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Football Thread 2011/12 |OT9| Dedicated to Morosini & others who didn't make it. RIP.
- Thread starter Fady K
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I would be more concerned if we were blasting teams Home and away and Chelsea were the ones struggling. Like it's been said and proven many a time form goes well and truly out of the window in one off cup ties.
I mean lets not forget it was Evertons time to beat us a few weeks ago with them in great form and us struggling in the league and look what happened.
no question about it, Barca had a servere case of "Louis Van Gaal"-syndrome.
Same here. 3rd is our only option and it won't be easy considering Arsenal have 3 easy games left.
The Friendly Monster
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Just got back from the bar. That was absolutely incredible. I'm back in love with football.
Broder Salsa
Banned
Damn, Luiz you so ugly but I love you
Chelsea definitely showed they wanted it more. Barcelona look to have placed themselves on a pdedstal where they just expect things to go their way without actually earning it.
Chelsea have to win the final yet which wont be easy against either Real or Bayern.
Paracelsus
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Actually that happens every time you, a team who loves ball possession, face a catenaccio team. It doesn't help Barcelona or any other team like that won't shoot regardless of the crowd in front of the penalty area, tonight there were at least 4-5 clean shooting situations but no, let's send the ball on the left side.
Juventus has won jackshit for the last 6 years (hunger) and our midfield has thoroughly learned to make up for the shitty strikers we have.
Seriously. They looked like 10/11 LvG Bayern the whole 90minutes.
FootballFan
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If Ronaldo loses against Bayern and Messi wins Copa Del Rey then Messi gets it.
If Ronaldo wins the CL and Messi wins Copa Del Rey then Ronaldo gets it.
If Ronaldo loses CL and Messi loses CDR then Ronaldo or Messi will get it.
At this point it is all about the CL.
From this match? There isn't really too many great photos of him yet
(Torres totally looks like Clydefrog in taht first one)
creep
I think what's funny here is they beat Chelsea in the semi-final last time by actually shooting the ball in the final minute.
I can't believe they were scared to shoot. Unbelievable.
Their approach play outside the box was diabolical. 99 times out of 100 they rolled the ball to Alves only for him to roll it back to Xavi/Messi on the edge of the box who then passed it sideways. They were dreadful and it was obvious that the penalty miss made them terrified of giving the ball away (like they eventually did) and conceding a goal on the counter.
And what the fuck was Pep thinking with Tello and Cuenca? The latter got the assist for Biscuits but other than that he was utter crap. Pedro must be mad.
Kyoufu said:
Arsenal do not have 3 easy games left. None of the 3-6 teams do. Arsenal have lost two out of their last 3, both against relegation strugglers. Many points will be dropped
except by Spurs
There is no way Chelsea will win the CL anyway, not with their suspensions.
cutmeamango
Banned
That doesn't exclude the clear possibility that Terry is a knucklehead that uses racial remarks to provoke others.
Same for Suarez.
They would have to be great actors to live their lives with such a deeply ingrained hate or despise for black people, sharing joy, home and time with them, just to at a singular event as in a random football match, fall out of character.
People get pissed and curse/provoke others. They are rightfully banned as to not incentivate dumbass fans to do the same.
well to be fair, messi didn't win the cl or the world cup and still won ballon d'or that year
You can see the arrogance in that it's been so long since they've had to revert to plan B, if they even have one.
It was obvious from minute 60 onwards what Barca were doing wasn't ever going to work.
At this point Ronaldo gets it either way doesn't he? Real won La Liga. Isn't La Liga > CDR?
Broder Salsa
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The Incarnation
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Chelsea have practically no centre backs for the final and a couple of good players out via bans as well. They won't have a chance of beating Real Madrid.
With that said there's no chance of Newcastle beating Man City, Chelsea and Everton anyway, so it doesn't matter.
Broder Salsa
Banned
Surprisingly good. Although I still think that was a dive for the penalty... But it was also the linesman or the guy behind the goal that judged that as a penalty, cause Cakir took ages before giving it.
Is Alex still on their books? You could do worse than Alex and David Luiz at CB.
So I went to a South London pub. Fuck me the Chelsea fans in that pub were the dumbest fucking twats I've ever met in my life. Every time a Barca player is tackled - 'you fucking Spanish cunts'. Cue Mata and Torres praise. Guardiola comes on - 'you fucking bald cunt'. Cue Di Matteo songs. Highlight of the night has to be Keita trying to give the ball back quickly and someone calling him a Nigerian wanker :lol :lol
So my completely unbiased opinion; Chelsea were better tonight than they were last week, and Barca were much poorer. Messi was completely off his game, Iniesta and Xavi did fuck all and picking Cuenca/Tello ahead of Pedro is a wank move. I don't know what Guardiola is playing at but playing 3-4-3 with inexperienced wingers instead of starting with Alves at right back, Puyol at left back and Pique/Mascherano in the middle was stupid. I think his ego's got the better of him and he's really trying to see if midfielders can play everywhere. It's a shame because he hasn't put a foot wrong in almost 4 years of management but he's fucked up quite a bit this season. Injuries have been a problem yes, but he refused to bolster his squad.
Di Matteo is the luckiest fucking man in the world, but some of those Chelsea players deserved that. Ramires, Ivanovic, Drogba and Cole (despite him fucking up for the first Barca goal; should have picked up Busquets) were immense over two legs. John Terry is just the biggest fucking wanker. Why is he raising his knee? Sanchez did go over soft but Terry's done the most idiotic thing...
however the ref bottled it. He left all the important decisions up to the linesman and the crowd. Red card? Lino decides. Cech yellow card? Crowd decides. Even the penalty (I think Cesc was going over already so there was no contact, but if he had carried on there would have been. A pre-emptive penalty), the ref's waited a good five seconds before looking over at the linesman. There's no fucking way he saw the red card, he let the assistants dictate everything.
Great game though.
So my completely unbiased opinion; Chelsea were better tonight than they were last week, and Barca were much poorer. Messi was completely off his game, Iniesta and Xavi did fuck all and picking Cuenca/Tello ahead of Pedro is a wank move. I don't know what Guardiola is playing at but playing 3-4-3 with inexperienced wingers instead of starting with Alves at right back, Puyol at left back and Pique/Mascherano in the middle was stupid. I think his ego's got the better of him and he's really trying to see if midfielders can play everywhere. It's a shame because he hasn't put a foot wrong in almost 4 years of management but he's fucked up quite a bit this season. Injuries have been a problem yes, but he refused to bolster his squad.
Di Matteo is the luckiest fucking man in the world, but some of those Chelsea players deserved that. Ramires, Ivanovic, Drogba and Cole (despite him fucking up for the first Barca goal; should have picked up Busquets) were immense over two legs. John Terry is just the biggest fucking wanker. Why is he raising his knee? Sanchez did go over soft but Terry's done the most idiotic thing...
however the ref bottled it. He left all the important decisions up to the linesman and the crowd. Red card? Lino decides. Cech yellow card? Crowd decides. Even the penalty (I think Cesc was going over already so there was no contact, but if he had carried on there would have been. A pre-emptive penalty), the ref's waited a good five seconds before looking over at the linesman. There's no fucking way he saw the red card, he let the assistants dictate everything.
Great game though.
FootballFan
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You are right, Tello and Cuenca are awesome, but these big games really should have big game players like Pedro..the guy who has scored against Madrid, in the CL final, Euro super cup final, world club cup etc.
Even Afellay would have been better choice experience wise. And like I already said, 4-3-3 is key. It has worked against teams that park the bus every time, except Inter and it most likely would have worked here. But if's and but's are just that. eg. If messi had shot that penalty just 5 inches lower..
Another reason why someone like Cavani would be PERFECT for us and Barca. Can't go through with forward passing? Pass the ball to the left or right and then fucking cross it. Like, a proper cross, you know, through the air, not the shit Alves was doing tonight.
Alex is at PSG. our only option for a back 4 are Cole - Cahill - Luiz - Bosingwa. If Cahill is healed up by then, that is.
You don't think we can beat any of those teams? Really? :lol
The Incarnation
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No, they got rid of him.
Luiz and Cahill are injured at the moment as well. Could be really bad for Chelsea..
Time for Chalobah to step up. Sam Hutchinson too.
Same.
Went into the game not really wanting Chelsea to get to the final but they were hard to hate when they did that after going down to 10 at around 30 minutes, against Barcelona. Ramires' goal was fucking unbelievable.
Maybe they are dancing at the fact Barca are out?!
Shining Sunshine
Banned
Isn't there like 25 days to heal?
Somone please cheer me up
Barca are the current champions of the CL
Somone please cheer me up
There's always the Spanish FA Cup to play for :lol
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