Champions League Semis

[yawa]

I think he moved the hand towards his body, anyhow as I said I think Inter stopped defending short of Bojan hitting it, he may have scored anyway but given the quality of Inter's defending, you'd give them the benefit of any doubt.

I am not sure if you are joking or not but the ball was hit at him from about 2 yards max. How he was meant to move his hand in the way or out of the way ill never know.

The game itself was poor. The shocking play acting from the Barca player for the sending off and then Inter spending the next 60minutes going down and acting and time wasting as much as they could. I swear Lucio was on the ground injured more than he was on his feet.

I was hoping for a Barca v Bayern final purely because i could imagine it being more exciting to watch. The final now doesnt seem to exciting. Hopefully ill be proven wrong.

 

[luptic]

talk about parking the bus in front of the goal tonight by jose, i wonder were i heard that before.........?

 

[CaptainCat]

That goal definitely should have been allowed. But maybe it was karma for the way Busquets got Motta sent off. Cheating ****.

 

[Coyboy]

I am not sure if you are joking or not but the ball was hit at him from about 2 yards max. How he was meant to move his hand in the way or out of the way ill never know.

The game itself was poor. The shocking play acting from the Barca player for the sending off and then Inter spending the next 60minutes going down and acting and time wasting as much as they could. I swear Lucio was on the ground injured more than he was on his feet.

I was hoping for a Barca v Bayern final purely because i could imagine it being more exciting to watch. The final now doesnt seem to exciting. Hopefully ill be proven wrong.

But the way I saw it, he moved his hands down towards his body. That's why you now see full backs keep their hands behind their backs. You can't say you haven't seen it given. I didn' see excessive gamesmanship from Inter as a whole and Busquets was as guilty of it.

I can see where the football purists are coming from but for me defending is an art and it's not the ref's, Mourinho's or Inter's fault that Barca were off colour. They failed to break Inter down and I do think that at the end Valdes' behaviour was shameful. Let him celebrate for fuck's sake.

 

[Coyboy]

talk about parking the bus in front of the goal tonight by jose, i wonder were i heard that before.........?

I accept that double standard; though this was a two leg game so slightly different context. Mourinho talks shit, he probably knows it. It's what he does that I love and for me there is no better tactician. He hasn't got Barca's talent so he uses what he has to best effect. Cambiasso again was supreme and Inter's teamwork was fantastic.

 

[yawa]

But the way I saw it, he moved his hands down towards his body. That's why you now see full backs keep their hands behind their backs. You can't say you haven't seen it given. I didn' see excessive gamesmanship from Inter as a whole and Busquets was as guilty of it.

So do you think its possible in less than 1 second to see the ball coming towards you and make a decision to move your heads? Thus making it deliberate.

Surely you saw Lucio going to the ground every 5minutes. Yeah Busquet's went to the ground like he had been shot but for the entire game Inter were faking injuries and generally wasting time and unfortunately the ref did little ot combat that to get the game going.

 

[Coyboy]

So do you think its possible in less than 1 second to see the ball coming towards you and make a decision to move your heads? Thus making it deliberate.

Surely you saw Lucio going to the ground every 5minutes. Yeah Busquet's went to the ground like he had been shot but for the entire game Inter were faking injuries and generally wasting time and unfortunately the ref did little ot combat that to get the game going.

I have seen it a few times and thought it was handball and besides I thought the play stopped before Bojan scored.

I honestly didn't think it was as bad as you say, it may have been get so annoyed when it is Spurs so it may have been but I just don't think Barca were good enough at all. Mourinho successfully (and legally) stymied them. Often when Spurs have been the victim of gamesmanship and time wasting this season, they haven't been good enough so it has been a red herring.

 

[mil1lion]

Inter defended so well tonight, no doubt about it. What pissed me off was the amount of time they spent feining injuries and wasting time. They knew exactly what they were doing, taking the tempo out of the game. Had they avoided those tactics I would hold my hands up and admit the better team won. But had the Bojan goal been allowed, I would've said it served them right.

I've always rated Mourinho and his tactics. I think he'll go on and win it now. But he is an arrogant prick. As for Guardiola, well he's still got more to learn. He needs to come up with the answer in games like this. Chelsea did the same last year, and Barca were a bit lucky to go through. I think they really need someone like David Villa next season.

 

[kcmei]

i really am no fan of stopping the other team play instead of playing themselves. adding to that everyone praising inter as if they are the best team in the world really makes my blood boil

 

[Black]

Pika boo i see you

 

[MattyP]

That goal definitely should have been allowed. But maybe it was karma for the way Busquets got Motta sent off. Cheating ****.

Thing is Motta had already had a yellow card - had he been sent off for a second yellow, which is what it was rather than a straight red, it wouldn't have been so controversial and yet the end result would have been the same.

Personally, the way that Barca played against the goons I wanted them to make a bit of history and defend the trophy. As well as Inter defended, it's not the way I prefer to watch football.

 

[Kendall]

hahahahahaha

buuuu-huuuuu :lol:

lolz

Forza Mourinho.

 

[Bobishism]

Wheres spurs and barca?

 

[Kendall]

Can't believe people are having a pop at Inter for defending in the Nou Camp with 10 men.

They played incredibly tonight. Their game plan was to do to Barca exactly what Spurs did to Arsenal, soak it up and hit on the counter. The sending off changed this tactic and they had to protect what they had.

Barca weren't good enough in the first leg, nor did they have anything like the cutting edge required in the 2nd.

If you can't break down 10 men on your own ground you do not deserve to go through.

 

[Kendall]

Inter defended so well tonight, no doubt about it. What pissed me off was the amount of time they spent feining injuries and wasting time. .

Barca did this so much in the first game it was a joke.

Lest we forget Busquets getting a man sent off by feigning injury so Barca are hardly in a position to get on their high horse.

 

[Black]

Inter played well im glad they have gone through. kinda like my second team :shrug:

I would expect us to play the same way against barcelona, especially if we went down to 10 men

its not fifa, champions league semi final with a 3-1 lead against barcelona

 

[arnoldlayne]

Barca did this so much in the first game it was a joke.

Lest we forget Busquets getting a man sent off by feigning injury so Barca are hardly in a position to get on their high horse.

I agree that Inter used their resources very well to reach the final but I found their gamesmanship extremely tedious.

Motta pushed Busquets face out of the way - there was no need - as soon as I saw it I expected the yellow and sending off (although it was a straight red). Busquets may have been play acting but it was very foolish of Motta to give him the chance.

The play acting occurs in many games - Robbie Savage was a genius at it.

 

[Coyboy]

I am so upset Dani Alves will not make another final.

 

[mil1lion]

I would expect us to play the same way against barcelona, especially if we went down to 10 men

The defensive side of it for sure. But not the constant buying of free-kicks and constant time wasting. It was those tactics that stopped Barca building up their usual tempo.

I've never known Spurs to play this way and I wouldn't be proud if we won a game like it. Obviously i'd be happy enough with us in the final, but there would always be that little black cloud which would take the shine off the victory.

 

[spursandbarca]

1 team playing football 1 team playing anti football.

Bojans disallowed goal the ball hit Keitas chest. the referee has robbed Barca. the defender kick thbe ball it hits keita in the chest. he controls it Bojan scores. the referee is 3 yards away and should have overuled the linesman who was miles away.

ibrahimovic is a class a donkey who doesnt fit a 4-3-3