Barcelona
An Open Letter to Ronaldinho
By: Rob |
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After reading Daryl’s musing on Ronaldinho’s fall from grace, I thought about how much I’ve covered the story for myself, I thought about how much I enjoyed watching Ronaldinho from 2005, and how unbelievable it is that the man who could do this, is sat around, not only unable to get into his own club […]
Tags: Ronaldinho, An open Letter, Barcelona, Frank Rijkaard, Leo Messi, Champions League, Other News from Europe, Transfer News, Tag IndexThe 2007/8 Champions League. In Numbers.
By: Rob | 2 Comments
This season’s Champions League is quickly drawing to a close. Just two teams remain, Chelsea and Manchester United. So while the CL Offisde team prepares its teams of the tournament, and before we hand over to you to pick your team of the tournament (all will be revealed in due course) here’s a blitz through […]
Category: Inter, Fenerbahce, Barcelona, Final, Real Madrid, Stat Attack, Semi-Final, Schalke 04, Quarters, Arsenal, Knockout Rounds, Group Stages, Manchester United, Chelsea, Roma, Liverpool, Champions League Tags: Statistics, Chelsea, Manchester United, Roma, Arsenal, Top Scorer, Cristiano Ronaldo, Didier Drogba, Assists, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Fenerbahce, Schalke, Alex, Liverpool, Valencia, Dynamo Kyiv, PSV, Jose Mourinho, Old Trafford, , Champions League, Group Stages, Knockout Rounds, Quarters, Schalke 04, AC Milan, Inter, Final, Semi-Final, Stat Attack, Tag IndexThe Man Barca Missed The Most: R10
By: Rob | 5 Comments
So after 180 minutes of football, it is Manchester United who will play in Moscow in two weeks. The teams - to my surprise, I told you there would be goals - were seperated by just one goal (what a goal by the way). Barca lacked idea’s going forward, Messi became predictable, Henry was too […]
It Was Rio!
By: Sam | 4 Comments
The reason Manchester United are through is Rio Ferdinand. Titanic performance by all, but without Rio’s huge presence Barça surely would have gotten behind the United back four.
Barça commanded the midfield — again! But they were unproductive, again, around the box. The Barcelona carousel is beautiful to watch. Mesmerizing. But goals are needed.
As it turned […]
Predictions: No numbers just scorelines
By: Adam | 2 Comments
Aha…so yet again we fall into the mired trap of predictions. Last time none of us got everything right, still we want try our mettle once again. As usual its joint venture post by every CL blogger. So lets see how well we predict this time. By the way before submitting your predictions, do read […]
How To Stop Messi, Eto’o, Rooney and Ronaldo.
By: Rob | No Comments
Four Fantastic players on thier day and players whom the opposition will worry about. In fact I imagine if you are a defender for either Barcelona or Manchester United, you would be getting pretty damn worried right about now. With only hours to go to kick off, here is my guide for the defenders involved […]
What would make the CL Semifinal even more exciting? Liveblog!
By: Rob | No Comments
I’m fired up for it. You are fired up for it. Ryan Giggs is fired up for it. But what could make this potential game of the tournament even better? Well if you could talk to your favourite offsiders during the game. With Daryl’s Liveblog, you can.
Its sort of like going to the pub to […]
Manchester United Vs Barcelona Preview. There Will Be Goals.
By: Rob | 6 Comments
The first leg threatened to be more entertaining that it ever was, but as I said in the preview to the last game, the second leg was always, always gonna be the biggie. Excited? You damn well should be. Some of the best players in the world will not only be out on the pitch, […]
The Champions League Semi-Final Drinking Games
By: Rob | 11 Comments
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 […]
Category: Barcelona, Semi-Final, Liverpool, Chelsea, Other News from Europe, Manchester United, Champions League Tags: Champions League, Drinking Games, Manchester United, Barcelona, Liverpool, Chelsea, Drunk, Cristiano Ronaldo, Leo Messi, John Arne Riise, Roman Abramovich, Frank Lampard, John terry, Steven Gerrard, Sir Alex Ferguson, Fernando Torres, Avram Grant, Jose Mourinho, Other News from Europe, Semi-Final, Tag IndexWhat He Said: This weeks Champions League in quotes.
By: Rob | 4 Comments
As is traditionally fun, a irreverent look at exactly what managers, coaches, and
commentators said before, during and after the Champions League football this week.
“Winning is a must” - Frank Rijkaard. Oops.
“Its pretty much as we expected” - ITV’s commentator every time the Liverpool/Chelsea game slowed down. So every few minutes.
“We found ourselves 1-0 down which […]
Category: Barcelona, What He Said, Inter, Semi-Final, Liverpool, Chelsea, Knockout Rounds, Other News from Europe, Arsenal, Manchester United, Champions League Tags: Barcelona, Manchester United, Leo Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Frank Rijkaard, Hleb, ITV, Petr Cech, Rafa, Samuel Eto'o, John Terry, John Arne Riise, Champions League, Knockout Rounds, Other News from Europe, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, What He Said, Inter, Semi-Final, Tag Index
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