Champions League/Europa League Thread 2012-13 - Page 61

On March 06 2013 06:56 nayumi wrote:


there you go ... funny guy ... it'd be awesome if he leads the reds after Ferguson retires

On March 06 2013 06:57 clementdudu wrote:
keane chipping in the league argument we had on the football thread;)
lots of hype over the pl,when spanish and german leagues are better/equal

On March 06 2013 07:03 HwangjaeTerran wrote:
Whatever you think of the refereeing,which I thought was alright,(apart from giving a red for hurting Arbeloa, which I can't quite understand, and which probably didn't happen to begin with) you have to admit Ferguson lost the tactical battle even before the red card. There were a few players who failed to make an impact all game long and a few others who simply ran out of steam early in the second half. Maybe the 1-0 lead made the Manu side feel way too good.

On March 06 2013 07:03 HwangjaeTerran wrote:
Whatever you think of the refereeing,which I thought was alright,(apart from giving a red for hurting Arbeloa, which I can't quite understand, and which probably didn't happen to begin with) you have to admit Ferguson lost the tactical battle even before the red card. There were a few players who failed to make an impact all game long and a few others who simply ran out of steam early in the second half. Maybe the 1-0 lead made the Manu side feel way too good.

On March 06 2013 07:07 mordk wrote:

The beggining of the second half is usually the moment when the team that needs the goal the most pushes the hardest. Ferguson played a fine tactical game for the first half, had better chances, kept Madrid at bay, and after the initial storm in the second half I wouldn't have been surprised in a second ManU goal, or many many many awesome blocks by Diego Lopez, who was stellar.

In the last 10-12 mins, if you didn't watch the match, you wouldn't have known ManU was playing with 10.

On March 06 2013 07:13 nayumi wrote:

Well to be fair with a 2-goal lead, Real could comfortably give the whole field for MU to do whatever the fuck they wanted as long as the ball was out of the net. The last 10 minutes of MU's pressure was obvious when Real had no motivation to keep their offense going on anymore.

It's funny how both teams own some of the best forwards in the world and it's the goalkeepers that took all of their credits by the end of the day.

On March 06 2013 07:11 ZeroChrome wrote:
If this was a La Liga match and it was Pepe getting the red everybody would call him a monster and say good riddance as he serves his ban.

On March 06 2013 07:19 HwangjaeTerran wrote:
I wasn't talkng about defence wise, and maybe I shouldn't have used plural when I only had 2 people in mind. Still I think lulling yourself after being 1-0 up against RM was a big mistake. Up until the goal ManU was way better.
And thinking back on it,it's a clear red, there's just no way around it. First I thought it's a clear red if it's any higher than that but honestly it isn't any better if your foot is any lower either. Unlucky yes, but also unnecessary.

On March 06 2013 06:50 Pandemona wrote:


You missed the gif of him going up to ref after and shaking his hand like he his best friend. Fucking Ferdinand ;_;



Anyway, Modric changed the game when he came on. Fuck me, guy reminded us why Madrid bought him and why Chelsea (season before) wanted to pay so much for his services, absolutely destroyed united. His goal, world class, but his touches and passes he was wiping the floor with that Man Utd midfield. Touch of class he was.



No way you can argue that the exact same thing "could not" happen if Nani was still on the pitch though. Modric changed the game, he could of done what he did with 11men on the ball with how well he was playing. Of course we will never know and United fans have all right to say that it wouldn't of happened if 11 men where on the field, but the 2 goals Madrid scored were undefendable...with 15 or 11men.

On March 06 2013 07:19 HwangjaeTerran wrote:
I wasn't talkng about defence wise, and maybe I shouldn't have used plural when I only had 2 people in mind. Still I think lulling yourself after being 1-0 up against RM was a big mistake. Up until the goal ManU was way better.
And thinking back on it,it's a clear red, there's just no way around it. First I thought it's a clear red if it's any higher than that but honestly it isn't any better if your foot is any lower either. Unlucky yes, but also unnecessary.

On March 06 2013 07:10 La1 wrote:
also a lot of people are blaming nani, Arbeola sees nani putting his foot up and see's nani is watching the ball and just RUNS into nanis foot.. wtf? why is everybody looking at it like Oh nani shouldnt be going for that ball, nani HAD the ball, it was dropping down to him and arbeloa just runs into him like a twat and gets nani sent off