Who knows, Barcelona might play like they did: 2009: Champions League final - Barcelona 2-0 Manchester United
Or like they did: 2008: Champions League semi final - Man Utd 1-0 Barcelona Stranger things have happened
It's going to be a cracking game but I don't like the way some of your fans are victimising Barcelona players for diving when every club has their fair share of con artists. Rooney and Hernandez have been known to go down easily so lets just hope we see a good fair game.
I don't like the way fans from clubs not good enough to reach the CL final feel the need to try and belittle a club that is . As to going down easily I hate this whether from one of my teams players or the players of another , however rolling around clutching you face is a bit more than going down too easily . They are not just trying to win a freekick but get a player sent off .
There's a difference between going down easily and going down clutching your face or feigning injury just to try and get another player sent off. If Rooney or Hernandez ever tried what Busquets or Alves did to get players sent off then we'd never hear the end of it. The ABUs banged on for long enough about Nani overreacting after he had his shin split open, imagine what they'd say if he'd done the same after barely even being touched?
I agree but lest we forget the Premier League has had it's villians. Ronaldo and Nani are usually mentioned as trying to get opposition players sent off. Just by diving you are trying to get a foul, and the consequnce of the foul could be a yellow or a red card. I agree that Busquets' behaviour at times is appalling but we all have players we're ashamed of.
But it's not just him is it , whilst he's rolling around the rest of the team surround the ref asking for a red card . I know we've had this kind of thing in the Prem and not just from United but this was happening 3 or 4 times a half during their semi with Madrid from both sides . You can understand why Real believe officials favour Barca . 4 games against each other and 3 times Real went down to 10 men oddly enough the 1 time they didn't they won . Just hope win or lose it's down to the football and not play acting .
<thumbsup> As an Englishman I'd like United to win, as an Arsenal fan; it'll be nice to say we went out to the eventual winners. Good luck in the final. If any English team can beat them it's definitely Uinted.
Maybe Mourinho should't have wound up Barca before the game, Real had a big part to play in that shambles of a match.
And I said both sides were to blame . There are some problems in Spanish football and the semi just highlighted some of them .
Sorry missed that! It was a mess of a game. Biscuits is really bad for all the play acting and diving but I think the final will be a good match football wise.
Well I really hope you're right there really should be no need for all the dramatics from 2 of the best sides in the World . As long as we turn up this time 2009 was very very painful to watch think we believed we were better than we were . Much better when we feel we have a point to prove and I think this side really feel they have .
Here's hoping we see a fantastic spectacle, good clean game, lots of attacking football. No one team trying to squeeze the life out of the game. Both teams looking to win the game fair and sqaure. Now why does that ring a bell? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...28888/Arsenal-2-Barcelona-1-match-report.html
We normally play a lot better when we are the underdogs. I am hoping for a great game. If we start the game the same way we did in 2009 but take one of the chances that come our way we can go on and win the game. The key is to not concede early so Barca cannot go into keep ball mode.
LOL like your style . Though we saw two sides to Barca in that game first half they played you off the park 2nd you showed that they are mortal . Think they thought it was gonna be easy but then Arsenal showed great backbone to come out for the 2nd half and do what they did . Just hope we don't let them have that 1st half .
