Anyone who says that has a fundamental lack of understanding of the game. Mourinho will have sent his team out today thinking that the minimum acceptable result is a 1-0 defeat and they "achieved" that.
Yes there is, but to play football you need to have the ball at your feet at some point. There was only one team playing the game and that was not Inter. And if you think playing 6 central defenders and playing Eto and Milito as full backs is an art, then I cannot argue with you.
If Mourinho is to be believed they've been pulling a number of stunts over the past few days....calm down you big grinch. Anyone who likes Mourinho is suddenly a closet inter fan?...Oh do feck off.
btw, Barca turning the sprinklers on was one of the least classy things I've ever seen....pathetic. I'm glad they got fecked over just for that..
Well thats an incredibly stupid choice then isnt it.
Of course they are not. C. Ronaldo is the best "club" everI'm just glad the whole wankfest that started from one refereeing disaster (Ovebro) seems to end despite another one tonight.
Best club side ever? You're having a laugh...
They're certainly coming across that way.
btw, Barca turning the sprinklers on was one of the least classy things I've ever seen....pathetic. I'm glad they got fecked over just for that..
You're being a snob - are you an Arsenal or Barca fan by any chance.
United 06-09 (which Ronaldo was a part of) have better claims than the current Barca side.
Well, if you're a soft twat, then I suppose that you may have been inclined to think that maybe it could have been a yellow. Even that would have been harsh. There was no violent intent from Motta. Anyone who has played football will have put their arm out like that to keep their man at arm's length.
You don't have to laud Mourinho - I'll admit that can be a little galling. But don't detract from the performance of the players.
Thats a fairly fair point...but something's clearly got your goat about it beyond that....But then again I love Mourinho, so we'll always be coming at it from different opinions. Tonight was all about their back 10 more than it was Mourinho.
Closet Inter fans?
Yeah good point. A lot of possession for possession's sake tonight - which is totally pointless.
Wtf are you on about? That was a yellow card foul, and that would have been his second yellow so he was anyways getting sent off.
To be honest, I don't really know what to say.
Firstly if you know how a human runs, he does not need to keep his hand this high except if he was trying to fend off some one. Motta raised his hand and however soft it maybe once you raise your hand and hit the opponent its a foul, it hit Busquets on his neck or lower face. I agree Busquets made a meal off it, but that was a definite yellow. I have seen that given before and will continue seeing. That said, how would you defend the Bojan goal that was disallowed. Please I would really like to know.
Conveniently ignoring the offside Pique goal...
not at all
That it was a handball?....It was a very harsh handball, but it was still a handball.
Motta wasn't really running though. If you see it again, they were jockeying for position. Motta near the line, with Sergi Busquets behind him. We're not going to agree on this - if we're giving bookings for that, then the game is soft. Sorry.
Nah - ITV have shown it with one of their gizmos. It was onside.
Sorry I thought Pique was offside as well, but when ITV did the post match analysis they clearly showed some Inter defender at the far corner of the box had kept him onside and the linesman had a clear view of it and he made the right decision. And if we are dissecting each and every detail, what about Milito's offside goal, and maybe you will say Milito was given offside when he was onside in the early parts of the first leg. Then I would like to add late in the first leg there was a definite man handling of Pique in the box which IMO was a penalty.
The side that went through deserved to go through.
Thank you. On the Motta incident we have to agree to disagree. I know Inter won't care about the red card now anyways so why should we. I am really happy for Inter, and Mourinho and hope they win the cup now.
That is your opinion and I respect it.
You put your hand in your opponent's face and the least you'll get is a yellow card. Its not about being soft, its about not doing anything stupid and needless. It was at the very least a yellow. We didnt need the classless motions Busquets gave us because it was quite concrete without his rubbish. But the red was thoroughly well deserved whether there was a second flash of yellow right before the red or not.
That's your opinion - fair enough. There's not really a great deal more mileage in the debate.
Yes that is my opinion exactly. It was a definite yellow and Busquets clearly over reacted. But nonetheless definite yellow. You smack your opponent with your hand irrespective of the degree of harshness the action itself warrants a yellow.
Was it a "smack" though - really?
Good lord Pogue.
Yes when your hand swings and the back of your palm hits a player on or near the face is called a smack.
All well and good - but what were Inter's options this evening? Especially after the red card?
Same here.
Glad I couldn't hear the commentators at the pub. Barca were terrible, it was like watching Arsenal. Except with more cheating.
Exactly. Mourinho more or less copied SAF's tactics. But that doesn't fit with the myth of JM being a tactical genius and SAF being tactically weak.
There was no sudden, violent swing back, or anything like that. It was an extremely sedate backward movement of the arm. In no way did it constitute a smack.
Thank feck someone is backing me on this point.
Fortunately for me I enjoy pussy.
