The Barcelona Thread

[shayan20]

WTF!!! It was Barca that got beaten by the ref in the 1st leg not Inter.
2 huge mistake in Milan that decided the tie, enough said.
Plus Bojan's goal in this game, why was it canceled?
these CL games are very fishy, I guess they didnt want thousands of catalans in Madrid!
lol at mourinho's celebration at the end, valdez told him off

[1908]

talk as much as u want barca fans ur out
lol



im laughing at zlatan
40 million + eto gets subbed out to a youngster that did more hhahahhahahhahhahaha

[chuck bass]

WTF!!! It was Barca that got beaten by the ref in the 1st leg not Inter.
2 huge mistake in Milan that decided the tie, enough said.
Plus Bojan's goal in this game, why was it canceled?
these CL games are very fishy, I guess they didnt want thousands of catalans in Madrid!
lol at mourinho's celebration at the end, valdez told him off

Let's not sink to chelsea fans' level and blame the ref. over 2 legs, inter deserved to advance. eod

[shayan20]

Gotta say though Ibra proved shit again. Man what a waste of money. Bojan was more lively when he came on and his stoppage time goal should have stood and took Barca to final. And lets not forget Pique who was 10x more dangerous than Ibra when he played the striker role.
my only wish is that Barca and Real stop signings names, and go for real players that are willing to run and are hungary for success not those that are spoilt. Im not saying he's a bad player but his lack of movement and laziness makes Barca's attacks easy to read. it is no surprise that we beat raped Inter, Arsenal and Madrid without Ibra because there is a lot more movement and spaces created when he's not playing.
But since we gambled on him, I say he shuld stay another season hopefully he will improve a lot more.

[shayan20]

Let's not sink to chelsea fans' level and blame the ref. over 2 legs, inter deserved to advance. eod

without a doubt the way we played 1st leg we didnt deserve to go thorugh but cant deny the ref played a big role in the 3-1 result. its pain watching Barca struggle to create clear chances despite having 80% possession! Its happened against mainly english teams like chelsea, united in semis.

one positve from this game: at least we scored a goal in a CL semi-final at home
Now time to kick madridistas arses and sink them in the league.

[Hichkas]

well barcas first goal was offside so the second which wrong called a handball makes it equal

[1908]

Gotta say though Ibra proved shit again. Man what a waste of money. Bojan was more lively when he came on and his stoppage time goal should have stood and took Barca to final. And lets not forget Pique who was 10x more dangerous than Ibra when he played the striker role.
my only wish is that Barca and Real stop signings names, and go for real players that are willing to run and are hungary for success not those that are spoilt. Im not saying he's a bad player but his lack of movement and laziness makes Barca's attacks easy to read. it is no surprise that we beat raped Inter, Arsenal and Madrid without Ibra because there is a lot more movement and spaces created when he's not playing.
But since we gambled on him, I say he shuld stay another season hopefully he will improve a lot more.

rape ur team HAHAHAH
barca couldnt stick it in ... lol

yes yes lol in the end it was us cumming in Barca's mouth ...lol
with a massive load on 90 k+ fans ...
badbakhta had 2 turn on the sprinkles couldnt take the pain no longer

[iranforlife]

Let's not sink to chelsea fans' level and blame the ref. over 2 legs, inter deserved to advance. eod

hahaha asshole your blind haha we didn't blame the ref but your team did buy the ref!

[HuSsAiN]

hahaha asshole your blind haha we didn't blame the ref but your team did buy the ref!

Remember last year, where Barca won via away goals, how your players reacted to the ref? Didn't 'blame' the ref???

Inter have played Barca four times.. had a tricky group with Rubin Kazan(Russian champions) proving to be a tough team to beat.. then they beat Chelsea home and away, and won barcelona in the semis.

Credit to Mourinho..

[HuSsAiN]

For those that dont know what I am talking about, last night against Inter Sergio "over exaggerated" a hand off and claimed he had been elbowed. Rolling around on the floor coupled with the surrounded Barc players baying for blood seemed to make up the mind of a weak ref who issued a red to Motta. Clearly he is looking out here to see when the card is shown.

Motta is missing the final.. because of him.

[IranSoccer#8]

Ibrahimovic is a European flop. Good article from goal.com:

The Swede disappointed on the big stage once again last night.
By Carlo Garganese

But he wasn’t fully fit. But the whole team played badly. But he had two men marking him. But he scored twice against Arsenal in London in the quarter finals and once in the last 16 against Stuttgart.

Please. The time for excuses with Zlatan Ibrahimovic is over. In Barcelona’s semi final defeat to Inter, we had the final, definitive proof that the 28-year-old is indeed a big-game European flop.

In the first leg in Milan, Ibrahimovic was so inactive that he ran less distance than goalkeeper Victor Valdes. Yesterday, the Swede again made no impact whatsoever despite Barcelona spending the entire game in Inter’s half with an incredible 75 per cent of the possession. So ineffective was the Swede that coach Pep Guardiola subbed the frontman for youngster Bojan on 63 minutes. In fact it was only when defender Gerard Pique was thrown into attack that Barcelona started to carve Inter open, scoring once and creating two other excellent opportunities in the final 10 minutes.

Defenders of Ibrahimovic cite his double against Arsenal as evidence that the striker can cut it against the best. With all due respect, The Gunners are not a top side, and it certainly isn’t an achievement scoring twice against a Dumb and Dumber double act, and only doing so after you have already missed three sitters.


The statistics and history books don’t lie.

In two years with Juventus, and three with Inter, Ibra scored just nine European goals in 41 appearances. Most tellingly, the attacker never found the back of the net in the knockout stages, leading to his label as a ‘big-game European flop’. All of his strikes, barring a meaningless injury time consolation against Bayern Munich for Juve, came in the group stages against so-called lesser teams – Rapid Vienna (2), PSV (2), CSKA Moscow (2), Fenerbahce and Werder Bremen.

Inter’s dreadful Champions League record, prior to this season, has been well documented, but where was Ibra during the last 16 losses against Valencia and Liverpool? Last year against Manchester United, his all-round build-up play at Old Trafford was sublime at times, and neither Nemanja Vidic nor Rio Ferdinand could get close to him, but he failed the most important endeavour – putting the ball in the back of the net – missing a number of gilt-edged chances. When Juventus were dumped by Liverpool in 2005, Ibra choked, and this was the case the following campaign against Arsenal. The only time while playing in Italy when the hitman turned it on in a knockout game was in a tie against Real Madrid in Turin.

Ibrahimovic and his supporters often complained that the real reason why Ibra failed in Europe was not because he was a Champions League flop, but rather down to the fact that he was playing in teams that didn’t suit his technical qualities. Fabio Capello’s Juventus, Roberto Mancini’s Inter, and Jose Mourinho’s first term at Appiano Gentile championed substance over style. These are teams who dominated domestically through efficiency and muscle, rather than skill and artistry. In the Champions League, as proved by Milan’s dominance between 2003 and 2007, you need flair and imagination to triumph, something that Mourinho has brought to Inter this season with great success via the purchases of Samuel Eto’o, Wesley Sneijder and Goran Pandev.

Zlatan fans said that their idol just needed a club who played to his strengths. Then the real Ibrahimovic, who dreams of the Ballon d’Or, would take the Champions League by storm. There could not have been a more perfect club in this regard than Barcelona. Undoubtedly the best attacking unit in the world, and one of the best of all time, Ibra was gushing at the prospect of linking up with Lionel Messi, Andres Iniesta, Xavi and Co.

But, while the former Ajax man has had a decent first season domestically (he always does - remember he has won six straight league championships), scoring a number of decisive goals including the winner at Camp Nou against Real Madrid, his European misfortunes have continued. Four goals and just two assists from 10 games is not a great return when you are surrounded by so many world class players. Meanwhile, his former club have roared to the Champions League final without him. With their bank balance 46 million euros plus big-game performer Samuel Eto'o better off.

Ibrahimovic turns 30 next year. His time at the top is fast running out. His time for European excuses has run out.

[IranSoccer#8]

and, I think barca would have advanced if Iniesta was playing. Barca was missing that one piece, and that was Iniesta.

[iranforlife]

Remember last year, where Barca won via away goals, how your players reacted to the ref? Didn't 'blame' the ref???
Inter have played Barca four times.. had a tricky group with Rubin Kazan(Russian champions) proving to be a tough team to beat.. then they beat Chelsea home and away, and won barcelona in the semis.
Credit to Mourinho..

yeah that's great but what whoud you do if you were playing you'r ass off and getting tackled all the time in the penalty area and the ref just doesn't care?

[chuck bass]

yeah that's great but what whoud you do if you were playing you'r ass off and getting tackled all the time in the penalty area and the ref just doesn't care?

over both the games, chelsea should have had 3 penalties, barca should have had 2. if you include abidal's red card, the "score" on bed ref calls is 3-3. it was one year ago, the ref was horrible against both teams. quit your crying and get over it. when i said "dont sink to chelsea fans' level", i really meant dont sink to people like you's level.

btw whats your definition of "playing your ass off"? defending with 11 men for 80 minutes? atleast inter's defending was justified (they played away from home), chelsea did what inter did last night in front of their own fans. ****ing pathetic

[iranforlife]

over both the games, chelsea should have had 3 penalties, barca should have had 2. if you include abidal's red card, the "score" on bed ref calls is 3-3. it was one year ago, the ref was horrible against both teams. quit your crying and get over it. when i said "dont sink to chelsea fans' level", i really meant dont sink to people like you's level.
btw whats your definition of "playing your ass off"? defending with 11 men for 80 minutes? atleast inter's defending was justified (they played away from home), chelsea did what inter did last night in front of their own fans. ****ing pathetic

hahaare you ****ing kidding we kicked you'r asses at stamford bridge if it was a different coach we would have 5 penalties!