World Football Thread XVI - The demise of one Ronaldo and the rise of another

[ískallin]

So what teams do people want in the Champions league final?

There are some pretty interesting combinations:

1: Milan - Chelsea, maybe the least interesting of duels. Although they have traded strikers over the last couple of years, Crespo and Shevschenko (sp).

2: Man Utd - Chelsea, Duel of the century, in contest for the FA cup, Premier league and Champions league. Very interesting stuff

3: Milan - Liverpool, this one would be awesome, 2 years after the Istanbul (fiasco ) heroics of Liverpool they meet again. Maldini's and Costacurtas last chance of a big title. Would be a pleasure to watch.

4: Man Utd - Liverpool. The mother of all finals, it would possibly the best sport moment of my life, or the worst one. Liverpool fans would never hear the end of it, or the other way around. I would seriously contemplate suicide since there is a lot of annoying Liverpool fans in my school. The best of these 4 choices in my oppinion. (Im imagining how it would feel like seeing G. Neville scoring in the 94th minute, although the thought of Carragher scoring in the 94th minute would be to horrible to bear)

So I want Liverpool - Man utd with some controversety, red cards but ultimately a Man utd win...

[Cort Haus]

Milan - Liverpool

[alva]

1: Milan - Chelsea, maybe the least interesting of duels. Although they have traded strikers over the last couple of years, Crespo and Shevschenko (sp).

Ugh, wouldn't even turn my tv on for this one.
Best thing they could do with this game is turn it into an 'Idols' show for acting.

[reds4ever]

If Milan and Chelsea played in my back garden I'd close the curtains.

[alva]

Poland and Ukraine host Euro 2012

Poland and Ukraine have been chosen to host the 2012 European Championships.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/6562527.stm

Oh boy...

I do wonder though, do they still have people left to build the stadiums and whatnot?

[LordShiva]

Milan - Liverpool, with Milan coming back from 3 goals down to win

[Fistandantilus]

That would be a nightmare.

[Cort Haus]

Fistandantilus, which is your team?

[reds4ever]

Juve or Inter I'd guess. The Liverpool sites were getting 'thank yous' from Juve fans for weeks after Istanbul.

[Imran Siddiqui]

ManU v. Chelsea would be highly interesting just for the potential 3 front war, in the FA Cup, Champ League, and Prem.

[Maquiladora]

Man Utd - Liverpool is easily the best final.

I don't really care who wins, as long as Rooney doesn't show himself up.

[Maquiladora]

Originally posted by alva

Poland and Ukraine host Euro 2012

Poland and Ukraine have been chosen to host the 2012 European Championships.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/6562527.stm

Oh boy...

I do wonder though, do they still have people left to build the stadiums and whatnot?

I was sure it was going to Italy, despite their terrible policing and stadiums.

to UEFA for once.

[MikeH]

Originally posted by Maquiladora
Man Utd - Liverpool is easily the best final.

I don't really care who wins, as long as Rooney doesn't show himself up.

Oh god, 120k fans travelling from the north west to decend on Athens for a day. That's the absolute nightmare final in terms of policing, transport etc.

[Maquiladora]

They should hold it at the new Wembley then

[Cort Haus]

I hesitate to begin to start discussing the departure of David Dein from Arsenal FC on this forum. Suffice to say that it is quite a talking point amongst Gooners.

Bottom line, it seems, is that Dein wanted to sell to Kronky to raise funds for players. What isn't clear is whether the Glazer model of billing the club for the debt incurred by buying the club would be used.