Champions League 2009-2010

[serious14]

Fulltime. Inter are off to Madrid, 3-2 on aggregate.

 

[serious14]

What an utter c*nt (this was Busquets getting Thiago Motta sent off).

 

[Wilsons]

peak a boo

 

[FFC Mariner]

2 games away from a Super Cup show down with (hopefully) Inter in Monte Carlo.

Chance to abuse Jose for his time spent up the road with the Blue Filth.

Sir Roys old team (Inter) and interestingly, Jose and Roy are both pupils of the same tactical school (someone Allen who was the FA's coaching director in the 1970's). 2 banks of 4, wide men going outside in to compress the midfield, target man to hold the ball up, lightning counter attacks.

 

[starfish]

2 games away from a Super Cup show down with (hopefully) Inter in Monte Carlo.

Chance to abuse Jose for his time spent up the road with the Blue Filth.

Sir Roys old team (Inter) and interestingly, Jose and Roy are both pupils of the same tactical school (someone Allen who was the FA's coaching director in the 1970's). 2 banks of 4, wide men going outside in to compress the midfield, target man to hold the ball up, lightning counter attacks.

That would be Allen Wade who wrote the" FA Guide to Training and Coaching" which was the first coaching book I ever bought. The 5 Principles of Attack and 5 Principles of Defence that Wade summarised in that were the basis of of coaching certificate courses for over 20 years. Obviously when applied by his star pupils it works well.

 

[FFC Mariner]

Thats the bloke.

 

[happy]

That's the worst final one could think of imo...

 

[Paolo]

That's the worst final one could think of imo...

Unirea Urziceni & Rubin Kazan probably would have been worse

 

[bjw]

Final is.... today.

 

[serious14]

4.45am Sunday morning kickoff, 20.45 CET.

Go........ Jose.  Not Inter, but Jose.

*nods*

 

[FFC Mariner]

Care factor = zero

Will be boring as batshit, penalities

Diving,cheatingfest from Bayern

 

[Sym]

Whyyy a weekend final ?

Hope Robben has a cracker.

 

[bjw]

Whyyy a weekend final ?

Wikipedia to the rescue-

"The 2010 UEFA Champions League Final is a football match, the final match of the 200910 UEFA Champions League, scheduled to be played on Saturday, 22 May 2010. It will be contested by Bayern Munich and Internazionale. It will be the 18th final of the UEFA Champions League under the current format and the 55th in total. The game will be played at the Santiago Bernabu Stadium, home of Real Madrid.[2] The winners will complete the Treble, a feat never before achieved by any team from either of their two countries.

In November 2007, it was decided that the 2010 final would be the first Champions League final to be played on a Saturday, rather than the traditional Wednesday.[3]"
and
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/7120518.stm

 

[serious14]

Whyyy a weekend final ?

, , $, , 元, and so forth.

They (UEFA) reckon they'll get even higher viewing figures everywhere 'cause it's a weekend, especially in Asia.

Ka-ching.

 

[serious14]

This has been the Jose and Milito show.

2-0 Inter, 70th minute.

 

[marinermick]

This has been the Jose and Milito show.

2-0 Inter, 70th minute.

quality finishing

 

[serious14]

Well done Inter - 6th ever (UEFA) Treble winners.

 

[serious14]

P.S.  In the domestic leagues that he has managed in, Jose has not lost at home in 7 seasons.

 

[bjw]

Wow. Milito's second was incredible.
Congrats to the special one.

 

[marinermick]

Inter have to cut out that long ball conter attack rubbish. It just leads to too many goals and the football is not pretty enough.