UEFA Champions League

qtegirl

Second leg semi finals start tomorrow! Your predictions?

Arsenal vs Man Utd:
Game score: 1-1; ManUtd move on with agg. score 2-1

Chelsea vs Barcelona:
Game score: 0-0; Barcelona moves on on PK's

Digital Twilight

hoping barcelona beat chelsea. Would like Arsenal to win the competition but as long as it's not cheslsea i'm good.

Thoughts_Arrive

GO MAN UTD!
I hate Arsenal!
& Chelsea!

IGotShit76

Hope Barcelona can beat Chelsea ... and a 6-2 score like against Real Madrid would even be nicer

In the other game, I prefer Arsenal but I doubt they will make it. Man Utd is a stronger team.

Digital Twilight

Jesus! I turn the game on, 15 mins gone and Man UTD are 2 - 0 up!!!!??? WTF?

IGotShit76

Yeah ... WTF :evil:

Red Mosquito75

too bad for arsenal the game got away from them so early

Digital Twilight

Shocking sending off. Gotta feel for Fletcher.

Hinn

Digital Twilight wrote:

Shocking sending off. Gotta feel for Fletcher.

Completely legitimate for anyone who understands the laws of the game, even if I do feel for Fletcher. Why he would go for a tackle like that at a time when the Arse needed 5 goals I'll never understand, though.

Keiran

Hinn wrote:

Digital Twilight wrote:

Shocking sending off. Gotta feel for Fletcher.

Completely legitimate for anyone who understands the laws of the game, even if I do feel for Fletcher. Why he would go for a tackle like that at a time when the Arse needed 5 goals I'll never understand, though.

These guys play the game as much with their heart as they do with their feet. Emotions run so high that sometimes I think the brain checks out and the body just does whatever it feels.

Wish the game could have been more even. I turned it on, looked away and Park scored. Looked away again, and Cristiano had put one in. Man U is on a roll!

Hinn

Just in case someone comes in and says no way was that a penalty, here it is. FIFA and The FA have slightly different wording, but the idea is simple.

It doesn't matter if Fletcher got the ball first- that's not part of the law. The commentators would have you think otherwise, but it's their job to commentate, not get things right. His tackle caught Cesc in a way that prevented him from moving on to the ball. Cesc would have been clear down on the goalkeeper. Hence it's an obvious chance that was cut off illegitimately, hence the red card decision.

I hate United. I think Rooney should've been booked for a cynical foul in the first half as Arsenal broke away, which the ref correctly allowed Arse to play on, though he definitely should've come back at the end of that run of play to issue a card. I hate Rooney too. But that was a case where I think the ref used his judgement to recognise the enormity of stopping someone from playing in the final. He didn't have this available to him in Fletcher's case.

Anyone who thinks that wasn't a penalty needs to take it up with the laws, not the ref's application in this instance.

Keiran

Hinn wrote:

Just in case someone comes in and says no way was that a penalty, here it is. FIFA and The FA have slightly different wording, but the idea is simple.

It doesn't matter if Fletcher got the ball first- that's not part of the law. The commentators would have you think otherwise, but it's their job to commentate, not get things right. His tackle caught Cesc in a way that prevented him from moving on to the ball. Cesc would have been clear down on the goalkeeper. Hence it's an obvious chance that was cut off illegitimately, hence the red card decision.

I hate United. I think Rooney should've been booked for a cynical foul in the first half as Arsenal broke away, which the ref correctly allowed Arse to play on, though he definitely should've come back at the end of that run of play to issue a card. I hate Rooney too. But that was a case where I think the ref used his judgement to recognise the enormity of stopping someone from playing in the final. He didn't have this available to him in Fletcher's case.

Anyone who thinks that wasn't a penalty needs to take it up with the laws, not the ref's application in this instance.

Good post. My hubby lives and breathes football, but he wasn't home to watch with me today. Since I'm still learning the nuances of the sport, I appreciate insight into how the game is called. Thanks again!

Thoughts_Arrive

To the tune of 'That's Amore'....

When the ball hits the goal it's not Giggs it's not Scholes it's........Ronaldooooooo


COME ON UTD!!!

Good to see Arsenal crushed!

qtegirl

I wanted (and expected) United to win, but I didn't expect the game to be over within 11 minutes!

What a great display by Man Utd. Now, I don't think it matters whether we meet Chelsea or Barcelona in Rome...

Bring it on!

Thoughts_Arrive

If we meet Chelsea may we beat them again in the final!

Digital Twilight

Come on Barcelona!!! (Although i do think Chelsea will win)

Keiran

What the hell, did somebody pluck out that ref's eyes prior to the start of the match?
Both the tripping (I know the ref had a bad line of sight but still) and the non hand ball call were just crap!

jimed14

WOW! :shock: :shock:

Hinn

Having a hard time here figuring out who's most disgraceful- the ref, Ballack or Drogba. Or Terry, Captain Blue, who actually led his team to yell at the ref.

South of Seattle

Hinn wrote:

Having a hard time here figuring out who's most disgraceful- the ref, Ballack or Drogba. Or Terry, Captain Blue, who actually led his team to yell at the ref.

I think the ref helped them plenty with the phantom call on Abidal.

Go Barcelona!

force-10

I´m very happy that barca won. I hated the way chelsea played defensively in the first game. That´s what they get for playing the way most football fans hate to watch a game.