A Long Week

I promise, I'll stop blogging about the VfB for a while soon (that's not much of a promise, as you will see in a moment). One week is terribly long to be under such tension. There's two UEFA cup spots available, and four teams are vying for it - all have 51 points. Unfortunately, we have the worst goal difference. The third of the four spots still qualifies for a play-off of sorts that may get you in by the backdoor, the fourth (our current ranking) means you're doomed. I'm cautiously optimistic that if we can win our home game - the last game of the season - that we can at least get this "UI Cup" spot. That's because second-placed Bremen is playing Leverkusen, one of the four. They should at least manage a draw against them. My preference would be a VfB win over Bielefeld, a HSV draw, and losses for Leverkusen and that dreadful Wolfsburg team that slaughtered us last weekend (0-4). If you're quick at math, you'll notice that would put us on top (actually, in fourth place on the whole grid, there are three champions league spots ahead of us). I'm not sure we can lay any claim to deserving to get in after some of the mistakes we've made all season. Anyways, Saturday morning will be torture until it's all over.

Until then, hope dies last.

BTW, the European championship starts in early June ;-)