^ clinical

no question he's the best in the world at the moment

2/16/2010 4:14:56 PM

Quote :

"That was an excellent header."

part deux

2/16/2010 4:18:16 PM

what the fuck Milan


well done United, survive early, bury them later

2/16/2010 4:18:18 PM

wow Milan. I could have scored that one.

2/16/2010 4:18:19 PM

the rubbing the boot celebration is stupid when you score on a header

2/16/2010 4:18:58 PM

rooney is a machine

2/16/2010 4:22:17 PM

Dorf on Soccer.

2/16/2010 4:28:58 PM

nice little goal by Seedorf

2/16/2010 4:29:06 PM

helluva match

2/16/2010 4:33:48 PM

Rooney back in the box defending against Pato. Dude does it all.

2/16/2010 4:35:37 PM

Carrick wut?

2/16/2010 4:37:55 PM

crazy stuff

props to Manchester for that win

2/16/2010 4:38:25 PM

we good.

2/16/2010 4:57:10 PM

ROONEY! ROONEY! ROONEY! ROONEY! ROONEY!

2/16/2010 5:30:53 PM

id like to reiterate..


ROONEY!

2/16/2010 6:03:00 PM

I too would like to point out ROONEY

2/16/2010 6:23:14 PM

Rooney?

2/16/2010 6:30:49 PM

ROOney!

2/16/2010 7:41:50 PM

oh, rooney. good show.

2/16/2010 7:42:31 PM

yeah that Rooney.

2/16/2010 7:45:08 PM

goddamn Fabregas goes down shot every time he gets touched.

2/17/2010 3:32:18 PM

One day Arsenal will have a legit goalkeeper

2/17/2010 3:55:47 PM

WTF HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

2/17/2010 3:56:01 PM

Porto just scored one of the strangest goals I've ever seen

They got a free kick in the area because the keeper picked up a back pass and then the keeper just stood there while Porto tapped the ball in the net.

2/17/2010 3:56:21 PM

What was Wenger thinking starting this clown at GK? I mean Almunia is pretty terrible, but this guy should be playing in MLS... maybe.

2/17/2010 4:00:26 PM

This game is going to need a card in the next 5 minutes or shit is going to start getting very, very ugly.

2/17/2010 4:01:12 PM

Almunia is hurt

2/17/2010 4:02:50 PM

Oh. Well nevermind then.

Goddamn both of these teams are some fucking floppers. I hate watching bullshit like this.

2/17/2010 4:06:22 PM

^^^^ there have been some pretty good goalies in MLS in recent years - Keller, Guzan, Cannon, Hartman, Perkins... all quality

[Edited on February 17, 2010 at 4:10 PM. Reason : .]

2/17/2010 4:10:33 PM

That's why I said maybe. I have no doubt Fabianski has considerable skill as a GK. But like 70% of playing that position is mentality and he clearly is outclassed in this game. Lack of experience, lack of concentration, lack of positioning have all caught him out in this game. He'd probably do fine playing against Hull or Stoke City or something. But having to play against Porto in the CL knockout stage is clearly above him.

I also don't think the referee has had a good game at all. The ease with which players from both teams go down and all the chippy fouls haven't exactly made his job easy for him to be fair though. It's been mostly consistent for both sides.

2/17/2010 4:21:21 PM

the guy who reffed the champs league semi-final last year between chelski and barca is reffing the bayern game.....wow. he better hire some bodyguards after this game. or he better not visit italy for the rest of his life.

^^tim howard out of the mls too

[Edited on February 17, 2010 at 4:41 PM. Reason : lol]

2/17/2010 4:39:03 PM

has he been a fucking disgrace

2/17/2010 4:39:28 PM

oh yeah, but it's been a while since he's been in MLS... I was thinking of recent guys. I guess you could count Friedel too if you wanted to include everybody


hahah from the guardian commentary

Quote :

"Four years he's had to come up with a new act. Four years."

[Edited on February 17, 2010 at 4:44 PM. Reason : sol]

2/17/2010 4:41:33 PM

i love how soccer play by plays online are much more descriptive than other sports

Quote :

"That is that and the Fiorentina players go ballistic. The officials have robbed them tonight, and Tom Henning Ovrebo has to be removed from the referee's list as soon as possible, for his own good if nothing else. "

2/17/2010 4:44:07 PM

hahah yeah. soccernet gamecast usually does good descriptions on big games. and its often times hilarious

2/17/2010 4:45:14 PM

Quote :

"52 min: FABIANSKI IS A COMPLETE CLOWN. Porto 2-1 Arsenal. Campbell passes the ball back to his keeper, who inexplicably picks the ball up. That's an indirect free kick. Of course it is! Why on earth didn't he kick? And, adding high farce to farce, Porto take a super-fast free kick, the ball being tapped immediately to Falcao, who strokes the ball into an empty net as the keeper and all his defenders stand around like loons. What a pair of goals Arsenal have conceded tonight."

2/17/2010 4:45:16 PM

hahaha

2/17/2010 4:46:13 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4R2RdiTjyA

here's the goal for anybody that missed it

2/17/2010 4:52:44 PM

hahahahahahahahahahaha. ^that video is gone, but i saw the highlights elsewhere.

wow.

2/17/2010 6:34:52 PM

LOL.

WHO ARE YA? NO, SERIOUSLY, WHO THE HELL ARE YA, FABIANSKI?


What a disgrace.


Basically, Fabianski scored two goals for Porto. Otherwise, Arsenlol would have won off of Lol Campbell's goal. All I have to say: LOL.

2/17/2010 8:39:19 PM

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

2/17/2010 8:45:43 PM

and poor Fiorentina.

2/18/2010 12:21:29 AM

Inter/Chelsea is getting good.......2-1 Inter at 55:00

2/24/2010 4:00:33 PM

That Cambiasso goal was a work of fucking art.

2/24/2010 6:42:11 PM

hopefully cech is out for the year...but im about all but certain he'll be back next game. the english blow everything out of proportion when it comes to soccer

2/24/2010 6:49:06 PM

It's game day again!

3/9/2010 1:26:48 PM

Pretty damn nervous about Arsenal v. Porto this evening. Being behind a goal is bad enough, but no Fabregas spells trouble, and Arshavin probably isn't fit to start. At least Fabianski isn't in goal this time (not that Almunia is that much better).

3/9/2010 1:31:52 PM

^ you should be nervous

Quote :

"25 - Porto have progressed in the last 25 two-legged ties in Europe in which they have won the first leg at home. Reliable."

http://twitter.com/optajoe

3/9/2010 1:45:32 PM

Hopefully Porto wins. I'm sick of seeing the same teams in the simi-finals every year. A final with no English teams would be cool. That hasn't happened in a few years. Sports get boring when the same teams win every year (Duke winning the ACC basketball tournament).

3/9/2010 2:00:50 PM

^^^ but you also have reason for hope

Quote :

"14 - Porto have played 14 matches in England, losing 12 and drawing 2. Anglophobes."

3/9/2010 2:39:32 PM