Porto (2) V Man United (2) CL Match Thread

That_Guy

Dunphy spot on about United getting back to basics.

"Berbatov made a tackle... Ronaldo made two tackles. Hold the front pages"

Mitch Connor

Headshot wrote: »

if it was a forward id agree with you but its a CB so i can understand him missing it

He is a professional footballer, a couple of yards from goal. NO footballer should miss that.

Bobalicious93

Deleted User wrote: »

Is anyone else getting hacked off by the brutal coverage? Whoever is producing this keeps using terrible camera angles and zooming in on players who are doing nothing while play is going on. It's ridiculous.

It's awful yeah.

I don't know if anyone else was watching it but Cyprus played Bulgaria the day of the Italy-Ireland match and it was on Setanta.
It was the worst camerawork I've ever seen. The ball was probably only on screen about 20% of the time, I wish I was exaggerating.

This is trying its best to match it

redout

No surprise Rio is back and the defence looks good.

Liam O

looking at the Vidic chance again and WTF was Berbatov doing? Just ball watching. :rolleyes:

Headshot

Mitch Connor wrote: »

He is a professional footballer, a couple of yards from goal. NO footballer should miss that.

sniper edit there mitch

lucky fecker

Mitch Connor

Headshot wrote: »

sniper edit there mitch

lucky fecker

i had originally written Vidic is a professional football, but caught it before posting.... thought "oh yeah, Headshot would have been all over that... i would have had to admit to 'doing a Mr Alan'"

hussey

encouraging performance (compared to how we've been playing lately)
Ferd back is making a difference
side just looks more confident

Headshot

Mitch Connor wrote: »

i had originally written Vidic is a professional football, but caught it before posting.... thought "oh yeah, Headshot would have been all over that... i would have had to admit to 'doing a Mr Alan'"

and you said

NO football should miss that.

mada999

think porto are playin muck, not closing utd down and playin the ball through the middle too much....on the other hand utd are closing porto down when the get the ball and look like they'd actually like to be in the semi-finals of the champions league...

Ronaldo playin the Drogba card and is on the ground more often than not...some goal by him though...

Insect Overlord

Jeez, that's some serious rain there.

redout

Waste from "the stroller" player in space screaming for it.

Mitch Connor

Headshot wrote: »

and you said

NO football should miss that.

yep - having caught the first the second same mistake is all the more embarrassing!

That_Guy

Some amount of rain.

Xavi6

Evra havin a shocker

Mitch Connor

Evra should have dealt with that a lot better.

Liam O

Well there's Berbatov's shot for this match :P

Insect Overlord

Screw up by Evra, Porto should not be helped to create their chances like this.

Liam O

mada999 wrote: »

think porto are playin muck, not closing utd down and playin the ball through the middle too much....on the other hand utd are closing porto down when the get the ball and look like they'd actually like to be in the semi-finals of the champions league...

Ronaldo playin the Drogba card and is on the ground more often than not...some goal by him though...

Troll much?

mada999

Liam O wrote: »

Troll much?

sorry that should be man utd..

That_Guy

Wasteful from Hulk.

Liam O

mada999 wrote: »

sorry that should be man utd..

eh what

Insect Overlord

Careful Giggsy!

Dave!

Giggs a bit homophobic there

That_Guy

"The stroller" does it again..... Does what you might ask.... Well nothing.

PHB

Soft free kick there on Ronaldo.

V9

Did Jim just say doggy style in the wake of that tackle on Giggs???

Headshot

Mitch Connor wrote: »

yep - having caught the first the second same mistake is all the more embarrassing!

for now on when me make mistakes we'll say

i did a mr alan

lolz

Insect Overlord

Commentator's right, that was a good chance.

redout

V9 wrote: »

Did Jim just say doggy style in the wake of that tackle on Giggs???

No I think he said "fancy a ride bai"

m@cc@

Liam O wrote: »

Troll much?

These troll accusations are getting out of hand, he had a perfectly valid point, don't be so sensitive.

That_Guy

Porto may rue not scoring that chance.

Xavi6

Liam O wrote: »

Troll much?

Did you miss the earlier warnings? Cut out that crap.

Liam O

'furthest forward John O'Shea has been in the match'

yeah except for those 10 other times he's gotten forward there Darragh

That_Guy

What was Giggs thinking?

Insect Overlord

Jesus, Evra's split open.

Mitch Connor

dangerous position for a free kick.... nervy.

dr.bollocko

Utd playing plenty forward. Too many to try and play a holding game. Looks like they are pushing for the second and Porto are showing signs they can score here.

Liam O

Xavi6 wrote: »

Did you miss the earlier warnings? Cut out that crap.

sorry missed it

Mitch Connor

That_Guy wrote: »

What was Giggs thinking?

VDS should have put his boot through it first time, even out for a throw. shouldn't have taken the touch.

PHB

Need the second, we're nowhere near safe yet in this game.

Insect Overlord

*sigh of relief*

That_Guy

Straight at Van Der Sar.

Liam O

Why not put on Tevez now instead of waiting for the 75th minute? Berbatov is doing nothing.

mada999

meh not sure if it should have been a yellow...was a 50:50 ball really..

roryc

why was Evra booked??

Headshot

time for a sub id say

tevez for berba

Insect Overlord

I know I was praising him earlier, but I'm running out of patience with Berbatov tonight. He can play so much better than this.

beertons

Giggs looks tired. And Berba should be off.

Aidric

Evra booking was definately harsh.