AND THEN THERE WERE 16 …
Copenhagen v Manchester City: The mirth of the Post-Fergie Wilderness Years™ is so multifarious it can be hard to keep track of everything, but there’s something rather lovely about Manchester United’s Copenhagen capitulation setting up a Big Cup tie this easy for England’s most recent treble winners. FCK will, of course, try hard, and there may even be banners and chanting. However, now that the foremost footballing genius of our generation has discovered big lads and defenders who can defend, that feels even less likely to work than before, Sheikh Mansour’s inspiring fairytale continuing with yet another match that no one will remember. But he does so love the soccer!
