"As regular readers will be aware, Football Daily is normally in the business of peddling cheap and often unfunny yuks, and certainly didn't get where it is today (specifically: unread and ignored in tens of thousands of spam folders) coming over all mawkish and maudlin."
"This tearjerker has its origins in Wednesday's Bigger Vase opener between Red Star (AKA Crvena Zvezda) and Celtic, two fallen giants of European football, who pulled off the ignominious feat of losing their respective Bigger Cup playoffs to minnows so obscure even the most seasoned of football hipsters had barely heard of them. And so it came to pass that, with Pafos and Kairat Almaty currently lounging it up in the top tier of European competition, the storied champions of both Serbia and Scotland have been left to slum it, kicking off their campaigns with a match in Belgrade. And so it came to pass that, with Pafos and Kairat Almaty currently lounging it up in the top tier of European"
A typically irreverent football column rarely turns sentimental, yet a Bigger Vase match between Red Star (Crvena Zvezda) and Celtic produced an unexpectedly heartwarming narrative. Both clubs are portrayed as fallen European giants after losing Bigger Cup playoffs to obscure minnows, while Pafos and Kairat Almaty advanced to the top tier. The match in Belgrade featured an engrossing second half at the Marakana, including Kelechi Iheanacho scoring his first goal for Celtic and a veteran target man scoring for Red Star. Subsequent investigation revealed that Marko Arnautović's signing for Red Star Belgrade stemmed from a promise to an old friend, former coach and mentor during his Bologna days.
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