UEFA Champions League

[teassoc]

I guess this is what being delusional gets you!

A trip to Rome, a Champions League win to go along with your Spanish League Championship and the King's Cup.

A Rookie coach who won it as a player also and was up against a Bonafide Saint of Coaching.

A Second goal by Messi that was poetry incarnate and a wonder to behold.

Today FC Barcelona is the greatest team in the greatest game known to our world.

Let Us praise in Humble Wonder as the Catalan disciples display the Gospel of Futbol, in Eterna Roma and anywhere else.

Viva Barca! Mes Que Un Club Catala.

According to lots of neutral observers Barcelona had no right to be in the final. The referee had a very bad game that night, and admitted it later. Can't say therefore that Barcelona are the greatest - maybe the luckiest

Having said that they made Man U look quite ordinary and they were by far the best team tonight.

 

[ROGER O. THORNHILL]

Man Advantage

According to lots of neutral observers Barcelona had no right to be in the final. The referee had a very bad game that night, and admitted it later.

Was the ref playing with a man advantage over a team that might have been down but not out?

 

[Barca]

Happy happy joy joy!!!

 

[Insidious Von]

For fuck sakes!

According to lots of neutral observers Barcelona had no right to be in the final. The referee had a very bad game that night, and admitted it later. Can't say therefore that Barcelona are the greatest - maybe the luckiest.
Having said that they made Man U look quite ordinary and they were by far the best team tonight.

United fans listen up and listen up good.

You are lucky you didn't end the game with ten men, what Scholes did to Bisquets is unforgivable. Had that been Rosetti, or any other Italian referee, the play would have stopped and Scholes would have been ejected. It was an even more flagrant scissor tackle than what Fletcher did to Fabregas.

Stop whining, an English custom, you got beat fair and square.

 

[teassoc]

United fans listen up and listen up good.

You are lucky you didn't end the game with ten men, what Scholes did to Bisquets is unforgivable. Had that been Rosetti, or any other Italian referee, the play would have stopped and Scholes would have been ejected. It was an even more flagrant scissor tackle than what Fletcher did to Fabregas.

Stop whining, an English custom, you got beat fair and square.

Yes, it was bad. Trouble is Busquets acted up so pathetically afterwards the ref probably thought he'd done enough with a yellow card.

Ref was good last night.

BTW I'm not a Man U fan. I am (was!) a Jays fan.

 

[bullitt]

United fans listen up and listen up good.

You are lucky you didn't end the game with ten men, what Scholes did to Bisquets is unforgivable. Had that been Rosetti, or any other Italian referee, the play would have stopped and Scholes would have been ejected. It was an even more flagrant scissor tackle than what Fletcher did to Fabregas.

Stop whining, an English custom, you got beat fair and square.

well said.

 

[luckyjackson]

Smart game by Barca. I enjoyed it a few kms south of Barcelona...the party was great.

 

[milkbone302006]

United fans listen up and listen up good.

You are lucky you didn't end the game with ten men, what Scholes did to Bisquets is unforgivable. Had that been Rosetti, or any other Italian referee, the play would have stopped and Scholes would have been ejected. It was an even more flagrant scissor tackle than what Fletcher did to Fabregas.

Stop whining, an English custom, you got beat fair and square.

Frist off that is a pile of shit call on Fletcher to give a straight red is the wrong call that was a yellow at most

 

[David Beckham 23]

If Barca dont get the job done, I'm going to be severely PISSED! I'll hold nothing back in ripping them mercilessly. There is no worse scenario than having two sets of drunken English basturds pissing and puking all over my beautifull city.

So get it done Catalan.

Good to see the Barca fans tear up the city.

 

[Insidious Von]

Good to see the Barca fans tear up the city.

Dear Becks:

It was tame compared to the level of vandalism that would have occurred had United won.

From a famous spaghetti western shot in Extremadura:

"There are two types of people in this world Becks; those that can handle alcohol (Catalans) and those that cant (English)."

http://www.allfootballgoals.com/games/barcelona+fc/manchester+united/4569/7484

Milan 2 Roma 3

If Capello watched this match, Beckham is done with England.
http://www.allfootballgoals.com/games/ac+milan/as+roma/4498/7391

 

[ROGER O. THORNHILL]

Inspired

Dear Becks:

From a famous spaghetti western shot in Extremadura:

"There are two types of people in this world Becks; those that can handle alcohol (Catalans) and those that cant (English)."

Good Lord Sir, that is inspired paraphrasing. Worthy of Wilde, Thomas or even Best and/or Garrincha.

According to Raul, the celebrations were a little annoying and went on for far too long.

All he could do was watch it on TV anyway. ;-)

 

[Insidious Von]

money grubbing bastards at MLSE

Boston is getting the Milan derby this summer, if we had put in a grass field at BMO it would have been played here.

MLSE va fancul.

 

[ROGER O. THORNHILL]

Real Pitch

Boston is getting the Milan derby this summer, if we had put in a grass field at BMO it would have been played here.

MLSE va fancul.

We might get a real pitch after all. But only maybe. If Raul and his cronies have their say to play our TFC boys.

http://torontofc.theoffside.com/uncategorized/tfc-vs-real-madrid-but-at-what-cost.html

 

[Insidious Von]

Worst kept secret in football: Carlo Ancelotti is the new coach of Chelsea. Considering the system that he will implement, is there an Andrea Pirlo on the club to run it and can Frank Lampard be a trequartista?

 

[ROGER O. THORNHILL]

You'd think they'd learn!!!

Worst kept secret in football: Carlo Ancelotti is the new coach of Chelsea. Considering the system that he will implement, is there an Andrea Pirlo on the club to run it and can Frank Lampard be a trequartista?

Along with that, Pelligrini signs with Real Madrid today leaving Villarreal in the lurch.

In typical Real Madrid fashion, they just throw money at a problem that they don't really have. After firing Shuster for losing to Barca the first time, Juande Ramos comes in and does an admirable job coaching RM. At one point they won 17 in a row and came withing 4 points of taking La Liga. Even all this isn't good enough for them, so in comes Pelligrini. The Chilean pretty much built Villarreal from nothing with a great coaching style and a mixture of young talent and international veterans. Making a small market team a legitimate contender.

Everyone will say: "Big Money talks. Greed Rules. What's the guy supposed to do, turn down the offer and the cash"? Of course not. No one signs contracts or shakes hands with their eyes closed. If RM was a little smarter, they would take a page out of the Barca book. Promote and build from within. Guardiola was the Xavi of his day. He went on to coach the Barca B team and look what he did in his rookie season! What would a coach cost a team that has the Triple Crown on his resume?

Throwing money is not always the answer. You'd think RM would learn from their era of "Los Galacticos".

Next year the UEFA Champions League final will be in Santiago Bernabeu. Win it or not, how cool will it be to see Barca in the final again in Real Madrid's stadium!!

 

[Barca]

Next year the UEFA Champions League final will be in Santiago Bernabeu. Win it or not, how cool will it be to see Barca in the final again in Real Madrid's stadium!!

Oh man is that ever a wet dream!

 

[Insidious Von]

Champions Cup Final 2010: Barcelona vs Juventus

Super Agent Ernesto Bronzetti is reporting that Real Madrid have a 250 Million euro war chest to spend on transfers. This is insanity considering how hard the recession has hit Spain. RM is too enamored with the Galacticos image that they forget how the team that won 3 Champions Cups was built: a core of young talented Spanish players under the leadership of Hierro and the key transfer of Roberto Carlos from Inter. However if they want to throw away money let them.

 

[David Beckham 23]

Champions Cup Final 2010: Barcelona vs Juventus

Super Agent Ernesto Bronzetti is reporting that Real Madrid have a 250 Million euro war chest to spend on transfers. This is insanity considering how hard the recession has hit Spain. RM is too enamored with the Galacticos image that they forget how the team that won 3 Champions Cups was built: a core of young talented Spanish players under the leadership of Hierro and the key transfer of Roberto Carlos from Inter. However if they want to throw away money let them.

I think your prediction is a little premature. Juventus haven't shown they can leap past Inter Milan's quality. Plus are you going to easily dismiss any England clubs?

As far as Real Madrid goes, you are spot on. And to make matters worse, this may be the year CRon makes the jump. And I think it may be time to let him go. I still don't think with his addition the could beat Barcelona in any competition. Any reports that Zlatan may also make the jump to Spain? That could be interesting.

 

[David Beckham 23]

So Gareth Barry is full of shit.

After saying his desire was to play Champions League football. He runs to the cash and Joins Manchester City who isn't even playing in the Europa League next year. I assume their next target will be Tevez.

And there is from unconfirmed reports that Kaka has signed with Real. But it was reported by a Spanish Radio station.

 

[ROGER O. THORNHILL]

Since they could only watch it on TV

And there is from unconfirmed reports that Kaka has signed with Real. But it was reported by a Spanish Radio station.

http://goal.com/en-us/news/88/spain/2009/06/02/1301922/italian-media-kaka-agrees-to-join-real-madrid


Bring it on, you Castillian, arrogant Mothers!

You think you can get around Puyol, Pique and Alves any easier than Van Nistelrooy or Raul can?

Come on. Put you Euros where your mouth is!

On the pitch, every Euro smells, feels and looks the same.