Well...

Well.  The day began with most people in the footy world thinking that C-Club would push through against Inter at home and secure a spot in the Champions League.  And most people felt Sevilla would be strong enough to hold off a CSKA Moscow team in their own little slice of the world, the Sanchez Pizjuan stadium.

Well.  If you were one of the people above, you weren't in line with my thinking and you are now shaking your head in disbelief at the day's happenings.

With Jose Mourinho returning to his former club, C-Club, the self-designated Special One promised to everyone with a microphone in the last week that he was only there to play a match...no polemics, no agenda, no talk of taking over the post he was pushed out of in 2006.  He also promised that if his team scored that he wouldn't dance around the touchline.
Well.  His perfectly-orchestrated stroll through the park in Chelsea seemed as though the king had come home to roost.  And his team managed to roost on C-Club's chances of winning the Champions League, a feat which they have failed in every year.
Down a goal (although possessing an all-important away goal), the Blues only had to score one goal at home to go through to the round of 8.  If they allowed Inter to score, then they would have to score 2 to catch up because Inter would now have an away goal.  The game was in a draw until the 79th minute when former Barca striker, Samuel Eto'o, slammed home a clinical goal against the third-in-line C-Club keeper, Turnbull.  Off the visiting bench jumped the Special One, who did a small but significant dance, then returned to the bench to watch his team hold off the home side to move on.
The match was uneventful except for a little drama in the waning moments of the match.  Didier Drogba, of C-Club, was given his red marching orders in the 87th minute after stomping on Thiago Motta.  A red card in the last moments of a match?  How idiotic. To understand his idiocy you must first know that Drogba was sent off in the Champions League final against Manchester United in 2008 for slapping Nemanja Vidic.  He was disgraced once again last year during the semifinal with Barcelona (eventual winners) for chasing the referee down the pitch while screaming obscenities.  The ref made the worst decisions ever in a match and it cost C-Club a place in the final against Manchester.  He had every right to be angry, but didn't have a right to scream into the camera, "I don't f-ing believe this!"  Of course UEFA banned him and his partner in crime, Michael Ballack, for several matches because of their behavior.  So today's little drama was, sadly, expected.

Eto'o putting his stamp on history

Well.  I'm torn by the result today.  I wanted as many EPL clubs in the final four like last year when we had three.  But I also can't in good faith cheer for the C-Club.  So...the only thing I can do is cheer for my favorite teams right now: Manchester United, Bordeaux, and whoever is playing Barca. :)