all is...not so well

This may well be an unpopular post, but I've never been keen on popularity.
This is not a good day and I'll tell you why:

a) Nicholas Sarkozy has won the french elections. Thousands of people in the streets celebrating - all of them white and, most likely, wealthy, from what I could see on TV. I don't know much about him and his ideas - the pundits are saying he'll probably be softer as a President than he was as a candidate and I bloody well hope so. I know that he will put a stamp on immigration in France, which will probably be negative on all the foreign communities that live there, including the portuguese - and that's rich coming from someone that is an immigrant himself.

b) There was another (quite smaller) election in the portuguese island of Madeira, won by some kind of "democratic dictator" that has been ruling the island for almost 30 years. No good can come from such a long government, in any circumstance. But almost everyone loves him over there, so you can't argue with that. What you can argue with is the fact that all his opponents and their respective campaigns have been neglected and even impaired, in ways that may not be entirely democratic. Someone from the central government should check it out, everyone knows there must be some dodgy things going around there, but I suspect everyone in Lisbon is afraid of the mighty Alberto João.

c) Manchester United are the champions in England, after Chelsea drew with Arsenal. There's nothing wrong with that per se, I think Man Utd were a great team throughout the season, with a few ups and downs, but I've really enjoyed watching them play, particularly at the time when Larson was there, it was exciting all that attacking force! It was a bit ironic to watch how Ronaldo became enemy no.1 and then the most admired player...and after a while, the most hated man was Mourinho, particularly after he insulted...who? Ronaldo! Funny, it was funny.

So, in a week, Chelsea lost both the Champions' League and the Premiership. It wasn't surprising since their season has been a lot more shaky that the previous two. I understand why no-one would want to see Chelsea being champions again, their style of playing has been duller and duller throughout the seasons. Those long balls to Drogba...arghh, it's exasperating. Mourinho and attractive football don't often match but I wouldn't blame him (despite all of his infinite faults) for losing the quadruple. The injuries, particularly in the defense, but also Joe Cole and Robben...and a really limited squad for a team with such finantial capacity. And despite all of that, still the big Russian wouldn't get any player in January when it was obvious that they didn't have what it took to follow United. I was watching the match today and thinking that Mourinho must've been bitterly laughing inside when he saw that ludicrous penalty from Boulahrouz (it is said that he wasn't responsible for getting the player to Chelsea, but probably that guy Arnesend, or whatever...) - clearly he wasn't the man to substitute neither Terry nor Carvalho.

I don't know what will follow. It'll be hard for Mourinho to stay, either because they'll sack him and because he isn't the person to stay too long anywhere. People will be glad to see the back of them, but then will miss all the commotion. Some people are starting to talk about a curse that will never let Mourinho win the Champions' League with another team apart from Porto. (Meanwhile, and if you care, Porto are steadily heading for the second title in a row, but they're not doing any more than their duty).