Check on the internet and realise the game was on Eurosport 2. I realise it have no way I seeing that match unless I find a bar and take the TV hostage, because not one man jack know what going on; France qualify since the month before. I can't find none ah mih latinamerican friends who doh have class or who care cause they qualify already or mourning. The martiniquan thing ah had hook up with the week before have class as well.
Ah find this bar about 10 minutes from me just on the south frontier of Paris big enough to have a TV with cable but small enough to not have no set ah people to avoid me having to fight with men for the TV. Typical trini, I reach last minute, in mih red and black, by the time I order mih drink and beg the barman to put on Eurosport match 5 minutes old.
I call mih pardner - the only other Trini fella I know in France to tell him doh even make the mistake of not watching the match. He say he business fix long time. First time I seeing Bahrain play, and after 10 minutes, I done know what the whole of Trini know since the first leg : dais a shit side.
Ah sit down with mih monaco squeezing the glas hard and talking to the TV. "Come on fellas. Dat ball is yours. Dat shit side cah beat alyuh; is only alyuh could beat alyuh now. Take the ball and run with it. Is yours to take and yours to lose"
Birchall break up he foot. If you see mih cuss. All this time not one man jack in the bar (about 20 people) taking on the TV. Ah frighten 2 women in the corner talking to soebody by the bar.
Jack decide to pull out he monkey trick and force Andrews to save we. I buss some cuss on him, call mih partner and buss some more cuss. Ah see de two women leave the bar out ah the corner of mih eye. I make a mental note to give the barman a big tip.
Ah buy ah next Monaco halftime and call back mih partner, and tell him "dread, we cyah loss this match". He say: "Nah yuh mad. Dat is a hit side!" I say "Ent" I have to mentally prepare for the second half so I tell him. "We go sight up" and hang up.
2nd half come in and Bahrain like they come out with a vengeance - a quick counterattack almost catch we. I bawl out "fella's stop playing the ass and put them away!" We start dominating the midfield and then we get the corner. I cussing because Dwight still hitting anything in the corner area, and then starboy swing it in, and Tallest rise up. Keeper hesitate and he was lost. I play it cool, just raise mih fist and look around arroganlty at everybody in the bar. Men must be wondering up to now what they do me to deserve that look. Call back mih partner and say: Ent?
Time to finish it.
Next thing I say it go finish 5-0. Bahrain getting overrun. Latas come on and bang one off the crossbar and all. Time start to wind down and starboy and Latas take the ball into the corner and start to play smal knock like if they in CIC small yard. Same kinda wild kick that use to be pelting in the small yard start to fly. Same kinda water bag and water bottle that use to be in the small yard drain start to roll around on the field. Ref start letting man push him around, and mih boys rolling with the time they wasting.
Bahrain rush the Trini goal, and Jack pull ah next piece of assness. Now I and anybody who know football know that despite that, that goal could never count, but Bahraini start to get early. More time being wasted, man getsend off all kinda thing. Ah say, it ha to be trini to cause all that confusion...
Cyah believe mih eyes, game start back, Bahrain throwing the kitchen sink at we...corner, ball roll out. man blast from ouside the box, and Madman Jack pull off that save. I stand they rubbing mih eyes until the end of the match. When ah see Spann and co go down on they knees, I jump up and nod mih head, den realise I ent let go the glass all this time. Ah explaint ot the barman what happen and beg him to let mih buy it. He say keep it - you know ah forget to tip de man eh. Ah forget mih partner and call mih gyul. Ah bawl so much on de phone she didn't know who it was at first. Barman look like he lad I gone, people still looking at me funny.
Ah walk home talking to mih gyul on the phone, singing, and shouting to anybody who look at me Trinidad and Tobago!!!!!!!!!, I am a Soca Warrior and anything else that come into mih head. Is blinking 6 pm and I look like ah drunk ahready.
I had work to do; mih gyul say how she didn't know I could be euphoric so, she have to share that...
I won't tell alyuh what went down that night for decency sake