FC Barcelona is THE BEST IN EUROPE !!!!!!!

[pkonowrocki]

YESSSSS !!!!!!!!!!!!
Champions League Finals
FC Barcelona just won with Arsenal 2:1 !!!

Arsenal had only ten players after Jens Lehmann got a red card.

The game was played at Stade de France in Paris. Barcelona won the second time.

Goals: Samuel Eto'o (76) [Barcelona] ; Juliano Belletti (80) [Barcelona] ; Sol Campbell (37) [Arsenal]

Cards: Jens Lehmann (19, Arsenal) [Red]

Refree: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Audience: 79 500

Players:
FC Barcelona

Victor Valdes; Oleguer (71-Juliano Belletti), Rafael Marquez, Carles Puyol, Giovanni van Bronckhorst; Deco, Edmilson (46-Andres Iniesta), Mark van Bommel (61-Henrik Larsson); Ludovic Giuly, Samuel Eto'o, Ronaldinho.

Arsenal

Jens Lehmann; Emmanuel Eboue, Kolo Toure, Sol Campbell, Ashley Cole; Robert Pires (20-Manuel Almunia), Gilberto, Fredrik Ljungberg, Francesc Fabregas (75-Matthieu Flamini), Aleksander Hleb (85-Jose Antonio Reyes); Thierry Henry.


Gotta have some partay today

source: (polish) http://sport.wp.pl/kat,1752,wid,8313...6&ticaid=119f8

[philip]

Yep, it was a great game....didn't think Barca would make it after the first half.

[LX-A343]

Haven't seen the game, but I love the end result

Gerardo

[MaxPower]

Yeah saw it.... Great game !

[magic48]

I had expected a better game, but I'm happy about the result.
My sympathies to Jens Lehmann, though.

[indian airlines]

At 75 minutes, I thought Barcelona was out. I seriously thought the game would be Arsenal 1-0. But then Barcelona came through.

It was a pretty good game overall, I don't think Arsenal can use the 10 player thing as an excuse for their loss though, Barcelona just kicked ass the last 15 mins.

[magic48]

Barcelona just kicked ass the last 15 mins.

Apart from the fact that Eto'o scored an offside goal.

The referee deserves to get his ass kicked for a really poor performance!!

[pkonowrocki]

I had to skip last calss in school to get to see the second half.....

[sturla]

The referee deserves to get his ass kicked for a really poor performance!!

I disagree. Eto'o wasn't offside, when the players are level there shouldn't be a call. Lehmann's red card shouldn't be questionable at all: as the last player he fouled Eto'o in a clear-cut goalscoring situation. A professional foul is always a red card.

I must admit I'm actually disappointed with Barcelona, with such a class team they shouldn't have struggled so much breaking down a 10-man Arsenal. Guess they really need Messi after all.

-Sturla

[uy707]

What impressed me was the strife black market for seats, some people were ready to pay up to 4,000 Euros !
Alain

[magic48]

I disagree. Eto'o wasn't offside, when the players are level there shouldn't be a call. Lehmann's red card shouldn't be questionable at all: as the last player he fouled Eto'o in a clear-cut goalscoring situation. A professional foul is always a red card.

What are your views on Eboué's obvious dive that led to an unjustified free kick and the 1:0 lead for Arsenal in the first half?

And by the way, wasn't it in a Norwegian newspaper where the referee admitted that his wistle came too early after Lehmann's foul and that he did indeed not see the possibility of the Barcelona players shooting the goal??

[sturla]

What are your views on Eboué's obvious dive that led to an unjustified free kick and the 1:0 lead for Arsenal in the first half?

The same as everybody else's - should have been a yellow card to Eboue. In an effort to get rid of diving, I'd like to see players suspended after the game. That would be controversial, of course, and the likelihood of that happening is next to nil.

And by the way, wasn't it in a Norwegian newspaper where the referee admitted that his wistle came too early after Lehmann's foul and that he did indeed not see the possibility of the Barcelona players shooting the goal??

Yes. But that doesn't change the fact that it is either a red card + free kick or yellow card + goal. (If you give the goal it is a yellow card for the tackle itself, but no longer red since you are no longer taking away a goalscoring opportunity, despite some (on other forums) who claims it should be both). It's easy for everybody to say that 'he should've given the advantage' ... Giuly got there first, yes, but he wasn't right next to the ball when Eto'o was fouled. I've refereed myself and it is easy in these situations to not wait long enough. But imagine if he hadn't blown the whistle, and 2 seconds later Cole had beaten Giuly with a sliding tackle, then the ref had blown the whistle and sent off Lehmann. Then most people would have complained just as much, or even more, and wondered what drugs he was high on.

I've refereed myself (much lower level of course!) and that situation is one of the few situations where your mind instantly goes "red card" (just like a violent behaviour situation). Technically we can talk about how he should have waited and so on, but that isn't the natural instinct, especially when other players aren't close to the ball.

-Sturla

[DAL767-400ER]

The same as everybody else's - should have been a yellow card to Eboue. In an effort to get rid of diving, I'd like to see players suspended after the game. That would be controversial, of course, and the likelihood of that happening is next to nil.

I'm 100% with you on this one. Diving these days is so bad that players *cough*"The Dramaqueen" Drogba*cough* publicly admit to diving (and then go crying that they are not being respected ).

[indian airlines]

I'm 100% with you on this one. Diving these days is so bad that players *cough*"The Dramaqueen" Drogba*cough* publicly admit to diving (and then go crying that they are not being respected ).

I can't wait for the world cup. Professional swimmers/divers will be stunned.