UEFA Cup Final: Zenit v Rangers

Chong

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Goal goal goal goal goooooaaaaaallllllllllllllll

Ya what the heck was that about on the PA system.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

I'm convinced Zenit deserve to win this either.... that one that was headed off the line was a poor attempt and it's the closest they've come...

Spoke too soon!! :D:D

Kevster

Bugger... ...I really wanted Rangers to win this. I don't think they're good enough though.

LuckyLloyd

Willstev wrote: »

Ya what the heck was that about on the PA system.

Game is apparently being played in Manchester, darkest Russia.

Erin Go Brath

Zenit got what their play deserves. Good goal.

PDN

They just showed a shot of Platini on the screen. Doesn't look impressed.

Chong

PDN wrote: »

They just showed a shot of Platini on the screen. Doesn't look impressed.

Rarely does that fella, always looks bleeding miserable.

5ForKeeps

Great goal by Denisov, Arshavin's pass was just pure class...

dc69

Kevster wrote: »

Bugger... ...I really wanted Rangers to win this. I don't think they're good enough though.

why? they dont play nice football and they arent known for their love of Irish people.

Plus if Zenith win,we will get to see some more shots of their fans,many of whom are unbelievably hot birds.

LuckyLloyd

That would have been robbery.

LuckyLloyd

dc69 wrote: »

Plus if Zenith win,we will get to see some more shots of their fans,many of whom are unbelievably hot birds.

this

dc69

Too easy.

Melion

2-0, walked through them again.

Unearthly

Well played Zenit

Chong

Delighted GO ON ZENITH.

LuckyLloyd

Conclusive. Great goal!

admiralofthefleet

ah feck it, there is always champoins league next season, please god

Melion

Now someone get on the phone to Rafa and tell him to check out Arshavin's availability.

DonJose

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes...

mike65

Proof you can't beat the bank.

Some rather tasty Zenith supporters in the corwd.

Mike.

Seaneh

I R Teh Happeh!

Chong

Lol some one is a little happy.

A Dub in Glasgo

2 excellent footballing goals, Zenit deserved that. Rangers deserved nothing

Erin Go Brath

Well done Zenit. Very deserved win.

Melion

DonJose wrote: »

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes...

Who the hell are you?

PauloMN

PauloMN wrote: »

Dangerous words. Whatever happens, Rangers won't be murdered.

My money's on a Rangers win. They've come this far, this is practically a home fixture for them. I can't see any other result.

"Men against boys"... reminds me of when Souness said that once.

Hate to say I told ya so. Zenit are a really good team. Every year the UEFA CUp has 1 or 2 teams who should be not only in the Champions League but pushing into the last 16, last year itt was Sevilla, this year Zenit are one of those teams. Theyll be tough for anyone in the CL next season. Rangers arent one of those teams. Credit to them, they battled hard but they were most definitely second best all throughout the game.

Bounty Hunter

Melion wrote: »

Who the hell are you?

well judging from that last post either a Zenith fan, a celtic fan or... a fan of good football

dc69

I was just thinking.With all the russian bilionaires around and the fact their league must be pretty strong if Zenit are winning the EC.Does anyone reckon we could see a russian domination in a few years?

similar to te premiership teams currently.

mike65

Hopefully the gas will run out before that.

I think the mere idea of playing in Russia and living there will mean they never get enough top-rank players, many of whom are black.

Mike.

dc69

dc69 wrote: »

I was just thinking.With all the russian bilionaires around and the fact their league must be pretty strong if Zenit are winning the EC.Does anyone reckon we could see a russian domination in a few years?

similar to te premiership teams currently.

No solely from the perspective of given a choice of a place to live...where would u rather live England, Spain, France, Germany, Italy or Russia...I know which is bottom of my list.

This isnt a new thing,Dinamo Moscow signed up half the Porto CL team only to find them all leave again due to their being unhappy at the lifestyle (remember how public Maniche was about it)...I believe Athletico Madrid signed most of them!

Dub13

mike65 wrote: »

I think the mere idea of playing in Russia and living there will mean they never get enough top-rank players, many of whom are black.

I would tend to agree,no amount of Oil money can change the weather.

chopperbyrne

Foo Fighters when the trophy was lifted, nice!

KdjaCL

dc69 wrote: »

I was just thinking.With all the russian bilionaires around and the fact their league must be pretty strong if Zenit are winning the EC.Does anyone reckon we could see a russian domination in a few years?

similar to te premiership teams currently.

No cos its not strong, Zenith are 6th they can only really sign south americans as no top european will go there as better leagues elsewhere.

Its the equivelant of the scottish league, even Kievs best team wasnt very good in the end (altho they ukraine and not bankrolled). Cska and zenith are bankrolled and sign top south americans.


kdjac

CountingCrows

Rangers fans have smashed one of the big screens outside the stadium, riot police have been deployed. Pure Scum

Dub13

CountingCrows wrote: »

Rangers fans have smashed one of the big screens outside the stadium, riot police have been deployed. Pure Scum

I think that happened at Half Time when the screen broke.

dc69

KdjaCL wrote: »

No cos its not strong, Zenith are 6th they can only really sign south americans as no top european will go there as better leagues elsewhere.



kdjac

If Zenith are 6th in their league and they just won the EC,it would indeed signal that the russian teams are strong.

I take onboard all the points about weather etc.

jaykay74

Well done Zenit. played decent football for 90 minutes and got what they deserved.

GuanYin

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

... a fan of good football

Harsh but fair.

I really, really wanted to see Zenit win, mainly because I hate negative football and my goodness Rangers were negative. TWO defensive midfielders?Grrrrrrr!

Well done Zenit, great play for the goals.

mike65

That happened earlier it would'nt work so they broke it.

Mike.

mike65

dc69 wrote: »

If Zenith are 6th in their league and they just won the EC,it would indeed signal that the russian teams are strong.

The reason Zenith are 6th is cos they are in the UEFA final (they have played 2 games less of the new season and have pretty much concentrated everything on tonight).

Mike.

A Dub in Glasgo

Dub13 wrote: »

I think that happened at Half Time when the screen broke.

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1049714_chaos_after_screen_fails

LuckyLloyd

CountingCrows wrote: »

Rangers fans have smashed one of the big screens outside the stadium, riot police have been deployed. Pure Scum

oh dear.

CountingCrows

Interesting to see what the Rangers sympathisers on this forum make of the riots...

KdjaCL

PSI wrote: »

I really, really wanted to see Zenit win, mainly because I hate negative football and my goodness Rangers were negative. TWO defensive midfielders?Grrrrrrr!

I do love that old chestnut, altho i love free flowing Tora Tora Tora style football , i would gladly cheer (and have done) a dour backs to the ball anti football win/draw over a better team any day. examples

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCf04VwQxSo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aScCpbhjpBw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nCUrFYXlgA

And i would bet every single fan in the world would too in a game that would win you a trophy. Its horrible but when it matters and you win something do you ever hear fans of the winning team say " we were ****e and should ahve lost"?


youtube links FTW

kdjac

PauloMN

mike65 wrote: »

That happened earlier it would'nt work so they broke it.

Mike.

Good way to resolve the situation. :rolleyes:

Congratulations Zenit, a deserved win. First goal was a long time coming, it seemed they were struggling to cope with Ranger's defensive style, as everyone has in Europe against them. Very slick in midfield - passing the ball about nicely but didn't seem to know what to do in the last third. Good goals in the end though when they eventually saw the gaps.

I've never been as happy to lose money!

Erin Go Brath

A Dub in Glasgo wrote: »

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1049714_chaos_after_screen_fails

The animals at it again eh. Quelle surprise!

mike65

Good to see the Greener contributors to the thread getting on thier high horses.

Mike.

Erin Go Brath

mike65 wrote: »

Good to see the Greener contributors to the thread getting on thier high horses.

Mike.

Happy to oblige.

LuckyLloyd

Did Pats progress from that tie? :rolleyes:

A Dub in Glasgo

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

I know - fvcking ridiculous behaviour

Whataboutery at it's finest