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UEFA CL 2008/2009  

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  1. 1. Who will win UEFA CL 2008/2009?

    • Arsenal
      12
    • Liverpool
      10
    • Barcelona
      31
    • Inter
      2
    • Manchester United
      30
    • Chelsea
      6
    • Real Madrid
      4
    • Other
      10

  2. 2. Top Scorer?

    • Kaka
      1
    • Henry
      5
    • Eto'o
      13
    • Ronaldinho
      2
    • Fernando Torres
      16
    • Ronaldo
      21
    • Other
      47

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gregb0b

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Back, been out of town for a few days.... Saw both games though. We did a superb job defending and we did what we had to do.... I agree that the atmosphere was amazing and hopefully we can produce something offensively at the bridge.

Man Utd and Arsenal was a bore fest.... Who else thinks its funny that fergie hasnt started his "star 4" together =P

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Kralik

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I am quite letdown by Arsenal's performance... So few shots on goal.

+1 I can't understand what greater incentive can there be than being in that semi final and having a shot at the biggest trophy perhaps in club football in the world. the performance was uninspired..

Utd are in a stronger position now.. all they have to do is sit back and get a clean sheet.. all pressure is on us..

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i hate to burst everyone's bubble and kill their dreams but ill go ahead and say it on the record...it will be another chealsea/man u final

the fact of the matter is arsenal is 2nd rate and doesn't stand a chance after that showing, and if barca doesn't fancy scoring at home with all that possession they won't do it at Stamford bridge. taken down in the same fashion man u did last year.

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Back, been out of town for a few days.... Saw both games though. We did a superb job defending and we did what we had to do.... I agree that the atmosphere was amazing and hopefully we can produce something offensively at the bridge.

Man Utd and Arsenal was a bore fest.... Who else thinks its funny that fergie hasnt started his "star 4" together =P

Yes it was, but my god please don't defend Chelsea vs Barcelona as "exciting" or something. That game was absolutely dire as well.

Probably be Man Utd vs Chelsea final. Or Man Utd Barcelona, with no away goal for Arsenal it's going to be tough.

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Martyn

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These have probably been the worst Semi Final's I can ever remember.

What annoys me though is the British commentators try and mask it all to the viewers. A number of times the game yesterday was referred to as a "brilliant" and "scintillating" game. Was it balls, I was bored off my ######. Another thing that annoyed me is that they also kept saying how Arsenal can walk away from Old Trafford happy that the score is 1-0. Why would they be happy? They lost the game without scoring an away goal, something which you would imagine Man Utd will do at the Emirates.

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tomwarren Veteran

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God what a crap game for us last night. 1 shot on target :( we need Arshavin for champs league. At least the 2nd leg Ferdinand might not be playing so their central defense will be slightly weakened. We seemed to keep going straight into Vidic and Ferdinand because Walcott didn't get a chance to play wide because of Rooney, Tevez and Evra hounding him constantly.

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Mike

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These have probably been the worst Semi Final's I can ever remember.

What annoys me though is the British commentators try and mask it all to the viewers. A number of times the game yesterday was referred to as a "brilliant" and "scintillating" game. Was it balls, I was bored off my ######. Another thing that annoyed me is that they also kept saying how Arsenal can walk away from Old Trafford happy that the score is 1-0. Why would they be happy? They lost the game without scoring an away goal, something which you would imagine Man Utd will do at the Emirates.

They were going with the "happy it's only 1-0" because Tevez / Ronaldo should have both scored so a 3-0 score line was easily possible. On paper a 1-0 defeat isn't that good for a 1st leg, but when it could have been 2 or 3-0 then it is a 'good' result.

I expect us to get an away goal in the second leg which means we can afford to concede twice. As games between the top 4 are usually tight in terms of goal difference, we should go through. Hopefully Fergie will see how easy it is to control a game when both Rooney and Tevez are playing and keep them both in the team for the 2nd leg.

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deletedxyz

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They were going with the "happy it's only 1-0" because Tevez / Ronaldo should have both scored so a 3-0 score line was easily possible. On paper a 1-0 defeat isn't that good for a 1st leg, but when it could have been 2 or 3-0 then it is a 'good' result.

Almunia was awesome! Only one save out of all them was based on luck. Everything else was pure skill.

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Thing is though, Chelsea can't play defensively on their own ground, they will have to try and win the game, and that is where Barcelona become really dangerous (unless of course they play for penalties, which I doubt will happen).

Yes, Chelsea are a reasonably good side, but Barcelona possess the attacking power to rip even the best defenses to shreds.

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Arsenal have thrown this away, stupid free plastic flag waving idiots.

The Ronaldo free kick wasn't spectacular, Almunia (England's number 1, apparently) could and should have saved it.

What do you have against the flags! :rofl:

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Mike

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Arsenal have thrown this away, stupid free plastic flag waving idiots.

The Ronaldo free kick wasn't spectacular, Almunia (England's number 1, apparently) could and should have saved it.

It was a decent hit and Almunia just didn't seem to pick up the pace of the ball. It didn't change direction so much and he just didn't dive quick enough at it almost in slow motion. We just need Anderson to score his first now :p

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