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[XTerminator]

another reason why players like drogba and messi are ineffective when their team is down..3-1 inter and very comfy at the back..messi is silent as a grave in away games.

Milito is so prone to being offside,he cross checked with the linesman to see if he was off,when he headed in the 3rd for inter.and he was off imo

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as far as the tackling issue goes,its plain and simple.if you have the skill,use it.

My view is that shoulder-thrusting when vying for a ball is absolutely fine,however pulling the shirt,lunging is unfair.Out-muscling on the other hand doesnt involve pushing or kicking either.

How about Italian league?

they are wary of fouling,one slightest push and they're down on the ground.theyre proficient as hell in diving

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none of messi's tricks are working..shouldve been brought off for henry.

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inter>barca in the second half. barca have their task cut out. 3-1 ft

 

[Rahim]

How arrogant of Guardiola to bringon ABidal for Ibrahimovic and keeping Henry and Kirkich on the bench!!!

Anyway a lesson to all beautiful football clubs, one needs to have some devils tgo places and in Inter, they got their monster

Bolatelli thinks himself Zidane and showing temper towards fans. He should prove himself before doing tantrums.

Full makrs to Mourinho and Samuel-Cambiasso-Zanetti who showed no mercy to Barcelona's front three.

 

[thewisecrab]

Again, I stand vindicated

 

[dreamcatcher]

Haha. Beaten at ther own game. To be fair to barca, they had a tiresome journey. But what the hell..enjoy.

 

[skeletor]

I'll say Edgar "teh pitbull" Davids as the best DM of 1995-2005 era just because of the fact that he could tackle and dribble both like a monster. He had both strength and flair.

 

[Arsenal_Gunners]

Got to hand it to Mourinho.Who wouldn't want him to be their next manager?

 

[skeletor]

yes, he can manage.

 

[Rahim]

Mourinho is a heck of a manager who just want success. period. No mushy-willy-i-am-so-beautiful talk. Just pure capitalist. Players respond to his tactics and he is very very good at it.

Will Guardiola play Henry at Camp Nou? He showed his inexperience in not putting Henry on and behaving like an arrogant kid. He should have shown maturity by over-looking his annoyance with Henry at Emirates, as survival was at stake at San Siro. No way back even for this great Barcelona team. Another 1000 miles journey back home would drain them further.

 

[Arsenal_Gunners]

No way back even for this great Barcelona team.

I wouldn't say that.Barca need only a 2-0 win at home to go through.They have already shown that they can dismantle Inter in group stages.

Barcelona striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic said after his side's Champions League defeat that Inter defender Marco Materazzi attacked team-mate Mario Balotelli in the players' tunnel."
Ibrahimovic said that he saw what happened after Balotelli had thrown off his jersey in anger and given a middle finger salute to the Inter fans after the final whistle.

"I saw that Materazzi was attacking him in the players' tunnel and I've never seen anything like it," Ibrahimovic told RAI. "If I were him, I'd have left Mario alone, but Materazzi was attacking him and I was stunned. If Materazzi had attacked me like that, I would've decked him in a second!"

*soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=774498&sec=uefachampionsleague&cc=3888

Fair play to Materazzi for beating up that tw@t and Zlatan for the lols.

 

[XTerminator]

somebody needed to show balotelli his place..who better than the one who's been abused by many already i bet materazzi had been waiting all these years to take out the anger

 

[Liverpool_fan]

Jose Mourinho will win the European Cup it seems.

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Again, I stand vindicated

Haha. Beaten at ther own game. To be fair to barca, they had a tiresome journey. But what the hell..enjoy.

 

[thewisecrab]

Inter Milan manager Jose Mourinho has attacked Barcelona's players for criticising the referee during his side's 3-1 victory in the Champions League semi-final first leg yesterday.
A number of Barcelona players approached the referee after the final whistle and later spoke at their frustration at not being awarded a penalty after Daniel Alves was challenged by Wesley Sneijder in the second half.
Speaking after Tuesday's first leg, Mourinho said: "Why can Barcelona not act like champions and accept they lost on the night to a team that played better? We played very, very well."
He also accused the Barcelona players of having "short memories", referencing the Spanish club's victory against Chelsea in the semi-final last year.
"It's a pity. A year ago Chelsea were crying and Barca were laughing with the referee," the former Chelsea manager said.
"They laughed because he denied my Chelsea boys their rightful place."
Mourinho also claimed his side were now a "great" Champions League side and predicted Inter would win the tournament soon.
"We've beaten the best team in the world and now Inter are a great Champions League team," he said.
"If we don't win it this year, we'll win it next year or in two years time. We'll be in semi-finals and finals - we've changed."

All Hail Mourinho.

@LFC_fan
Clean your mouth's with Bar Soap. Where was your midget yesterday? [that's what my vindication refers to ]

 

[dreamcatcher]

It was Midget's day off. lol.
LOL. Lets not take anything away from Messi though. He's a class act, only when no one attacks his balls.

 

[Liverpool_fan]

Well every one and that includes Mr.Drogba, Rooney, Torres, and almighty greats have bad days.
And @ you calling him a midget. Just because he is short he is NOT crap, maybe you are midget(short)minded
A tactical aware manager can neutralise ANY damned player in the world if his players do his job.

 

[thewisecrab]

He didnt have a bad day afaik (didnt ze the match, lots to study)

My friends say he was running around, had absolutely no effect with possession. Mourinho made his players tackle him everytime he got the ball, or choked him by crowding him up. That left Pedro open (that's what my friend's say about the goal)

How can a player who's scoring for fun (with what, 4 hattricks) have an off day?

Anyways, the battle is only half won. I'll definitely watch the Camp Nou encounter

 

[dreamcatcher]

Well.Song got to Messi's nerve in the Emirates. He wasn't half as effective. Nuo Camp is probably a turn on for Messi.

 

[skeletor]

How can a player who's scoring for fun (with what, 4 hattricks) have an off day?

47 games - 40 goals and 10 assists. I don't like him much, but he is far ahead of any other player on the planet. Accept it. (No question of not)

 

[Rahim]

Messi didn't had an off-day. He was tactically nullified.

Loved Mourinho's post-match comments

 

[thewisecrab]

47 games - 40 goals and 10 assists. I don't like him much, but he is far ahead of any other player on the planet. Accept it. (No question of not)

Exactly. He cannot be having an "off" day if he's scoring at such a rate, Maybe that speaks highly of Song, Essien, and of course, La Liga

 

[XTerminator]

he was totally ineffective yesterday,second a_rahim there...the less we talk of lol liga,the better

the phact is messi is the best player on the planet,more so when playin at camp nou,he's often been rendered powerless in away games against big opposition.