I am hoping to go to Bayern Munich's final game this season.

2/20/2008 12:29:43 PM

^ awesome...you studying abroad?

that man u/bayern final was slightly more ridiculous than the '05 final

2/20/2008 1:11:49 PM

Nah, I graduated in December and my job doesn't start until June, so I've just been sitting on my ass. I'm traveling through Europe in the second half of May before my job starts. No England on this trip, though; originally I was planning to just do the UK and was going to go to an Arsenal match through the American supporter's club, but it was really just too late to plan it and get the tickets. I've checked all the countries I'm going to be in and determined that I can either try to go to Bayern Munich's finale against Hertha Berlin at the Allianz Arena, or RCD Espanyol's finale against UD Almeria in Barcelona.

2/20/2008 1:19:59 PM

I am thinking about flying over if ManUtd makes the semis' of the CL play at home on wed, at chelsea on saturday

2/20/2008 1:21:33 PM

How would you get tickets? I always knew that tickets were impossible to get over there, but didn't realize just how ridiculous it was until I started trying to plan to go to a game. At Arsenal you can't even get in without a club or supporter's club membership. I was pretty naive when I originally decided to go over there; seeing a game at Wembley is on my "must do" list, so I thought "hey, I'll look into going to the FA Cup Final. I'm sure it will be expensive, but surely I can find a way to get a ticket". Turns out that unless you have been a season ticket holder of a club involved for like 30 years or you have a spare $4,000 lying around, that's not happening.

2/20/2008 1:28:58 PM

looks like Kalac is in for milan after all...huge

2/20/2008 2:04:46 PM

^^^^I watched a World Cup game in that stadium and its nice as shit

sat 3rd level up near the midfield


You'll like it a lot

2/20/2008 2:12:37 PM

GAME TIME

2/20/2008 2:40:04 PM

i'm sitting in constitutional law class right now, so if any of you could update every so often, I would greatly appreciate it.

2/20/2008 2:50:42 PM

Arsenal already lost Kolo Toure 5 minutes in. A hard shot hit him in the knee; Senderos subbed in.

2/20/2008 2:53:35 PM

Game is a little sloppy thus far. Arsenal has had a bit of success with the long ball. Adebayor just had a weak header which was saved by the keeper. Milan came out looking stronger, but now Arsenal is taking over the possession and momentum.

2/20/2008 2:55:49 PM

Arsenal just missed a wide open chance on the far post. Would have been a tough finish.

2/20/2008 2:59:01 PM

God I wish I could see this game. I should have skipped.

thanks for the updates ^,^^,^^^

[Edited on February 20, 2008 at 3:02 PM. Reason : dd]

2/20/2008 3:00:19 PM

Milan is working to reestablish possession a bit. It is currently 54% Arsenal - 46% AC Milan. Up til a few minutes ago, it was much more lopsided.

2/20/2008 3:02:15 PM

Milan is getting beaten in the midfield on both sides of the ball. Arsenal continues to feed long balls to Adebayor. Corner kick Arsenal.

2/20/2008 3:06:08 PM

I see Arsenal is using Eduardo now for corners instead of the usual Fabregas

2/20/2008 3:07:32 PM

The long balls to Adebayor continue. Milan has the answer so far. Milan is looking a bit more threatening by getting Kaka involved in the attack.

2/20/2008 3:15:29 PM

Arse just missed a great chance to find Fabregas wide open in front of the goal but Adebayor's pass was too much

Arsenal's wide play is killing Milan right now... Flamini/Eboue have had a couple of great runs

[Edited on February 20, 2008 at 3:30 PM. Reason : .]

2/20/2008 3:29:11 PM

Adebayor puts one in but he was a mile offside. Another chance for him just now that Kalac dove onto before he could take a shot. Still 0-0 54 mins in.

2/20/2008 3:56:16 PM

Eduardo with an awful shot, and now he is going off for Bendtner.

Bendtner lays it off for Fabregas who goes right down the middle for what was probably the best chance of the game. Great save by Kalac, but Fabregas has to bury that.


[Edited on February 20, 2008 at 4:17 PM. Reason : .]

2/20/2008 4:15:57 PM

Eboue drives into the box, gets slightly bumped, goes tumbling, and gets a yellow for taking a dive.

Adebayor with another good look but drives it low right down the middle into Kalac. Now Fabregas from outside the box hooking one in; diving save by Kalac. It's been constant pressure by Arsenal for the last 30 minutes, but they just aren't taking good shots.



[Edited on February 20, 2008 at 4:25 PM. Reason : .]

2/20/2008 4:23:17 PM

Arsenal opened this half like a house of fire. I was almost sure they were going to put one in. In the 83rd minute, we are still tied at 0-0. Two nice shots from Adebayor and Fabregas in the past couple minutes (both straight to the keeper). They might get a goal yet...

2/20/2008 4:25:48 PM

JESUS CHRIST HOW DO YOU NOT SCORE THERE

2/20/2008 4:31:26 PM

yawn... Milan is doing exactly what Inter did yesterday -- but at least Inter had an excuse with only 10 men

2/20/2008 4:32:41 PM

!!! Adebayor hits the crossbar in stoppage time!

2/20/2008 4:36:12 PM

FUCK ME SIDEWAYS

Walcott crosses one that Adebayor heads off of the crossbar.... Full time... 0-0

2/20/2008 4:36:41 PM

wow Adebayor just missed a header from 2 feet away off the crossbar... Milan is lucky as hell it wasn't at least 1-0

2/20/2008 4:36:55 PM

milan got really lucky, and mossimo oddo looks like a crackhead

2/20/2008 4:40:38 PM

tevez...king of the clean up

[Edited on February 20, 2008 at 4:55 PM. Reason : vintage henry goal as well]

2/20/2008 4:51:31 PM

fuck, Pato is injured again.

2/20/2008 5:26:07 PM

pato's pace was amazing today, but the offense is general was not clicking at all...i would seriously love to see gourcuff get some run, seedorf was just plain bad today...i wish ambrosini would stop pushing forward so much...it took pirlo/kaka soooo long to get going...basically, the defense, per usual, was solid and will push milan through


ps. IMStoned420...did you see fabregas today? absolute class

[Edited on February 20, 2008 at 5:34 PM. Reason : ]

2/20/2008 5:33:04 PM

did barca come back from 2 nill to score three goals? Fuck me.

2/20/2008 6:33:48 PM

barca went down 1-0 but immediately tied it back up...they were down 2-1 at half

[Edited on February 20, 2008 at 6:50 PM. Reason : ]

2/20/2008 6:50:10 PM

lol, im glad i didnt hang around here to watch that milan game...i had a feeling it would be 0-0

2/20/2008 6:50:51 PM

Just finished watching United/Lyon. Hey, take scholes, giggs and heargraves out and put in Tevez, Nani and carrick. Guess what fucking happens!

2/20/2008 7:43:21 PM

2/20/2008 8:03:41 PM

2/20/2008 8:08:05 PM

Quote :

"tevez...king of the clean up"

2/20/2008 8:12:34 PM

I did see the game amac884. I was far from impressed. He had some decent passes as usual, but none of it mattered because the people around him who usually play better didn't do anything. I don't see how you can argue he played a good game when a team like Arsenal goes goalless at home.

2/20/2008 8:16:05 PM

so many chances squandered against the best defense in the world...but alas, nothing to show for it

but cesc was by far the best player on the pitch

2/20/2008 8:22:30 PM

Milan wins 2-0 two weeks from today in San Siro. I'm calling it.

2/20/2008 8:24:41 PM

maybe they will play well at the san siro for a change

2/20/2008 8:32:27 PM

tevez is in there for a reason, a strikers job is to clean up half the time

2/20/2008 8:47:01 PM

I wouldn't say he was the best player on the pitch. It's hard to say an offensive player is the best player when the game is 0-0. I'd say the best player was by far Milan's keeper. Fabregas had some wide open shots that went straight to the keeper. If he had knocked one of those in I would agree. But if the game is 0-0 a player needs to do more than just pass well to be the player of the game.

[Edited on February 20, 2008 at 8:56 PM. Reason : ]

2/20/2008 8:54:57 PM

oh snap

amac is about to be pissed

2/20/2008 8:59:55 PM

i honestly question your knowledge of soccer...no offense

2/20/2008 9:00:12 PM

for the record, before i get suckered into this argument, i never said cesc was bad...but hes no cristiano ronaldo

2/20/2008 9:01:05 PM

cesc at 20 > ronaldo at 20

i'm not arguing anymore

2/20/2008 9:02:01 PM

they didnt even play the same positions at age 20 in comparison...ronaldo was used purely as a winger when he was 20...now hes a playmaker...you cant really argue this at all

2/20/2008 9:03:20 PM

None taken. Everyone's entitled to their own opinion. But from what I saw, I wasn't that impressed. He set some people free on passes lesser players would not have seen, but the system wasn't clicking today and it didn't produce. He didn't directly set anyone up asides from 1 free kick that the guy completely missed the header on and the 1 pass to Adebayor where Adebayor was clearly offsides. He didn't have any impressive dribbles at the defense. His shots left a lot to be desired. The only one that was even close was only close because it took a deflection. I mean, Walcott played for like 7 minutes and had more direct effect on the game than Fabregas did.

2/20/2008 9:04:18 PM