1) Van der Sar is too old now. So is Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes(His foul would have been a red card had it been any other player, I believe he escaped with an yellow). Van der Sar has to accept the blame for 1st goal.
2)How can they miss out marking Messi? 2nd goal is copy book set piece conversion. Messi was totally unchallenged.
3) Ronaldo was over stressed.Probably comparing himself with Messi, in his sub-conscious mind. Yellow card he received showed his frustration.
4) It would have been a different game altogether had his free kick inside 5minutes could have been converted by Park.
5) I don't understand what formation Sir Alex was thinking by having both Berbatov and Tevez in 2nd half.Wasn't it desperation instead of shrewd strategy? And taking that point ahead what made him select Park ahead of these two guys at the start of the game?
Overall it was a wonderful game and Barca ruled all the way. No doubt
Did everyone forget how chelsea were cheated out in the semis by the inept referee? Messi, xavi etc were anonymous against the likes of terry, lampard etc. The prob with ManU was giving BArca space to play. Also, they were unlucky with HArgreaves out..he is miles better than carrick. And Ronaldo remains the best player, Messi had one good match aganst English opponents. LEts wait and watch. Dont forget his record against English clubs is 20 matches, 1 goal.
Re: Barca were lucky to reach final in the first place
by PRASANNA VEERARAGHAVAN on May 28, 2009 07:45 PM
Seems like a comment of a desperate Manchester United fan. Fergie should have taken some time to coach these guys some soccer and not just rugby and kabaddi.
Re: Re: Barca were lucky to reach final in the first place
by Aviram Vijh on May 28, 2009 08:15 PM
Man U and Fergie are the ones who have dominated footballing history...time and time again...so relax Prasanna..they were the defending champions..no club has defended the CL crown..isn't big deal they lost..
Re: Re: Re: Barca were lucky to reach final in the first place
by PRASANNA VEERARAGHAVAN on May 29, 2009 12:23 AM
I can understand you are seeing football just because your friends talked about the same. Outside England Manchester United's record is pathetic.
in the first ten minutes it was man u all the way but after that cool strike from etto things turned rapidly so I would give the credit to etto to begin with.
Iniesta n Xavi were xclnt..........ManU came all guns firing in the first eight minutes. But, Eto's superb goal shattered ManU and from then on they lost the plot as Barcelona started dominating ..........go barca was....xpecting liverpool..bt happy ull hav trounced them.
Carric and giggs were miserable in the midfield.. Ronaldo is a highly overrated player.. Man U shuld have concentrated more on rooney.. Dissapointing match
Re: Carrick and Giggs failed
by sandeep kumar on May 28, 2009 07:04 PM
ROnaldo overrated? Well 2 time world player of year, 2 time premier ship winner, scorer in last yr champs league final. Messi had one good final thats it
Re: Re: Carrick and Giggs failed
by junior on May 28, 2009 09:51 PM
Ronaldo (like Beckham) is a showman. no dbt he scores goals but generally fails against the biggest teams. futbal is a team game and the team that plays as a unit almost always wins. thats the secret of barc and arsenal (maybe their time will be coming if wenger buys a couple of experienced big guys who are not showmen). the english are loud mouths and if manu had won the queen would have come running to the airport literally
Iniesta n Xavi - full stop. Pique n Slvhinyo did a good job - carrick n rooney were lost!!! Etoo n henry were no were 2 b seen after 1st goal - messi had his flashes of brilliance but was lowkey - barring his 2nd classical goal it was d 2 midfield players - Xavi n Iniesta.. both took the game away.. kudos to dem!!!!
ManU came all guns firing in the first eight minutes. But, Eto's superb goal shattered ManU and from then on they lost the plot as Barcelona started dominating and ManU looked like school kids. Also, the strategy of Ferguson to keep Tavez and Berbatov out of the first eleven backfired as his side failed to dish out champions stuff.
I dont think it was ManU opposite Barca yesterday. Some trainees playing against pro. Iniesta, Xavi, Messi & Eto made the difference and Iniesta was best of the lot.....
Re: Was it ManU
by abhishek on May 28, 2009 06:41 PM
My feeling is anderson,Carrick are quite average footballers. Anderson does not get a chance Brazil team. With this midfield how can u expect to beat Barcelona. Xavi and Iniesta both are super players. With Messi there it was impossibble for Anderson , carrick to stop them. Also Ryan Giggs is too old to play a final now.
After watching two legs over the semifinal and the final along with the EURO 08, Iniesta looks to be the best in the world.
No one was able to take the ball out of him. After Zizou(Zinedine Zidane) Iniest looks to be a real player who can split defences in seconds.He holds the ball so well ,dribbles past 2/3 defenders at a time.
impeccable ball control, dynamic vision and he looks much better than Ronaldo if not messi.
