Copa Libertadores - River Plate vs Boca

RicketyCricket

Game suspended it seems.

Rossi IRL

**** sake

Surrounded in junk food and drink ready to watch a war

giveitholly

Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »

Now's it's men's.

To make things worse, Mrs Mr.crinklewood thinks this is the reason I'm staying up

Now you can get an early night with Mrs Mr.crinklewood....!!😂

Headshot

damn I was really looking forward to it

s3rtvdbwfj81ch

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Has there ever been a major football final that had such a farcical build-up?

WC Final 1998 and the whole Ronaldo situation maybe

RobbingBandit

Like something out of Dream Team.

I remember a crazy Italian match Lazio Roma derby talk of a little girl being killed during pre game scuffles 2004 I think got the game called off, bonkers stuff.

p1akuw47h5r3it

Complete Shambles!

Guy:Incognito

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Has there ever been a major football final that had such a farcical build-up?

At least once a season on Dream team.

These South American pansies need a stadium fire and an on field assassination to even register

Laois_Man

This is the best footage of the actual bus attack

Richard Hillman

This is why we can't have nice things in football.

niallo27

Laois_Man wrote: »

This is the best footage of the actual bus attack

Looks harmless enough.

namloc1980

niallo27 wrote: »

Looks harmless enough.

Harmless enough apart from the windows of the bus getting smashed in you mean.

niallo27

namloc1980 wrote: »

Harmless enough apart from the windows of the bus getting smashed in you mean.

I'm sure there are worse videos of what happened.

Richard Hillman

Strapping flares to a young girl to sneak into the stadium. Disgusting.


https://twitter.com/FotMob/status/1066427875518308353?s=19

TFBubendorfer

niallo27 wrote: »

Looks harmless enough.

Really? One of their players had to go into hospital due to glass splinters damaging his eye and you think it's all some harmless piece of fun?

Bret Hart

Boca wanting the match suspended.

gzoladz

Postponed again.

Kevin Finnerty

gzoladz wrote: »

Postponed again.

Why so?
Was looking forward to this.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Kevin Finnerty wrote: »

Why so?
Was looking forward to this.

Boca players not fully recovered form last night, apparently.

p1akuw47h5r3it

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

Boca players not fully recovered form last night, apparently.

I think they are having people on with that tbh. I can understand them not wanting to play yesterday, but I feel they are holding out for the game to be played at a neutral venue, or better still have Boca thrown out and the cup given to them.

s3rtvdbwfj81ch

DanDan6592 wrote: »

I think they are having people on with that tbh. I can understand them not wanting to play yesterday, but I feel they are holding out for the game to be played at a neutral venue, or better still have Boca thrown out and the cup given to them.

veteran of being teargassed are you?

p1akuw47h5r3it

Bobby Crooked Urination wrote: »

veteran of being teargassed are you?

Yes I've been tear gassed as part of my job actually. Doesn't take more than 24 hours to recover from.

s3rtvdbwfj81ch

DanDan6592 wrote: »

Yes I've been tear gassed as part of my job actually. Doesn't take more than 24 hours to recover from.

p1akuw47h5r3it

Bobby Crooked Urination wrote: »

I'm in the military it's part of training.

Mr.Nice Guy

Would have loved it to be played tomorrow as there's no great matches on. Guessing it will be put back to next week.

p1akuw47h5r3it

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Would have loved it to be played tomorrow as there's no great matches on. Guessing it will be put back to next week.

I read that there is going to be a meeting to decide when it'll be played on Tuesday (think it was in the Guardian). So it'll be Wednesday very earliest but more likely next Weekend.

TheCitizen

DanDan6592 wrote: »

I think they are having people on with that tbh. I can understand them not wanting to play yesterday, but I feel they are holding out for the game to be played at a neutral venue, or better still have Boca thrown out and the cup given to them.

Their bus was attacked, they're not having anyone on. If River Plate fans lose the opportunity for their team to have a home leg it's entirely their fault.

Did that military training knock any common sense out of your head?

Weepsie

Boca were thrown out a few years ago for their fans attacking River players. That was I'm the stadium tunnel however so it's a little different.

Even if it had been similar, CONMEBOL flip flop on the rules constantly and discipline teams differently depending on their mood it seems

p1akuw47h5r3it

TheCitizen wrote: »

Their bus was attacked, they're not having anyone on. If River Plate fans lose the opportunity for their team to have a home leg it's entirely their fault.

Did that military training knock any common sense out of your head?

I don't disagree that it's River Plates fans' fault. I'm just saying the excuse that they have not recovered from inhaling CS gas is unlikely. A few years ago when the reverse happened the game was awarded to River Plate, hence why I think they are hoping for the same.

Weepsie

DanDan6592 wrote: »

I'm in the military it's part of training.

They are not in the military, it's not part of their training.

The effect of it on an elite athlete is probably not insignificant. You might have recovered, but you might not have recovered to be able to constantly sprint for 90 mins etc

p1akuw47h5r3it

Weepsie wrote: »

They are not in the military, it's not part of their training.

Did I say it was?

TheCitizen

DanDan6592 wrote: »

I don't disagree that it's River Plates fans' fault. I'm just saying the excuse that they have not recovered from inhaling CS gas is unlikely. A few years ago when the reverse happened the game was awarded to River Plate, hence why I think they are hoping for the same.

It's not an excuse that they were attacked and that they fear they may be attacked again. It's not an excuse that their preparation has been fúcked up entirely by River fans.

irelandrover

Ive been tear gassed before. I was probably recovered after 24 hours. I wouldnt have thought i was ready to play a final at that point however.

TheCitizen

DanDan6592 wrote: »

Did I say it was?

You edited out the other part of that posters point to you. Why do some posters insist on doing that? It's an entirely disingenuous way of interacting on here.

p1akuw47h5r3it

TheCitizen wrote: »

You edited out the other part of that posters point to you. Why do some posters insist on doing that? It's an entirely disingenuous way of interacting on here.

No I didn't that was edited in after I responded.

OldMrBrennan83

TheCitizen wrote: »

You edited out the other part of that posters point to you. Why do some posters insist on doing that? It's an entirely disingenuous way of interacting on here.

In fairness I think the rest was edited in after the reply was quoted. Was definitely originally only the quoted part.

p1akuw47h5r3it

irelandrover wrote: »

Ive been tear gassed before. I was probably recovered after 24 hours. I wouldnt have thought i was ready to play a final at that point however.

Fair enough. I feel I would, I' probably still hold out for a neutral venue however. Wouldn't sit well with me if I had to play in front of the people who attacked my bus.

Weepsie

TheCitizen wrote: »

You edited out the other part of that posters point to you. Why do some posters insist on doing that? It's an entirely disingenuous way of interacting on here.

In fairness, I added that after, probably as they were replying

TheCitizen

DanDan6592 wrote: »

No I didn't that was edited in after I responded.

Right. Address the rest of that post so.

p1akuw47h5r3it

TheCitizen wrote: »

Right. Address the rest of the post so.

Only after you apologize

DanDan6592

DanDan6592 wrote: »

I'm in the military it's part of training.

Same as the footballers then..

TheCitizen

DanDan6592 wrote: »

Only after you apologize

Address 141 so.

p1akuw47h5r3it

TheCitizen wrote: »

Address 141 so.

You obviously can't read, or haven't bothered.

p1akuw47h5r3it

sugarman wrote: »

Was teargassed in a fairly compact bar in Warsaw before a match a few years ago, now it might have been the alcohol but I sat there wondering why it emptied out so quick as I was supping on a pint almost on my own until it proper hit me!

Was grand but I certainly felt it for a few hours the next day.

Supposedly some people are unaffected by it. The lucky few!

p1akuw47h5r3it

RoboKlopp wrote: »

Same as the footballers then..

The aim of being tear gassed in training is to give you a first hand account of the affects of it, probably so if you are ever equipped with it you don't just use it willy nilly. It is not to make you more immune to it's affects.

TheCitizen

DanDan6592 wrote: »

You obviously can't read, or haven't bothered.

DanDan6592 wrote: »

Fair enough. I feel I would, I' probably still hold out for a neutral venue however. Wouldn't sit well with me if I had to play in front of the people who attacked my bus.

Ah yes I see it now. As bot42 said originally;

TheCitizen

DanDan6592 wrote: »

Supposedly some people are unaffected by it. The lucky few!

And you're one of them:pac: DanDan the military man

TheCitizen

DanDan6592 wrote: »

I wasn't unaffected by it. The affects don't last 24 hours is what I am saying. Clearly not only can you not read but you can't interpret simple points. Don't worry though, there is nothing wrong with being special needs.

:pac: Aye ok Officer Mitty

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

DanDan6592 wrote: »

I wasn't unaffected by it. The affects don't last 24 hours is what I am saying. Clearly not only can you not read but you can't interpret simple points. Don't worry though, there is nothing wrong with being special needs.

I see the military didn't teach you basic civility.

p1akuw47h5r3it

TheCitizen wrote: »

Their bus was attacked, they're not having anyone on. If River Plate fans lose the opportunity for their team to have a home leg it's entirely their fault.

Did that military training knock any common sense out of your head?

TheCitizen wrote: »

Right. Address the rest of that post so.

TheCitizen wrote: »

Address 141 so.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

I see the military didn't teach you basic civility.

All I did was respond in kind to a hostile poster. Others who disagreed with what I said responded in a non-hostile way so I did likewise.