UEFA Champions League 2011-2012

[Venti Quattro]

crofl dinamo zagreb

[TimmehC]

crofl dinamo zagreb

"Hey, we scored on Madrid!"

[Brazil]

lol Lyon

[Venti Quattro]

lol France

[Spurologist]

LOL Citeh
LOL Mancini
LOL ITALOL

[Muser]

lmao manchester

[Venti Quattro]

Everything hangs in the balance in the Basel-Man Utd match.

[Jodelo]

Real without CR7, Kaka, di Maria, Pepe, Marcelo, Khedira and still ting on Zagreb. They are playing incredible the last few weeks/months!

[TDMVPDPOY]

manutd campaign for CL so far has been ,

i dunno whats wrong with alex selection, but so far they been playin draws or down to the level of the compe ion

[DAF86]

Real without CR7, Kaka, di Maria, Pepe, Marcelo, Khedira and still ting on Zagreb. They are playing incredible the last few weeks/months!

Madrid plays better or at least more team oriented which makes for a more beatiful performance when Ronaldo doesn't play, Higuain and Benzema teamed up very well today.

[DAF86]

lol at Mancini for benching his second best player in the most important game of the tournament for them. I guess he's aiming for the Europe League.

[DAF86]

And finally lol at the EPL beign head and shoulders above any other league.

[DAF86]

Another lol at this guy not beign World class.

[lefty]

Lol United

Lol Citeh ....

Citeh ....


Citeh ....

[lefty]

Madrid plays better or at least more team oriented which makes for a more beatiful performance when Ronaldo doesn't play, Higuain and Benzema teamed up very well today.

Exactly !

I dont care if Gaynaldo scores 700000000 goals, RMAO plays better without him

[ALVAREZ6]

Another lol at this guy not beign World class.

Damn.

He seems to finish very well near the net, takes advantage of his chances like a true goleador. Of course..I don't watch many RMAO matches . But he converts a lot of tough opportunities.

[Venti Quattro]

manutd campaign for CL so far has been ,

i dunno whats wrong with alex selection, but so far they been playin draws or down to the level of the compe ion

Man Utd has never been the same after they got beat 1-6.

[quentin_compson]

lol at Mancini for benching his second best player in the most important game of the tournament for them. I guess he's aiming for the Europe League.

And who would that be? Let me guess ... Aguero?

For a side that couldn't allow themselves to lose, City was pretty poor for a long time yesterday. At times, there still seems to be a lack of a true playmaker in central midfield.
Balotelli should have buried that header late in the game, but he still was twice the player Dzeko was yesterday. Anyway, Napoli should already have lead 3-1 at that time.

[ElNono]

Dzeko threw a smoke screen when the season started, but it's obvious he's a very limited player. He can probably stand out in the EPL where the game is faster, but against Italian teams, and especially in Italy, you need rougher players like Agüero.

[quentin_compson]

Well, Mario Gomez is a very limited player as well, but that doesn't stop him from scoring goals in abundance these days.
Anyway, I rate Dzeko higher than you do. I think he got what it takes to be a top quality striker in Europe - size, strength, speed, technique. But I'll admit that he definitely hasn't been top quality on a consistent basis yet.

[ALVAREZ6]

Dzeko threw a smoke screen when the season started, but it's obvious he's a very limited player. He can probably stand out in the EPL where the game is faster, but against Italian teams, and especially in Italy, you need rougher players like Agüero.

Weren't you pretty high on him recently? If I recall correctly, there was a thread (where Messi vs. Maradona or vs. Ronaldo talks were going on) in which you gave numerical rankings for many players. Dzeko was extremely high, and I just don't see how people think he's that great.


I'm pretty sure that was you.

[ALVAREZ6]

Turns out I did not recall correctly. It was Phenomanul.

I guess this should go here as well...

IMO if offensive-minded players were ranked on a "completeness as a fooballer" scale, where 100 was the perfect score then (based on 'today's' competencies and on how much the opposing team has to factor them in when developing game strategies):

1. Lionel Messi = 99 (almost perfect player: possessing speed, agility, ball control, creativity, only missing strength is heading)
2. Cristiano Ronaldo = 96 (of course CR7 will score often, because he takes more than half of the team's shots on goal - that said, he's still a very gifted player).
3. Wayne Rooney = 95
4. Xavi Hernández = 94
5. Diego Forlán = 92
6. Edin Džeko = 90 (Many here don't follow him regularly, but this guy can score from anywhere.)
7. Wesley Sneijder = 90
8. Sergio Agüero = 90
9. Andrés Iniesta = 89
10. Luis Suarez = 89
11. David Villa = 89
12. Samuel Eto'o = 88
13. Neymar = 88
14. Cesc Fábregas = 87
15. Zlatan Ibrahimović = 87
16. Mesut Özil = 87
17. Nani = 87
18. Dani Alves = 86
19. Thomas Müller = 86
20. Samir Nasri = 86
21. Carlos Tevez = 86
22. Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite (Kaká) = 85
23. Robin Van Persie = 85
24. Ronaldinho = 84
25. Javier ''Chicharito'' Hernández = 83 (my homer pick; though one could make a case he could probably rank higher on the list based on the kind of year he's had).

Edit: forgot Nasri (who at this moment is probably France's best playmaker given Ribery's age)... and inserted Nani...

[ALVAREZ6]

anyone got a free live stream of Barca-Milan?

[scott]

1-1 at 21' if you haven't found a steam yet

[scott]

Messi hits crossbar from top of the 6. This game might end 5-5