Shades of the Chumps league

The post below about the Poland v England shambles got me thinking of a similar incident that isnt really talked about in public.
For the truly hermit like,non sporting &/or turtle men from the future-im referring to the Champions league final of  two thousand & something (do i really have to google it?? ....ok -may 2008)
Chelsea & Manchester United did something not often seen.Two teams from the same country in a european final.
The stadium is selected before the group stages & THAT DECISION IS FINAL -EVEN IF IT IS RETARDED !
In this case it was....RUSSIA ?! what a fantastic idea,lets get 70 thousand english fanatical football fans to go to a racist,communist,highly suspicious of the west & frankly dangerous country.
Thier space program,hospitals & nuke power stations are all painted in that orrible green colour from the Brezhnev green paint company & of course the other colour-RUST -why is everythin in russia either coloured Brezhnev green or rusty?
Still i digress,The game was to be played at 8:00 (UK Time) at the Moscow  Stadium (now seating 70 k).The weather was awful.It rained the whole day,the locals sold umberellas as the outside bars were empty,many chose to travel on the day as the prices mysteriously went through the roof on hotels & sundry items such as prostitutes & lapdances!
The ref could not get the ball to bounce on the pitch,it just sank into the river that was flowing over it.they rolled & squeegied the water off but the rain still fell.So they delayed kick off & by about half 9 the teams surfed out for the 3rd biggest football match in the calender.
WHY WAS THE GAME SIMPLY POSTPONED-MOVED TO WEMBLEY THE FOLLOWING WEEK? the season was over,so that was the easy alternative.....
Because HUGE sums of money would be lost on the betting rings that people like Abramovich & even the Russian government invest in !including betting.there was no way that game was being called off.THE GAME WAS AWFUL -the players questioned it,the ref was clearly bullied by the russians into making the game happen.It was a dour 1-1 draw.Has to be said that 2 such great footballing teams had no choice but to play the game in the air,it was the only way the ball was going anywhere! United won on pens & they rarely brag about it as ,well its embarrassing isnt it!
Its nice that online betting now allows the postponed bets to run into the replay.So games like last night the russians wont lose any money....Isnt that heartwarming to know they wont run out of green paint!  ...