Arsenal vs Barcelona | UEFA Champions League Final

[RoyaleWithCheese]

amazing comeback by the kids from Nou Camp. those substitions really payed off for Barca. i was still disappointed that Lehmann was red-carded. they should have given a goal to Barca and then let them be 11-11 players.

Exactly what I thought. The referee should have kept in mind that he would destroy the match by sending off a man so early, which he did.

 

[jimbo118]

BARCELONA!

All those arsenal fans were taunting us " Are you watching tottenham" as they were camped round the effiel tower, well guess what scumbags, I WAS WATCHING!

Anyone see Henry's interview after the game, that is one SORE and BITTER loser. 'kicking my ankles' 'i didnt fall over, im not a woman' 'ronaldinho and eto did nothing'. Excuse me? He hit the post, was part of the Lehmann dismisal and scored a goal. Yeah ok "Terry Henry", give us a break

lol <3 Glenn. :thumbs:

henry could have done more in the second half imo, he needed to get on the ball alot more and hold up play to give his defence a breather. Ljungberg had a great game as did Ashley Cole, Coles a fuppin' amazing LB imo. Larsson won the game though for Barca, his deft touch for eto'o was fantastic and he then setup Belletti.

didnt watch the post match interviews. The ref made some bad decisions but the 2 major ones penalised Barca tbh, they were denied a goal when the ref brought play back to give them a freekick and send Lehmann off and Eboue dived for the freekick that led to Campbell's goal.

 

[Cormeh]

Lehamnn should not have been red carded. The ref should have played advantage and rewarded Barca the goal.

All in all it wasn't that brilliant a game (last year was sooo much better, 'mon the pool!), but I think TH was the man of the night. What a player. It's a shame all he had to do was complain.

EDIT:

More than likely made by a bitter Spurs fan.

 

[jimbo118]

EDIT:

More than likely made by a bitter Spurs fan.

lol

i thought Henry didn't play that well at all, he had a good first half but went missing in the second except for the odd run down the left wing. I would have subbed hleb much much earlier too.

 

[Reaktor4]

Exactly what I thought. The referee should have kept in mind that he would destroy the match by sending off a man so early, which he did.

That would be ridiculous. His job is to enforce the rules, not pick and choose his decisions to make a more exciting game. Maybe he should have disallowed barcelonas second goal for the excitement of extra time, huh?
Oh and henry disappeared after pires and lehmann went off. Larsson was motm, imo.

 

[RoyaleWithCheese]

That would be ridiculous. His job is to enforce the rules, not pick and choose his decisions to make a more exciting game. Maybe he should have disallowed barcelonas second goal for the excitement of extra time, huh?
Oh and henry disappeared after pires and lehmann went off. Larsson was motm, imo.

If he would have enforced the rules, he would have given barcelona a penalty. Of course Lehmann was out of order and of course in the rules it states that he has to get a red card. But this match would have been so much better if both teams would have kept 11 players. And maybe the advantage rule should be changed as of now, when a player is floored in the penalty area but his team scores anyway, no red card will be given. This referee could have done that, lots of people would have backed that decision up.

 

[Reaktor4]

If he would have enforced the rules, he would have given barcelona a penalty. Of course Lehmann was out of order and of course in the rules it states that he has to get a red card. But this match would have been so much better if both teams would have kept 11 players.

It might have been, but lehmann is to blame for that.

And maybe the advantage rule should be changed as of now, when a player is floored in the penalty area but his team scores anyway, no red card will be given. This referee could have done that, lots of people would have backed that decision up.

Would never happen. What if the tackle was a legbreaker, and they still scored? The ref doesnt send the player off? Attacking team deliberately doesnt score so he will get sent off? If they missed the resulting penalty im sure lots of people would be calling for the rules to be changed again.. etc.
Even scrapping the advantage rule is more likely than that, and that wont happen either.

 

[RoyaleWithCheese]

It might have been, but lehmann is to blame for that.

Would never happen. What if the tackle was a legbreaker, and they still scored? The ref doesnt send the player off? Attacking team deliberately doesnt score so he will get sent off? If they missed the resulting penalty im sure lots of people would be calling for the rules to be changed again.. etc.
Even scrapping the advantage rule is more likely than that, and that wont happen either.

true, but we're assuming right now that everything we saw on tv was crystal clear for the referee at the time. Obviously the man wasn't quite sure what to do otherwise he would have given a penalty straight away. It just doesn't make sense to me, maybe he did add a little self-interpretation of the rules and imo the wrong way. Maybe this match is definitely the last drop for video reffing to come. There's just too much money and entertainment going on in the football world to let it be destroyed by human error.

 

[Sparda]

HAHAHA losers.

 

[StardogChampion]

Oh and henry disappeared after pires and lehmann went off. Larsson was motm, imo.

Why does everyone forget they were down to 10 men?

Pires was Henry's support just like Ronaldinho was Eto's. Henry was up front on his own and had to do a lot of running.

I don't think anyone on the Barcelona team was MOTM, since they were always going to play better against 10 men.

 

[Evo]

Exactly, Henry isn't a player who holds the ball up. He is get the ball, dazzle the defence and score a goal

Moaning, pah

 

[3ssence]

BARCELONA!All those arsenal fans were taunting us " Are you watching tottenham"

Tottenham, my true <3

As far as the match was concerned. I think Arsenal did themselves proud, they worked extremely hard and show a great resilience to keep themselves in the game for so long, so i think they deserve recognition for that. Lehman, big mistake, rather rash challenge. Although the decision is a source of much controversy, at the end of the day, he could have made either decision and both would be technically correct, although in the spirit of such a high profile match i think playing the advantage would have been the better decision, nevertheless, the lehman challenge was worthy of a red card.

The first goal, possibly offside, but very close, and lets be honest, we see these situations in the premiership every weekend and to be honest, it's part of the game, and so often the decision could go either way, so i can't say that it should be used as an excuse for the outcome. It was a great move capped off by a brilliant finish.

Henry, great player, sheer class, but unusually for him, he was a touch of a sore loser after the game, which is a shame, because he is such a professional and on most occasions takes things very well. But he can be forgiven, it was the champions league final after all, and emotions are only human !!!

Wenger however, will always take the biscuit as far as sore losers are concerned, i can't stand the sight of him. He is the one thing that taints arsenal for me, otherwise i enjoy their football and have great respect for them.

Would have liked to have seen Ronaldinho in action more, purely for entertainment value if anything, the guy is a genius, his football is poetry.

:E

All in all, entertaining match, slightly tainted by the lehman dismissal. At the end of the day, the team that won deserved to do so imo.

 

[Hectic Glenn]

I don't think anyone on the Barcelona team was MOTM, since they were always going to play better against 10 men.

Eto was named man of the match, he caused them lots of problems.

Henry missed at least 2 chances he should have scored easily, then blames everyone else, this tosser having a laugh?

Arsenal got a goal from a DIVE (cheating scum Eboue), justice was done with Eto's offside goal, Beletti's goal was Ljungberg's fault, didn't stay on him...because they were tired - because they had 10 men chasing barcalona shadows. As someone said, Barca subs were brilliant, they passed ****ing brilliantly in the last 15 minutes, better team won.

Next on the arsenal list:

1. Pires off to villareal -bye!
2. Ashley Cole will go (chelsea who knows) - bye!
3. Henry will be off (barca maybe) - bye!
4. Move to new ground - lose lots of games - get 20,000 crowds - go broke.

That'll be good hehe

 

[jimbo118]

Eto was named man of the match, he caused them lots of problems.

Henry missed at least 2 chances he should have scored easily, then blames everyone else, this tosser having a laugh?

Arsenal got a goal from a DIVE (cheating scum Eboue), justice was done with Eto's offside goal, Beletti's goal was Ljungberg's fault, didn't stay on him...because they were tired - because they had 10 men chasing barcalona shadows. As someone said, Barca subs were brilliant, they passed ****ing brilliantly in the last 15 minutes, better team won.

Next on the arsenal list:

1. Pires off to villareal -bye!
2. Ashley Cole will go (chelsea who knows) - bye!
3. Henry will be off (barca maybe) - bye!
4. Move to new ground - lose lots of games - get 20,000 crowds - go broke.

That'll be good hehe

btw Berbatov ftw?

 

[Evo]

Berbatov is a legend in the FM games. Always get him for Man Utd.

Hopefully he'll do good things for Spurs

 

[3ssence]

Lets hope so

 

[DigiQ8]

Anybody know where can i have the goals videos ?

 

[Hectic Glenn]

His record at Leverkusen in the bundesliga is brilliant! For 10.9 million i'm expecting good things from him. Not another rebrov i hope. Freddie Kanoute and Mido how have both gone to the african nations cup and come back unfit and lazy, making no attempt to get back into the 1st team line up, so it seems we've learnt our lesson buying a bulgarian. No two little ones up front anymore - he's 6"2 and built. Fingers crossed for another great season eh fellow yiddos?

 

[3ssence]

Hell yeah. I'm expecting big things next season. Jol is the man, and our side looks more class by the day

 

[Reaktor4]

Why does everyone forget they were down to 10 men?

I didnt..

Pires was Henry's support just like Ronaldinho was Eto's. Henry was up front on his own and had to do a lot of running.

Obviously he had a harder job when pires went off but its up to the whole team to support the striker(s). The fact remains that he didnt produce. Ronaldinho did nothing.

I don't think anyone on the Barcelona team was MOTM, since they were always going to play better against 10 men.

Motm is the best player on the day, regardless of how many there are on each side.. Larsson contributed most, imo.

 

[sabre0001]

I'm sick of people saying "if it was 11v11"...In the rules - the ref was right to send off Lehman. HOWEVER - he could have still played advantage on the goal. Right result in the end!

Henry after match said that ref was on Barca's side - WTF?!

 

[Insano]

Lehmann was MOTM, no doubt about it.