Get in there Yossi. Great performance. Made Madrid look average.Quote:
Originally Posted by gustavo
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Get in there Yossi. Great performance. Made Madrid look average.Quote:
Originally Posted by gustavo
Jaysus. Juve were ****e
Uncle Eamo creaming himself over Sour Alex and the beautiful game tonight, giving Benitez no credit with Giles saying otherwise.
Easy money for Ronnie Whelan stuck in the middle.
Got to hand it to Liverpool that's a very good result away from home against a good Real Madrid side on a decent bit of form.
Also great performance from the machine that is Bayern München, Ribery got 2 (first was an absolute cracker), Toni 2 and Klose got 1. For all the media hype about Manchester United and their wonderful "system", Bayern have played the best football of the week so far and I'd say they are a good bet to go all the way... In the last few years of European competition they've only ever lost to the cup winners (Milan and Zenit).
must give liverpool credit .. not my choice of football style but it was effective , they played as a team and fully deserved win in the end on this performance would expect them to have to much heart / passion / teamwork for return leg at anfield in 2 weeks :ball:Quote:
Originally Posted by ShelsLimerick
Hope United crash out to Jose's inter. Cannot stand the sight of that team.
The referee booking Toldo was pure quality.
Just how good was Xabi Alonso again last night??
He's pure class.
Gareth Barry??
What was Rafa thinking??
I have to admit I switched the Madrid-Liverpool game off at half time. Woeful. Juve looked decent in the second half and should fancy their chances against Chelsea.
makes you wonder why benitiz was willing to let him go from club :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pike B
I watched the Chelsea vs Juve game and at the end I switched over to RTE to hear the panel castigating Liverpool (with the usual digs at Charlton) and I thought Real Madrid must have hammered them. Instead I find that Liverpool had won at fortress Madrid:eek: A fantastic result and all I hear is about Liverpool playing to a system and that Man U don't. What a load of cod's wallop (wonder what that is). Don't tell me Man U didn't play to a system again Inter. Some more attractive players ok because they are the richest club in the world afterall but they definitely set out with a defensive system against Inter.Quote:
Originally Posted by old git
Trappatoni being compared to Charlton - he's in for a rough ride from the Panel guided by the laughing buffoon with the "controversial" statements to get the Panel all hot and bothered.
I noticed that real had the spanish flag on the front of their jerseys.. is this a new thing??
have noticed before that bohs and rangers have their respective country flags on the back of their jerseys.
i think the english clubs should put their george flag on the front (or better still the union jack). It would be a real seller to all the fans ;)
real madrid officially worlds richest club.. yes utd started with a defensive system against inter & it may now cost them, but point panel were trying to make ( i think) is that utd played more controlled footballQuote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
and held onto ball better... how many times has dunphy had a go at utd / arsenal for not having good defensive set up's and in arsenals case being to attractive always trying to play football but not enough heart/passion defensive teamwork.. yet liverpool played last night with a lot of heart / passion / teamwork and got a great result and end up getting castigated :confused: not so long ago at start of season utd were terrible at back & van der sar was finished !!!! as per mr dunphy and also la liga was the best league in the world
so take mr dunphy as talking s***e a lot of the time he loves attenion and playing up to camera's :ball:
yep sales in ireland would go through the roof :D:D:Quote:
Originally Posted by aidz1
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Originally Posted by shakermaker1982
Same here. Dreadful game. A solid professional job by Liverpool, they just didn't give Real any space. While I can appreciate the performance, I'd rather watch paint dry
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Originally Posted by Dodge
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Originally Posted by Pike B
Ha ha I win!!!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by BarelyLegal
Na fair dues, worst match ever though. Real made Inter look good:eek:
I was never so glad to be wrong!Quote:
Originally Posted by BarelyLegal
Great result for the Reds.
Still be cautious in return leg but have to fancy us now.
I suppose if Real score first who knows but it's hard to see past Pool after Reals performance last night.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pike B
Momo Sissoko has fractured his foot and will miss Juve vs Chelsea. Could be a blessing is disguise for Juve IMO.
As a Chelsea fan I forsee the same starting line-up as Coventry. Which means Malouda. Which means we effectively start with ten men. So, can we beat Juventus with ten men? Probably, given that I didn't see anything particularly scary about Juve at the Bridge. But there again, we weren't that great either.
United will win easily , Inter are useless going forward at home , 1st half i thought they were the away side , away they will collapse because they just dont have enought quality .
Liverpool know how to win european games at home , can see them winning 2-1.
Would agree with all of that, except the Chelsea part. You lost me at Malouda..Quote:
Originally Posted by osgood was good
Their lack of quality could be less obvious away from home though. If they sit back more. They probably don't have the pace to do that and hit anyone on the break though,, unless they start Balotelli.Quote:
Originally Posted by osgood was good
All 4 english clubs should progress. The draw for the next round will be very interesting. Would be great to see Liverpool V Man U and Arsenal V Chelsea.
I have a feeling Arsenal will go out. Roma beat Chelsea 3-1 in Rome earlier in the campaign, and Arsenal can be rattled. Fancy Roma on pens maybe.Quote:
Originally Posted by reder
it would be good for the competition if less PL teams made it through. I'm sick of seeing Chelsea-Liverpool meet nearly every year. It's also about time Real Madrid went on a decent run. Fingers crossed they get an early goal tonight otherwise Liverpool will shut up shop and double mark Robben.
He meant since Malouda makes no impact whatsoever on a game, Chelsea will effectively playing with ten men. Have to agree too. Malouda is truly awful, makes Kalou look like Messi.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pike B
As for tonights games, I think Liverpool will struggle. They'll be comfortable enough in the 1st half but they'll get nervous in the 2nd half at 0-0 and Real will score. Could go to extra time and penalties with Liverpool scraping through.
Chelsea could find it tougher than expected in Turin, Del Piero still has an appetite for the big games it seems and could produce a top performance. I'll go with 2-0 to Juventus.
Don't forget unless Juve win tonight, it will be Nedved's last ever European match. He will be up for it in a big way!Quote:
Originally Posted by lionelhutz
Liverpool on fire for the first 30 minutes - exposing what is clearly a lie about rhe prem league. They want the champs league - end of
Nedved has gone off with an injury so Hasan Salihamidzic (a great player who has been criminally under used by Juve) came on, they are 1-0 up (1-1 on agg) Chelsea went very close with a free kick maybe crossing the line, Bayern are 9-1 (nine!!) up on Lisbon on agg... Liverpool seem to be beating Real Madrid with a degree of ease, the most interesting tie at the moment is probably Panathinikos Villareal 1-1 and very tense...
Chelsea have just gone 1-1 Lampard hit the underside of the bar with a deflected shot, might have crossed the line but Essien made sure... Juventus now need 2 goals in the sencond half...
awesome stuff from liverpool should be 5-0 up ( even got a bit of luck on both goals.. torres pull on centre half & very dubious penalty for handball !!) but well deserved 2-0 lead at half time .. only complaint so far is why they not play like this every week:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Angus
When did Real Madrid turn into a pub team??? they are a mess. Great performance by Liverpool though
Pepe is shocking for Real.
uefa should really refund the cost of the trip for the 3000 blancos or frank de bleeckere should make a public apology to them for cheating madrid out of a chance of getting their hands on number 10. i've seen gago play 50+ times and i've never been impressed once. i'd say florentino perez will go nuts in the summer if/when he gets elected. turf out gago, heinze, marcelo, drenthe, saviola, javi garcia, salgado, metzelder and possibly guti and cannavaro also
Penalty for Juve, ridiculous hand ball from a free kick. Half the Chelsea team should have been booked for the protests too. Up for grabs now!
Edit: 10-1 to Bayern now.
Get the Juve Chelsea game on lads much better.
Jesus H Christ Dossena just scored. That's how bad Madrid have been.
I'm starting to remember why I used to love watching Liverpool.
Embarrassing watching Souness going on about "foreigners"
A great career came to an end tonight :(. Grazie Pavel.Quote:
Originally Posted by cfdh_edmundo
yes mortifying.:mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by gustavo
i mean real had more 'foreigners' on their team than liverpool did(well actually they didn't but last week they did. liverpool had two 'british' players in their team.