The Champions League Semi-Final Drinking Games

By: Rob | April 27th, 2008

Will you end up like this by Wednesday? So we are just a couple of days away from the mammoth second legs in the Champions League semi-finals. To make them even more fun, I’ve constructed drinking games for either night - though you would be pretty unwise to try both I fear you may need it on Wednesday. Anyway, here are the rules for the CL Offside Drinking games for this week. Feel free to mix and match the rules and apply them elsewhere, or add your own in the comments.

Rules that apply to both games

Whenever there is a goal, you have to finish what your drinking

If someone is booked take a drink. If they are sent off, then finish your drink. You also have to finish your drink if the card would mean they would miss the final should the team they are playing for make it.

In the second half, everyone in the room has to refer to the clubs by thier nicknames - the Blaugrana or the Red Devils, The Blues or The Reds, if you don’t you have to have a drink

Everyone must finish thier drinks at half time.

If someone hits the crossbar or the post, finish your drink

If thecamera cuts to the tense supporters in the closing minutes, takes a drink

Rules relates to the specific matches
Manchester United Vs Barcelona

Every time Leo Messi does his man, you have to take a drink.

Every time Ronaldo goes down a bit easy, you have to take a drink

Every time the commentator mentions Ronaldo’s penalty miss from leg one, take a drink

Every time a commentator mentions the 1999 Champions League Final, or the 2006 Final, Take a drink.

Everytime Ronaldo does a stepover take a drink

Everytime Barca are described as a “club in crisis” take a drink

Everytime the camera cuts to Sir Alex Ferguson chewing on his gum, looking at his watch, or complaining to the forth official take a drink

Everytime Samuel Eto’o throws a tantrum you have take a drink

Chelsea Vs Liverpool

Everytime the commentator says something like “the game is begining to fizz” or some other nonsense to try and make the game sound more interesting than it actually is, take a drink

Everytime the Tom Hicks/Liverpool Backroom Staff are mentioned, take a drink.

Everytime the words “Jose” or “Mourinho” are mentioned, take a drink

Everytime the commentator mentions that Avram Grant is looking sullen, or makes some kind of joke to that effect, take a drink

Everytime Steven Gerrard takes an insanely heavy touch that somehow buys him 4 yards take a drink

Everytime Lampard and Gerrard are mentioned in the same sentence, take a drink

Everytime John Arne Riise’s OG from Leg one is mentioned, have a drink

Everytime there is reference to the amount of times these sides have played each other recently (eg “They know each other well, of course”) take a drink

Everytime Drogba throws a tantrum have a drink

Everytime Drogba, Torres, Joe Cole or Steven Gerrard take a dive have a drink

When the camera inevitably pans to Roman Abromovich’s box - whether he’s there or not - have a drink

Everytime the 2005 final is mentioned finish your drink

Should be enough to get everyone a wee bit drunk, no?