English & European Football [24th - 29th Apr 2010] **spoilers**

Wednesday will sneak it, like I said other week.

Palace had one cleared off the line virtually last kick of the game as well.
 
I can see why people would think Kalou should have been sent off, I hadn't even thought anything of his goal when I saw it on MoTD.
 
I can understand the sentiments but He didn't catch him with both feet, it was the tip of his right boot which caused his arm to lock and dislocate. If he went in with intent then maybe but he was clearly looking to score nothing else.

Edit: Also there were no other players around and it wasn't as if the ball was at sorensens chest, in which case a lunge would be extremely dangerous, the ball was well out of his grasp.
 
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SS-89 said:
I can understand the sentiments but He didn't catch him with both feet, it was the tip of his right boot which caused his arm to lock and dislocate. If he went in with intent then maybe but he was clearly looking to score nothing else.

Edit: Also there were no other players around and it wasn't as if the ball was at sorensens chest, in which case a lunge would be extremely dangerous, the ball was well out of his grasp.
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Hence the dislocated elbow :p
 
0-1 Bayern. Tie over. Lyon just haven't looked threatening against Bayern's defence and they need 3 now.

Edit - lol, not even Andy Gray knew whether away goals count double after 90 or 120 minutes. The Carling Cup's confused everybody.

Edit 2 - gotta feel sorry for Cris. Misses the final / more likely next group match because the ref booked the Lyon captain for what wasn't a foul in anyway. Then sent him off for applauding the booking..
 
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well well, didn't expect it to be that one sided... Lyon were poor.
I bet you could have got some tidy odds on Bayern to win the CL at the start of the season! Everyone will be lauding the winner of tomorrow night's tie as the champions elect, but don't rule out Bayern.
 
I think to be fair Inter or Barca will be a much stronger test, one I don't think they'll overcome. Don't forget this is the first stage they've comfortably won, they just about got through the previous 2 and group stages.

However, who knows really. Ze Germans have a strong history of coming good when it counts maybe they'll do it agan.
 
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I think the winner tomorrow night will be clear favourites, but you can never write off Bayern, like a lot of Man Utd fans on here did when we stuck 3 past them and still lost, stupid away goal rule :p
 
Wow Lyon got pretty much spanked tonight...after Olic scored the first...Lyon needed like 3 goals which was going to be near impossible but then Olic went on to score 2 more giving him a hatttrick.

Still think Inter, if they get by Barca will win the CL this yr...cant see Barca coming from 2 goals down in all honesty but then who knows...really want Barca to win tommorrow and get to the final.
 
Barca could murder anyone at the Nou Camp, I wouldn't put it past them winning 2 or 3 nil.

Fair play to Bayern, they've got to the final and they should be given credit for it. Can't see them overcoming either Inter or Barca though.
 
Oh and i guess Rangers fans are happy as they dont need to qualify for the group stages in next seasons CL...still dont expect them to get past the group stages though:p
 
Spawn said:
Oh and i guess Rangers fans are happy as they dont need to qualify for the group stages in next seasons CL...still dont expect them to get past the group stages though:p
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The whole of Scotland should be happy that they go straight in to the group stages.
Nothing worse than seeing all our teams fail to qualify.
 
Sorry, don't agree with that. I couldn't care less about Rangers or Celtic in European competition. In fact, I love it when they get knocked out.

Should be an interesting game at the Nou Camp tonight. I can't see Barca not scoring, but can they better Inter's score? Away goals might be crucial.
 
Anyone watching the big game tonight? im pretty sure Inter will score tonight, there good favourites to win, and comming from a united supporter i just hope they (or barca) stuff'em. I mean that in the nicest way possible honest lol
 
BFCTom said:
Barca could murder anyone at the Nou Camp, I wouldn't put it past them winning 2 or 3 nil.

Fair play to Bayern, they've got to the final and they should be given credit for it. Can't see them overcoming either Inter or Barca though.
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They can also lose to an unknown eastern European team and have drawn a few games at home out of no where.

They've been getting worse all year, odd thing is, they seem to be moving away from a "better" team and playing more youths. Sure Pedro has been banging in the goals for Barca, but his interplay with the team is non existant, Henry has seemingly dissappeared from the team despite being brilliant for two years and intergral last season.

They were a hugely better, more rounded, score from anywhere type of side last year with Eto'o/Henry/Messi front line and Toure/Iniesta/Xavi in the middle.

That team I'd put money on winning tonight, though maybe not by enough, Pedro, Keita and Messi, Busquets, Maxwell, Alves all in the team and honestly I think Inter can win the game tonight and Barca could end up on the end of an embarassing scoreline.

Lyon were very poor last night, and showed no where near enough fight in the first leg, especially when one man up, but they DO play far better than that.

But as for them getting that far, more than anything it just proves what has been shown, the gap between maybe the 5th and 6th best teams in the competition, is so incredibly big its a joke. Lyon can beat a underperforming Real, and most of Europe but were embarassingly bad against Bayern.

I've always always been against a "super league" idea, but the quality difference between the top 3-4 teams in most leagues, and the top 2 in some leagues, vs the entire rest of the table is SO massive the last couple years its becoming a tad silly though a super league of euro teams is completely unworkable.

I think football, leagues, cups, everything, are desparate for a decent wage limit, transfer limits and so on, to spread around the best players a bit more and introduce a bit more competition.
 
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I think football, leagues, cups, everything, are desparate for a decent wage limit, transfer limits and so on, to spread around the best players a bit more and introduce a bit more competition.
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I can't stand American sports and how they're set up and run. To hell with playing in quarters blah etc...

But, if there's one thing I have to concede, is that it's fairer in a particular few respects. With their draft picks, wage caps and transfer limits it keeps different teams winnings. Ok, that's easier when they sort of play nearer to a Champion's League format rather than a Premier League. But you don't get generation long dynasties being built up because by and large through out it, a club's simply financially stronger (i.e. higher bids / maintain a high wage) e.g. Man UTD. Or Real in their various splurges over the years going decades back. Liverpool were able to 'bank' on their success a while back. Heck Arsenal did it in the thirties, and we all know it's the sole reason for moving to a new stadium, just like a few other Premiership sides now want to as well.
 
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