jeezuz. what is the ref doing? heartbreak for chelsea (not that bothered) i just hope that the scum dont win.

once leeds get back to the prem then watch your back daniel alves.

Heh, I caught myself feeling sorry for Chelsea, go figure...


No way, I dislike Man Utd way more than Chelsea this season (that's odd, isn't it?).

I'd support anyone playing Man Utd these days, even if it's Ajax.

Phfff you should be watching out for the mighty Bohemian FC of Dublin, not Barcelona - we're going places dontchyaknow? (quite possibly under but hey)

right. its us v you in the champions league final 2013.

wow.

fuck soccer.

are these euro officials too snobby, too "traditional" to allow some instant replay?

it took forever, but they do it in american football, and even baseball now.

seriously, fuck this.

its ridiculous that this is how important matches are decided.

I will actually root for Man U for the first and probably last time. at least they kind of deserve to be in the final

alves is seriously a cunt

To be honest, I just hope they get distracted enough to let Liverpool win the premier league hah aaaa. Unlikely, uh?

they say it would break up the game too much, but in all truth - there is so much diving, and acting on the pitch these days (drogba you reap what you sew) that video footage could be brought in without much if any hassle.

one thing, and if I had the time and inclination to do it - there needs to be a league table in diving. an independent panel of people adjudicating on if a player dives or not in a game, where a foul hasn't taken place first.

if guilty, it gets added to his record.

record this and just place it online at first in order to shame the players.

i don't expect divers give a toss as long as they get away with it, so, then we have the logical next step:

after a game a team can cite a player for diving - say two dives = automatic ban for next game.

that would be neat

diving needs to be tackled

*gets coat*

I'm with Barca all the way.
Great to see Terry in tears again.
I hope Drogba gets some sort of punishment for his disgraceful behaviour after the final whistle. And for his choice of footwear.

atleast chelsea didn't advance.

yeh they do need to use technology more like they do in the cricket. i like the idea of penalising players for diving more that they do and maybe technology would help but who knows. i also want there to be tussles between players circa man u v arsenal a few years back when van nistlrooy dived for them.

if they implemented instant replay and penalized divers then there would be much less diving.

yes.
they just need to do something.


I did like Ballack giving the ref an earful at the end. is there a gif of that yet?

as you ordered boss:

Being surrounded by Barça fans (most of them who became ultra-fans of Barça since this year, it seemed), I was sort of for Chelsea at the beginning, or at least enjoying that their invincible Barça was not as invicible as they said they were after all, and showed some limits against a well-organised team… But after Abidal’s red card, I was actually for Barça again. I guess I "supported" the right teams at the right time...

In the end, I would really like Barça to win it, so I will be for them in the final, but they did not show that much during this semi-final, and I’m afraid they will suffer in 2 weeks without Abidal and Alves, and Marquez, and maybe Puyol? I hope Titi will be back, at least.

Haha… It lasted much longer than that, though. I must say I thought Ballack and Drogba were hilarious at the end, but I can understand them being really pissed off.

The internet is quick with these .gif images…

a gif of the chelsea goal please.

What a fucking joke that ref was - but I suppose at least he was even-handed with his atrocious decisions.

At the end of the day, Chelsea had countless chances, of which they only put away one, while Barca had one chance and did what they needed to do. If Drogba had put away the sitter that was given him on a plate, he wouldn't have had to throw his full time tantrum.

The referee was still a cunt though.

Barca will be ass-raped by Man U.

that is all that matters.

it's sad because I like Messi and Bojan better than any manchester douchebags. but i cannot root for them at all after this.

NOT IN THE SLIGHTEST.

I'm still waiting on a PK.

fuck, does Pique not have arms? that must be it. I must have missed something