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jurgen

Busy ****
Jul 5, 2008
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The funny thing is that there is no possibility a team will get an easier run in to the final ever again.. and they still bottled the final nearly as hard as they bottled the Europa final, nearly as hard as they bottled the league a few years ago..not quite the narrative we usually hear.
 

mpickard2087

Patient Zero
Jun 13, 2008
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Entertaining second half. A couple of absolute howlers from the goalkeeper, I thought the Liverpool goal was also really bad defending of what was such an obvious set piece, but in amongst it all a stupendous goal worthy of winning any football match.

Real controlled most of it, were set up well and minimised counter attacking opportunities (and Salah going off was a big blow), and Bale will make the headlines, but I thought Benzema deserved a lot of credit. He gets a lot of stick, but he constantly ran the channels, showed for it, held the ball up, linked up play, and more than anyone deserved that (massive) bit of fortune for the opening goal. Ronaldo in comparison had a bit of a shocker.
 
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