OK Folks! Champions League Final!!!! Barcelona - Manchester United!!

[SKKY]

Poll question: OK Folks! Champions League Final!!!! Barcelona - Manchester United!!

Who will win and by what score? I've got 3-1 Barcelona with goals from Xavi Hernandez (2) and Henry (1). Rooney will get the lone ManU goal.

Poll result (13 votes)
Barcelona	(9 votes, 69%)	Vote
Manchester United	(4 votes, 31%)	Vote

[underpants]

1. UP CELTIC!

Sorry I just learned about that a few weeks ago

I have watched most of the whole tournament

ManU is talented from top to bottom but Barca can score a ton of goals (Messi, Henri, etc.) but I think the difference is going to be Ronaldo-he has clearly been on a mission in the last few games. In the semi he just decided to he was going to score and hit a fantastic shot from 25 meters out or so.

I understand that this is pretty much his swan song at Man U. I read somewhere that he is going back to Carthage (if that is the name) saying his time at Man U and in England was done.

I am no fan of Man U I just think that Ronaldo will win it for the. Tevez is a little devil too.

[redqueen]

4. He wants to play for Real Madrid, I think.

Hopefully he'll finally leave already.

[underpants]

16. Last night he announced he wasn't leaving

http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid={B4CEE8FA-9A4...

it was rumored to be Real Madrid

I read this in a cheap weekly tabloid/advertising mailer we get

[redqueen]

18. The rumors will be flying all summer...

as he goes back and forth between Utd & Real trying to get the most $$$$ he can.

[Pacifist Patriot]

39. Much like the Barry Liverpool drama last summer. I suspect you are correct.

[vadawg]

101. ??????????? UP CELTIC

not sure what you are trying to say here, could be construed as fuck celtic

[redqueen]

2. Barcelona... with an "n".

Apparently the pre-game festivities are quite the sight.

[underpants]

3. At least the Rangers aren't there

you read about the beating death no?

[redqueen]

5. No... wtf?

Fucking bigoted bastards. I hate Scotland's Shame.


Thanks for mentioning it. I found the thread in LBN. Glad there were people around to explain that it's so not about religion.

*sigh*

[underpants]

Huge thread in LBN

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

"Militant Protestant supporters of a Scottish soccer team beat to death a Roman Catholic man in the latest sign of how sports rivalries inspire sectarian bloodshed in Northern Ireland, police and politicians said Monday.

Witnesses said more than 20 Protestant supporters of Glasgow Rangers, many of them wearing the team's blue-and-white jerseys and scarves, drove into a Catholic district of the town of Coleraine after Rangers clinched the Scottish Premier League championship Sunday.

Billy Leonard, a former policeman and politician from the Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein, said several carloads of anti-Catholic extremists came armed with clubs "and literally attacked the first person they came across."

Kevin McDaid, 49, was fatally bludgeoned while his wife, Evelyn, and a 46-year-old Catholic neighbor, Damien Fleming, were both injured. Fleming was reported in critical condition."

[redqueen]

17. I only skimmed the thread.

Read the article though. Wish I could say I was shocked...

[SKKY]

26. OK Spelling Nazi!!!! Fixed!!!! YOU HAPPY????

You're still kinda hot, 'n stuff.

[redqueen]

28. YES!

And awwww... thanks.

Hehehe... gotta love the 'kinda'.

Beats 'for your age' though, right?

[MrCoffee]

6. Barca

[redqueen]

7. GOAL!

Iniesta to Eto'o, and IN! 1-0 Barca!

C'mon Barca! Let's have another!

[underpants]

11. One shot one goal

they really controlled the ball well there. Nice finish. Bad break for the keeper

[Captain Hilts]

8. I hate ManU. No fan of Barcelona either. But I'll watch part of it. nt

[flvegan]

9. Messi's strike goes high. Dammit.

[redqueen]

10. Plenty of time...

[flvegan]

13. Yeah, but I want Barca to bury ManU.

[redqueen]

15. You and me and millions of others.

[Captain Hilts]

20. It's a nice change of pace that you and I are rooting for the same team...

[redqueen]

21. Yes it is.

I was surprised to read that you don't like Barca though... who do you like in La Liga?

[Captain Hilts]

22. Naw...Barcelona is almost as bad as Real Madrid and AC Milan in ego.

United, you and I could conquer the world!

[redqueen]

23. Yes... but not quite as bad...

and they have Henry. <3

[Captain Hilts]

25. True. Red Queen and Capt. Hilts United. nt

[redqueen]

29. :)

[Pacifist Patriot]

105. May I answer the question?

I tend to carry the self-loathing fan gene with me wherever I go (see avatar). I like Malaga in La Liga. Relegated in 2006 but they're back and in 8th. The teams I like tend to hover between 6-12 in the standings.

[MrCoffee]

12. Can a free kick be "well-struck but high and wide", all at the same time?

I would think being both high and wide would preclude it from being "well-struck".

Yeah, I'm calling out Caroline Cheese.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8068355...

[redqueen]

14. I think so, yes.

Poorly struck, to me, would mean weak... with no power behind it. That's just how I read it though... I consider myself still a newbie to this sport.

[underpants]

19. Football commentary is full of that sort of thing I have observed

in the little bit that I watch

When you don't have a lot of goals and continuous play you have to say something and with so few goals they can't demand absolutes.

[Captain Hilts]

27. Yes, style counts in soccer whether it's kicking or hair...

El Pibe!

[redqueen]

34. Hahahah

I love footballers' hairstyles... especially Fellaini.

[Pacifist Patriot]

48. Brilliant and absolutely true.

Wish I could find a picture of that South American playing for one of the Moscow clubs.

[redqueen]

24. Who will come off to make room for Tevez?

[SKKY]

30. I dont' know, but neither Park nor Giggs have provided anything...

...positive. Everything is coming through Rooney and Ronaldo, which BarceloNa is shutting down with relative ease.

[underpants]

31. Park did that flip

that was cool

I think Park will come off

Tevez should be starting IMHO he is a good energetic player

[redqueen]

32. I read that someone saw Giggs taking off the captain's armband...

so maybe he won't be in the second half.

[SKKY]

38. Scholes in for Anderson would be a change I'd make...

...at this point, you need someone who has been there before and can control play. Barcelona is basically walking the park.

[redqueen]

43. Yeah...

I expected Scholes would start but I guess Fergie had other plans.

[flvegan]

36. Pull Rooney.

Nobody wants to look at his fathead anyway.

Teves is ending his time with ManU, I believe as is.

[redqueen]

40. Aw, I like Shrek...

he's a good player... but yeah he doesn't seem to be able to do much this game.

[flvegan]

42. Well, they just showed Tevez on the pitch but so was Rooney.

[underpants]

53. Shrek

Oh that is too funny

He is definitely English

[redqueen]

65. Hehe... yep. These are sorta popular.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/62/181328467_7728abf6df....

[underpants]

78. I had never caught that

too funny

[SKKY]

33. They just showed a cut-away of Tony Parker and Eva Longoria...

...he was wearing a Barcelona kit and watching the match intently. She was reading a magazine and looked so very bored.

[underpants]

59. REally?

I missed that

[SKKY]

86. Well, I'm watching in here in Spain...

...so they're probably showing different shots than what you're getting.

[Pacifist Patriot]

35. BARCA!

I have my reasons.

1. ManU already topped the Premier League for the season and won the Champions League Final last year.
2. My first love was in Spain. I have a soft spot for anything Spanish as a consequence. *sigh*

[ceile]

37. I frickin' hate ManU n/t

[Pacifist Patriot]

41. Then it's probably safe to say I love you.

I detest ManU. I'd hate Liverpool except I'm married to one of their idiotic fans.

[flvegan]

44. Like the rest of the proper free world.

[Pacifist Patriot]

46. Hmmphf....

Knew there was something I liked about you too.

[Captain Hilts]

45. Get in line!

[redqueen]

47. Hehehe... they have two votes on this poll...

but the fans who voted for them are strangely silent.

Speak up, Utd fans! We will commiserate with you. (Not really.)

[flvegan]

49. Messi!! GOOOOOAL!!!!

[underpants]

50. Side of his head

the captain made the play possible

SHABBY!!!!!!

[MrCoffee]

51. Best footballer in the world

Anyone who says Steven Gerrard is high.

[redqueen]

54. Hear fucking hear.

[Pacifist Patriot]

55. As sick as it is, even my Reds fan husband thinks...

Ronaldo is the best footballer in the world. WTF? Rich, talented and good looking yes. The Best? Nah, too many contenders for that. Yeah, I like Messi.

[MrCoffee]

57. You're married to redqueen?

Huh.

[Pacifist Patriot]

60. Oh I should be so lucky.

Nope, I've got a mixed marriage.

DUer and non-DUer
Villa and Liverpool

[redqueen]

71. Aw.

You must have me confused with someone nice.

[Pacifist Patriot]

It's the red head thing.

[redqueen]

80. OMG!

What a fantastic picture!

Gorgeous setting... and gorgeous redhead.

[redqueen]

66. I WILL SMACK YOU!

[Pacifist Patriot]

70. The thought of being married to me that horrifying?

[redqueen]

76. Hahahaha...

MrC likes to tease me with that Ronaldo shit... he knows it will get under my skin every single time.

[underpants]

56. Gerrard?

he is interchangeable with whatshisname for Chelsea

they would be utility infielders in baseball.

Messi is the best right now (my window is mostly Euro football)
Ronaldo is good

My favorite..... DROGBA!!!!!!!

[redqueen]

67. Gerrard > Drogba the diving ****.

Just MHO of course.

[Rambis]

94. Best footballer in England

[flvegan]

61. Undeniable truth there

[Rambis]

95. Stevie G is a god!

[redqueen]

52. YES!

Now one more for Henry... please please please... oh, that'd make my week.

[Pacifist Patriot]

58. Swweeeettt!

I do so love to see ManU in a deficit position.

[SKKY]

81. Absolutely spectacular goal!!!

Mistimed it, adjusted, hit it falling back. sublime!

[redqueen]

82. Can't wait to see that tonight.

And finally, Henry gets a CL win. He deserves it.

[SKKY]

85. They showed him sitting at the end of the field, by himself...

...he looked absolutely spent.

[MrCoffee]

62. Outstanding snark from the BBC

"There's only one winner in the Ronaldo-Messi battle so far. And he's not Portuguese and fond of hair gel."

[Pacifist Patriot]

64. ROTFL!

[redqueen]

68. How can you not love Caroline Cheese?

[MrCoffee]

69. I adore her, and it's all thanks to you.

You opened my eyes to her particular brand of genius.

[redqueen]

77. My pleasure sharing the greatness...

glad you like.

[Pacifist Patriot]

63. Ow! Thanks for catching up ref.

[redqueen]

72. Ten years ago Utd came back from a deficit to win it.

They don't seem up to that task today, thank goodness.

[underpants]

73. ********FULL TIME************* Barca 2 Man U 0

[Pacifist Patriot]

74. Blew my prediction of Barca 3 ManU 1, but got the GD right.

[SKKY]

79. That's what I had as well...

[flvegan]

75. As it should be.

[SKKY]

83. My final analysis...

...Possession was only 53-47 in favor of Barcelona. It seemed much more than that.

1. Sir Alex was flat out coached by Guardiola today. His team was not prepared, and had no answer
what-so-ever for Barcelona.
2. Xavi and Iniesta are, by orders of magnitude, the best midfield tandem in the world.
3. Gerald Pique was absolutely COLOSSAL for Barcelona in defense. Easily his best performance to date.
4. Rooney was even less a factor in the 2nd half than in the first- hard to believe.
5. Where was Man United's midfield today? Did they miss the flight?

[Pacifist Patriot]

87. Definitely agree and will add another anomaly.

ManU looked like they had a good solid defensive line. I saw a block of white back there covering their goal, but it just wasn't enough. Where the hell was their midfield? Not that I really miss them, mind you.

[flvegan]

88. I'll add one thing: did Ronaldo turn into uber-douche during the last half?

He's a nice cross between idiot and asshole, but looked like a spoiled 12 year old that, if he was going to lose, he was going to hurt someone doing it.

Did anyone see the final shots on goal numbers?

[SKKY]

91. Shots on Goal favored Barcelona 7-2 or 8-2, depending on the outlet....

...BBC had it 8-2. www.as.com and www.marca.es both have it 7-2.

[Rambis]

96. The hair jelled one does not track back

this man does

[underpants]

89. +

Ronaldo tried to win the game himself in the first 10 minutes. Man never got any offense going because of it and when Barca scored they had to start from scratch.

The Barca captain (name?) played a great game-he set up the second goal. Henry was as ineffective as Rooney was.

Messi was Messi.

[redqueen]

90. Puyol (nt)

[SKKY]

93. Barcelona Captain was Puyol, who also played a fantastic game...

...Xavi set up the 2nd goal.

[KamaAina]

84. Today we are all Barca supporters!!

[KamaAina]

100. Come to think of it, those of us on this forum would be Barca Loungers

and yes, I know it's pronounced with an s-sound, as though it had a cedilla under the 'c'.

edit: header (not Messi's!)

[Rambis]

92. Want Barca to win

United are a bunch of see ya next tuesdays! I wish it was a full Barca squad but yellow cards have thinned their ranks.

[MrCoffee]

97. Messi's header on youtube (Hurry, before it goes bye-bye)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AZmIypM2vs

Magnificent.

[SKKY]

98. No human can do that...

...it's simply not possible.

[redqueen]

99. Fucking brilliant.

Just beautiful.

[jakefrep]

102. BOOOOOOO!!!! HISSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!

That is all.

[Rambis]

103. Congratulations to Barca!

made united look like chickens with no heads-

[redqueen]

104. Yes, Utd really were shite.

I don't blame you or any of their fans for booing that poor excuse for a performance.