2011 CL Final: FC Barcelona - Manchester United FC 3-1 - Champions!

[Phatroonaldo]

I fear both of them more than Ronaldo. Because with cr7 you know what to expect, he's going to shoot from any chance he gets.

Rooney's quasimidfield role and hernandez's poaching vs pique and puyol worries me.

 

[Bergkamp10]

Rooney will be too busy chasing shadows to impact the game.

 

[Phatroonaldo]

Rooney will be too busy chasing shadows to impact the game.

His role has changed a lot. During counterattacks, his flanks switching plays to valencia are very dangerous. Plus his partnership with hernandez is scary as fucck so as his understanding with park.

 

[Bergkamp10]

Oh yeah he's a fantastic player, not doubting that. Just think that he will essentially be playing as a midfielder tomorrow because 4-4-2 is suicide so he won't really get much of a chance to do what he usually does. I think the key player in this game for United attacking wise is Valencia.

 

[Phatroonaldo]

What I mean to say is that even if he plays like a midfielder,he'll be the one feeding valencia with the flank switching balls during counterattack. Stop rooney and we'll stop valencia. And about this valencia being united's main player,if abidal is fit he won't, mark my word. Abidal has been our best defender this season, he's chewed everything that has been thrown at him. All these talks about valencia beating abidal with his pace is bullshit because abidal's perhaps the hardest player to beat one on one. As pedro said in an interview, Messi, Iniesta, villa and pedro practice running at abidal during training and he's the worst possible nightmare for a winger.

If I was ferguson, I'd pick Nani for this game not park. In the last few games, alves has been beaten by some no name winger very frequently, (in the last malaga game, after alves came on, he was beaten by the winger 3 times in 10 minutes)

Therefore, I said , stop rooney and we'll be stopping the whole united counterattack.

 

[IrvDizzle]

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getting SUPPPPPEEEERRRRRRRRRR EXCITED!!

 

[Alissa]

Transfer value possible starting line-ups. #barcastuff

 

[alex 10]

chicharito should be more

 

[xaviniesta]

Puyol on Pique: "One time, he was shouting at me. I said to him: Calm down, it's 4-0 and there are 3 minutes left.' He said: 'So what? Focus! "

"He came back after the injury. In the middle of the game I said: 'Puyi, I've missed you so much.' He told me to shut up and concentrate."


http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2011/may/26/gerard-pique-carles-puyol-barcelona

-Sid Lowe

 

[Aryagorn]

Pique on Puyi: "One time, he was shouting at me. I said to him: Calm down, it's 4-0 and there are 3 minutes left.' He said: 'So what? Focus! "

"He came back after the injury. In the middle of the game I said: 'Puyi, I've missed you so much.' He told me to shut up and concentrate."


http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2011/may/26/gerard-pique-carles-puyol-barcelona

-Sid Lowe

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BTW it's quite famous already

 

[Unbiased United]

Transfer value possible starting line-ups. #barcastuff

Fair enough with the Barca values but the United ones are way off. If a club were to offer United any of those values they would all be turned down without a shadow of a doubt. In this inflated transfer market those valuations are a joke.

 

[Aryagorn]

Fair enough with the Barca values but the United ones are way off. If a club were to offer United any of those values they would all be turned down without a shadow of a doubt. In this inflated transfer market those valuations are a joke.

those offers for Barca players would also be turned down!!

Rooney is valued more than Iniesta... Interesting!! Especially since in England they are planning to value Cesc to be more than Torres

 

[Amir1983]

Hey everybody.
What have you done to "kill" the time until 20:45pm tomorrow?

Been listening to Princes Of The Universe the past few days.

 

[Aasim]

I would say both teams valuations are way off.

Iniesta the same as Torres?
Alves 15m?
Hernandez 17m?

 

[barcetia]

Fair enough with the Barca values but the United ones are way off. If a club were to offer United any of those values they would all be turned down without a shadow of a doubt. In this inflated transfer market those valuations are a joke.

Agree to this. How can Vidic only be 22 mils?