Champions League Semis

[Coyboy]

You gotta love Mourinho. He did what he had to do, especially with ten men. Absolutely fantastic defending and Barca could do jack shit about it, great skill by Pique though!!

 

[kcmei]

i dont think morinho will ever get the abrca job after this

 

[werty]

I hope Bayern win. Both teams showed the ugly side of football tonight and there's something about Bayern that I like.

 

[don1]

maybe he is the special one barca sore loser

 

[ShelfSide18]

Mourinho just knows how to do it, great defensive display and with 10 men for 60 minutes.

 

[C0YS]

why do people actually support anti football beats me....

that second goal....how was it disallowed.

Barca were not urgent enough. But when you have a team of quality defend like that it is always tough

 

[raf18]

Prefer Inter to win the tournie. Dont know why but I cant stand Bayern.

 

[TheQuestforMerlin]

Shocking refereeing. Inter Milan fell and flopped their way to a 1-0 defeat tonight. I think 10% of the match was taken up by Lucio holding his ankle on the floor after every challenge. Barcelona were poor though, until the last 10 minutes. Also, the disallowed goal should not have been disallowed. Man, i'm pissed and i'm not even a fan of Barcelona, but I really didn't like Inter Milan tactics. Guess that's what Mourinho gets you.

 

[Shanks]

Pfft, I'm watching the snooker, awesome game!

 

[riggi]

Snookers gay, darts is where its at!

 

[Coyboy]

Fuck off Valdes you Simon Cowell wanna be motherfucker.

 

[Kingellesar]

Referee was awful, why did he need to touch the ball as well? Idiot.

Inter unfortunately are a very boring team, they've had some pretty poor results in the league this season too. I want Bayern in the final, i like robben and ribery!

 

[mil1lion]

Fuck I hate that football by Inter. Not that I was complaining when we did it to Arsenal, but at least we didn't do all the time wasting bollocks. Perfectly good goal by Bojan should've won it. Ah well, the La Liga title will have to do instead.

 

[Coyboy]

No for me that's handball and then Lucio stopped defending when the whistle went, marginal for Pique's goal-probably on but close.

 

[Goldman]

:rofl: at Jose!

Im glad Inter won, i dont think Barca did enough, they weren't urgent enough. Zlatan was woeful again, and no-one really stood out as having a good game.

And imo it was handball, even though it was hit at him from close range..

Its nice to see two different teams in the final for a change. I dont really care who wins, although im a fan of Jose so i will prob side with Inter.

 

[mil1lion]

How can he get his arm out the way? Its into his body. Not at all intentional. Which funnily enough, is the rule. Ball to hand from a yard away.

 

[Bonjour]

Ugly football, yes, but any team that manages to hold out for so long against Barcelona at the Nou Camp with 10 men deserves an immense amount of credit.

 

[TheQuestforMerlin]

Fuck I hate that football by Inter. Not that I was complaining when we did it to Arsenal, but at least we didn't do all the time wasting bollocks. Perfectly good goal by Bojan should've won it. Ah well, the La Liga title will have to do instead.

Inter defended well. As did we against Arsenal. But we didn't do all the falling over on contact, holding ankles after every challenge, time wasting at every opportunity etc etc. Basically all the stuff that Mourinho is famous for. Love his tactics, hate the style.

It may be effective, but I also hate it when analysts/commentators on ITV (shut up Andy Townsend) say 'you have to admire that'. Bollocks, no you don't. There is nothing to admire about the style and deceit. Its not admirable. Effective yes, but with a weak referee, calling every bit of contact and overreacting to everything, it was always going to be effective.

Not to take anything away from the Inter defense and parking the bus. That was all they could do, and did it well.

 

[cwy21]

The law says "deliberately handles the ball". I don't think that was a foul.

 

[Coyboy]

How can he get his arm out the way? Its into his body. Not at all intentional. Which funnily enough, is the rule. Ball to hand from a yard away.

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.

Plus Pique may have been off by the strict letter of the offside law and Barca just didn't do enough and didn't pass the ball quickly enough because Inter closed down space. Fair result over the two legs for me.