Not a bad match, but not the best ever.
First half was better than the second.
The fact is that Arsenal were miles worse than Barcelona who totally overran them.
Sure Arsenal took their chances when Barcelona dropped their concentration for ten minutes or so. But there really is no comparison. Messi is just amazing.
However the comparison to the travails at Easter Road and pretty much anywhere else on Scotland’s embarrassing football soil was quite monstrous.
I was cheering on Manchester Utd last night. But there wasn’t much to cheer about. Barca, and in particular Messi, Xavi and the utterly outstanding Iniesta sent them homewards to think again.
Credit to Alex Ferguson at the end of the match. He acknowledged that Manchester Utd (whom English commentators insist in calling The Greatest Team on Earth) were soundly beaten by the better team and that his young team would learn from the experience. The trouble is Barca (with the exception of a few notables such as Henri and Puyol) are hardly geriatrics.
What’s more, Barca had no more than a makeshift defence and a goalie that was supposed to be a weak link. I’d hate to think what might have been the outcome if Barca’s defence had been at full strength. As it happens after the first ten minutes they were barely troubled.
A great match and a peerless performance.
I wonder how great Pep Guardiola will be when he gains some experience!
Manchester Utd are quite simply a killing machine. This goal (badly messed up by the goalie) shows how brilliant they are. Game over in 11 minutes.
That makes pretty embarrasing reading when you look at Celtic’s ongoing Champions League away record. Next stop. Away to Man U. Think that will read p19 w0 d1 l18.
Tough at the top bhoys.
Och.
That’s pathetic.
But at least Romanov might recoup some of his utter embarrassment at Hearts.
As for Celtic? Ho, ho, ho.
The bottom line?
Hibs – a European disaster.
Rangers – A European calamity.
Dundee Utd – Another European embarassement.
It’s a long way from Old Trafford isn’t it.
It was a geat, throbbing Champions league final between the British giants. At least there were some British players on the pitch.
Man U destroyed Chelsea in the first half but to their credit Chelsea dominated the second.
But maybe it was a night of destiny? Too many coincidences?
The 50th Anniversary of the Munich Air Disaster, which marked Britain’s early dominance in Europe (The Cabbage were right up there though).
Sir Bobby, at trackside, surviving the Munich air disaster and then going on to lift the cup in 1968, only a year after Celtic.
Ryan Giggs, the ultimate professional, beating Sir Bobby’s atttendance record in such a momentous match.
Sir Alex, winning a European trophy in his third decade running and inspiring a great team to greatness.
And Ronaldo, scores a beauty and misses Man U’s only penalty. Can you conceive of how unfair a postscript on his season that would have been?
It were a roller coaster.
And at the end of the day you have to say: it was style over wallet.
Champion’s League Final. Man U are too good I hope.
Scholes scores the opener.
Some Huddie, probably Drogba Equalises.
Extra Time.
Rooney gets the first, Ronaldo follows up. Tevez Makes it four.
The Red Devils triumph 4 – 1.
The Cabbage could get into Europe.
Hearts could win the Diddy League. (Although, if memory serves me correctly Mr Romanov predicted that they should be, about now, in the Semi Finals of the Champion’s League defending last year’s title)
Carlisle United look like getting promoted two years’ running.
Queen of the South, yes, Queen of the South are in tomorrow’s Scottish Cup Final. If they win they’ll be dancing in the streets of Queen of the South (in fact by all accounts they already are.
Cardiff City are in the English FA Cup Final and they’re not even English.
Rangers are in the EUFA Cup Semi Final.
I blame it on global warming.
Aberdeen 1 – 1 Dnipro
Aberdeen qualify on away goals for group stages (surely not; we always go OUT on away goals.)
This video is the best I could dredge up. not good…
Celtic 2 – 1 AC Milan
Magnificent performance to beat the Champions of Europe. The match was only marred by the idiot who came on at the end to celebrate, but what about the goalie’s reaction?
Two words…Cheating scumbag.
Lyon 0 – 3 Rangers
I think it is particularly enjoyable to watch Lyon’s humiliation in French. Sacre Bleu, Quel Horror, Horrible, Merde. So here you are.
Saving the best for last; sure, Rangers rode their luck, but to beat one of Europe’s leading teams 3 – 0 away from home is quite extraordinary and from front to back the Rangers team can hold their heads high.
Masterful.
On the back of the Scotland victory v France we are a nation again.
Wait until the Cabbage play in the Champions League next year. The Champions of Europe may reside in Scotland.
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