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Started 2 years ago by Alfonso Bedoya
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Alfonso Bedoya
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I'm just asking for abuse here, I know... "don't count your chickens", and all that crap... but seriously... after last nights 0-2 result... how can you NOT be thinking about the final?

So, what do think???

I'm feeling well fuckin confident... a one off at Wembley??? We can take anyone on our day, and Rooney has come into form at just the right time... Rio and Vidic together again... even Carrick is finding some form...

I expect Barca to do Real over two legs, and I'd prefer them anyway, but only because losing to Real would piss me off more.

Champs league final, and our place in the league??? beginning of the year, I'd have called you a lunatic for predicting that... now however...

Unbelievable...

Anyway... it should be a crackin game tonight... some are saying Mourinho's got one over Guardiola in the mind games... maybe, but I can't see it affecting the game... I expect Barca to at least draw tonight, and win at home.

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Posted 2 years ago #
Alfonso Bedoya
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By the way... Giggs is now officially the oldest player to score in the Champs league.

Posted 2 years ago #
Robbo
Member

Doesn't matter who we get at the end of the day, if we don't turn up as in the last final against Barcelona then we will be easy meat. But in a one off and the lads playing as they have been doing and Rooney showing what he can do its possible to beat both Barcelona and Real.

Posted 2 years ago #
sukhy5
Moderator

Real please.

Don't mind Ronnie winning it. Plus it would mean Jose being a step closer to leaving Real.

We are the biggest club in the world. We are Manchester United.

Posted 2 years ago #
brianofnazareth
Member

The ONLY two teams I fear tbf......

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.....

Posted 2 years ago #
Just1n
Member

Prefer Barca.

Real getting a chance to win it for the 10th time? No fucking way.

tbf

Posted 2 years ago #
Spudiator
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I don't think it matters much either way, whichever team we meet in the final will bring a bit of revenge mentality (Barcelona for the final in 2009, Real for the quarter-finals in 2000 and 2003), so there should be no shortage of motivation.

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Posted 2 years ago #
Calvino
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Real Madrid. Barcelona are the only team in Europe I believe can beat us any day and twice on sundays. Simply because we do not have the personnel to take them on in a shoot-out.
Madrid are not that much of a team and I believe that we can take them on. However, we have not been very lucky at this new Wembley have we?

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Posted 2 years ago #
triggs
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I'd prefer United to play Real, but I'd prefer to lose to Barca.

Whoever we play, I don't think we'll be able to cope with both teams' players who play "between the lines", i.e. Ozil, Messi, Iniesta.

If Ronaldo and Ozil have off days, we can beat Real. Barca have fantastic players all over the pitch, but they are vunerable to the counter attack.

Posted 2 years ago #
triggs
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I fancy it to be fiesty tonight, so we should be cheering on any sendings off and/or injuries

Posted 2 years ago #
Anonymous
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Real we are capable of beating,

We wouldn't beat Barca in a month of Sundays.

Posted 2 years ago #
Ted
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squigels said:
Real we are capable of beating,

We wouldn't beat Barca in a month of Sundays.

Kind of agree Squigletts! Last night has got to go down as a freakish game. Imagine if we'd have twatted Inter 5-2 in the San Siro, then smashed them at O.T. then lost 2-0 in the first leg at home playing as badly as Schalke did? Its beyond belief it can happen at this level.

I concur with Souness. Considering they was at home in front of 60.000 of their own fans, they offered absolutely nothing and taking nothing away from United because you can only play whats in front of you, Schalke were no contest.

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Posted 2 years ago #
madmax
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I agree with Alf. On our day we can beat anyside.

We've got the best defense in Europe, our midfield, although limited, is hitting form and our attack is pretty good too. Compared to Real and Barca we have the best defense and slightly better strikers. Its the midfield where we are inferior and we wont be playing to their strengths again like we did against Barca a couple of years back.

I absolutely despise Real Madrid and hope they get stuffed by Barca. But I'm getting sick to the teeth with people talking as if Barca going through and us getting stuffed in the final by Barca is a mere formality. Barring a major fuck up in the second leg of the semi's we should go through to Wembley and whoever we play we'll definitely give them a game this time around.

Posted 2 years ago #
sidney
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This is class

Mourinho channels Einstein http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/912139/jose-mourinho-channels-einstein-to-prepare-real-madrid?cc=5739

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Posted 2 years ago #
Calvino
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Mourinho despises Barcelona. You can see it. And I believe their conceit is part of the reason.

If Real get past them then I will not abide with anyone telling me how great they have been. Because ONE champions league win does not make you the "the best team of all time". If they do not make it then their record can't be that much better than ours.

Jose is also right that Barca get a lot of decisions their way. Chelsea should have battered them in '09 and werer blatantly robbed because Platini did not want two PL sides in the final again.

Posted 2 years ago #
Spike
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Dont give a fook..yes I do..Real....Hammer em!

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Posted 2 years ago #
uncleknobheadffs
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have we won a game at the new wembley yet

LKHM

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Posted 2 years ago #
uncleknobheadffs
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i can only remember defeats or draws

Posted 2 years ago #
Spudiator
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Looked it up, we've had 2 wins (1 Community Shield, 1 Carling Cup Final), 4 draws won on penalties (3 Community Shield, 1 Carling Cup Final), 1 draw lost on penalties (FA Cup semi-final) and 2 defeats (1 FA Cup final and the semi this year), so actually the overall balance is slightly in our favour. It all counts for nothing though if we get there and then don't perform.

Posted 2 years ago #
triggs
Member

So two out of our last three visits have been victories. Hardly a terrible record.

Posted 2 years ago #
Anonymous
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Mourinho despises Barcelona. You can see it. And I believe their conceit is part of the reason.

That would be amazing hypocricy Mourinho's opinion of himeself and the fact that he is such an arrogant individual.

Posted 2 years ago #
sheesh
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I don't get how some people can let their personal hatred of Real Madrid get in the way of who represents the greater threat to our Champions League aspirations.

We're all United fans first and foremost ffs.

Barcelona would rape us til kingdom come. We would have very little (if any) chance of beating them whereas we we would be competing against Real on a more even keel.

If we do get to the final, I hope we get Real Madrid.

Whatever happens, I hope these two encounters prove to be really dirty affairs with lots of yellow and red cards.

Posted 2 years ago #
madredmonkey
Member

Real , we could score against there defence.

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Posted 2 years ago #
Alfonso Bedoya
Moderator

I can't get my head around this ridiculous argument that, Real can beat Barcelona, but we can't... but we CAN beat Real.

Look... Barca on their day, can pass rings around anyone... but that's not all there is to the game... we were all over them, until Eto'o scored against the run of play with their first attack... after that, we were at their mercy because we were chasing the game...

Getting the ball back off Barca when they're leading is an excercise in frustration, but their defense is no better than anything else we face in the Premier league... we CAN score against them...

The way to beat Barca... score first, and then score some more...

Posted 2 years ago #
sheesh
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Alfonso Bedoya said:
I can't get my head around this ridiculous argument that, Real can beat Barcelona, but we can't... but we CAN beat Real.

Look... Barca on their day, can pass rings around anyone... but that's not all there is to the game... we were all over them, until Eto'o scored against the run of play with their first attack... after that, we were at their mercy because we were chasing the game...

Getting the ball back off Barca when they're leading is an excercise in frustration, but their defense is no better than anything else we face in the Premier league... we CAN score against them...

The way to beat Barca... score first, and then score some more...

We were all over them because we had Ronaldo - simple as that. He was the only one running around trying to make something happen. Real could beat Barcelona simply because they're cynical, much more so than us. You might that this doesn't really matter but I think it does. Take every opportunity to disrupt the flow of the game. Oh, and they have Ronaldo, whereas we don't.

By the way, Alf, look at the benches of the 2 sides tonight.

Madrid: Adan, Kaka, Benzema, Granero, Higuain and Adebayor
Barcelona: Pinto, Jeffren, Milito, Afellay, Fontas, Roberto and Alcantaras.

Which side has the better bench? If you're chasing a game, which bench would you go for?

Posted 2 years ago #
sheesh
Member

No Iniesta in the starting 11 or on the bench for Barcelona tonight. Interesting.

Posted 2 years ago #
Anonymous
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Injured.

Posted 2 years ago #
ltel
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Casillas, Arbeloa, Sergio Ramos, Albiol, Marcelo, Alonso, Pepe, Diarra, Ozil, Ronaldo, Di Maria. Subs: Adan, Kaka, Benzema, Granero, Garay, Higuain, Adebayor.
Barcelona: Valdes, Dani Alves, Pique, Busquets, Puyol, Xavi, Mascherano, Keita, Pedro, Messi, Villa. Subs: Pinto, Jeffren, Milito, Afellay, Fontas, Roberto, Thiago

Posted 2 years ago #
ltel
Member

i would not fear that barca team

Posted 2 years ago #
sheesh
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4 Madrid players are one yellow card away from missing the next CL game: Sergio Ramos, Albiol, Di Maria and Ronaldo

5 Barcelona players are 2 yellow cards away from missing the next CL game: Valdes Pique Milito Puyol Busquets

The 5 Barca players would need to be booked in both legs to miss the final.

The 4 Madrid players could miss the second semi if booked tonight, or the final if booked in the second semi.

A sending off in the second leg would of course rule any player out of the final.

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