it's 3-2 zeddie, get with it

Wait, it's 3-1 or 3-2? who scored Bayern's 2nd goal?!

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Arsenal thrashing Porto btw. it's 4-0.

Damn! DAMN!

It was Robben.

atm Fiorentina are out

Goals in the 54°, 60°, 64°, 65° minutes. wow, I need to stay awake and watch this game. hopefully knowing Viola have progressed, otherwise it'd be like a wonderful movie with a depressing ending.

You still can't help but think that Fiorentina have been hard done by in this entire tie. I think there were something like 5 handballs in the box in the first 30 minutes of todays game

And when you think of Bayern's offside goal in the 1st leg hopefully they find a late winner...

FVCK!

Very very unfair.

Well that's 2 Italian teams out by the round of 16, pretty sure we'll make it 3 tomorrow, and I wouldn't put it past Inter to f it all up come their trip to merry old London

For once I feel like I have to defend Bayern (odd feeling). I mean, they were very lucky to go through as Fiorentinas game was better over both legs. Bayern simpley made it, because of the indicidual class of Robben and Ribery.


I think none of those handballs had anything to do with a penalty.


One of Jovetics goals was offside as well.


Very very unfair were the conditions in Florence. The wind made this tie a lottery from time to time.


Sorry, for this post. I wanted Fio to go through as well. And maybe a pub packed with Bayern fans destroyed my ability to judge this correctly

Unfortunately, it seems as if our complete rout of Porto has been overshadowed by the Fiorentina-Bayern tie.
I say unfortunately, because that was our best game in several years and the most one-sided game I've ever seen in the CL.
Oh and that goal by Nasri... solo effort of the season so far.

Yep. I wasn't watching the game when I wrote that. but it was a 1 foot offside vs a 2 meter one...



I watched the game; Arsenal were a joy to watch.

As for Nasri's goal, I think the Porto defenders defended like Sunday League ones out there (like they did every time Arshavin made a run into the penalty area). not CL level.

I think it's unfair to label that goal as offside. The rule is there help the game not bugger it. Gilardino (or whoever it was that made that received the first pass) was going stride by stride with the Bayern defender. Sometimes his leg was going to be ahead and sometimes his opponent's leg was going to be ahead. I think it's wrong to say that this was offside. The offside rule exists to protect players camping several meters behind the defenders, that was a fair run by two players going right next to each other, to stop that for offside would be bad for football in my view.


Arsenal were great... but Porto were just awful and I don't think it only was Arsenal making them look bad.

That kinda reasoning is silly. You're basically saying that offside shouldn't be offside as long as a player tried not to be offside? That's insane. Following that reaasoning I could also argue that a pilot is not responsible for a plane crash as long as he didn't plan to crash the plane. There is a clear distinction between "offside" and "not offside". And Jovetic was offside, even if it was only by 10 centimeters.

... when was the last time a team lost 0-5 and didn't look awful?

Jovetic was offside? I'm talking about the other goal then... and Gila's leg is ahead of the defender in that one... and what I meant is that since they were going side-by-side he did not have an advantage... which is what the rule is about.


They looked awful since the kick-off... I'm just saying that exactly because Porto looked so awful I don't consider this to be as big as Arsenal's other big wins.

What I'm trying to say is that they looked awful for a reason... it's not as if they came out and self-destructed during the first five minutes, no own-goals, only one pen etc.
Did you watch the whole match by the way? Because there were some stunning plays that didn't result in goals as well.

Just heard from a friend that reports are saying Higuain and Ronaldo had a scuffle in the dressing room after Cr9 was mocking Gonzo for missing an open goal.

There is also report on Marca that Kaka's adviser wrote on Twitter that Pellegrini was a coward after subbing Kaka:

http://www.marca.com/2010/03/11/futbol/lig...1268262226.html

Ah, Kotschko. I'm glad to be well rid of having to read regularly about that slimeball.

And about the fight? Not surprised if it's true.

Of course Arsenal made them look awful too. But I've seen teams lose big and not looks as bad as Porto did. I don't think Milan last night looked that awful and that's one of our biggest European defeats.

I think Arsenal's 3-0 win over Porto in their previous encounter at Emirates was a better game to given an example. I did watch the whole match, yes.

OK, for the 2nd time this season, forza Inter.

How are Inter doing? Anyone watching?

watched the final 10 minutes of the first half. I hate this, I want Inter to lose but for Milan it's better if they win...lol. And yet it has to be against Chelsea too, who I'd say is probably my favorite of the English sides.

0-0 HT. Twice on corners Inter defenders tackled (and I mean American football tackle, not world football tackle) Chelsea players in the box, yet fouls were called on the Chelsea players.

Actually better than I thought - they had a couple of chances to score but didn't take them. even though Chelsea started to put more pressure late in the 1st half and I think Inter would have conceded in a matter of minutes.

PS. Eto'o has been a total flop for Inter IMO. can't believe this is Barca's Eto'o.

So yeah, I don't want to hear the bad team crying about others getting lucky calls.

They're too blind to see that

Eto'o wastes another great chance

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I can't believe Motta plays for Inter. such a painfully average player...

Lucio and Malouda need to learn how to play nice together. Tsk.

J. Cole on for Ballack

Milito... what a poor finish! should have scored

Inter again Choking big time in the CL

How predictable. Chelsea will surely punish them for these misses

what are you talking about?? they're playing really good. for the 1st time in 3 years.

Thiago so close with a header

It looks like Inter are going to score .
Come on Chelsea, score now or never.

Dejan in - Pandev out

Yeah, but they're missing chances! You can't miss chances in these games


For the sake of Italian football I hope they don't

Right, but they're not choking like they did against Man U and Liverpool in previous years. they couldn't even play football back then.

ETO'O!! 0-1!

Let's hope they keep it up for another 20 minutes

3 English teams and no Italian teams in the quarters would be a disaster

Poor Carlo

YESSS

COME ON INTER!!!!!

Lol. SOB deserves to be out

Sneijder is class. what an assist. I really wish we'd gotten him.

I don't know... his sad face makes you want to cry. he is Carlo after all...


Inter players childishly wasting time.

Sneijder has been AMAZING!!!

Which always gets on my f'n nerves as I wanted him so bad at Milan...

Don't really care tbh, his stubborn attitude dragged us into the ground. And he didn't have the b@lls to stay when he knew Kaka was heading out.

He's only doing so well in the league because he has a great team at his disposal, just like he did so great with us when we had a great team, once that went away he couldn't even take us to the 4th spot

We were fine as we were.

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Inter need to be on alert. there's still enough time left for Chelsea to complete a comeback.

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Sneijder out, Mariga in. I wouldn't make this sub if I were Jose...

Drogba RED CARD - AGAIN!

If Inter hold it together, it would mean that we have an even better chance at the league. Inter will be distracted for at least another 2 legs of the CL, and we all know that is what they really want. No doubt Mourinho will be pig headed enough to go all out for both. But the CL will still be their main focus .ie. more slip ups in the league