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

[Asmodean]

Not the biggest game in terms of chances and overall game quality....but what in intense match

Well deserved win for Liverpool, and allthough it was a nailbiting affair, I really felt that Liverpool looked the better team except for perhaps the last 10 minutes of regular time, and the second half of extra time.

Now let's hope for ManU tomorrow

Asmodean

[LordShiva]

Teh Ideal Scenario:

Liverpool-Milan final, Liverpool goes 3-0 up, then Milan comes back with some scrappy play, and goes on to (undeservedly) win on penalties

[Locutus]

Originally posted by Colonâ„¢
*Conditional on whether Milan will be their opponents. If they are I'll happily swallow a Liverpool win or consider this year's CL to be irrelevant.

This year's CL is irrelevant anyway. As much as I hate Italian football, a CL without Italian teams (and anything Milan does being tainted) is worth about the same as the Scudetto with Milan, Lazio and Juve out of the race

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by Locutus
a CL without Italian teams (and anything Milan does being tainted) is worth about the same as the Scudetto with Milan, Lazio and Juve out of the race

QFT

But Juve will be back in Serie A, and kicking ass in the CL two years from now

[Locutus]

Originally posted by LordShiva
But Juve will be back in Serie A, and kicking ass in the CL two years from now

By that time I won't have to be ashamed of being a Milan fan anymore and will be able to fully enjoy Milan kicking Juve's butt

[Maquiladora]

Originally posted by Locutus

This year's CL is irrelevant anyway. As much as I hate Italian football, a CL without Italian teams (and anything Milan does being tainted) is worth about the same as the Scudetto with Milan, Lazio and Juve out of the race

This years CL has been far more exciting because they weren't in it. Especially Juve, they are the antithesis of fast, exciting football and ruined many big CL games throughout the 90's.

[Maquiladora]

Originally posted by Locutus

By that time I won't have to be ashamed of being a Milan fan anymore and will be able to fully enjoy Milan kicking Juve's butt

I gained a lot of respect for Milan after the first leg with Man U, but they can't change my opinion of Italian football in general.

[Locutus]

Oh, the ignorance of the English...

Milan is the only Italian team that *doesn't* play Italian football, which is why I'm a fan (When they aren't being corrupt and getting away with it, that is )

But horrendously ugly and foul football or not, it's still a valid way to play the game. If you can't counter that, you're not a true champion. Teams like Juve and the Italian national team never deserve to win anything, but neither does any team that can't beat them...

Besides, this year the CL was dominated by English football, which might not be nearly as bad as the Italian style but even with its heavy European influence it's still bloody awful...

[Colonâ„¢]

Originally posted by Locutus
But horrendously ugly and foul football or not...

Maybe it's just humorous football:

[Solly]

English style football is the best sort.

[Krill]

Er. Sorry, but style over substance for viewing pleasure. I'd rather go and stab myself repeatedly with my pool cue than watch two Italian teams play each other. I haven't seen any Spanish teams play in a while; maybes it's because they can't cope with the English game and so don't deserve to even get to the quarter finals. The Germans for some reason seem to have lost all nerve in Europe since 1999. And the Italians are cheating scum who don't deserve to be playing football; their management are a bit dodgay as well.

[reds4ever]

Anyway back back on track. I deserved win for Liverpool over the two legs and showing up:

A) that Lampard isn't fit to lace Stevies boots
B) that both Cole and Drogba are a disgrace to the game
C) that Robben hasn't been a decent player for the last 2 years
D) that Terry is a world class defender, to play along side Essien at centre half in a CL semi final and only concede once is some feat
E) that Mourinho is a .........I'll leave it at that.

[Solver]

Time for a new thread