whats with the pessimism? i hate that. please dont say that we'll probably be out tomorrow. bad bad words.

@ripado...how can we possibly say we'll reach the semis tomorrow, and be honest with ourselves...a different season maybe, but this season, we have been really poor. Relatively speaking of course.

Completely agreed. Look on the bright-side!

Their keeper was superb, chances of Khan playing like Rensing did? Very slim.

yes, but we're in good form now. you know we deserved to win the first leg.

we're called supporters to be supportive of the team, we always should think positively.

I think it's realism however I'm still hoping and hoping!

Who would have predicted Manchester United to completely walk over and make fools out of Roma, anything can happen, it's football.

How so ?? Actually Kahn will be looking for revenge. What S7 and Pippo did to him last season, they totally owned him. I think he'll have a good game tomorrow.

Why are some fan pessimistic ? Because we drew a tie where we could have won, but that was on our turf .. Away ?? I don't know, had we won the first leg, I would have been along with many others VERY optimistic

oh..don't get us wrong...we all hope we'll win...but at least this way in a season of heartbreaks...it will be one we expected.

so now you expect us to lose? damn.

Few reports of crowd trouble from earlier and some sources are claiming a bit more now. Typical ROMA fans.

Even though I'm a firm believer that this season our problem have been far more deeper then the fact that we lost Sheva, it connot be ignored that we miss him, even though we have now improved a lot mainly because we brought in a guy that is at the same level as he is.

And it's really killing me seeing him help Chelsea probably win the CL this season.


No I don't agree with you there. Roma had a really good chance of going through, they took out Lyon from the competition, which imo was probably the toughest side in the whole competition.

You could see that they had just totally caved in under the pressure, this mainly comes from inexperiance and also, as you pointed out, the fact that their coach doesn't come close to what Furgusen has achieved and all the experiance he has.

Roma came out with the wrong mentality and after conceeding their first goal they seemingly bowed down and let Utd have their way with them.



Not pessimism, just realism. If you think we can go to Munic and win then good for you, I admire your optimism but this season's Milan hasn't won ONE SINGLE game against a decent team, what makes you think they will do it tomorrow in Munic?

oh well, good night everyone. (good morning actually its 5am here)

im off to bed and i know WE WILL WIN AND GO THROUGH tomorrow.

Haha, time differences are mad.

Nice to see the optimism by the way.

no comment on tomorrow's match, just wait and see

We're in good form in the league, mainly because of Ronaldo and Gila building a good partnership with eachother. And most imporatantly because of Ronaldo who has helped us in so many ways since he came.

But the CL is a totally different thing. If Kaka has an off night then we have no chance, period.



I sure didn't

Chelsea gave me a bit of hope that we could somehow overturn the first leg result but then I remembered that they have Sheva and we don't.

No Roma didn't bow down, Roma were caught in every move they tried. SAF's tactics totally dominated that of Spaletti. (After Man U scored the first goal, Roma's inexperience showed yes ur right .. But it wasn't just that )

Lyon that we played last season are not the same one this season, they didn't have the same vigor and attitude as they did last season. While Roma introduced a new game play (4-1-4-1) and dominated. But SAF was behind Man U's win, also I think to some degree the venue had a factor to play too.

I would be in a far better mood if we had Gilardino up there. This is the first time in a long while I've gone into a CL game expecting us to lose and anything else is a bonus

all though i didn't expect it to be so bad, i did feel like man u would crush roma. i thought they would have done the same in the 1st leg if scholes had not been sent off.

i applaud man u on an amazing game...no CL match should ever be that humiliating. Man U has definitely become the team to beat.

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Ta mchanna and thanks to whoever capped it off Soccerpulse.

You were quick to talk...


Man! Everybody else was posting about the United game at that moment and your post made me laugh so hard!


LOL!!


Inter? Well... ahem... no! It's not gonna happen!


Really!? I couldn't tell...


Actually it's all money off a bank loan! A 700m pounds bank loan!! No cash from the Americans... there's a slight chance they could go bankrupt, I'm already praying for that to happen!!


On Ballack's header! That was f@cking unbelievable!!!!!!!!!! And then he conceded Essien's shot... typical Canizares!

I wanted Chelski through so I can't complain.


16 arrests of United fans and 2 of Roma ones!!
Roma's fans are pr!cks but so are some of United's so don't excuse them...

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It's good for the EPL that 3 team are in the semis. It's bad for English football that all of them combined don't even have 5 English players in their starting line-ups!

Great United tonight. It was the first time in my life I virtually pinched myself to see if I'm awake! I really like Carrick!! Great display tonight, he opened the scoring then made a great pass for the second, then an amazing shot. A very poor Roma though. They didn't have the mentality to get into such an encounter. They were frightened and you could nearly see them trembling. Chivu and Mexes... they were awful tonight! Mexes was mediocre in Rome too but I didn't expect such a performance from the Romanian; I believe (and even Portugal will agree on this) that Kaladze would have played better!! Well done to United (sorry kurtsimonw but they deserve it)!! CR is f@cking frightening with ball on his feet...

Although I really have to say something here. I'm not joking about this. Even the biggest EPL fan should not be willing to see two English teams in Athens come May. I honestly fear this is going to be Hazell (or is it Heyzel? Which one is the chick's name?) all over again. You certainly don't want a United vs Liverfool fans match-up in down town Athens. I'd really rather the Final was canceled. The Greek police is the worst one in the whole world and if those two meet each other there's going to be some serious trouble. I already said I'm not kidding, you should believe me. Unless we import some English cops with horses and stuff there's gonna be a slaughter out there. But UEFA already know that so don't be surprised if you see some weird refereeing in United's semi-final games...

The only thing that makes me happy about the whole violence thing is that Platini's era looks darker day by day...

Now I don't care what they all do... Let's go Milan!!!!!!!!!!

de rossi's goal beat all of them combined =p tho carricks were screamers too

agreed

so this is why roma lost


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heysel... the chick's name is heysel

If we go through someone gonna break that legs

Almost every single billionare, in their clubs, do not use his money "directly". It's usually bank loan.

Are you kidding me??

Those guys loaned out ALL the money they're going to use... even the Glazer bros put on money of their own!!

Actually, that's how almost everything is dealt with (Not just football..) .. take a loan and insure it with ur assets ..

Yes but this is 750m pounds... nobody's done that before in the football business.

Well, I'm not talking just football. In general, if u have assets that u can put for insurance, u can get a loan. Depending on how much assets u have u can get $$ loan. So if a billionaire wants a loan, 750m I'm sure he can cover it .. cuz in the end, millions to billionaires is like thousands to to ur average Joe

Believe in whatever you want. But the last part is hilarious dude, and I don't even need to say why.
Kaka_Is_Brilliant is the ManUtd's official down here - you can ask him about the amazing job the Glazer family is doing in Manchester United.

Laugh all you want pal...

This is a freaking fact. The loaned out all that money. I didn't say that Liverpool are risking anything, I said I'm praying for it!!


Did I say they don't... tell United fans, THEY are the ones who don't like them!

It's not about that damn it.


It's about the Glazer family. What you said... it seems that they're doing a pretty good job there.

Well, we've Brilliant who I believe knows Glazer's things better than anyone in this forum. I'm waiting for his comment.

About the Liverpool... Gillett and Hicks, I asked sometime ago a Montreal Canadiens fan in this forum about their owner (Gillett). He said many good things about him (just like the United fans ), I was surprised TBH.

Any info you want from the Liverpool owners just call bigmacmtl. He knows what he's talkin' about. At least better than the great majority of the people down here, I believe.

What is it that I said?? I never commented on the job they're doing. I only said that even they put money and 'even' goes to the fact that United's buy out was the cheapest one in the history of football. And by that I mean they're pocket was not at all hurt...

I can't even get why we're talking about the Glazers...


I don't care about the Liverpool owners! I just said that I would be delighted to see the Merseyside club go bankrupt! I said there's a slight chance that will happen and I meant as slight as Kaladze scoring three goals in a game he's not even playing...

Haha, this is one of the things about English football I've never really got to grips with. I think how it stands currently is Manchester United on paper are about £650 million in debt. However since Glazier has been in charge the club's value has increased meaning lenders will easily invest in this.

It's still a huge debt though, and yes Glazier did loan a substantial amount of it (I'm not sure how much or what percent). The Manchester United fans or most oppose/d the move due to they realised how would the debt be paid, through their pockets came to mind, higher ticket prices, merchandise etc. There were also rumors about Old Trafford being renamed to accommodate a massive sponsorship money deal to pay back a large chunk of the debt, this really annoyed the United fans why should their stadium be renamed?

No one really knows anymore what United will get for transfers, you imagine they will get some but no where near what they used to due to winning trophies and revenue being put back to pay the annual £60 million of debt, if they don't it could be the worse decline of a football team ever.

Whilst things are going fine now, if they stop winning and hit a few rocky seasons like previously it could be big trouble for United. I do think this would be hugely unlikely though, people are always going to follow United and put money into the club like they do Barca and Real Madrid and I think Glazier is aware of this.

The hatred has died down slightly, but I for one certainly think Glazier isn't in this for the love of football, it's an investment he's not a football man he's a business man. Unfortunately for REAL football fans that's a bad sign when there clubs are used like this, fair enough if they have the money but if they don't well, Leeds United comes to mind...

Nice post dude.

Just about the rename, I mean... a sponsor-name = $$$. Some more millions per year... and that's what matters. Sooner or later that's going to happen with United, Liverpool, Chelsea... just like the "Emirates" thing in L'Arsenal.

Yeah it will, I guess Old Trafford is like the San Siro and Nou Camp though just so well known, whereas with Arsenal once they left Highbury, Ashburton Grove didn't have any ring to it as it was brand new so they thought we may as well just call it The Emirates.

I guess most fans would come to terms with it if the club said well we will have the money to buy the likes of Villa and Ronaldinho or something, however the United fans are 95% sure a rename would just be to pay back the debt.

I've been told it was 11 Man United fans and 7 Roma ones 3 of the Roma ones apparently got arrested for shoplifting

Thats good, meaning they were trying to get their money back

Yes you're right. Those were the first reports I read and apparently they were wrong!

The shoplifters were probably Liverpool fans in Roma shirts ¬_¬

Those scousers.

Who else would have the nerve to steal from Manchester, after a Man U game has just been played.

It seems like we were fined E100.000 for wearing shirts with the bwin logo printed on it... poor Silvio!

We got E3m for progressing though.

Wasn't Lippi the one who said Roma had 51% chances to go trough?

Lippi talks a lot... pardon him, he's unemployed!



Ha-ha!! Losers... thanks for making our victory even sweeter! Yeah we know we're in the semis!

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Doesn't werder bremen have b-win?

Because I don't see why we should get fined when Bremen also got b-win.

It's no worries really, we advanced over a German team into the semi finals, which means a LOT of millions from the CL again.

True.

Bremen have the "bwin" thing, but only for home matches. In their away clashes they play with a "we win" thing on the shirt.

At least it was in the beginning of the season.