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where is your hard-core manufactured United fanatico,Biggie Small-pox?


YOu no like my homage to Falc?

Ode to Chunkers?

Adios Barsssa! Another failure for your resume

Palo, it's time for you to run head on into a moving MetroLink train. Do it bitch!!!

Congratulations to FC Barcelona for a well deserved win and another CL final appearance. My hat is off to you, palo.

YAAAAYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!


p.s.
I do not like the idea of the Champions league final being all English and I also feel for Barca but I am so happy for my boys!!!!!!!!!!!

Palo

and that doesn't even show the perfect pass to Scholes by the MOM, Zambrotta

I thought it was a little mean of Ronaldo to bully Zambrotta for the entire game.

Bah. That actually looks like me. But fuck it. Anti-football won today but those are the breaks. I never knew Tevez could play the back so well. Antifootball won today and the EPL myth goes on.


Enjoy it. Barca did well getting this far with all the turmoil. But were clearly the better side. Wahat about the hhnad-ball?

I feel bad for Zambrotta. He just topped the year of bad defensive plays. Milito last week. Thuram all season. Yaya clearly sucks.


But one thing was confirmed, Fakenalkdo is a bitch.


Now it's up to the Blues.

Congrat's Mark, Ali, peyman

clearly it's your to lose. And I don't think you will.

Good game. Barca again controlled the game but produced little danger.

Man U. looked good but even they produced little as far as danger is concerened. It was obvious Rooney was missing.

Great play by Zambrtotta to hand Scholes that wonderful ball. Some giuventino at work this morning was making excuses for him saying he had no other play.

At any rate, If Scholes gets the same opportunity 100 times, 99 times he does NOT score. Great shot but che culo.

And Drogba just misses one......

Chelsea up by 1 at the half.

and Torres ties it back up in the 63rd.... 1-1

Essien has one called back in extra time for a Drogba offside/interference... then the next play Hyppia fouls Ballack in the box and Lampard scores the penalty...

Drogba makes it 3-1 in the first half of extra time

at 116 minutes of extra time Ryan "The Diver" Babel shows that he can shoot from distance and knocks one in. 3-2... 3 minutes and change to go

come on Chelsea! Not a bad first season for Avram Grant!

YAY Chelsean! Congratulations.

Go Blues!!! No go repeat what you did on the weekend and kick some ManU ass again in Moscow.

hehehehe I am affraid that is where we part company my friend. GO GO GO MAN U!

Thank God. I didn't want to see Liverpool in their 3rd Final in 4 years.

Go Blues!!!

Kick some ass against the Anti-footballers, fakers and hos!!!!!!!!

Obviously a good result for Chelsea. Nice to see Lampard get the go ahead goal on the pk and pay homage to his recently deceased mother. Looking forward to the final. I expect it to be entertaining.

United in the final but Barca played the better football. Messi is just great to watch, but he'll never be a shade of Maradona.

This is Chelsea's year adn Chelsea's final
Mark my words.

For all of football mankind, I hope Chelsea wins.

Grant proved a lot of people wrong, including myself. He actually has put Chelsea in a position that Mourinho never did.

Now with that, I'm a Red Devils fan. Come on United!

my how the mighty has fallen.... Bayern lost to Zenit 4-0, so now the final will be between Zenit and Pangers. With all due respect to Zenith, but how on earth did Bayern loose 4-0 to Zenith?!

Thanks to Bayern Munich we now know what has become of Bundesliga and the team of Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Muller and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge. Shame isn't quite the word to describe it.

In good times the likes of Gazprom St.Petersburg wouldn't be let to play on the same pitch. The likes of Schweini and Poldi wouldn't be either.

Thanks to Tivo and ESPN, I've been watching these CL games often enough. As much as I hate to admit it, credit has to be given to the EPL for establishing its superiority these past 2 seasons. It seems that the speed, power, and high pressure type tactics experienced by the big 4 of the EPL, who can certainly play beyond that, make it a bit easier to handle continental opponents who are not as used to this.

In fact, I think United ultimately edged out Barcelona exactly because they were able to raise their level of grit and and emphasis on defense. For all the possession Barca had, it never looked likely that they would be able to score. True, Eto has been in a bit of a rut and Henry hasn't settled in, but Barca should be able to at least score 1 goal in 2 games against a United team that is also more offensively weighted.

Don't get me wrong, as United are in fact a more ground and ball possession oriented team, as opposed to relying on high pressure defense tactics and unimaginative offense. That's Chelsea's specialty!



Chelsea will be a formidable hurdle for United. Chelsea is motivated and has the psychological advantage of beating United in their last league outing. They certainly are better defensively. However, if United fire on all cylinders, they simply in my opinion are more potent a team. Rooney, Tevez, Ronaldo and co are serious offensive weaponry whereas Chelsea will do nothing without the world class, classical striker abilities of Drogba.

Man has Drogba matured and gotten better. He is a dogged and physical fighter who claws and scraps for any advantage, with an assassin's nose for the goal. Liverpool had only 1 defender who had the pace and power to cope with him, that impressive Slovakian chap, but he went off injured.

As for Liverpool, good riddance to a a rubbish system where the whole is unfortunately greater than the sum of the parts.

I think Romochka has already bought not just the venue, but the Cup as well. Gazprom is going to get the UEFA Cup. Future historians, if there is a future indeed, are going to ponder when exactly Europe passed away. I know when but shall remain quiet about it.

Leo

I think I have that moment nailed down. But yes, the whole thing is being pissed away and the vast majority don't give a shit.

mate wrote:Grant proved a lot of people wrong, including myself. He actually has put Chelsea in a position that Mourinho never did.

Now with that, I'm a Red Devils fan. Come on United!

Actually, this Chelsea side is very much Jose's team. Grant came at the right time and inheritted quite a good side. I doubt he could muster such a good working unit. Having said that, Jose had this team too and couldn't get to the final. So Grant definitely deserves some credit.
Next season is the real test for Grant because players like Drogba will no longer be there.

COME ON UNITED.

Chelsea certainly hasn't become a better team all of a sudden. It's just that Mourinho while knowing a lot about football was also bringing a lot of unnecessary pressure on his boys and too much attention from the media.

Grant simply took over at the right time, when the team was almost written off as a top contender for both the EPL and the Champions League titles.

Now they're more relaxed and less exhausted than United is. And simply riding the tide.

By the way, there are 250 employees at FC Chelsea (doing what I know not) and Romochka promised to bring them all to Moscow for the Final. One barrel here, one pipeline there - no one's going to count -

Leo

Sounds like a conspiracy theory.



Chelsea is a solid outfit, playing for pride and defiance. Grant wants to prove that he isn't a crony appointment. The players don't want to be written off as a spontaneous spending spree phenomenon. They are capable of beating United in the CL final, which I think would be remarkable considering the sputtering ups and downs this season. As for Abramovich, well, what can one say? He has his own way of doing this and a lot of monetary luxury to do so.

By the way, I am back to having fun with Klatz on the WC boards. A laugh is a laugh, no?

Mate

You put in one sentence klatz, conspiracy theory, Chelsea, Abramovich's wealth and...I feel ashamed. Really. So I'll laugh with you. No more klatz for me. Too toxic, too sickening.

Forza Manchester United!

Klatz has a new theory: the West is diminishing because historical British imperial gentry are in a behind the scenes war with upstart Americans descended from them. Winner takes all.

Russian officials will wave visa requirements for fans, with a valid ticket, travelling to see the match.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/footbal ... 384367.stm

BTW... In the EPL, Chelsea and Man U are levelled again, bummer. But at least my team has the advantage with goal difference.

UEFA Cup final

FC Zenit St. Petersburg 2
Rangers FC 0

Christ now I know why so many people have left these boards:

Barcelona should be able to score against Man Utd as they're based on attack? They have the best defensive record in the PL, just 22 goals allowed all season.

Man Utd play anti-football? They're widely creditedwith playing football the way it's meant to be played. Watch a few games before giving your opinion. Chelsea and Liverpool play negative football. Arsenal, much as I dislike them, and Man Utd win while entertaining.

Might sound like I'm defending my team but the level of knowledge in some comments leaves a lot to be desired.

I watched plenty of games. I always managed to fall asleep. Your so called team plays anti-football and the whole world witnessed it.