CARLES
CARLES
CARLES!

I can see Barca's intricate 5-man midpark lineup being countered by Yoonited's somewhat unique hammerhead tactics leading to an interesting match-up across the middle third. What they need is a tall fella to win some headkicks beyond the host's top picks in offence.

Yaya Toure's possibly the best midfielder in the world. Absolutely phenomenal!

leaving too many large spaces where there shouldnt be any. Carrick looks ok in their half but just isnt great defensively. All in all going well though. Still need a second mind and with barca pushing further for the goal i reckon nani and ronaldo will get chances.

but he's a brilliant player. Abidal is simply confirming my belief that he's one of the most overrated full backs in world football. Yaya Toure and Messi have been excellent. Ronaldo has been anonymous and VDS's kicking has been horrific.

a classic set of games so far has it? anyone else remember when utd lost 4-0 and drew 2-2 against barca years ago and subsequently ifk gothenberg qualified at the expense of a depleted utd squad? that was exciting.

i dont understand why iniesta is playing either to be honest, abidal has a good chance against hargreaves too and i hate puyol so much its beyond belief.

but they are so shocking at the back, Utd will get another one as well

"Nanny" and "Chavvy"????

terry henry then...anyone think he's gonna turn the game on its head?

This one or the last one?

it would have been a lot easier for United.

i should have done my essay.

i think i'd take liverpool in the final

should have played henry from the start up front alone with messi and bojan down the wings. Eto isnt worth his boots. Man u won from a lucky but good strike from scholes. Oh well, prefer man u to barca in the final.

On the final in Moscow: "It'll be the biggest game in history between two British teams"

There was also some dirge about Munich thrown in for good measure.

United put ten men behind the ball for the whole two legs and go through, yet Barca, who i thought were awesome tonight, and who passed the ball well and played football as it should be played for the whole two legs go out.

but Rio Ferdinand had an incredible game.

bet he does it deliberately because he's a UKIP type.

BO JEAN you cretin not Bo jane or whatever you said. And Enrie, not HENRY. Twatfarm.

Tevez played his best game for United. as did Brown, and Park, except for a couple of mistimed passes, played excellently.

wasnt too impressed with Rio. he hardly ever made a challenge (particularly highlighted with the amount of backtracking he did during Barca's main two first half challenges) and passed back to Van Der Sar far too often

united fans 4/1
Russian Police 8/11 favourites

PARK
BROWN

All fantastic.

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and getting given the f365 photoshop treatment:

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bwahaha

just to see if tydsley actually comes when carragher and ronaldo appear on the screen together. oh, and what do you reckon the odds are on this peice of commentary:

"its scholes, its giggs, its one nil!"

Scored the most goals in the league and conceded the fewest, played wonderful attacking football up until now, found some quality youngsters in Anderson and Nani, and bit-part players like Brown have been able to make a huge step up. Barcelona had the majority of territory and possession over the two legs, but seriously, how many clear cut chances did they actually create rather than Messi just showing off a nice box of tricks and some nice passing in triangles?

Yeh it was a rearguard action in the last twenty but any team would have retreated into their shell like that given the circumstances.