Apr 07 2008
Adelaide Showdowns Are the Craziest
Everyone gets up for a local rivalry. Duke v. Carolina? Liverpool v. Everton? Boca Juniors v. River Plate? Those are the big games. If you won only two games a year, you’d live with it if those two wins were against them.
The Showdown — Adelaide Crows v. Port Adelaide Power — is no different. In fact, it looked a little rougher than usual out there this year:
If that had happened in a soccer game, we’d be hearing about red cards and multi-match bans and violent behavior and such. Nah, this is Aussie Rules, kid. Port Adelaide’s not getting punished at all. Oh, and Port players are saying they’ll probably do it again.
I’ve still only seen one half of that game. I’d watch the rest tonight, but Memphis v. Kansas, while not a local derby, is proving to be most entertaining…
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