[nicfit]

Originally Posted by sonicl

And Stevie Gerrard crying. My evening is complete!

Ha ha! You would have loved a scene I witnessed a couple days ago on tv, a girl (tv presenter of a funny italian tv show on soccer) went to Liverpool to try and convince some supporters to change their Liverpool's scarf/shirts with milan's ones. She approached a fruit/vegetable stand (at least I think it was...) and asked the owner his opinion on the future match, and he gave her a print of Gerrard's face with "CUNT" written on the forehead, she didn't understand a word and kept showing the print to the camera laughing saying "what does cunt mean?" for like 3 minutes, with the stand owner laughing like crazy in the background.

[sonicl]

It'll be Chelsea's turn to be lifting that trophy next year

[atari 2600]

Wow, it's Maldini's 5th time on a uefa championship team...and he's 39.

[nicfit]

Originally Posted by sonicl

It'll be Chelsea's turn to be lifting that trophy next year

Yeah yeah, keep dreaming.

[Danny Himself]

Originally Posted by sonicl

And Stevie Gerrard crying. My evening is complete!

You sadistic bastard. Now brace yourselves, for I am about to contradict myself somewhere here.

As soon as the final whistle blew (a little early, dontcha think?), I assured myself I would online within minutes, registering my disgust throughout the world. What a piece of shit that final was. Liverpool played great in the first half, didn't dominate enough to capitalize on that, though- no goals. Petty free kick, lucky goal by Inzhagi (I am surprised it was credited to him, he harldy did anything).

Second half, lackluster from both sides. Liverpool seemed to admit defeat too soon. About 10 mins into the second half the only people really trying were Reina, Gerrard, Pennant and Kuyt. AC were going for it, though, with cocky swaggers and all- but who could blame them? In the end Liverpool just weren't doing enough and just got lazy. Inzhagi came around slid in a sly shot, Reina looked heartbroken.

It was a bit of an over-the-top celebration from Inzhagi though- kneeling on the sideline, looking up with defiance and cheering, grinning as if some divine penis was jizzing on him. I laughed for ages when Kewell's cross hit him in the balls a few minutes later, that cheered me up. Then Kuyt scored. Then Liverpool started trying again, but by then it was too late. Extra time, shit attempts at getting it in, timewasting substitutions, and then the referee ended the joke with a whistle.

La la la.

Oh well, I suppose AC wanted it more. We're even now.

Gattuso is a dirty bastard.

Boring.

[atari 2600]

Is it customary to spit into the trophy cup?

[Iain]

Originally Posted by nicfit

Ha ha! You would have loved a scene I witnessed a couple days ago on tv, a girl (tv presenter of a funny italian tv show on soccer) went to Liverpool to try and convince some supporters to change their Liverpool's scarf/shirts with milan's ones. She approached a fruit/vegetable stand (at least I think it was...) and asked the owner his opinion on the future match, and he gave her a print of Gerrard's face with "CUNT" written on the forehead, she didn't understand a word and kept showing the print to the camera laughing saying "what does cunt mean?" for like 3 minutes, with the stand owner laughing like crazy in the background.

Ahahahahah....He must have been an Everton fan.

It was a decent game, better than the FA cup final, but not a classic by any means. Liverpool were probably the better side but neither team created masses of chances so it would be a bit of a stretch to say they were hard done by.

[Danny Himself]

I've turned my TV off. Who spat?

[atari 2600]

Inzaghi did.

Yeah, nothing against the talents of the players, but it was a listless match for the most part. I agree that Liverpool had the ball the most, but that's fairly typical of how Milan plays. At least there was excitement near the end though.

[Danny Himself]

That's Milan for ya. The cheeky wanker.

[nicfit]

By the way, it seemed like Liverpool gave up too soon. I was sure about milan's victory when I saw that no one of Liverpool defenders went after the action of inzaghi's second goal, from a team trying to win the cup you'd expect at least a couple guys slidin' adn tryin' to prevent the (sloooooow) ball from rolling across the line...no one was there.

[Danny Himself]

I felt bad for Crouch. He hasn't stopped talking about tonight's game since Liverpool beat Chelsea, and he only got about 15 minutes on the pitch. He had one great shot, but I think if he'd have started earlier on the score may have been different.

Oh, and;

 

 

Kaka and King Malkmus. Separated at birth?

[nicfit]

Yeah, Timmy deserved a better chance, this time Benitez did not make the right choices tonight... Crouch and Kewell should have played from the start, Gerrard was not impressive this time around.

[Danny Himself]

Mascherano and Alonso played better than Gerrard, definitely.

[Hip Priest]

Originally Posted by Danny Himself

I felt bad for Crouch. He hasn't stopped talking about tonight's game since Liverpool beat Chelsea, and he only got about 15 minutes on the pitch. He had one great shot, but I think if he'd have started earlier on the score may have been different.

You may be right, as he can swing games (and he looked to be playing well when he came on, and should have come on instead of Kewell [!?!?]), but Crouch has a tendeny to be inneffective when it really matters.

I wanted Liverpool to win, of course, both because they're the English representatives and because of the whole Milan-scandal thing. But I'm also very happy to see the magnificant Paulo Maldini lift another trophy - he's the best player of my lifetime, and an example to all.

Liverpool should have used their first half dominance to create clear chances, rather than shooting from distance or tight angles. Pennant supposedly played well, and he certainly got forward with the ball, but how many good crosses did he put in? Zero. Riise and Agger were weak links tonight, which is a shame.

AC Milan did the right thing - soak up all the pressure, let the opposition wear themselves out, then take chances when they come (the second goal was taken beautifully). Of course as well as a great defense, Milan have players like Kaka and Inzaghi, so they know that one or two chances will often be enough to create a win. Benitez will be desperate to buy at least one good striker this off-season.


The referee was not impressive, whilst Milan's Genaro Gattuso was most amusing in the traditional foul-a-lot-and-complain-about-everything-role. Come to think of it, that was another thing Liverpool lacked...

[the ikara cult]

That was an enjoyable game, not amazing but worth it.
Milan were really really mediocre from the defence forward, I reckon Liverpool will be kicking themselves when they watch the game back, the match was there for the taking. Alright they were unlucky with the goal but they looked comfortable for almost the whole game, Kaka Pirlo and Seedorf especially did absolutely nothing of note (cept Pirlo's free kick)

[nicfit]

Well, kakà's assist for inzaghi second goal was just delicious, the ikara cult...

[the ikara cult]

yeah but over the course of the match he was stopped by Mascherano and Carragher virtually every time he went forward

[nicfit]

Originally Posted by the ikara cult

yeah but over the course of the match he was stopped by Mascherano and Carragher virtually every time he went forward

ok, but he gained the fault that made milan score the first goal and made the assist for the second goal, looks like a more than decent outcome for a final where he was obviously one of the more -"controlled"- players by the other team, no? btw, I'm still sorry for the reds, but I'm kinda happy for milan actually.

[nicfit]

Originally Posted by Nefeli

oh well, am sorry for the brit fans. thats all. edit:brit boardies-fans.

I'm glad you didn't read all the other posts in this thread