The boy done bad: John Terry meets Wayne Bridge on the football pitch

By John O"Farrell Published: 8:00AM GMT twenty-eight February 2010

John Terry fails to get a palm shake up up up up from Wayne Bridge Photo: AFP/GETTY

It has all the elements of a Shakespearean tragedy: friendship, betrayal, passion, honour, honour and love - of both nation and woman.

This diversion could not have been any some-more gladiatorial if the dual teams had emerged ready to go similar to Spartacus clutching scimitars and tridents with a integrate of lions and tigers shoring up the midfield.

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With the dual richest clubs in the nation entrance face to face, the main eventuality was upstaged by a underling tract that had it all; dual friends apropos sworn enemies over a lady and a man ripped in in between love and his avocation to his country.

Vanessa Perroncel had separate the England counterclaim similar to a pass from a San Marino midfielder.

I"m guessing John Terry has not been listening to Radio 4"s new theatrical representation of Othello. (He was probably listening to Professor Hugh Cunningham"s amicable story letter over on Radio 3.)

But Shakespeare"s comfortless favourite reminds us of the pitiable ire of the cuckold, the ruthless fury of a man who has been tricked and humiliated.

Who can dont think about the impulse when the Moor of Venice sobs that he is "like totally, gutted Brian" and will give up the inhabitant group "early doors if the child Cassio is staying at centre back"."

But notwithstanding this being football, all the concentration prior to the compare was on hands. Would Wayne Bridge shake up up up up the palm of John Terry? Could he pardon his former crony and team-mate for sleeping with the mom of his child?

There was a whine of service from the Manchester City dais as the players emerged from the tunnel. Vanessa had not paid to be a Chelsea mascot so that she could run out onto the representation holding Terry"s hand.

That competence maybe have been rubbing off Wayne"s face in it a small bit.

The lady at the centre of the charge was nowhere to be seen, unless that was her inside the humerous entertainment lion mascot costume. (Rumour was that the lion mascot left shortly after, to have an event with the Fulham mascot Billy the Badger.)

And so the big impulse came. The teams lined up to do the customarily paltry handshakes. All eyes were on Manchester City"s series 3 shirt as it upheld along the line.

And afterwards a outrageous disapprove went up as if those who could see had witnessed something not happening.

What is the point of those hulk screens around the tip drift if they are not going to show us close ups of the big moments similar to these?

Where was the delayed suit of Terry"s fingers being outstretched, unresolved there optimistically; a delayed suit replay to see if there was in truth any contact.

Back in the college of music Andy Gray was utilizing the electric coop to prove where Bridge competence have directed his palm if he longed for to secure his place in England"s World Cup squad.

From afterwards on the packaged track echoed with noisy boos each time Bridge got the ball, followed by chants of "INGER-LAND" as if the complaint with the Manchester City defender was his miss of patriotism.

The City fans, tucked afar in a dilemma of the Shed End, chanted "Same old Terry; regularly cheating!" nonetheless to lie on his mother in the center of a Premiership compare competence have been a bit obvious.

The difficulty with football chants is that by their inlet they cannot cover the complexities of a box similar to this.

Ideally the Manchester City fans should have chanted "There needs to be a turn of certitude and mutual apply oneself in in between general team-mates!" with the Chelsea fans chanting behind "Yes, but Wayne and Vanessa had technically separated, and John has paid a cost by losing the England captaincy!" But try as you might, you can never get these lines to scan.

The initial half seemed to be streamer towards a tedious nil-nil pull and you couldn"t assistance wondering if this diversion had been overhyped.

Football is ostensible to be entertainment, and with the sell-out throng usually examination dual players, maybe the arise should have been exploited by switching from football to WWF wrestling.

Terry and Bridge could have only slugged it out in the centre circle, ready to go in shimmering cloaks and festive spandex pants.

As it was the dual good enemies never came in to approach contact, both being defenders who fool around on conflicting wings, the big punch up we were all seeking brazen to never came.

But in the second half the footballing philharmonic came to life. Frank Lampard scored a idea but roughly rught away Tvez kick John Terry to measure a equaliser.

Terry got requisitioned for a asocial plunge in to in the corner of the box, or it competence have been for intrigue on his wife, it was tough to discuss it from the referee"s mime.

This was Wayne"s possibility for revenge. He was going to take this one himself. With all his energy he kicked the round true in to the Chelsea wall, only unwell to strike his aim that was John Terry"s groin.

Amazingly Manchester City afterwards went forward and tempers began to flare, dual Chelsea players were sent off and dual penalties saw a stirring consummate in that the footballing gods sided with the deceived not the cheater.

Football was the winner. Oh and Manchester City were the winners too.

If Mrs Terry didn"t feel she had reason sufficient to leave John when he had an affair, after this performances in defence, he competence find his bags packaged on the doorstep subsequent time he gets home.

Still, he could regularly ask Cheryl Cole if he could stay with her for a bit.