Juventus v Barcelona, UCL Final, 6th June k/o 7.45pm - See mod warning in OP

Tomagotchye

Juve have steadied the ship nicely after that disaster start. Morata and Tevez dont strike fear into you as a defender though

NIMAN

Real Madrid must be kicking themselves not to be here tonight.

Turtyturd

A player putting their hands up in air during a tackle is a definite sign they have done something.

Tomagotchye

Tomagotchye wrote: »

Juve have steadied the ship nicely after that disaster start. Morata and Tevez dont strike fear into you as a defender though

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Tevez definitely would. Not getting much ball tonight

Mars Bar

Well Vidal made it to half time without getting sent off. Impressive

Cienciano

Fúcking hell, imagine being a defender in the box and messi is running at you. Scary stuff

Turtyturd

NIMAN wrote: »

Real Madrid must be kicking themselves not to be here tonight.

So are the other 29 teams.

gandalf

NIMAN wrote: »

Pogba worth £50mill.
Sterling worth £50mill.

Worlds gone mad.

Yep no way Sterling is worth the same as Pogba!

machiavellianme

Tomagotchye wrote: »

Juve have steadied the ship nicely after that disaster start. Morata and Tevez dont strike fear into you as a defender though

That's OK tho. Barca don't have many defenders

NIMAN

Turtyturd wrote: »

So are the other 29 teams.

No way they should have been beat by Juve, thats what I'm hinting at.

Turtyturd

Think Messi was waiting for the contact from Pogba to go down for a peno.

brevity

Its a great game and could still go either way. Suarez is kinda being marked out of it but once he got some space and time he had two good efforts.

Absorbing.

NIMAN

NIMAN wrote: »

No way they should have been beat by Juve, thats what I'm hinting at.

Yes they should. Fully deserved

Andersonisgod

Barcelona start the half like the champions they truly are and strike fear into the heart of the 11 Bianconeri players and then at the end of the half Messi springs to life, swerving, feinting, a demonic dance that has seduced every football fan the world over for a decade, he is terrifying.

Excellent half, we need 1 more goal and history is ours.

Vicxas

Could do with a different ref. Ruining the flow of the match

marklazarcovic

only 1 goal in it which is pretty good if your a juve fan after that half

Peist2007

NIMAN wrote: »

No way they should have been beat by Juve, thats what I'm hinting at.

Only if you judge football by whats on paper. Juve are an extremely solid team and Real are not. Real's lack of solidity was always going to be exposed with Bale not firing and Modric out. Juve were by far the better team over two legs. There's also the fact that tonight would have been a bad tempered niggly foul-fest if Madrid were playing.

Turtyturd

NIMAN wrote: »

No way they should have been beat by Juve, thats what I'm hinting at.

Madrid deserve to be there as much as those other teams, that's what I'm hinting at.

Peist2007

Andersonisgod wrote: »

Barcelona start the half like the champions they truly are and strike fear into the heart of the 11 Bianconeri players and then at the end of the half Messi springs to life, swerving, feinting, a demonic dance that has seduced every football fan the world over for a decade, he is terrifying.

Excellent half, we need 1 more goal and history is ours.

While excellent, i think this Barca team are very prone to completely falling asleep. There have been signs of it in the first half here.

Whatsisname

Andersonisgod wrote: »

Barcelona start the half like the champions they truly are and strike fear into the heart of the 11 Bianconeri players and then at the end of the half Messi springs to life, swerving, feinting, a demonic dance that has seduced every football fan the world over for a decade, he is terrifying.

Excellent half, we need 1 more goal and history is ours.

callaway92

As comfortable a 1-0 as it gets really.

This could get ugly. Another 2 goals for Barca I'd say. Juve may get 1.

Cienciano

rarnes1 wrote: »

Yes they should. Fully deserved

I disagree. Games were close enough, considering Real Madrids team cost 4 times what Juve's cost, Juve definitely deserved to go through

Paully D

murpho999 wrote: »

Surprised how quiet this thread is? Do people only care or watch this when English clubs play?

Probably not as sad as us lot being in on a Saturday night watching it :pac:

Tomagotchye

Vicxas wrote: »

Could do with a different ref. Ruining the flow of the match

But not the players with their stupid, petty fouls?

bradlente

Surprised Juve are still in this as well,hard to see them getting back into it,they look as likely to lose a goal to a stupid mistake as they do to a bit of genius.Both the midfield engines a wrong foot away from ending the game early.Barce have another gear in them too.

Andersonisgod

Peist2007 wrote: »

While excellent, i think this Barca team are very prone to completely falling asleep. There have been signs of it in the first half here.

Potentially but I'd argue that the front 3 showed signs of springing into life, they're just starting to purr.

nullzero

Andersonisgod wrote: »

Barcelona start the half like the champions they truly are and strike fear into the heart of the 11 Bianconeri players and then at the end of the half Messi springs to life, swerving, feinting, a demonic dance that has seduced every football fan the world over for a decade, he is terrifying.

Excellent half, we need 1 more goal and history is ours.

"I didn't realise that you wrote poetry... I didn't realise you wrote such bloody awful poetry".

marklazarcovic

play around the midfield and make pogba or vidal dive in and get the second yellow would be my tactics now tbh

bradlente

The itv presenter is getting way too excited about that escalator.

GreNoLi

Gilesy pining for Xavi.

Talib Fiasco

marklazarcovic wrote: »

play around the midfield and make pogba or vidal dive in and get the second yellow would be my tactics now tbh

Or you know keep playing the same way and win the match?

sky88

Think juve need to bring pirlo off he's been a passenger tonight

LiamoSail

Did Messi just spit on the escalator?

I dont care how good he is, that's just wrong

efb

sky88 wrote: »

Think juve need to bring pirlo off he's been a passenger tonight

???

Peist2007

Andersonisgod wrote: »

Potentially but I'd argue that the front 3 showed signs of springing into life, they're just starting to purr.

I thought their chances were spread pretty evenly throughout the half. Barca need a second before they take their next snooze

Talib Fiasco

sky88 wrote: »

Think juve need to bring pirlo off he's been a passenger tonight

Certainly been the poorest of the midfielders. Not getting involved enough at all

RoryMac

Wasted chance by barca, not clever enough to use the extra men. Good stop by Buffon though

efb

Pique must have taken all of Shakira's hairspray! Such volume!!!

efb

Talib Fiasco wrote: »

Certainly been the poorest of the midfielders. Not getting involved enough at all

I would despute that, all of Juve's best chances came through him

marklazarcovic

Talib Fiasco wrote: »

Or you know keep playing the same way and win the match?

could make it easier my way

NIMAN

Talib Fiasco wrote: »

Certainly been the poorest of the midfielders. Not getting involved enough at all

He's 53, give him a break

eternal

Buffon is man of the match so far.

Mars Bar

That would have been an unreal goal

Say Your Number

Lovely move, deserved a goal

Andersonisgod

MSN's communication is telepathic.

ConstantJoe

eternal wrote: »

Buffon is man of the match so far.

No question about it.

gebbel

Champagne stuff from the deadly trio.

greendom

Barca moving into 5th gear

bad2dabone

Breathtaking

Mars Bar

How did Messi not want to turn and give Bonucci a slap there? At least Messi kept going. I love Ronaldo but he'd have stopped and had a strop to the ref whilst giving up possession if that happened to him.