Reyna's Return
du Nord, March 8, 2005
Claudio Reyna finally made his way back onto the field for Man City last night in a 1-0 loss to Bolton.Reyna has not played since September because of a thigh muscle injury, except for a partial game in November in which he came back too early and reinjured himself.He didn't have a brilliant game, but he rarely does. What he did (and almost always does) do best is have a steady, solid, nearly flawless match in the midfield for a team that is sorely lacking all of those qualities.Reyna had 4 or 5 really good tackles, several good passes & almost no errant passes, plus a handful of quick charges toward goal that created or added to Man City's only real offensive threats all night.So hats off to Claudio on his return. I really hope he gets to suit up for the USA very soon.As for the rest of Man City, since I watched the whole match, I felt like I should comment on their pathetic existence.Team is OK straight down the middle of the park.David James, their keeper, used to be Calamity James, but somehow has straig