Whoever came up with this phrase must be smirking thinking what an intelligent analogy he/she made. Probably a he. I'd like to ask him this question though. How does the ball being round relate to anything being possible? Ball = round = Murphy's law? Sorry, but I don't see the link there.
I watched the Champions League semi-final between Liverpool and Chelsea, and for much of the match it seemed that Liverpool would win. Chelsea just didn't seem up for the contest, with only Drogba upfront who seemed more interested in showing how large men have problems keeping their balance. Watching him, you'd probably think that large men are pushovers. Don't try pushing them though. They aren't all filled with helium like he is.
Need further evidence of Chelsea's indifference? The fact that Dirk Kuyt scored is a good one. Dirk Kuyt is not a footballer. He's a marathon runner. He just happens to be a marathon runner who can run balls into goals. Hence he is in the Liverpool first team, ahead of Peter Crouch, a beanpole with spindly legs and a centre of gravity over a metre high who keels over much less easily than the hulking bruiser that is Drogba. It doesn't make any sense in the laws of physics, but hey, football isn't rocket science.
Even in extra time, all 5 minutes of it, it was all Liverpool. Until a certain man by the name of John Arne Riise changed it all. This is the guy all punters would love to hate. Because right in the last minute of extra time, in the last play of the game, he ensured that Liverpool scored twice, but the final scoreline was 1-1.
All over the world, you could hear the collective cussing as betting tickets worldwide went up in smoke, Chelsea fans worldwide rejoiced, and the helium balloon called Drogba fell over again.
Here at some pictures.
Riise, in the red of Liverpool scoring a beautiful diving headed goal. Oh wait, isn't that Reina, the Liverpool goalkeeper?
Riise trying to bury his face in the grass, in his best imitation of an ostrich. The guy holding the ball is helium man. Looking at him, you couldn't tell.All the work over 95 minutes is undone in a single second. And that's why you watch football for over 90 minutes, because in the end, all that matters is that one second, and what a second it is.