UEFA Champions League 2010/11

[Bulldog Force]

How awesome was Iniesta's ball to Pedro? That sank the ship for Real.

 

[Ridders]

Should Mourinho be given the boot?
I mean he came in, had a star studded squad at his disposal, added big names including Ozil, Khadira, Di Maria, and Cavalho and achieved nothing more than a Copa Del Rey victory whilst residing over Real's most embarrassing ever loss in a Clasico.
Cappello won the league a few years ago and was given the boot, and he never parked the bus as badly as Jose in the Clasico matches

For me this partly was a contributing factor in his amazing outburts after the 0-2 loss in the first leg. With La Liga all but Barca's, the CL was his main hope.

He has to be under some pressure. By Real's standards, he's failed miserably. I think he's safe though. He seems to have more sway there than the managers that preceded him.

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

Good to see the Franco's and the boring one out

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

For me this partly was a contributing factor in his amazing outburts after the 0-2 loss in the first leg. With La Liga all but Barca's, the CL was his main hope.

He has to be under some pressure. By Real's standards, he's failed miserably. I think he's safe though. He seems to have more sway there than the managers that preceded him.

Apparently the Franco's copped the 5-0 arse rape because they acknowledge Barca are great but no
UCL title next year and the brat is out

 

[aqua_duck]

At FC Franco 2 things are expected if a manager, to win trophies, and to win playing attractive football, the not so special one has failed on both accounts, if his name wasn't Jose Mourinho I've got no doubt he'd be given the sack

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

At FC Franco 2 things are expected if a manager, to win trophies, and to win playing attractive football, the not so special one has failed on both accounts, if his name wasn't Jose Mourinho I've got no doubt he'd be given the sack

Evening winning trophies and playing attractive football isn't good enough they have to win the UCL or else, we all remember the Del Bosque (their best manager for a long time) debacle.

I'm sure they'll enjoy the Cup though lol

 

[aqua_duck]

I'm sure Real Madrid 10/11 will be remembered like past legendary Copa Del Rey winning teams such as Sevilla 09/10, Espanyol 05/06, Zaragoza 04/05, Mallorca 03/04 and Deportivo 02/03, only difference is those teams managed to win it with 5% of the budget Mourinho had

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

That Deportivo team of 10 years ago would beat Fake Madrid of this season and do it in style, one of my favourite teams ever. They won the league aswell one year and had a great matchup with either PSG or Lyon in the CL they were terrific.

 

[boxhead]

Barca deserved winners, good on them and I hope they win the final.

 

[Mad Dogg]

Had to lol at David Zdrilic's interpretation of the advantage rule (when he was claiming that the Higuain's goal should have stood). I've never heard of a situation where the team with advantage being played was then allowed to have a subsequent foul (that they comitted) go unpenalised because they had advantage.

Ronaldo didn't foul him though. Ronaldo was fouled and as he hit the ground he made some contact with Mascherano. It was a direct result of a foul on Ronaldo, so it's play on in my eyes. Anywhere else on the field and there's not a chance that would be called back for a foul.

Also, Mascherano could easily have kept going (and did for another step and a half) but then threw himself to the ground when he realised he wouldn't stop Higuain from scoring. The last replay in this video shows it perfectly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riQd1U3-FzE&feature=player_embedded

 

[Tommy Smith]

Ronaldo wasn't even fouled. He took a dive.

Shock, horror.

So he effectively threw himself onto Mascherano's legs which in my eyes is a foul. Feining a foul to cause a foul is still a foul!

 

[half]

i'd wager that anyone who thinks ronaldo took a dive is well obese and has never run fast

 

[Charles Bronson]

ronaldo never dives lol........

 

[hellteam]

Ronaldo was fouled. Mascherano dived, and added in the little roll in the end for good measure the wanker.

Will be cheering for man utd in the final for sure

 

[Jason Maher]

Nice performance from our B team this morning. Nice to be in a postion to rest key players, with our recent schedule and with the League still on the line, we needed it. Good to see Anderson score a couple too.

 

[Charles Bronson]

def going for manure in the final, although it will be hard to beat unicef

 

[Ridders]

Ronaldo didn't foul him though. Ronaldo was fouled and as he hit the ground he made some contact with Mascherano. It was a direct result of a foul on Ronaldo, so it's play on in my eyes. Anywhere else on the field and there's not a chance that would be called back for a foul.

Also, Mascherano could easily have kept going (and did for another step and a half) but then threw himself to the ground when he realised he wouldn't stop Higuain from scoring. The last replay in this video shows it perfectly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riQd1U3-FzE&feature=player_embedded

You could say the same thing for Ronaldo. If anything, the contact by Ronaldo on Mascherano was more clear cut than the one by Pique on Ronaldo.

While I think that there's barely any contact between Pique and Ronaldo, hypothetically let's say that Pique did foul Ronaldo and that caused Ronaldo to fall into Mascherano's legs. Shouldn't that just be called back for the foul by Pique. Isn't falling into someone's legs a foul? Why should the foul on Mascherano be ignored?

 

[pennywisealfie]

can't wait. Beauty vs Ugly, but effective. gonna be a good final, hopefully.

Visca Barca!!!!

 

[hellteam]

You could say the same thing for Ronaldo. If anything, the contact by Ronaldo on Mascherano was more clear cut than the one by Pique on Ronaldo.

While I think that there's barely any contact between Pique and Ronaldo, hypothetically let's say that Pique did foul Ronaldo and that caused Ronaldo to fall into Mascherano's legs. Shouldn't that just be called back for the foul by Pique. Isn't falling into someone's legs a foul? Why should the foul on Mascherano be ignored?

So if I walk up to a player from the other team and push him into someone from my team, he has commited a foul too by hitting my player?

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

Ronaldo didn't foul him though. Ronaldo was fouled and as he hit the ground he made some contact with Mascherano. It was a direct result of a foul on Ronaldo, so it's play on in my eyes. Anywhere else on the field and there's not a chance that would be called back for a foul.

Also, Mascherano could easily have kept going (and did for another step and a half) but then threw himself to the ground when he realised he wouldn't stop Higuain from scoring. The last replay in this video shows it perfectly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riQd1U3-FzE&feature=player_embedded

lol are you serious? Mascherano goes down immediately after contact but anyway Ronaldo ran straight in to Pique looking for the foul. Ronaldo wasn't even trying to pass the ball he had nothing on his mind but taking contact, going down and getting a free kick in a good position.

I love the EPL fans are jumping on the Barca cheat bandwagon.