One player that annoyed me the most was Dani Alves though.

Everytime he got the ball in a good position he sent it to the stands, and not only that he practially got all the free-kicks when there was Xavi that would have taken them far better then him.

Yeah, how Abidal was sent off is beyond me, nearly as bad as last night.

And Pique, that has to be one of the most blatant penalties in a while.

Justice is a cold ***** and she left it for late!!

**** off Hiddink! You and your ****ing anti-football tactics! Chelsea have only themselves to blame, they could have finished Barcelona who were terrible today and yet they did not. Well done Hiddink!

On the other side though, Guardiola was even worse. Instead of introducing Gudjohnsen in the game he put Piquet up front!! And he first change came on the 85th minute... awful decisions! Ini saved his ***!!

The ref was terrible. He should not be allowed to ref at this level again.

I know Chelsea would have a bigger chance to beat Utd in the final but I did not want to see them at all in the final after their displays in these two games.

Barcelona will lose even if they play twice as good as they did tonight. Messi was disappointing.

Anyway... at last, the two best teams in Europe both make it to the final! I hope it's going to be a great game.

Did I say **** of Hiddink? Oh yeah I did. Well it does not hurt to say it again: **** off Hiddink!!!

Holy **** that was an awesome game.....

LOL their defense will be screwed for the final

Alves out,Abidal out,Puyol Injured,Marquez injured,Milito gone for the season.

Well the first 10 minutes and the last 3 certainly were...

So it's okay to nap for the 75 or so minutes in between?

I was pissed @ the ref for 75

I think it was a great game... Lock is used to the pure awesomeness Arsenal have been producing this season so he has high standards...

I don't think "okay" is quite the word..."unavoidable" more like it.

I liked it,watching Barca trying to unlock their defense was exhilarating.

It was more like watching a bunch of acrobatic midgets running at blue punching bags and bouncing off.

Games like that i rarely concetrate on the person with the ball,i'm looking at the players making the runs.

I'd say it was more like a blind young boy trying to put on a condom.





Is that really your answer to what Locke said?

lol partly
was more of a follow up on why i found the game exhilarating

YESSS!!!!!

Not sure who I'll be pulling for, but it'll be interesting to see Barca again win a CL without the help of Ronaldinho. Still, no way should a stiff like Valdes join the exclusive pantheon of active two-time winning CL GKs.

(I'm a former GK myself. I have to say those things.)

He threw himself to the ground to stretch his leg and take the ball from Fabregas, he did that. What is he meant to do then, completely cease all movement? It's impossible, his momentum took him into Fabregas, after wining the ball. Not a foul in a million years. Incidently, 2 of my best friends are Arsenal fans and feel it was harsh. The only person off this site who I know feels it was the correct decision was my dad.. but he'd say anything against United is correct.

Feel sorry for Chelsea, they deserved to go through on the way they defended over the 180 minutes, but as usual, no luck for the English.

The difference is, Messi never came up with stuff like 'I'm the best in the world' so it's only normal that he won't be criticized as hard as CR.

Puyol isn't injured..He was jus suspended!!!

FORZA BARCELONA !!!

NO ENGLISH FINAL YES _

SHUT UP GRAEME SOUNESS __ SHUT UP ANDY GRAY __ SHUT UP JAMIE REDKNAPP _ AND SHUT UP RUUD GULLIT

and that's why i'm not a betting man

At least you didn't make Fishdoll cry, Warchant.

Only saw the last 20 minutes of the game so can't comment on much really. Iniesta's strike was lovely, though.

OH yeh my mistake.

How long is Henry out for?

Oh yeah, my bad. Clearly Arsenal were lucky to conceed a 41 yard free-kick. United were even luckier to lose a player for the final due to an ametuerish mistake. Chelsea top the lot though, defend impeccably for 180 minutes against oone of the Worlds best attackes and go out. They were lucky the ref was terrible and didn't award them any penalties though. What was it, 2, 3 they should have had?

All we need now is for United to lose on penalties in the final. Luckiest. Country. Ever.

Guys, my friend whom happen'd to be a Chelsea fan said that the refree was shot after the match on the chest by a chelsea fan but was then taken to the hospital...I don't know if its true or not....

If Arsenal were unlucky to concede that free-kick Utd were lucky to score it.
Barcelona lost a player for the final due to complete blindness. Instead Anelka should have been given a yellow card and should have missed the final had Chelsea gone through.
I don't know what your definition of impeccable is but Barcelona had 4 huge chances in the first game and were also not awarded a penalty.

Is this all because Birmingham's coming back up you Greatest.Whiner.Ever!?

Actually it was "I'm the 1st, 2nd and 3rd best player in the world"

The REAL difference is, Messi had an average game against a team that defended with at least 10 men for 180 minutes! it was was probably the first time I saw Messi so ineffective but few, if any, could do any better against this defense.

Well, we can judge better after the final.



Agree with most parts except that Barca have already lost the final. I wouldn't crown Man U yet unless they want to repeat what Chelsea did (defend with 10) which I doubt they would.



+ 1,000,000

Well for whatever reason Messi did not do well last night. My point is, CR said he's the best (a couple of times before saying what you quoted too) so he's going to be judged in every game accordingly to what he said and thus whenever he's having an average game people are going to come at him hard. Messi on the other hand is judged based on what everyone believes about him. You think he's the best player? He was disappointing. You think he's just a great player? He did well. He's not going to receive the same treatment as CR because he did not place himself anywhere.


No surely it's not decided yet I was just saying that they need to play much better, especially in defense as in attack we cannot really judge. They were terrible at the back last night and I doubt Utd will fail to exploit that like Chelsea did.

I still see Messi as the better player even if he never declared himself to be that.

It's laughable how people forget about Messi's performances in many big games and as soon as they see him play an average game against a team that defend with 10, they freak out at the opportunity to label him a big game choker. I doubt they've ever followed him other than when he's playing against an EPL side anyway...


Barca's only problem is that they need space to perform well. Chelsea didn't give them that for 90'+3 minutes but as you saw one moment is enough for them. so I think unless United don't risk and play a Chelsea-type football, Barca have an equal chance of winning it. they're deadly going forward, they can conceded 2 or 3, but they can score more than that if given the space.

Now Bosingwa claims the ref was bought!


There's nothing about it where I looked.


I agree with what you say but it's not easy to score that much against Utd. If they concede 2 goals it will probably be over for them.


edit: Three points.
It's ridiculous that a team cannot have their player's card revoked. Why not?
It's ridiculous that a player can be deprived of the chance to play in the final because of cards he received over the course of two months.
It's ridiculous that there's no challenge system in football. No one would be crying now but I guess UEFA does want this to happen, I cannot explain it otherwise. The sport is being held back.

No that was just an example. they may concede 1, but they can score 2 and so forth. I don't think Barca players (except Alves) had an off-day last night. they just couldn't play in those tight spaces, they couldn't get past a 4-5 defensive line...

As for Alves, I'm shocked! knowing you're one booking away from suspension, that you may miss the game of your career, and then going for it so stupidly, I jsut don't get why he did that... it's a shame he will miss the final. he's damn good, but he needs to keep his cool when things don't go his way.

this was the first game I've seen since September.

Anyway, I loved Essien's goal, that one was really golden. After Minute 93 I really felt sympathy for the devil, but I guess Barca did not completely not deserve the win, since Chelsea never converted their chances. They also sucked at Camp Nou.

The goal of the ref was obviously to get famous, even being as one of the worst refs ever, seeing as I now remember his name, Övrebö.

Now the best of this game:

at the highlights!

Fishdoll +1 cookie to hanna!

I don't know if LaPalma was watching this but last night ZDF accidentally placed Bochum's badge where Barcelona's should be.



here

I think he's still washing off from when he creamed his pants.



P.S: Is that a lewd thing to say? Ah,f@ck it! Bochum scheisse!

*elopes to Holland with Diane Kruger*

Of course I've seen this...wow...that's be great. Bochum vs. Arsenal. On one side a great team, packed with international top stars, a top coach...on the other side: Arsenal.


The train takes me to Holland. And it's a VERY small country....
Lucky you that I'm in Bavaria atm....

more hahahaha

Classic!!!!

Kenyan Arsenal fan hangs himself after Man Utd defeat

May 6, 9:41 am EDT

By Humphrey Malalo

NAIROBI, May 6 (Reuters) - An Arsenal fan in soccer-mad Kenya hanged himself wearing his beloved team’s shirt after their defeat to Manchester United in the Champions League.

Like elsewhere across Africa, Kenyans pack bars for English Premier League and Champions League matches, especially those involving Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool.

Suleiman Omondi, 29, was found hanged at his home in a middle-class Nairobi estate shortly after leaving distraught from the pub where he had watched Arsenal lose 3-1 in their Champions League semi-final at the Emirates on Tuesday.

“He took some drinks and broke down in tears within the final minutes of the match,” a fellow bar patron, who asked not to be named, told Reuters.

Police said they were called to Omondi’s house on Wednesday morning. “What we are gathering is this suicide is related to the Arsenal and Manchester match,” local Embakasi area police chief David Bunei told reporters.

Bar attendants said they had to intervene after Omondi lunged at a man who suggested Arsenal would not recover from conceding two early goals. They also lost the first leg 1-0.

Brawls are common in Kenya during football matches and there have been other related suicides reported in the past.

Some really hilarious pics on here, thanks to whoever posted them!

That list thing is a bit weird though, hanging themself over a football result? I mean, come on! He reminds me of that Arsenal fan in the crowd when they lost to Chelsea in the FA Cup SF.. crying because they lost, some teams fans are so spoilt it's untrue!

It's a shame people decide to take such extreme measures over such things.

The only time I cried over a football result I think was the Istanbul final. because we deserved to win and we didn't. when we don't deserve to win and we lose or draw, like we have dozens of times since the Istanbul final, I get more angry than anything.

But hanging myself over a football result? never! that'd be insulting to the beautiful game!

If any Arsenal fan wanted to react in any way, they should have done so after the result (and their team's display) of the first game... there was no way they would have eliminated Utd playing the way they did.


I don't think crying is bad and surely I can't see how it shows one is spoiled.


I did not cry back then, only a little at first... but for days I felt no emotions.

Hanging oneself over a football result in insulting to life before anything else. This may sound mean but I honestly believe the world got rid of a stupid human being.

He probably didn't hang himself JUST because of the match, there must be other factors involved...

Exactly, only a person that has serious mental issues would resort to killing himself over a football match, let's just call it the last straw that broke the camel's back

I think it shows your spoilt. Players can cry over a result, that's fine, since they're the ones putting the work in to acheive.. but a fan? It's like, you've just made an FA Cup SF and you're crying because you lost? Be greatful you've even got to such a place and been to Wembley, fans of most teams nevet get that chace. That is how you're being spoilt. Look at fans of West Brom, Cardiff or Millwall in recent years, all teams that made FA Cup SFs/Finals and they didn't cry when they lost, they were proud of their team. Then again, it's ecoming tough to call Arsenal fans spoled of late.

And I agree with your last point.


I'd hope so, or he was one very sad person!

Oops.

My bad. I'll blame it on watching football at the same time, so I wasn't concentrating.

I get what you're saying I just don't agree with one thing, I don't believe crying means one is not grateful. I know I was grateful for what my team had achieved whenever I've cried.

fiorentina!!!! they hve no chance

Barca-ManUtd. hmh. First time a team makes 2 straight finals. Impressive Ferguson stuff indeed. Naturally, I hope Barca lifts the trophy!