Champions League 23rd of April (Barcelona v Man U)

[JCtips]

Originally Posted by JCtips

My bet for today:

Barcelona-M. United
Barcelona has great players and they can surely beat any team in the world but we all know they haven't been playing like a team all season long and it's obvious there's several "groups" inside the locker-room and the team lacks leadership.
MU is having a great season but they know that in order to really achieve top glory they have to win the Champions League and I think they have what it takes to get the job done this season. Also, for Cristiano Ronaldo to finally be considered the best player of the World he knows that he needs to win something big with his team.
My pick: away PK (2.17 is good value for me); Push

Good luck!

JC

It's a shame that "home boy" CR missed that penalty shot but it happens to the best ...
...I also think the ref was "home biased" big time but that's just my opinion.
Still, credit is due to Barcelona as they played a good game.



JC

[logistics]

I think was a mistake Scholes to play instead of Anderson, Man utd were unbelievable defensive in this match, most of the time Rooney played like difender. Also i thing Giggs had to play instead of Tevez, but Alex Ferguson know what to do and i'm wainting the semi to be realy intersting

[Tulenos]

Originally Posted by logistics

I think was a mistake Scholes to play instead of Anderson, Man utd were unbelievable defensive in this match, most of the time Rooney played like difender. Also i thing Giggs had to play instead of Tevez, but Alex Ferguson know what to do and i'm wainting the semi to be realy intersting

If you can remember any away games @ such a high stage of CL in several past years, ManU always dug very deep with very little intention to play forward. I was surprised yesterday, but only a little, especially after some tale-telling gestures by Alex Ferguson - then I recalled the past games. Painful to watch, though

[logistics]

yes this is true, was a very tough game, but i think Alex Ferguson saw last season that with open and attacking football was impossible to overcome Milan and against Barca the main aim was do not receive a goal, unfortunately Ronaldo missed the penalty