Inter Milan v Manchester United Match Thread 24th Feb 09

robo

Berbatov & Park to come off.
Jaysus they need fresh legs in there! Park just doesn't have the will to execute! Tevez or Rooney will have more fire in them.

LuckyLloyd

Adriano isn't the quickest of course, but man is he strong.

Bubs101

titan18 wrote: »

They should bring on Balotelli, he could get a goal for them

This. Balotelli for Muntari is needed. His pace is a real wildcard and can make **** of players

D.S.

It would be a perfect game for Tevez and one of his late in the day specials...

Bounty Hunter

Balotelli coming on, ill find it interesting to see how good he is ive heard good things and hes still very young for this level

LuckyLloyd

Great block from Cordoba!! Heroic defending! Giggs destroyed Chivu there.

Mikeyt086

If ever a game needed Rooney and Tevez...

cruiserweight

Three up front from Inter, should be an interesting finish

mike65

Berbatov even more languid than usual, Rooney on soon.

Mr. Presentable

Rubbish game to be fair. Neither side looks like European Champions. Three four passes, then you have a go. The ref hasn't helped much either.

Zonda999

Here comes Rooney

D.S.

You have to say... Ibrahimovic has played out of his skin in comparison to Berba who has been v v subdued..

Bounty Hunter

Here comes Rooney but right now i expect Mourinho to have a good result at the end of the 90 unless the game shifts again towards Utd

Dave!

MOTM performance so far by JOSH - yeah seriously! :eek:

Mikeyt086

Chivu looks very ordinary.

D.S.

Jaysus United got aware with it there on the handball and the chance..

LuckyLloyd

Oh dear, that should have been a goal for Inter

Bubs101

D.S. wrote: »

You have to say... Ibrahimovic has played out of his skin in comparison to Berba who has been v v subdued..

That's because he's an infinitely better player

LuckyLloyd

That was an unusually interesting flashed stat:

Park covered 9.99 km; Utd team average is 8.57

D.S.

Bubs101 wrote: »

That's because he's an infinitely better player

Or maybe, on the basis of one game, one played better than the other.

Grand statements like he is an "infinitely" better player than Berba is a wee bit incendiary (he isn't infinitely better by the way )

titan18

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

That was an unusually interesting flashed stat:

Park covered 9.99 km; Utd team average is 8.57

Berbatov drags the whole average down though

LuckyLloyd

The ref has been very poor tonight imo

titan18

D.S. wrote: »

Or maybe, on the basis of one game, one played better than the other.

Grand statements like he is an "infinitely" better player than Berba is a wee bit incendiary (he isn't infinitely better by the way )

He is though, different class

Bubs101

titan18 wrote: »

He is though, different class

He's leagues above him

D.S.

titan18 wrote: »

He is though, different class

On tonights performance, no doubt..

Mr. Presentable

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

The ref has been very poor tonight imo

Looks like he came on the plane from Manchester

Bubs101

D.S. wrote: »

On tonights performance, no doubt..

No in general. Watch both Serie A and Prem and there is no doubt who is better

Jazzy

refs a plonker. thank god hes not had any actual calls to make

Mikeyt086

Great ball by Berbatov. Julio Cesar has rescued Inter on more than one occasion.

jesus_thats_gre

Bubs101 wrote: »

That's because he's an infinitely better player

You are having a ****ing laugh surely?

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

That was an unusually interesting flashed stat:

Park covered 9.99 km; Utd team average is 8.57

Not surprising at all in my opinion. He always runs the socks of himself. That is exactly what he is there for.

Bubs101

jesus_thats_gre wrote: »

You are having a ****ing laugh surely?



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eh no. Do you watch Serie A or are you judging him on the Liverpool games??

leggo

Interesting aside: Van der Sar officially has the world record for most minutes without conceding a goal now.

redout

Come on Ronny..............

Loomis

Huge opportunity missed.

beertons

So close

mike65

Well well well, thats got to go down as an opportunity missed by Utd.

D.S.

What a shame. Good result on balance. But they were there for the taking..

leggo

So we've got to win in OT to advance? A nervous 2nd leg awaits...but sure isn't that the fun of being a United fan?

Mikeyt086

With Vidic back, Inter will not win this tie.

Cambiasso is the only player who i rate for them.

titan18

Probably fair result

Villain

jesus_thats_gre wrote: »

You are having a ****ing laugh surely?

Hold on are you seriously saying Berbatov is better than Ibrahimovic??


Poor game but Cesar did well to keep it 0-0

LuckyLloyd

I think Inter should be relived with 0 - 0. Away goals are king in the Champions League and Utd may yet rue their inability to convert their superiority into at least one goal.

You'd assume Utd will go through, but Inter will know that a goal gives them a real chance...

Headshot

if fergie was braver that game wouldve been there for the taking easily

scholes and Rooney shouldve been brought on at 60mins

jesus_thats_gre

Bubs101 wrote: »

eh no. Do you watch Serie A or are you judging him on the Liverpool games??

I have seen him in about 20 matches I reckon and while there is no doubting that he is a quality player, the plaudits that he gets are drasitically exadurated.

Even if he plays as well as you say, it is in a league that is at an all time low in terms of quality where the team that is leading said league by 9 points are being outplayed at home by an under strenght United team. Considering you mentioned the Liverpool game, it is more of the same by Inter Milan.

Again, he is a very good player but not deserving of the largest salary in profession football.. Far from deserving it actually.

Sorry, I just don't subscribe to anything that you have said about him, Inter of Italian football at the moment on this thread.

ghouldaddy07

Dissapointed utd did not get that result.

D.S.

Villain wrote: »

Hold on are you seriously saying Berbatov is better than Ibrahimovic??

I have a problem with this "infinitely" better...better on the night, no doubt. Better player overall. Probably. But "infinitely" better to suggest a massive gulf in class between two world class strikers???? Yes, I think he is having a laugh..

Bubs101

Ibra surrounded by a bunch of clowns. Gives Adriano a golden chance, same with Balotelli, dominates the second half. J Cesar, Cambiasso,Zlatan ,Cordoba and Santon were so much better than the rest of those fools in black and white. Ref didn't help

jesus_thats_gre

Villain wrote: »

Hold on are you seriously saying Berbatov is better than Ibrahimovic??

Did I say that? Have a look at the quote that I responded too.

PHB

The match was there for the taking. Rooney I think would have made the difference. As always, Fergie is too defensive to take the tie away. But with Vidic back, I think we'd be unlucky to concede at home, but I just don't like these sort of tactical type battles.

Rooney should been on earlier to get the away goal.
Annoyed, but much more hopeful.

Ref pissed me off to be honest, how Stakovic was not booked is beyond me.

redout

John O'Shea finished United's top passer with 85% followed by Fletch on 83%.