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Saw one for this season but that is kind of pointless to show xD
Oh well im sure Fifa have rigged it to give it to who they want to
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Saw one for this season but that is kind of pointless to show xD Oh well im sure Fifa have rigged it to give it to who they want to | ||
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graan
Germany589 Posts
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warding
Portugal2397 Posts
He performed so well in Europe, but looked like absolute shit in the WC when he needed to really carry his team because of the lack of quality around him. Ronaldo was injured in the WC. | ||
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MapleLeafSirup
Germany950 Posts
Oh, and to Steveling: I don't want to take anything away from Buffon. But Neuer also shows these kind of saves, he just doesn't get that many opportunites because he plays in such a great team. But every time he is needed, he delivers. Recent examples: These are just 2 examples from the last games while you showed a Buffon all-time video, so please don't compare. I just wanted to emphasize that Neuer is indeed a great goalkeeper and very consistent. | ||
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Rebs
Pakistan10726 Posts
On December 02 2014 17:13 ViperPL wrote: That's a questionable statement. At least in CL anyone can throw money for a chance to win it, and towards the end the competition is really tight. In WC if your team isn't called Germany, Brazil or Italy you can't win. I disagree with both statements. Throwing money at the problem doesnt win you CL's. It just so happens that people with money are right up there. At that level throwing money around is not much of a differentiatior. As for the worldcup. Thats pretty straightforward. It is difficult by virtue of scarcity. Nothing more. | ||
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Salteador Neo
Andorra5591 Posts
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GizmoPT
Portugal3040 Posts
On December 02 2014 21:21 Salteador Neo wrote: Holy guacamole the new barça shirts are the actual worst. Horizontal stripes, so rugby looking. whats the problem with horizontal stripes ? .. i think they pretty :p but my opinion might be a bit suspect | ||
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Ferrose
United States11378 Posts
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Steveling
Greece10806 Posts
On December 02 2014 22:03 Ferrose wrote: If money brought CL success, then Man City should be dominating right now. Tell that to chelsea. | ||
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themartinez
Sweden254 Posts
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Steveling
Greece10806 Posts
Chelsea was an average english club before abramovich. | ||
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Instead we beat the stacked Bayern team on penalties with our worst team in their own backyard. Money doesn't work in Champions League due to the teams in it are all in their due to being a decent side, organized and have at a first 11 of world class nature. Also we were above average English team  | ||
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sharkie
Austria18727 Posts
On December 03 2014 01:00 Pandemona wrote: Money doesn't buy you success at all in the Champions league. Chelsea won it with our worst squad we had in that competition. Our best squads in their prime got beaten by very unlucky circumstances. Barcelona, slip due to shite pitch in Russia and of course the "ghost goal". Those 3 times could have all ended in Chelsea winning or getting to the final. Instead we beat the stacked Bayern team on penalties with our worst team in their own backyard. Money doesn't work in Champions League due to the teams in it are all in their due to being a decent side, organized and have at a first 11 of world class nature. Also we were above average English team Do you think you would have won a CL without Russian money?  If your answer is "no" then, yes money does buy you success in CL | ||
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Salteador Neo
Andorra5591 Posts
On December 03 2014 00:45 Steveling wrote: Real madrid is real madrid. Chelsea was an average english club before abramovich. In their first 50 years Madrid won only 2 ligas and no CL. | ||
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Skynx
Turkey7150 Posts
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warding
Portugal2397 Posts
On December 03 2014 01:19 Salteador Neo wrote: In their first 50 years Madrid won only 2 ligas and no CL. There was no CL, La Liga was only founded in 1929 and then the civil war happened. Real Madrid won 2 but was runner up 6 times before 1950. About money buying CLs, lets settle it at "money buys a chance at winning the CL". | ||
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Salteador Neo
Andorra5591 Posts
On December 03 2014 01:24 warding wrote: There was no CL, La Liga was only founded in 1929 and then the civil war happened. Real Madrid won 2 but was runner up 6 times before 1950. About money buying CLs, lets settle it at "money buys a chance at winning the CL". Oh thanks, didn't know CL and Liga existed only so late. So Madrid was (officially) only above average for 20 years instead of 50 as I thought. No idea how to know for the first 30 years, but they actually did win a lot of Spain Copas. | ||
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
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Ferrose
United States11378 Posts
On December 03 2014 01:42 Pandemona wrote: Chelsea won the league in 1955 and had the opportunity to be in the first ever Champions league but choose not to for whatever reason (i can't remember why) that year Real Madrid won it for the first time. Wonder if Chelsea would of beat them back then :3 Some research reveals that it was the FA who bullied them into not competing: As Chelsea continue their Champions League adventure against Bayern Munich at Stamford Bridge tonight, it is worth reflecting that the Sillett brothers might well have reached at least the quarter-final stage in the 1955-56 season but for the intervention of Alan Hardaker, the totalitarian secretary of the Football League. Hardaker, who viewed the notion of European competition with the disdain Margaret Thatcher displayed for the European Parliament, bullied Chelsea chairman and Football League president Joe Mears into withdrawing from the original European Cup competition won by Real Madrid. Thus was the world of football denied what would have been an intriguing head-to-head contest between Gento (Real Madrid and Spain) and John Sillett (Chelsea and Wiltshire Schools). "Amazing, isn't it? Imagine being prevented from playing in the European Cup. I finally got to play in Europe in the old Inter-Cities Fairs' Cup in 1958. We played in Bilbao where it was so muddy you couldn't kick a ball more than 10 yards and Ted Drake, who was a wonderful motivator but not a great tactician, decreed 'no pass-backs'. Source I can't believe I'm defending Chelsea here, but the criticism is unwarranted. They won the League Cup once, the FA Cup twice, the Cup Winners' Cup once, and the UEFA Super Cup in the late 90s. And they got to the quarterfinals of the CL the one time they competed in it. And they had some amazing players like Gianfranco Zola. | ||
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Steveling
Greece10806 Posts
On December 03 2014 02:15 Ferrose wrote: Some research reveals that it was the FA who bullied them into not competing: Source I can't believe I'm defending Chelsea here, but the criticism is unwarranted. They won the League Cup once, the FA Cup twice, the Cup Winners' Cup once, and the UEFA Super Cup in the late 90s. And they got to the quarterfinals of the CL the one time they competed in it. And they had some amazing players like Gianfranco Zola. I'm sry, how can you say that chelsea was a big club and then list these "achievements" to back up that claim. It actually proves the opposite. | ||
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