Totti reflects on 'saddest night of sporting career'

[Pali]

No one is taking away from the win, but 7 goals was way too much.
Mark my words, this luck will back fire on them.

what luck?

[Land of Samba]

All Roma fans,

Just read nypimpofpersia34 second paragraph before posting another reply with a list of reasons why Roma got humuliated...Well said buddy..I mean it in a good way..
I wish that Viva Italia was able to understand this same thing and admit it instead of blaming the goalie (cuz he is Brazilian)..

Thanks

[Jidinho]

for the people talking about the first game: Roma was dominating before the player was sent off. If anything they declined after the incident. They still would have won that game.
Regarding this game, it didnt matter if it was doni in goal, buffon in goal, or me in goal, it didnt matter if totti was 80%, 10%, 100%,120%, it didnt matter if ronaldinho was playing for them, there was no way that manchester was going to lose the way that they were playing. They were just having one of those games where they couldnt be stopped.
they still suck tho

of course, when Ronaldo starts hes engine, no one can stop him, and if u watch the game again, u can see that on every goal ronaldo had something to do with it !!! its 4 u guyz who dont believe in Ronaldo
MARK MY WORDS
Ronaldo Will Be The BesT Player In The World !!!

[EKBATAN]

what luck?

come on man, i'd like to see them do that again...even to the worst team in EPL.

[Suprah]

of course, when Ronaldo starts hes engine, no one can stop him, and if u watch the game again, u can see that on every goal ronaldo had something to do with it !!! its 4 u guyz who dont believe in Ronaldo
MARK MY WORDS
Ronaldo Will Be The BesT Player In The World !!!

There's only one Cristiano, but he's also called Ronadlo

[vahid is back]

Second if you're playing at home against a team thats one man down you're supposed to put the knife to the other team's throat not take a cautious approach. Sitting back and not taking their chances is just stupidity. sorry i cant see how playing against a team thats one man down and being at home is a disadvantage for Roma,

You just proved my point. What I was saying was if anything the red card helped Man Utd because of how Roma reacted to it. They stopped playing the way they did before the red card which was superior.

I see people trying to discredit United's win by bringing up all sorts of excuses and coulda-woulda-shoulda talk and using the 'you were lucky' card....works when you win something like 1-0 or 2-1, but when one side scores SEVEN, then is it really luck or is it actually something else ?

What I can say is Roma's champions league inexperience showed, they hadn't played many English teams before but regardless they thought their wait and see tactics would work like they did against Lyon where Roma won 2-0.

Something must have went wrong in the tactics, or United hit them when they needed to, immediately w/ no questions asked.

No one is descrediting United's win, however when you play a a striker in as a box to box player and are missing 2 key midfielders for a team already short on depth you have an excuse. There is no question the tactics were wrong, but they didnt really have a choice.

Vahid is back,
Roma's defeat was not due to depth, experience, Totti, etc. ManU was the better team and dominated Roma so lets not discredit manU as Duprah mentioned also.. Roma and Totti were arrogant and thought its going to an easy task to defeat ManU at home..But they were shocked to find out that they were slow and clueless on how to defend ManU's face paced teamwork and passing..

Yes it was due to depth. I think they would have had a chance with Perotta and Tadei. No one was arrogant, it is just a game.

[vahid is back]

Look the real reason United won so convincingly is down to a couple of factors. All of this occured in the first 20 minutes.

They pressured the player on the ball and had very very very very very tight marking. They didn't let Roma do their passing game. Basically if Roma cant pass the ball around they are useless. United pressured the ball and force Roma to make mistakes. This is where they should be given credit in.

[50Toman]

you are right Aryaan jan. Roma only has 4 excellent players (Totti, Perotta, Mancini and De Rossi) the rest are good or okay.

:cough: Chivu :cough:

[Pali]

You just proved my point. What I was saying was if anything the red card helped Man Utd because of how Roma reacted to it. They stopped playing the way they did before the red card which was superior.No one is descrediting United's win, however when you play a a striker in as a box to box player and are missing 2 key midfielders for a team already short on depth you have an excuse. There is no question the tactics were wrong, but they didnt really have a choice.
Yes it was due to depth. I think they would have had a chance with Perotta and Tadei. No one was arrogant, it is just a game.

man i dont think we'll ever agree on this point so ill just drop it.

[Pali]

come on man, i'd like to see them do that again...even to the worst team in EPL.

lol man what i meant was we didnt win 7-1 because we were lucky we won 7-1 because we played the most amazing football. will it ever happen again? no i dont thinks so maybe in another 39 years.

[Iranian soccer fan]

Manchester United did play very well. I doubt they could have done the same against a better defence, but they played very well regardless.

[King Irooni]

I think one of the many reasons they lost could be the pace of football that Man Utd played, it was a bit too much for Roma (Man Utd were playing at an Ultra Tempo).

[vahid is back]

lol man what i meant was we didnt win 7-1 because we were lucky we won 7-1 because we played the most amazing football. will it ever happen again? no i dont thinks so maybe in another 39 years.

Yeah Monaco put 8 past Deportivo a couple of years ago...

[Pali]

Yeah Monaco put 8 past Deportivo a couple of years ago...

i mean manchester united beating a team 7-1 again wont happen anytime soon

[vahid is back]

i mean manchester united beating a team 7-1 again wont happen anytime soon

They beat a couple teams in the 90s scoring 8+ goals