Manchester United v FC Barcelona - Champions league Final

Spud83 · 26-05-2009 4:55pm

Manchester United (Barcelona fan)

Any players at the press conference?

Headshot · 26-05-2009 4:55pm

Manchester United (Barcelona fan)

alanmurphy83 wrote: »

Any players at the press conference?

yap Rio and Ronaldo

Dave! · 26-05-2009 4:55pm

Manchester United (Barcelona fan)

Ronaldo has been practising penos !

That_Guy · 26-05-2009 4:56pm

Davaeo09 wrote: »

What was his exact reply? I bet the old fox covered his comment with some closing statement like "the are both superb regardless of which one is better" :rolleyes:

He basically said they are both good at attacking players and good at controlling the ball etc.

Headshot · 26-05-2009 4:56pm

Manchester United (Barcelona fan)

Davaeo09 wrote: »

What was his exact reply? I bet the old fox covered his comment with some closing statement like "the are both superb regardless of which one is better" :rolleyes:

He said Messi is a great player but Ronaldo is on a different level

That_Guy · 26-05-2009 4:57pm

Headshot wrote: »

He said Messi is a great player but Ronaldo is on a different level

I didn't catch that.

Spud83 · 26-05-2009 4:57pm

Manchester United (Barcelona fan)

LOL. Asking Fergie who is a better player when Ronaldo is sitting beside him. Good job.

Headshot · 26-05-2009 4:57pm

Manchester United (Barcelona fan)

That_Guy wrote: »

I didn't catch that.

what you didnt

very interesting

That_Guy · 26-05-2009 4:58pm

Headshot wrote: »

what you didnt

very interesting

I was pouring my tea so I was a little distracted.

Headshot · 26-05-2009 4:59pm

Manchester United (Barcelona fan)

That_Guy wrote: »

I was pouring my tea so I was a little distracted.

I was joking

Dave! · 26-05-2009 4:59pm

Manchester United (Barcelona fan)

Rafa Benitez asking a question? :eek:

That_Guy · 26-05-2009 4:59pm

SAF: "We're better than Madrid"

That_Guy · 26-05-2009 5:00pm

Headshot wrote: »

I was joking

I wasn't. Tea is not a joke.

Headshot · 26-05-2009 5:00pm

Manchester United (Barcelona fan)

Fergie: we're better than Madrid

well done the fergie get in there

Spud83 · 26-05-2009 5:00pm

Manchester United (Barcelona fan)

Am I the only one around here in work???????

That_Guy · 26-05-2009 5:01pm

Pointless question about Ole

Headshot · 26-05-2009 5:01pm

Manchester United (Barcelona fan)

alanmurphy83 wrote: »

Am I the only one around here in work???????

get back to work

gimmick · 26-05-2009 5:01pm

Manchester United (Neutral)

Work schmwork. This is way more important.

Spud83 · 26-05-2009 5:03pm

Manchester United (Barcelona fan)

Headshot wrote: »

get back to work

LOL, eh no.

gimmick wrote: »

Work schmwork. This is way more important.

I know but I can hardly walk out to say I'm off to watch a press conference.

They weren't too happy when I said I might not be in Thursday as I could be hungover due to the game.

Headshot · 26-05-2009 5:05pm

Manchester United (Barcelona fan)

that was a shocking conference

****ing disgrace

T-b0n3 · 26-05-2009 5:05pm

Manchester United (Barcelona fan)

SSN lost the conference

That_Guy · 26-05-2009 5:05pm

alanmurphy83 wrote: »

They weren't too happy when I said I might not be in Thursday as I could be hungover due to the game.

You actually told them that?? Dear oh dear.

WTF??? They just lost the picture of the press confrence.... apparently.... They just want to take a break. Stupid SSN.

EDIT: It's back.

T-b0n3 · 26-05-2009 5:06pm

Manchester United (Barcelona fan)

Oh and its back again!

What a shambles!

Headshot · 26-05-2009 5:06pm

Manchester United (Barcelona fan)

its back

relief

Headshot · 26-05-2009 5:07pm

Manchester United (Barcelona fan)

pick up the phone

That_Guy · 26-05-2009 5:07pm

"Worst press conference ever"

Headshot · 26-05-2009 5:09pm

Manchester United (Barcelona fan)

Ronaldo saying I dont speak italian in italian

T-b0n3 · 26-05-2009 5:09pm

Manchester United (Barcelona fan)

lol the players have no clue whats going on. Too many different languages going on!

Spud83 · 26-05-2009 5:10pm

Manchester United (Barcelona fan)

That_Guy wrote: »

You actually told them that?? Dear oh dear.

Yes, no point lying about it.

That_Guy · 26-05-2009 5:10pm

I don't even know what the hell is going on.

No wonder Rio is getting confused. He just keeps putting the headphones on halfway through a question.

That_Guy · 26-05-2009 5:11pm

WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED THERE????

Talking about some election??

Headshot · 26-05-2009 5:11pm

Manchester United (Barcelona fan)

the head on Rio

he doesnt have a clue of what they're saying

T-b0n3 · 26-05-2009 5:12pm

Manchester United (Barcelona fan)

That_Guy wrote: »

I don't even know what the hell is going on.

No wonder Rio is getting confused. He just keeps putting the headphones on halfway through a question.

Yea I noticed that too.

Should some one be translating it all for us?! They've been yapping on for agod knows how long know in god only knows what language!

Headshot · 26-05-2009 5:12pm

Manchester United (Barcelona fan)

wtf was that about the jersey

fergie just said about the fella who gave Ronaldo the jersey

"how did he get in" lol

26-05-2009 5:12pm

Manchester United (Barcelona fan)

Press conference is amusing:D

T-b0n3 · 26-05-2009 5:13pm

Manchester United (Barcelona fan)

Headshot wrote: »

wtf was that about the jersey

No idea what so ever :S

That_Guy · 26-05-2009 5:13pm

Headshot wrote: »

wtf was that about the jersey

I'm just as confused as you mate.

Ronaldo just say something about fighting blanks???

Spud83 · 26-05-2009 5:14pm

Manchester United (Barcelona fan)

Ya think you guys are confused. Try reading this thread without seeing the press conference.

Headshot · 26-05-2009 5:14pm

Manchester United (Barcelona fan)

Love fergie's reply to that jersey fella

how did he get in

LMFAO

That_Guy · 26-05-2009 5:15pm

Rio's face is hilarious.

Fcuking SSN

T-b0n3 · 26-05-2009 5:16pm

Manchester United (Barcelona fan)

alanmurphy83 wrote: »

Ya think you guys are confused. Try reading this thread without seeing the press conference.

Yea I can only imagine.

But you didn't really miss much at all!

Paul Tergat · 26-05-2009 5:17pm

That press conference was a joke.

Natalie Sawyer ftw though!

I cannot wait for this game. I have concerns over our central midfield. Anderson always seems to fade after around the first 10 mins of the 2nd half and we cannot afford this tomorrow with Fletch out. I'm still now sure who I'd start, whether its Giggs or Scholes but I fully expect the 'front 3' of Park/Rooney/Ronaldo

Dave! · 26-05-2009 5:17pm

Manchester United (Barcelona fan)

Wow, that was mental.... I'd say if I was up there I wouldn't be able to stop laughing

Shambles

Headshot · 26-05-2009 5:17pm

Manchester United (Barcelona fan)

that was such a funny conference

That_Guy · 26-05-2009 5:17pm

Absolutely atrocious press conference. SSN cut off the last two questions.

They could have been the funniest ones

T-b0n3 · 26-05-2009 5:19pm

Manchester United (Barcelona fan)

And the feedback from the mics were so loud too. Really annoying.

Spud83 · 26-05-2009 5:20pm

Manchester United (Barcelona fan)

So basically Rio is fit, Ronaldo is better that Messi, and Ronaldo got a jersey.

Davaeo09 · 26-05-2009 5:21pm

Don't care (just want the game to be a cracker)

Lol that was so funny with the finger pointing back and forth between rio and Ronaldo

Headshot · 26-05-2009 5:21pm

Manchester United (Barcelona fan)

alanmurphy83 wrote: »

So basically Rio is fit, Ronaldo is better that Messi, and Ronaldo got a jersey.

on the money

SlickRic · 26-05-2009 5:23pm

Don't care (just want the game to be a cracker)

PHB wrote: »

Anderson will be all over Xavi, Xavi isn't the real worry. We have someone who can mark him (of course Xavi could get the better of him but we've still got somebody to try deal with him.

Iniesta is where we're ****ed to be honest. Carrick will have to put in the defensive performance of his life to stop him.

The reason I say Ronaldo can win this gme on his own is because he really will without a doubt get 2 chances. He always does. While Rooney, Berbatov, Henry, Messi, Eto can no doubt influence a game like few players in the world can, Ronaldo just gets into goal creating situations much more than anyone of them, and its almost a certainty in my mind he'll get two decent enough chances to score tomorrow. It's just a question of what Ronaldo shows up.

United have a defence which can stop Barca's attack. We had 2 clean sheets against them last year. Barca's defence is nowhere near that good, with Alves and Abidal out. United imo have a better rounded team, weaker in midfield I'd say due to injuries, but stronger in defence and attack, which is why I think its like 55-45 to United.

xavi and iniesta will run this game, monopolising posession, like last year, like against chelsea, it's just a question of if your defence can nullify Barca's significant attacking threat and not allow the killer through balls and/or neat triangles to slice through you.

if you can, then utd have every chance of hurting Barca severely on the counter.

as Mitch said though, i really think utd need to score first. i'd be fairly confident of a Barca win if they score first, as utd would have to open up. and this season, pretty much every time, an open team against barca results in catastrophe.

but again, it's a coin toss really. there is no favourite in this game for me, which is why it's so damn fascinating.

Manchester United v FC Barcelona - Champions league Final

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