Football Champions League

[soze]

And we need to look at United as the standard that we have to aspire to (from a footballing point of view, of course). Whatever about the number of utter ***** on their team, they play really nice football. They're the Premier League champions, they're the Champions of Europe, are on course to retain that title, and much as it hurts, and it does fucking hurt let me tell you, they've won those titles because they're a very, very good team.

I have to admit seeing fans leave after 60 is a shame but alot where leaving from the business parts so they paid the £200 they can piss off when they want Plus that might have been going to watch it in the bar on the screens

The Chel$ki game was just wow i felt really sorry for them then they acted like the spoilt ***** they are again and i remembered why i hate them so now i say the better team made it. Drogba paid for his repuation and that made me happy. I feel sorry for the Chel$ki fans but not the players they made their bed.

 

[Corran]

Drogba is in serious trouble, and Ballack could be as well depending on Uefa (he was lucky the ref booked him tbh).

Really in the big games you need an english, spanish or italian official. They normally are the best (that said an english official gave 3 bookings before a red so guess that hard to argue. lol).

I miss the italian baldy ref. He was probably the best referee there been for a long time.

 

[Vladamir]

It was Collina who ref'd the 4-2 game against Barcelona in 2005 and that was one of the greatest games i've ever watched. No controversy in that game of any major note.

 

[Aoami]

Drogba is in serious trouble, and Ballack could be as well depending on Uefa (he was lucky the ref booked him tbh).

Really in the big games you need an english, spanish or italian official. They normally are the best (that said an english official gave 3 bookings before a red so guess that hard to argue. lol).

I miss the italian baldy ref. He was probably the best referee there been for a long time.

Wasn't in an Iti in the game last night? he was fucking dire.

 

[soze]

You know its not the refs fault this thing with Fletcher at real speed it seems a penalty what is shocking is that nothing can be done after review thats a joke.

 

[Ch3tan]

Fuck me, if chelsea keep throwing away opportunities for a 2nd goal, I can see Barca nicking one and going through on away goals.

Look at that, I'm fucking prophetic.

I really think there is way to much venom being thrown at Chelsea, I obviously watched a different game. Chelsea did not "sit back", they played counter attack, which is what you always expected against a side like Barca who hold and pass the ball well. Chelsea wasted their chances when they had them and suffered.

I am quite glad we got Barca in the finals instead of chelsea, but the reason I am glad is that I think we have a better chance of beating Barca. As for whining players and cheats, Barca are just as bad as chelsea, and would have spit their dummies out had the decision gone the other way.

On the whole we have had some very poor referring over the last two days, in what is supposdly Europes elite competition. UEFA need to stand up and take notice of this, because when so much is at stake players and managers will rightly get very upset.

 

[Aoami]

You know its not the refs fault this thing with Fletcher at real speed it seems a penalty what is shocking is that nothing can be done after review thats a joke.

It wasn't just that incident though, he was awful all night.

 

[megadave]

Never seen a ref that bad my whole life. 4 (FOUR) penalty chances not given. Who gives a fuck if he sends the opposition player if he denies you that many scoring chances. You can say it's our fault for not making it 2-0 btu what the fuck can you do when yoiu get fouled in the box half the time. Fucking disgrace. Every bit of respect i had for Barcelona has gone since the arrogance they showed in the first leg and how shit they were today. We out played them in every area of the pitch and if it wasnt for the ref it could of easily been 4-5 or to 0. Congrats the Manutd on the treble. there's no way that crock of shit can beat them.

 

[Urgluf]

terrible referee.. atleast 2 penalties should have been given.. fuckin disgrace

I can completely understand drogba.. fuck this

 

[megadave]

Drogba summed up the game perfectly really. If he gets any ban then UEFA can go fuck themselves.

 

[Calaen]

Drogba is in serious trouble, and Ballack could be as well depending on Uefa (he was lucky the ref booked him tbh).

Really in the big games you need an english, spanish or italian official. They normally are the best (that said an english official gave 3 bookings before a red so guess that hard to argue. lol).

I miss the italian baldy ref. He was probably the best referee there been for a long time.

I bet Everton fans don't miss him He denied them group qualification in one of his final matches disallowing a perfectly fine Ferguson goal.

 

[cHodAX]

You know its not the refs fault this thing with Fletcher at real speed it seems a penalty what is shocking is that nothing can be done after review thats a joke.

Yep, from his angle it wasn't easy at that speed, he was wrong but it is kind of understandable. Just a shame that UEFA have a silly no appeal rule.

 

[Turamber]

You think villa would have played diff? it would have been 10-0 to barc at HT and your players would have gone home.

lol, feeling a little annoyed are we? I'd hope that if we got taken over by one of the richest men on the planet and signed multiple players for £20m plus that we'd have a bit more ambition than trying to timewaste our way to a European Cup final.

 

[cHodAX]

lol, feeling a little annoyed are we? I'd hope that if we got taken over by one of the richest men on the planet and signed multiple players for £20m plus that we'd have a bit more ambition than trying to timewaste our way to a European Cup final.

Ouch, that cuts a bit close to the bone!

 

[Turamber]

Ouch, that cuts a bit close to the bone!

Ahh, my team went three months without a winning a game in any competition -- so you'll forgive me if I don't shed any tears for Chelsea -- they played their part in an epic Champions League semi-final but, thankfully, the better and more ambitious team won.

In Hiddink's very first game in charge he employed the very same tactics at Villa Park. They knicked a goal and then time wasted for the rest of the game. They are bloody good at it, in all fairness, but a spectacle it does not make.

 

[leviathane]

nah cos MON would just sit your best players on the bench again.

 

[Turamber]

nah cos MON would just sit your best players on the bench again.

Yes very true. We rest players in -20 conditions, on a plastic pitch hundreds and hundreds of miles from home and still go out of a cup competition with a bang, fighting all the way.

Arsenal, though, pick their best team at home in front of 60,000 fans (well, for the first 60 minutes anyway) and still go out with a whimper...

 

[Wonk]

Park is going to score twice in the final.

 

[Unleashed]

Unlucky Chelsea fans.

Love it when numpties come on taking the piss, same happens when Utd lose.

I know for a fact if that was Utd tonight I would have gone mental, ref was a disgrace.

As for Platini he can fuck right off, knowing that prick he will go and get Abidal's sending off overturned lol.

 

[Everz]

Shame, i hate chelsea with a fucking passion(along with the rest of the fuckoff you ***** 4), but i think Hiddink is top class, thus the only one i feel sorry for.

But.

HAHAHAHA fucking football wins tonight mates, brilliant referee, he knows the score can't have a boring 0-0 dross that a man u/chelsea final would serve up.

Barca were there for the taking and didier 'i've been shot' drogba cocks it up again with shit finishing hahaha, his rant at the end was priceless, all the chelsea scum players faces, priceless. Now lets hope you go bust and end up rotting in the lower leagues after moneybanks losses interest.


Football won tonight, end of story. MON BARCELONA!

 

[Everz]

Drogba summed up the game perfectly really. If he gets any ban then UEFA can go fuck themselves.

terrible referee.. atleast 2 penalties should have been given.. fuckin disgrace

I can completely understand drogba.. fuck this

Boo fucking hoo.. anything that fucks up the big 4 is a victory for the greater good, end of. And that twat drogba deserves any treatment he gets, big fucking fairy.

 

[Everz]

Enjoy it mates.. enjoy.

 

[Corran]

as always everz you provide a stupid post full of hatred....

seems drogba made matters worse and blew up at the ref in the tunnel and done everything short of hitting him. Chelsea going to face a hefty fine due to ballack on field, multiple players at final whistle, drogba as ref tried to leave and now drogba in the tunnel.

Wouldnt surprise me if drogba misses at least teh group stage entirely next season, if not get a ban from the lot

and in many ways football didnt win, afteral barcelona didnt exactly dazzle. half time messi didnt exist, eto was totally non-existant etc

 

[megadave]

Whatever repercussions he receives he gets my respect. The ref was terrible and he said what every Chelsea fan and unbiased neutral was thinking. Same with Bosingwa and Ballack. I'm almost upset no one smacked the cnut.

 

[Corran]

Whatever repercussions he receives he gets my respect. The ref was terrible and he said what every Chelsea fan and unbiased neutral was thinking. Same with Bosingwa and Ballack. I'm almost upset no one smacked the cnut.

to be honest, he acts like a fairy to often to get my respect from trying to be a hardman on one occassion

 

[Everz]

as always everz you provide a stupid post full of hatred....

seems drogba made matters worse and blew up at the ref in the tunnel and done everything short of hitting him. Chelsea going to face a hefty fine due to ballack on field, multiple players at final whistle, drogba as ref tried to leave and now drogba in the tunnel.

Wouldnt surprise me if drogba misses at least teh group stage entirely next season, if not get a ban from the lot

and in many ways football didnt win, afteral barcelona didnt exactly dazzle. half time messi didnt exist, eto was totally non-existant etc

Hate against teams I hate, oh no! Dont be a plank I have every right to be a **** bout one the big 4 ballsing up, fck noes I'm sick of there plastic armies giving it large round here. Ofc if it was my team I'd be flaming and writhing like the best of em, as I usually do , but guess what? There not there just the scum lot that show the 'best' league in the world. So I'm going to lavish in the fact of anyone one of them going out of a major competition especially considering what happens after. Can't tell I'm easily angered etc eh?

 

[Marc]

Never seen a ref that bad my whole life. 4 (FOUR) penalty chances not given. Who gives a fuck if he sends the opposition player if he denies you that many scoring chances. You can say it's our fault for not making it 2-0 btu what the fuck can you do when yoiu get fouled in the box half the time. Fucking disgrace. Every bit of respect i had for Barcelona has gone since the arrogance they showed in the first leg and how shit they were today. We out played them in every area of the pitch and if it wasnt for the ref it could of easily been 4-5 or to 0. Congrats the Manutd on the treble. there's no way that crock of shit can beat them.

Outplayed them in every area? No you never. We took the piss out of Chelsea in midfield. We just couldnt get passed their defence and couldnt handle your long ball

 

[Hawkwind]

After that ref display it does make you wonder whether bosses at EUFA had a word in his ear before the game. The hand ball pen in the second half was an absolute 100% pen, no way it should have been waved away. He was bad all night and even worse that the prick the night before.

Have to say though, in both cases the better team went through. Judging on that display I can't see Man Utd winning on the 27th. I don't think their defence is as good as Chelsea's and I can't se them containing Messi and Eto I'm sure Blatter and Platini will be hoping the same.

 

[soze]

Yes very true. We rest players in -20 conditions, on a plastic pitch hundreds and hundreds of miles from home and still go out of a cup competition with a bang, fighting all the way.

Arsenal, though, pick their best team at home in front of 60,000 fans (well, for the first 60 minutes anyway) and still go out with a whimper...

Arsenal picked the best team they had and came up agaist a good /spit footballing side and lost because they were not good enough.

Villa on the other hand bottled it manager too scared to send his players into 2 games a week!

If you ever make it too the champions league i will make sure Platini knows you only want away games in a warm climate where the pitch suits you needs!

On a serious note did getting champions league money and then spending it on a better squad not worry you after seeing that tactic destroy Leeds? You have a smarter chairman i know but always seems risky.

 

[Turamber]

Enjoy it mates.. enjoy.

Such a quality goal, and to have the composure to do that with time running out ... respect. With there being so many people at UEFA who wish to end the dominance of English clubs in the CL I could see Chelsea being suspended from European competition for a season because of the way they reacted at the end.

Each side had one stonewall penalty not given them across the two ties. The "4 or 5" that Chelsea claimed they should have had last night were nothings really. The one that particularly has them up in arms, the ball hitting the defender in the box was just that -- ball to hand, not hand to ball.

The media are lapping up at the minute and coming all out in support of Chelsea. But give it a couple of weeks and I think you'll see a more balanced opinion formed.



And Soze -- there are no guarantees of anything in life, but do you think all the rest of the teams outside of the Precious Four should just give up? It certainly reads that way.

All of the top four have had dodgy seasons in the Champions League and been seen to underachieve when they were building their squads, I'm sure that anyother team breaking the top four would have the same problem.