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Alternate Football discussion
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Pratters
Cricket, Lovely Cricket
Barca team in the last game :-Craig said:
Starting XI
1. Víctor Valdés
2. Belletti, Juliano
4. Marquez, Rafael
5. Puyol, Carles
12. van Bronckhorst, Giovanni
23. Oleguer
6. Xavi
10. Ronaldinho
20. Deco, Anderson
8. Giuly, Ludovic
9. Eto`o, Samuel
Substitutes
28. Jorquera, Albert
16. Silvinho
19. Navarro, Fernando
14. Gerard
22. Albertini, Demetrio
24. Iniesta, Andres
11. Maxi Lopez, Gaston
Larsson being out for the moment isnt a huge worry considering he doesnt always make the starting XI.
Pratters
Cricket, Lovely Cricket
Tsunami Ronaldinho vs Sehvchenko XI
Excellent match for a worthy cause.
When you combine the best of Brazil, Barca and Milan in one team you end up with 3-1 in the first half. Yeah Shevchenko was in the other team but it was beautiful football played by Ronaldinho, Kaka, Eto (novice compared to the first two though).
Zidane played excellent as well to lob the ball for Piero to make a perfect finish.
In the second half with many players substituted the thing to note were the two keepers, Toldy(?) and Kemona who were both brilliant. Kamara was determined and got two goals but the best part was when Zola got a goal.
Wonderful football match and Arsene describes it as cold weather but 'nice and light atmosphere'. I suppose he can never really cheer up!
Excellent match for a worthy cause.
When you combine the best of Brazil, Barca and Milan in one team you end up with 3-1 in the first half. Yeah Shevchenko was in the other team but it was beautiful football played by Ronaldinho, Kaka, Eto (novice compared to the first two though).
Zidane played excellent as well to lob the ball for Piero to make a perfect finish.
In the second half with many players substituted the thing to note were the two keepers, Toldy(?) and Kemona who were both brilliant. Kamara was determined and got two goals but the best part was when Zola got a goal.
Wonderful football match and Arsene describes it as cold weather but 'nice and light atmosphere'. I suppose he can never really cheer up!
Craig
World Traveller
Saw the highlights of the match, but how good is Samuel Eto'o? Brilliant stuff once again Real Madrid - players they don't seem to rate always come back to haunt them. Surely he and Robben, and Cech could tie for buy of the season (would Robben count though since Ranieri brought him)?twctopcat said:
Craig
World Traveller
For a club as good and as Barcelona Iare, 'm shocked they have only won the European Cup/Champions League only once. Which is the same amount of times Aston Villa have won it, and one less then Nottingham Forest.Pratyush said:5 mins to go and Madrid losing 2-0 to Bilbao. Excellent football by Bilbao in this one.
And it further cements Barca at the top. More sweetness
Inter have won it twice, as have Manchester United, Porto, and I think Juventus has won it twice, but but I know they won it about 9 years ago.
Real Madrid have won it 9 times, and including winning 5 times in a row in the competitions first five years, before Benfica won. Celtic beat Inter in Lisbon in 1967 to become the first British club (ie from Scotland and England) to win the European Cup, while remarkably every member in Celtic's starting XI was born in the local area (Glasglow), not surprisngly this had never happened before nor will we see a side in a league match play an local area XI (would be nice though).
AC Milan have won it 6 times (
), while Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Ajax have won it 4 times each. Chelsea have not ventured into the Champions League not a lot, and really until Abramovich brought them, they were up to their necks in debt and not looking like challenaging for the title. Despite all the money they have thrown around in recent years Lazio were not able to win the competition. In fact IIRC they are $300m AUD in DEBT! They are lucky they have not gone bust and are not running around in Serie C2. Andd they had the players, like Veron, Crespo, Neved, Nesta etc.
Craig
World Traveller
Now surely Mourinho in all of his slagging off Ranieri could at least credit him for that.broncoman said:
Speaking about Lazio's level of debt, I should add Boriusa Dortmund who have won the Champions League, one of the highest average attandence records in Germany (but don't own their own stadium) for this season and are now going down the drain...
Cloete
International Captain
Gravesen proved to be a top signing for Real. Can't say I thought he had the class to match it with the big guns, but he definitely proved his worth.
He gies Zidane and Figo more confidence to go forward and experiment. Because anything loose at the back he cleaned up with efficiency. But the backline itself held up really well. Definitely a sign of good things to com under Luxemburgo one would think.
He gies Zidane and Figo more confidence to go forward and experiment. Because anything loose at the back he cleaned up with efficiency. But the backline itself held up really well. Definitely a sign of good things to com under Luxemburgo one would think.
Pratters
Cricket, Lovely Cricket
Historically yes its a bad record. But in the recent 5-7 years its justified. Barca was a mediocre team for a period before Rijkaard came in as manager. Even under Rijkaard Barca took some time to get their act together.Craig said:
I will be surprised if Barcelona does not win the champions league this year even though its very unpredictable. They have been playing that high a class of football.