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Tell me that you’ll open your eyes…..

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 And behold
as the match unfolds….
I didn’t even see the goals
but those second half roles
spoke volumes
and I could see the score
and heard no roar
but the tension was taut
Belgium fraught
but the technicality from both sides
gave us a spectacle
so sumptuous
such a beautifully open game
embraced by two teams willing
to produce spine-chilling
moments

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 and so to my pre-tourney prediction…
“Running out of ways to make you see….”
winners gonna be….
Italy

Notes

Fri 02/07/2021

Italy 2 – 1 Belgium

Apologies to Gary Lightbody

The title?

I surfed channels after the game, and alighted on the genius of Gary Lightbody and Snow Patrol.

I caught a fab concert from Baloise Sessions, Switzerland; enjoyed: “Drive”; the poem title, & “Just Say Yes”.

As genius as Insigne!

And yes, I missed the first half…. family duties.
I don’t often like to watch from 2nd half onwards, preferring to watch the whole game live, later, or even highlights without knowing the score, but this was different, this was special!

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/tell-me-that-youll-open-your-eyes/