Chivu's flu excuse might hold water if Inter hadn't also played like they'd never seen a football before—wrong team selection explains the lineup, not the 3-1 hammering. • Giroud at 40 still knows where the goal is better than most players half his age, and that's why Lille aren't sweating in the North. • West Ham backed the right horse with Solomon; Adingra's injury problems are making their gamble look smarter than it had any right to be.
Chivu's flu excuse might hold water if Inter hadn't also played like they'd never seen a football before—wrong team selection explains the lineup, not the 3-1 hammering. • Giroud at 40 still knows where the goal is better than most players half his age, and that's why Lille aren't sweating in the North. • West Ham backed the right horse with Solomon; Adingra's injury problems are making their gamble look smarter than it had any right to be.