Champions League starts tonite

[Ataraxia]

Originally Posted by Führer

Come on its still the first round of the CL. Diego and Del Piero were injured for instance and they didn't even play together yet. Mourinho is still testing his new strategy with 2 new strikers upfront replacing Ibra. As for Milan and Fiorentina, they are not expected to go far in the tourney.

I expect Inter and Juve to reach at least the semis. They got all what is needed to reach that phase.

Inter are **** no matter what they do. It was on their home ground and they were standing like little kittens in the defense.Even with that, Barcleona should have scored 3 definite goals. Juventus and Milan have much better chances although if any team will go far in Europe it will be Milan without doubt no matter how they are performing in the League.

[supersonichadi]

Wednesday 16-3-2009 results :

Lyon 1-0 Fiorentina

Liverpool 1-0 Debrecen

Dynamo Kiev 3-1 Rubin

Inter 0-0 Barcelona

[supersonichadi]

Wednesday 16-3-2009 results :

Stuttgart 1 - 1 Rangers

Sevilla 2 - 0 AFC Unirea Valahorum Urziceni

Olympiacos CFP 1 - 0 AZ

Standard Liège 2 - 3 Arsenal

[sev]

Very very poor performance by inter..
Inter drew 1 - 1 with rubin kazan, they didnt deserve the one point even.. rubin kazan was the much better side.
now inter has 2 points, which they deserved none of..

This is terribel to serie a... Inter will finish second now, and have tough oponent in the next round..

[supersonichadi]

Tuesday 29-09-2009 results :

Fiorentina 2 - 0 Liverpool

Debrecen 0 - 4 Lyon

Barca 2 - 0 Dynamo kiev

Rangers 1 - 4 Sevilla

[supersonichadi]

Tuesday 29-09-2009 results :

AFC Unirea Valahorum Urziceni 1 - 1 Stutgart

Arsenal 2 - 0 Olympiakos

AZ 1 - 1 Standard Liege

[sev]

Italian media tear into Mourinho Wednesday 30 September, 2009

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Inter’s stalemate with Rubin Kazan has prompted a media backlash in Italy against Jose Mourinho. “Cesare Prandelli is the real Special One.”

The Portuguese Coach has won only two Champions League games with his current club, drawing five and losing three, but the result in Russia stretched his winless streak to seven encounters.


“Inter rely on their individuals, but we’d best not even consider their team play,” snapped Nicola Cecere in the Gazzetta dello Sport today.


“This time they were facing Rubin Kazan, not Barcelona, yet we continue to see a gap in organisation that seems even cruel.


“Had there been a decent centre-forward instead of Bukharov, there would’ve been no escape for Inter. Europe risks becoming a nightmare for Mourinho.”


The newspapers remind fans that it was for his failure to win the Champions League that Roberto Mancini was sacked last year, but precious little has changed.


“Rubin are the weakest side in Group F, yet they still managed to dominate the tempo and style of the game,” noted Gazzetta scribe Alessandro De Calò.


“Without Diego Milito and Thiago Motta, the Portuguese Coach played the same way as last year with Amantino Mancini and Ricardo Quaresma. We saw many long balls for Samuel Eto’o, as if he were still Zlatan Ibrahimovic.


“For one night, Prandelli is the real Special One. Mourinho has a lot to learn from him and Fiorentina, who gave everyone a football lesson.”


The Viola’s 2-0 drubbing of Liverpool impressed as much as Inter’s stalemate disappointed and many focused on Mou’s nickname.


“Inter are a desert, grey and sad,” wrote Enzo Bucchioni in Il Giorno. “Mourinho may well be a great communicator, but he’s a banal Coach. Tactically he hasn’t got one thing right.


“The big problem is that this team hasn’t got a clue how to play football. Inter don’t improve in Italy or Europe and that must mean something. Lots of talk, not much to show for it, dear self-appointed Special One…”


Blogger Franco Rossi claimed that “Mourinho’s continual blah blah blah has left Inter shell-shocked. They were embarrassing and it’s not possible to always step on to the field terrorised of the opponents.”


The decision to introduce Quaresma in the second half was dubbed “the great mystery” by Il Giornale. “He is a gaping black hole and it’s difficult for even those who admire Jose to stick with him on this.”

Football Italia - the Italian football website for English-speaking football fans


Jose Borinho got a well deserved bashing this week.

[e_khoury]

marseille-real madrid: a match not to be missed
score at half time:0-0

[Saladin]

United just conceded a goal, terrible performance by the reds so far.

[Saladin]

Once again, Giggs to the rescue :)