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea, the era of Manchester United seems to be over, although it should never be considered dead. Seen this way, there are a few teams in the Spanish league that have a real chance of winning the biggest prize, but that list does not include Aston Villa, which in recent decades has always been a mid-table team and has even been relegated. on a couple of occasions. So, it's a surprise.

Although after watching the match I was not enthusiastic about his game, he did not produce anywhere near what he had achieved against City when he dominated them, leaving them with practically no chance of tying. On this occasion, his game was based primarily on his goalkeeper who covers practically everything that was thrown at him. In the first half, he had three monumental saves that prevented a tie after an early goal from the local team. The counterattack in that first half practically did not exist and their midfield and forward did not know how to take advantage of the advantages that Arsenal gave, which found themselves at a disadvantage almost from the start.

In the second half, things improved a little, although they were never able to repeat anything they did against City. He maintained the lead perhaps more because of the incompetence of Arsenal's attack than because of his play.

And so we are, Aston Villa has won 15 consecutive games at home, something unusual in this highly competitive league.

I wanted to highlight it because, even if they don't win the Premier League, they deserve to be in the consideration of everyone who likes football and sympathizes with those who are weaker on paper.