Tuesday, November 10, 2009

He's like a United Nations in football boots!

I wasn't expecting to watch soccer last night, I just wanted to read in bed, but I couldn't pass up viewing some British football from outside the Premier League -- all long balls, ridiculously ill-timed tackles and a succession of misplaced passes.
SETANTA SPORTS broadcast a south Yorkshire derby between BARNSLEY and SHEFFIELD UNITED. I support SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY, so I was cheering for the hometown club, nicknamed the "Tykes."

Unfortunately, Darius Henderson scored a pair of Sheffield goals from the penalty spot to earn a 2-2 draw.

I was most interested in the scorer of Barnsley's second goal -- a rangy forward who bore a resemblance to Manchester United's Dimitar Berbatov.

DANIEL BOGDANOVIC was born in Libya to Serbian parents, plays internationally for Malta and joined Barnsley from Bulgarian side Lokomotiv Sofia. He's like a United Nations in football boots!
The 29-year-old has played for nine different clubs in at least four different nations since beginning his senior career in 2000.

Among the "honest professionals" of both clubs, Bogdanovic seemed to add a touch of continental class to last night's proceedings. I just can't figure out which continent.

1 Comments:

Blogger Webbie - FootieAndMusic said...

Great background on the Barnsley Berba there. You have a keen footballing eye Erik.

9:31 PM  

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