Zeddie, I'm not seeing it in the online edition, but it's clearly referenced as being on page 20 in Miz's image of the cover above. The online edition doesn't have all of the content that the print edition does, unfortunately.

Even if Mou was as special as he claims to be, it's not enough... to win the CL with Inter you need to be God... and thankfully God's on the other side of the town...

Not really, it's unfortunate to play the best team in the World at the first hurdle, most teams would lose to United.

As for "Mourinho fluked it with Porto" type comments, it's not like there's an awful lot of managers out there who've won it with more than one team. I suppose SAF and Carlo are flukes until they win it elsewhere.

I'm hoping for these games..

United vs Barca
Chelsea vs Bayern
Arsenal vs Villarreal
Liverpool vs Porto

Liverpool vs United/Barca would be nice though, get rid of them!

Ahem...no World Cup final in 43 years...ahem...
*runs away to the far side of the moon"

Well, maybe Arsenal should for its fans trashing shops in Rome?

Well, maybe Arsenal should for its fans trashing shops in Rome?

Kurt, I think the two of us had better drop this discussion because, well, we're never going to agree.

But I will note that if (as happened last itme there was a game in rome) a bunch of guys get drunk, dress all in black, put on ski masks, and barge into my pub, I wouldn't necessarily just let them stroll in and trash the place. I'd fight back.

There's been alot of stuff about the 4 English teams getting through in the papers today. Things like "Why don't they just crown the winner of the FA Cup the Champions of Europe" and similar.

With the risk of getting slammed by everyone heere.. isn't it time the Italian sides got kicked out of Europe? I know with Platini at UEFA it has approximately 0% chance of happening, but it seems that Roma are intent on causing trouble in every game they play. Of course it would be unfair to ban all Italian sides from Europe for one team causing trouble, but it stays in line with consistancy that all English sides got banned for Liverpols misbehavings.

Yeah I remember when in 2007, with 3 English teams in the last 4, they were talking about how the final should be moved to England to accommodate the English clubs... well bang, a certain team messed their party and shut their mouths. I wish for their own good they'd be more modest this time around, after all only one team can win the trophy...

Like i said we need to back in this competition and show the clubs how its done. Save italy some face too cause god knows that inter will never win the champions league.

Money talks, says Galliani
Thursday 12 March, 2009
Milan Vice-President Adriano Galliani claims financial factors were responsible for the Serie A representatives' Champions League failures.

After Fiorentina fell at the first hurdle, all three remaining teams were eliminated at the last 16 stage.

“The Italian teams are all out of the competition due to the economic crisis,” Galliani boomed on Radio Kiss Kiss.

“English clubs own their own stadiums, which are nearly always full, and they make a lot more money than us.

“Around 10 years ago we were making more money than the Spanish or English teams and we were dominant in Europe.

“If we don't buck the current trend then we risk losing our ranking as the third biggest European League, which would be a disaster.”

Galliani then commented on Inter's Champions League elimination at the hands of Manchester United.

“I'd like to remind everyone that the last time the Red Devils lost in the Champions League it was the semi-finals of the 2007 competition against us.

“They have gone 21 games unbeaten since then and the last game they lost at home was also against Milan in 2005.”

I don't think that tragedy can be compared to what happened in Rome. Besides, it's not like UEFA banned the English sides on their own, your Prime Minister agreed on it...

Yeah I remember when in 2007, with 3 English teams in the last 4, they were talking about how the final should be moved to England to accommodate the English clubs... well bang, a certain team messed their party and shut their mouths. I wish for their own good they'd be more modest this time around, after all only one team can win the trophy...

This page is a must-read.

Read the comments too.

[Mourinho] oversaw Inter’s worst European run in the last five years, stringing together just two wins, three draws and three defeats.

UEFA Must Investigate Man Utd 'Racist Abuse' Of Inter's Balotelli - Top Journalist
La Repubblica’s Gianni Mura has urged the European football authorities to investigate the alleged racist taunts directed at Balotelli and Vieira at Old Trafford.




Renowned Italian football journalist Gianni Mura wrote in La Repubblica newspaper that Inter striker Mario Balotelli and midfielder Patrick Vieira were subjected to racist abuse by Manchester United fans during the Champions League last 16 second leg clash last Wednesday.

“They [the English supporters] do it too, and it’s even worse,” Mura lamented in his weekly Sunday editorial ‘Sette Giorni Di Cattivi Pensieri’.

“Fans were doing monkey chants as soon as Balotelli and Vieira touched the ball, and now I am really curious to see if UEFA will start an investigation regarding this racist abuse.

“There is no point going there to ask questions, you can just watch the TV images. Otherwise, it will be evident that the fight against racism in football is only led through advertisements.”
RAI journalist Enrico Varriale asserted last week that Balotelli had been racially abused, and Mura's comments have now added further fuel to the fire.

English tabloid The Sun claimed that Chelsea forward Didier Drogba was racially taunted in Turin during the Champions League match with Juventus, and UEFA director of communications William Gaillard said that an investigation will be launched, if the allegations proved to be true.

It remains to be seen if there will be any such enquiry into the alleged events at Old Trafford and, unlike the Drogba incident, the English media have so far printed or said nothing about Balotelli and Vieira.

@Kurt: I don't know what happens in England in general but I still can't forget the United fans chanting "he comes from Senegal, his dad's a cannibal" to Vieira in the FA Cup final some years ago.

I don't think that's racist to be honest, more of a poor generalisation. That's like saying "All English people are alcoholics", is racist, it's not..

Usually the club gets fined for racist behaviour and any individuals found out are given a lifetime ban from sporting events I think.

I don't think that's racist to be honest, more of a poor generalisation. That's like saying "All English people are alcoholics", is racist, it's not..

Usually the club gets fined for racist behaviour and any individuals found out are given a lifetime ban from sporting events I think.

So labelling all senegalese people cannibals isn't rascist? Quite.

We've had quite a few arguments in that past (ah... ) but I've never disagreed more with you than I do now. Your opinion on this matter is so weird to me that it's close to being incomprehensible.
Only... cannibalism is eating other people, being an alcoholic is getting yourself drunk... I can't see the slightest similarity between these two things.

I don't think it's right to fine a club because of their fans singing racist chants... I mean, they can't force them to only say what they want. Sure if it happens time after time the club should be fined for not taking action but if it's a sporadic incident...

What do you think is racist?

PM.

Me too?

i call bs on this. England has more black players than any other european country.