I hate penalty shoot outs but I don’t care!!!!!!#
And Van Der SAAR has won it!”!!!!!
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I can now reveal exclusive pictures of Luzhniki Stadium’s pitch. The rumours of a dodgy surface are true.
Disclaimer: Not the actual pitch, but my son’s birthday cake. Yes, they are Lego footballers.
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I was offered tickets for the Champions League final today. In the end, I had to turn them down. It wasn’t just the cost, which was rather a lot. It wasn’t just the fact I would have had two days to find out how to get to Moscow and back. It wasn’t just the likely fact that I would have to sleeep rough on the streets of Moscow (surely we’d be up partying our victory?).
No, sadly, I had to turn them down for another reason. They were in the Chelsea section. Some things are just too much to take. I couldn’t take the thought of either a) being amongst jubilant Chelsea fans if they won, b) keeping silent as United brought home a third Champions League title, or c) (the most likely) option, being beaten to death as I accidentally cheered the Red’s winning goal.
I was at Oxford United for Alex Ferguson’s first game in charge. I was in the home end (actually side) of the ground. There wasn’t much to cheer that day. I was at Reading as they lost 2-0 to United this season, in amongst the Berkshire crowd who just seemed happy that they played well. But to be in with the fans of a more “aggressive” set of fans is not the sort of thing that should be done.
So, I’ll be watching at home on Wednesday night, with a beer or 4. Praying and willing the team on. Knowing that even if they are 1-0 down with minutes to go, they might, just might turn it around.
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Scholes!!!!!!!! The Ginger Prince saved that screamer for us all season.
Flipping ‘eck. That was about as tense is it has ever got. Say what you like about 0-0 away draws, but if you are defending a 1-0 lead at home in the 2nd leg, it makes it the most tense thing ever, ever! It was the 90’s all over again.
And the last thing you need in injury time is for Silvestre to come on. More tomorrow when I’m coherent!
All English final, eh? Liverpool or Chelsea. Bring ‘em on. And their groundstaff.
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You’ve got to be happy with that. Roma, with the advantage of the away game first, and avoiding another English club until the final. (Although the thought of losing to Liverpool in the final still makes me quake). Also, can chuckle at Arsenal v Liverpool meaning that they play each other three times in a row. In fact, Arsenals next seven matches include United, Chelsea and Liverpool thrice.
Chelsea going to Fenerbache will not be easy although they should win, but then they will come up against the Arse or pool in the semi. We will either get Schalke 04 (interesting name) or Barcelona. I hope that if the Spanish giants get through, they’ll still be a bit crap.
Let us not count our chickens however. Whilst we stuffed Roma last season, the results against them in the group stages were more indicative of this seasons result. We should get through, though once again I worry about the potential for crowd trouble in Rome.
Full draw
Champions League quarter-final draw:
1 Arsenal v Liverpool
2 AS Roma v Man Utd
3 Schalke 04 v FC Barcelona
4 Fenerbahce v Chelsea
Champions League semi-final draw:
1 Arsenal/Liverpool v Fenerbahce/Chelsea
2 Schalke/Barcelona v AS Roma/Man Utd
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