ugh. Honestly as a ManU fan, I'd rather face barca instead of Chelski, its weird but I think we can shut down their midfield a lot better then we could on chelsea's

Quite the beating Man U laid on Arsenal...ugh.

really?

Barcelona is the only team I have seen that can match Man U playing at their highest level.

Obv don't like Chelsea, but how good of a strike was that?

Ugly game compared to last night. Even against 10 men Chelsea are sticking 9 men behing the ball!

And get what they deserve! (lets forget about all those blatent penalties)

unbelievable.

anyone want to explain to me why saviola and gudjonssen (sp?!) didnt come on until after barca had scored?! incredible stuff but cant say i am upset haha!

OMFG That was awesome!

Thank god that chelsea, gus and that ugly f**king dutch football is not in the final. what an ugly game. hopefully we get to see some good attacking football in the final

Absolutely wicked strike by the Predator. The officiating was poor throughout (I hate Chelsea) on both sides and there should have been several penalties awarded. From a football fan's perspective I would have liked to see an at full strength Barca side against the Reds in Rome, but we'll take it.

LOL @ Chelsea's conspiracy theorist fans. One guy on the radio (Talksport) even suggested the ref sent off Abidal to cover his tracks, brilliant. Also, rinswun - Saviola? I think you meant Bojan, Savi is at Madrid.

Also, Gerad Pique = Nenad Medic?

lul, wut?

Dutch football is widely considered to be the best in Europe. They invented total football for goodness sakes! Also, Chelsea have no Dutch players. This was Chelsea straight from the Jose days. Granted its not great for the neutrals but look what happened to Madrid when they tried to play Barca at their own game. I think Man Utd are good enough to do so how ever, hopefully it will be a cracker!

Guys, for all this 'beautiful' football that you seem to associate with Barcelona, their first shot on target came in the 92nd minute. They're the most overrated team I've ever seen.

Also, for those happy that we get a dream final, it most certainly will not live up to its billing. I'm confident that we'll have way too much for Barcelona to handle, however.

What a game. Chelsea's goal was truly spectacular. And thank god I have a rooting interest in the final this year.

OH, IT'S ON!

You know it!

You got lucky this time, but maybe the slower 'dangle the carrot victory will be even sweeter.


We're peaking just at the right time, its simply beautiful. Oh one thing about tonights game, did anyone think Michael Ballack`s chasing after the ref was the funniest thing to happen in football this season? So hilarious, I have a new found affection for the guy.

The first questionable hand ball in the box was a terrible call against Chelsea. Barcelona is very lucky to be moving on.

But that was a great strike and Chelsea should have gone for the kill earlier. Thats the difference between Chelsea and Man U. When Man U got up on Arsenal they went for the kill. Chelsea tried to hold.....on.....for dear life.

I just really felt like this needed to be in here.

I think the respect campaign was the real winner yesterday.....

just because they dont have many dutch players doesnt mean they didnt play a dutch style of football. gus knew barca was better so he played a 4-5-1 and hope to score on the counter which is what they did.

other examples of this ugly shit football is the other teams guz has coached e.g. russia and australia. both went deep in euro and the world cup respectively playing this counter attacking game which is ugly and boring. hopefully we'll see good attacking football in the final.

James D: yes barca myight be overrated and their first shot on target came in the 92nd minute but the actually "played" the game. the moved the ball around the park and always pressed the action, which in my opinion is better to watch than gus's 4-5-1 defensive shit.

just my 0.02

Yeh whatever. I don't associate Guus with Dutch football. When I think of Dutch football I think of very impressive (if underachieving) national sides and very successful and impressive Ajax teams. And if I remember coreectly Hiddink managed good South Korea and Russia sides that surprised everyone without playing boring football.

Pretty happy that I've bagged tickets for the United-arsenal game. If everything goes to plan, that's when we'll get the trophy.

Also, I may very well be in Barcelona at the time of the Champions League final, lol. Do you think its a good idea I go to a bar there to watch the match, complete with United top and scarf?

Just try and avoid the Ultras and you will be fine!

Aye, Barca fans aren't completely insane. Plus its Spain it'll be easy enough to find an English bar. Just don't celebrate in the streets when/if you lot win.

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I refuse to post in the new thread. This is the CL's FCP home.

Also, does anyone know if James is in Barcelona?

Not sure totally but I remember him saying he was going to be.



That early started worried me for Barca but that goal was perfect

You supporting Barca then? I'm completely neutral in this one. We need a Manc in here...

Yep. How many shots is Ronaldo gonna get? jesus

Plenty I imagine. Barca look shaky at the back. Tevez could be a great impact sub if its a draw or MU are still down after an hour.

United goal early in the second please

To boost the excitment, or are you still so owned by James you're supporting MU?

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[ ] Can't score headers

Man U got.....

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that was a crappy final. Would have been nice if Man U had shown up....

lol ooopsaments!


Oh well the gamble didn't pay off... it's ok for us to sacrifice midfield for attacking players against most Prem teams (and most teams in the world really), but not Barclona. I admire SAF for trying to have a go at them and win with style but it just didn't work out well. even when we had the big 4 on, we looked scared and/or unable to produce our normal stuff.


The best team on the night clearly won, oh.. and Barca and their fans are amazing.


Still on my travels, but can check in every now and again from phone.

I dunno...there is something very pleasing about all the unhappy Man U fans wandering around. It's easy to root for a team that has been so successful, so it makes me happy they lost.

I'm thinking of becoming a fulltime Fulham fan next BPL season. Maybe Sunderland... ;-)

Just been looking at the pots for the seeding for the CL group stages. They're weird and whacky...

I know they go on previous history in the competition but they have to take domestic success into consideration. I see why the 4 English sides are in the 1st pot but Milan? they weren't even in the CL last year! They should clearly swap with Inter. Sevilla ahead of Real? Hmmmmm, 2 UEFA Cup wins is enough to get you seeded higher than a CL regular? Granted they have underperformed but this doesn't make sense! Olympiakos should be in pot 2 instead of Rangers. Olympiakos are in every year and have made QFs a couple of times. Rangers have go out the group stage once.

Wolfsburg won the Bundesliga and therefore didn't have to go through qualifying but are seeded lower than England, Spain and Italy's 4th placed sides. French 3rd place and the bleeding Russian runners-up!

It's yet another UEFA/FIFA seeding farce.

Macabi Haifa for the win bitches

Macabi Haifa, who are they?

It's Debrecen's year. No doubt.

Debrecen, who are they?

http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-69176413.html

during the glory years of your keeper Ricardo

You were supposed to say 'exactly!'


Accrington Stanley - Who Are They?

Group A: Bayern Munich, Juventus, Bordeaux, Maccabi Haifa
Group B: MANCHESTER UNITED, CSKA Moscow, Besiktas, Wolfsburg
Group C: AC Milan, Real Madrid, Marseille, FC Zurich
Group D: CHELSEA, FC Porto, Atletico Madrid, APOEL
Group E: LIVERPOOL, Lyon, Fiorentina, Debrecen
Group F: FC Barcelona, Inter Milan, Dinamo Kiev, FC Rubin Kazan
Group G: Sevilla, RANGERS, Stuttgart, Unirea
Group H: ARSENAL, AZ Alkmaar, Olympiakos, Standard

Not bad draws for the British sides. Rangers will be ecstatic, that's about as good as it gets for them.

Rangers have a good group. I'll give you one more chance... Unireal, who are they?!



SAY IT!!

Exactly.

my buddy broke down the groups on our site, but i think uniteds group will hurt them for the league with all the travel, and liverpools is pretty rough in general

spam imo.

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