Europa League Thread 2012/13

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ade. :lol:

[Cripps_orig]

Ade is up

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

That was terrible.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ade sends it miles away!

:haha: :haha: :haha:

[Xhaka Can’t]

Woohoo! Hahahahahaha Ade you ****!!!!!:lol::lol:

[GP]

ROFL!

[Munchies]

LOOOL

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Diaz to win it or Basel and Federer.

[Cripps_orig]

Ade to miss

I love being right

[Özim]

Barndoor misses :lol:

He's sh*t.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

BASEL THROUGH!!!

Spuds. :haha:

[Xhaka Can’t]

lo'bn;oweFH'Owegf[GFM[FNUM[WGA,#]MCQT4W9P;52N;P2NMOC5][-15M;2AVIMGVAC,M'VPOV, [AM4EV,#[NBERMP;V,B4WA6M@<!!!

[Özim]

Basel win it :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Munchies]

@piersmorgan

Hilarious.... #Adebayor

[Cripps_orig]

Spuds :haha:

Pretty much guarantees top 4 but for tonight, they have once again regained laughing stock status in north london

[Xhaka Can’t]

Woohoo! Hahahahahaha Ade you ****!!!!!:lol::lol:

:gp:

[GP]

Donkeybayor :lol:

[Özim]

Basel :bow:

Did everything to try and lose it tonight, but still won.

Spuds :lol:

Barndoor :lol:

[Cripps_orig]

Agent Ade :bow:

[fakeyank]

Spermz :haha:

[Özim]

Adebayor, Adebayor give him the ball and he will hit it over.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Donkeybayor :lol:


It's funny coz he's a ****.

[Munchies]

Is it me or did he smirk after he missed ? :haha:

"long...leggy....unpredictable"

[Özim]

Ade sends it miles away!

:haha: :haha: :haha:
He scuffed it.

[Cripps_orig]

His run up was hilarious

His shot even more so.

[Munchies]

@Lord_Sugar

AVB should be fired.no tactics.Been lucky up till now with results.how can he put Huddleston as pen taker.Then Adebayor you knew would miss.

---
'you're fired ' :lol:

[Özim]

Couldn't have wished for a better result.....extra time to tire them out and then being knocked out on penalties...the most painful way with Barndoor missing.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Glory Glory Roger Federer.
And the Swiss go marching on...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ade will probably be sold this summer, left it late for some good performances now though.

[Cripps_orig]

Couldn't have wished for a better result.....extra time to tire them out and then being knocked out on penalties...the most painful way with Barndoor missing.

They don't have a game this weekend so makes no difference

[GP]

£25m we got for Ade.

Twenty five million pounds.

:lol:

[Özim]

Strachan saying Spurs missed because their minds were tired.

Before the penalty shootout he said "I think they'll do it" :lol:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

How the hell is Adebayor "elegant"?

[Munchies]

£25m we got for Ade.

Twenty five million pounds.

:lol:

Wenger :dance:

[Özim]

They don't have a game this weekend so makes no difference
Oh well, still a great result!

[Özim]

Wenger :dance:
Arsenal fans for forcing him out.

Arsenal fans :bow:

[Letters]

Spurs :pal:
Adebayor :pal:
Chaz :pal:
Dave :pal:

Awlsome :patrice:

[Özim]

How the hell is Adebayor "elegant"?
I think they said "Elephant"

[Munchies]

I think they said "Elephant"

:haha:

[fakeyank]

http://i.minus.com/ibm1xdud1YpFzS.gif

:haha:

[Özim]

http://i.minus.com/ibm1xdud1YpFzS.gif

:haha:
He scuffed it to the moon. :lol:

[Özim]

Croaky is talking now.

[Munchies]

AVB : "Errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr"

[Cripps_orig]

AVB is a quality manager tbh

[Munchies]

Spurs only striker is Adebayor... :violin:

[Letters]

http://i.minus.com/ibm1xdud1YpFzS.gif

:haha:

How the hell did you find that so quickly?

:lol:

Agent Ade :bow:

:patrice:

[fakeyank]

How the hell did you find that so quickly?

:lol:

Agent Ade :bow:

:patrice:

Glory glory :lol:

[GP]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BHmj_ObCcAAzJnW.jpg

[GP]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BHB762eCAAA_25n.jpg

[Marc Overmars]

Spurs. :pal:

I was lol'ing hard when that **** Adebayor missed.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Had to leave the house for minute and missed extra time and pel....

Ade. :haha:

Scum. :haha:

$25 mil :bow:

Wenger :bow:

[Niall_Quinn]

I'm so pleased for Ade, couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.

[Xhaka Can’t]

£25m we got for Ade.

Twenty five million pounds.

:lol:

:lol:

[Xhaka Can’t]

I think they said "Elephant"

Now THAT was a funny post. :lol:

Well played.

[BOBN]

We got out of jail with the adebayor deal, same with nasri.

£50m for two very average players. The games gone.

[Chrissie]

Sorry I don't know how to put this up but :

http://footballtweet.lockerdome.com/media/107208592

:haha:

[Cripps_orig]

Nasri average :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Europa League draw is on now.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

They're bringing the club reps out on stage. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Fenerbahce vs Benfica.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Basel vs Chelsea.

[Özim]

Benfica vs Chelsea final then.

Benfica are the only side capable of beating Chelsea, they are a decent team.

[Cripps_orig]

Anyone we can get behind like we did with Bibao last season?

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Basel is the natural choice here.

Fucked up the mancfilth last season.

Just bumped off the scum****s.

And now they face the chavscum.

Every true Gooner should be throwing their full support behind them unreservedly.

[Cripps_orig]

They'd be my choice

[IBK]

Saw this on Glory Glory. (kind of looks like Whore too...)

Adebayor runup dog

http://img805.imageshack.us/img805/7562/dogo.gif

[GP]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BHpfwILCUAA7us4.jpg

[Xhaka Can’t]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iseegv2BmPM

[Cripps_orig]

Thursday 25th April 2013
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - SEMI-FINAL
FC Basel v Chelsea 20:05
Fenerbahce v Benfica 20:05

Chelsea on ITV

Benfica on ITV 4

[Özim]

CL thread has been killed by biased mods :GB: as usual so let's move to this one.

Hopefully Basel can play as well as in the last round :pray:

[Master Splinter]

Hopefully Basel play as well as they did at White Hart Lane. Because they were terrible in the second leg.

[IBK]

Dunno whether I'd rather see the Chavs win this comp, so Benitez focusses on it rather than 4th place.

[Marc Overmars]

They definitely need to lose, I'd rather not see them fluke another European trophy.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Basel: Sommer, Philipp Degen, Schar, Dragovic, Park, Fabian Frei, Salah, El-Nenny, Die, Stocker, Streller.
Subs: Vailati, David Degen, Diaz, Cabral, Sauro, Steinhofer, Zoua.

Chelsea: Cech, Azpilicueta, Ivanovic, Terry, Cole, Luiz, Hazard, Ramires, Lampard, Moses, Torres.
Subs: Turnbull, Mata, Oscar, Mikel, Cahill, Benayoun, Bertrand.

Referee: Pavel Kralovec (Czech Republic)

Die. :haha:

----------------------------------------

Fenerbahce: Demirel, Gonul, Yobo, Korkmaz, Ziegler, Meireles, Topal, Kuyt, Baroni, Sow, Webo.
Subs: Gunok, Irtegun, Sahin, Senturk, Krasic, Topuz, Ucan.

Benfica: Artur Moraes, Maxi Pereira, Jardel, Garay, Melgarejo, Gomes, Aimar, Matic, John, Cardozo, Salvio.
Subs: Paulo Lopes, Roderick Miranda, Lima, Carlos Martins, Rodrigo, Gaitan, Urreta.

Referee: Milorad Mazic (Serbia)

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Basel: Sommer, Philipp Degen, Schar, Dragovic, Park, Fabian Frei, Salah, El-Nenny, Die, Stocker, Streller.
Subs: Vailati, David Degen, Diaz, Cabral, Sauro, Steinhofer, Zoua.

Chelsea: Cech, Azpilicueta, Ivanovic, Terry, Cole, Luiz, Hazard, Ramires, Lampard, Moses, Torres.
Subs: Turnbull, Mata, Oscar, Mikel, Cahill, Benayoun, Bertrand.

Referee: Pavel Kralovec (Czech Republic)

Die. :haha:


No one who speaks German could be an evil man.

http://cdn.gajitz.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/dream-this-man.jpg

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Man of our dreams. :bow:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

:lol:

Not exactly the Yellow Wall there, Basel...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cech comfortable with that? :lol:

He missed it Townsend and fell backwards in to the goal.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Very good save from Sommer to deny Honest Frank.

Basel 0-1 Chelsea, Moses fluke.

[Marc Overmars]

:rolleyes:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Deflected freekick from Cher, Cech tips it behind.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/67246000/jpg/_67246995_017835254-1.jpg

:bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Complete scuffer from Salah! Great work from Stocker, might have ben fouled.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Elneny. :haha:

Watch out Fed!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Die killed Hazard.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Mark Lawrenson, BBC Radio 5 live at St Jakob-Park

"Why on earth would you not give Frank Lampard an extra year on his contract?"

:rolleyes:

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Basel look a bit clueless in the attacking 3rd.

Should have done much better just now.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

That was an elbow.

BAN HIM!

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Big Man rolling around on the pitch. :haha:

1st half time wasting tactics.

What a ****.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Park. :lol:

As good as ours.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Torres. :haha:

Hazard. :haha:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

:haha:

Torres what are you doing?

Runs past the ball and then completely misses an overhead attempt.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Torres. :haha:

What a clown.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

How has Hazard messed that up?!

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Hazard. :haha:

Dreadful 1st touch before scuffing wide from point blank range.

This game is hilarious.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Basel 0-1 Chelsea, HT.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Fener smash the post with a pelanty. He's almost crying.

Why didn't they let Dirk take it?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Or Joseph Yobo. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Stocker hits the post!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Torres somehow hits the post!

:haha:

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Hazard. :bow:

Awesome.

Torres. :haha:

Hardest thing to do was miss from there...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Complete flap by Cech.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Torres has been awful.

SO no doubt he will pub in a 2 yard tap in.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Ramires. :haha:

I'm yet to be convinced this guy's Brazilian.

Proper pubber.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Die off, Diaz on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Elneny off, Zoua on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ramires. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cashley booked and will miss the second leg.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Cashley booked for time wasting. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Dragovic booked.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Fire Hazard hauled off, Mata on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Oh my god Torres. :haha:

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Torres. :haha:

Offside in the end, but dear me, what a miss.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Mata is awesome, btw. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Diaz FFS.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Salah's control let him down twice there.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Honest Frank. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Salah off, Degen on.

Honest Frank off, Oscar on.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

this Basel team are very penetrative and direct from midfield going forward, but dreadful in the final 3rd.

No way they shouldn't have picked up a goal or two by now.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Fantastic scramble.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

David Luiz booked. Shocker of a challenge.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pelanty!!

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Pel Basel! :patrice:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Basel 1-1 Chelsea, Cher!

Cech's arm waving. :haha:

[Özil's Panoramic View]

1-1. :patrice:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

"Plucky"

:rolleyes:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Torres and Oscar. :haha:

Bloody hell.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Tyldesley. :lol:

What an idiot.

Cher booked.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

How didn't Big Man score?!!

:haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Freekick to Chelsea. :sick:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Basel 1-2 Chelsea, David Luiz. :rolleyes:

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Oh fuck no.

Juft fuck off Basel.

[Cripps_orig]

Luiz is awesome

[Cripps_orig]

Fenerbahce 1-0 Benfica FT

Basle 1-2 Chelsea FT.

[Marc Overmars]

Oh dear, pubbing their way into another final then. Ridiculous how they do it every season regardless of how much shit goes on at that club.

[Cripps_orig]

Tbf every single one of us would swap our last 7 years for theirs even if it meant changing managers regularly.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Benfica: Artur Moraes, Maxi Pereira, Luisao, Garay, Almeida, Perez, Matic, Gaitan, Lima, Cardozo, Salvio.
Subs: Paulo Lopes, Aimar, Carlos Martins, Rodrigo, Urreta, Melgarejo, Jardel.

Fenerbahce: Demirel, Gonul, Yobo, Korkmaz, Ziegler, Sahin, Baroni, Erkin, Kuyt, Sow, Ucan.
Subs: Gunok, Ali Kaldirim, Irtegun, Stoch, Senturk, Simsek, Topuz.

Referee: Stephane Lannoy (France)

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Chelsea: Cech, Azpilicueta, Ivanovic, Cahill, Bertrand, Lampard, Luiz, Ramires, Hazard, Moses, Torres.
Subs: Turnbull, Mata, Oscar, Ferreira, Terry, Benayoun, Ake.

Basle: Sommer, Steinhofer, Schar, Sauro, Voser, El-Nenny, Frei, Die, Salah, Streller, Stocker.
Subs: Vailati, Park, Ajeti, David Degen, Diaz, Cabral, Zoua.

Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

So I take it we're all Basel and Benfica fans tonight?

Aw no. In typing that I lost my biscuit in my tea. The horror.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What a chance for Streller!

And little bit, yes.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Torres. :haha:

He makes it so easy to laugh.

[Cripps_orig]

Why Benfica over Fenerbahce?

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Why Benfica over Fenerbahce?

Because I think they'd have more chance of beating Chelsea in the final.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Honest Frank hits the post! :haha:

It'll be hilarious if he doesn't equal the record now.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Why Benfica over Fenerbahce?

He hates Kuyt. And Meireles.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

I forgot about Meireles.

That's my new reason.

I can't hate Kuyt. He has enough problems what with his face.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Benfica 1-0 Fenerbahce, Gaitan!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Very good save from Sommer to deny Torres.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

David Luiz. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Benfica 1-1 Fenerbahce, Kuyt pelanty. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Weak shot from Stocker.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2033:
GOAL - Chelsea 0-0 FC Basel

Valentin Stocker is limping around the pitch after being clattered by Gary Cahill. The game carries on, though, and Basel are in the ascendancy. Markus Steinhofer finds Marcos Streller, lurking at the far post, with a beautiful crossfield pass and the captain attempts a Marco Van Basten-esque volley - and is only a fraction wide from beating Petr Cech. Oof.


BBC. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What a chance for Ramires.

Brilliant play by Hazard.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Degen is injured? :faint:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Benfica 2-1 Fenerbahce, Cardozo!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cech saves from Salah, pelanty appeals for Basel after that, nothing given.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cher. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Just flicked over, what a chance for Kuyt! :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Torres. :haha:

WTF?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Chelsea 0-1 Basel, Salah!

Brilliant play.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

And 0-1 HT. :popcorn:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Defenders should be fined every time they blindly appeal for an offside. Especially when they're ones playing them onside.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

WTF ITV? :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Now ITV can't turn Strachan's mic off. What a channel.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

El Nenny. :lol:

Basel's football is awlsome most of the time.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Chelsea 1-1 Basel, Torres.

He's back!

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Basel's right back (?) :doh:

Plays everyone 3 yards onside and just stands there to watch them score.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Chelsea 2-1 Basel, Moses.

Basel. :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Azpilicueta booked.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

El Nenny. :lol:

Basel's football is awlsome most of the time.
The Maccy curse finds another victim.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

David Luiz. :lol:

Ultimate vision of glory there.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Chelsea 3-1 Basel, David Luiz.

Me. :bow:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Gonul gets kicked in the face.

He's down as if someone kicked him in the face.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Gaitan little bit caught him.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Frei smacks the post, Salah puts the volley wide!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ramires off, Oscar on.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

CARDOZO!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Benfica 3-1 Fenerbahce, Cardozo with his second!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Get out of the way stewards!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Chelsea are through to the final. :sick:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Five added minutes in Benfica's match.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Eggy Men. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Benfica are through to the final! :bow:

[Ollie the Optimist]

so who will chelsea fans credit if they win an fa cup and europa league double? (kill me now)

they surely wont credit rafa with it, di matteo had nothing to do with either. maybe they will do a zimm and credit someone from twenty years ago who had fuck all to do with anything but still deserves teh praise for winning these two trophies

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

so who will chelsea fans credit if they win an fa cup and europa league double? (kill me now)

they surely wont credit rafa with it, di matteo had nothing to do with either. maybe they will do a zimm and credit someone from twenty years ago who had fuck all to do with anything but still deserves teh praise for winning these two trophies
It'd be a miracle if Chelsea won the Fa Cup.

One even Rafa couldn't claim credit for.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ollie. :doh:

[Ollie the Optimist]

It'd be a miracle if Chelsea won the Fa Cup.

One even Rafa couldn't claim credit for.

i could have sworn they beat city, i really havnt been paying attention much to toher clubs recently

[Cripps_orig]

:haha:

[fakeyank]

so who will chelsea fans credit if they win an fa cup and europa league double? (kill me now)

they surely wont credit rafa with it, di matteo had nothing to do with either. maybe they will do a zimm and credit someone from twenty years ago who had fuck all to do with anything but still deserves teh praise for winning these two trophies

Your obsession with zimm is unhealthy. U both need to get a room and sort it out..

[Munchies]

Wow, heard their next match is United away ! Completely forgot they had United in their run-in

Good news

[Marc Overmars]

Any chance Benfica can beat them?

[Cripps_orig]

It's possible.

[Master Splinter]

Any chance Benfica can beat them?

They still have some really good players, but Benfica don't look as good this season and you just expect Chelsea to pub through somehow. Either a Torres scuffed winner or a Louise 40-yard screamer even though he should have been off the pitch for a three-footer on Gaitan earlier.

[Cripps_orig]

Didn't Benfica go on a 30 odd game unbeaten run in all competitions from losing to Barca in the CL in the autumn to losing in the first leg to Fenerbahce?

[Master Splinter]

As you've seen with your beloved Barca, being awlsome in your own League doesn't necessarily mean you're awlsome elsewhere.

They just don't look as dynamic and dangerous this season. You can see them outplaying, but not quite finishing Chelsea off and then losing to the aforementioned scuffer. Chelsea win something every year.

[Cripps_orig]

Final on tonight.

Hazard is out which is a shame as he's awlsome.

Terry a doubt but will lift the trophy should they win.

We all Benfica fans?

[Marc Overmars]

Pretty much.

[Master Splinter]

Come on Cardotho :bow:.

Chelsea's bench is a bit shit.

Apart from Ben A Yoon.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Benfica: Artur Moraes, Almeida, Luisao, Garay, Melgarejo, Perez, Matic, Rodrigo, Gaitan, Cardozo, Salvio.
Subs: Paulo Lopes, Aimar, Lima, John, Urreta, Jardel, Gomes.

Chelsea: Cech, Azpilicueta, Ivanovic, Cahill, Cole, Lampard, Luiz, Ramires, Mata, Oscar, Torres.
Subs: Turnbull, Mikel, Moses, Ferreira, Marin, Benayoun, Ake.

Referee: Bjorn Kuipers (Holland)

[Marc Overmars]

Hopefully Jesus is alive and well for this one, after Satan's horrific work last year.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Come on Cardotho :bow:.

Chelsea's bench is a bit shit.

Apart from Ben A Yoon.
I'm tipping Ake to be a very good player, tbf. (Obviously my recommendation carries a lot of weight)

Ludicrously calm on the ball, especially for his age nevermind being a defender and great hair as well. The hair being the deciding factor.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hopefully Jesus is alive and well for this one, after Satan's horrific work last year.

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/67630000/jpg/_67630907_4d2c0563-207c-482a-9b6f-95144c8618a6.jpg

He's stiil alive, just a little less so than before.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Header from Cardozo over.

No need for the GHELcut really.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Matic takes out Ramires. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Torres. :lol:

What a clumsy oaf.

[Master Splinter]

I'm tipping Ake to be a very good player, tbf. (Obviously my recommendation carries a lot of weight)

Ludicrously calm on the ball, especially for his age nevermind being a defender and great hair as well. The hair being the deciding factor.

I saw him in those Yoof Cup games. He is supposed to be little bit special. The winger Kiwomya (I think) was really impressive too. That Feruz guy they got from Celtic is obviously talented, but thinks he's already Neymar. Or Sturridge.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Last ditch defending, throwing themselves at Cardozo and Salvio's shots.

Matic. :bow:

[Master Splinter]

Melgarejo should have had a shot. :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Gaitan. :haha:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

I saw him in those Yoof Cup games. He is supposed to be little bit special. The winger Kiwomya (I think) was really impressive too. That Feruz guy they got from Chelsea is obviously talented, but thinks he's already Neymar. Or Sturridge.
Lost to Norwich :lol:

A few of them looked decent, but horribly greedy and overly flashy. Show offs really. Already forgotten half of them.

Beaten by hard work, determination, graft.



And a shit load of empty seats in Amsterdam...

[Master Splinter]

Gaitan :doh:.

Going as expected. Benfica dominating, creating loads of chances, just waiting to be sucker-pubbed by Satan/Honest Frank.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Benfica look awlsome.

Oscar. :lol:

Booked.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

"It is shooting territory this"

Cheers Townsend.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Oh dear god, Satan is at work again!

How haven't Benfica scored?!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

"Literally drawing his left foot back to finish there".

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Really poor from Mata there.

[Master Splinter]

Mata :lol:.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Phil McNulty, BBC Sport Chief Football Writer

Eusebio, Michel Platini and Johan Cruyff sitting together. That trio might be worth a few bob in today's transfer market.

I doubt it.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Oscar shoots, Artur turns it up in to the air and then eventually holds it.

[fakeyank]

I think Chelsea have taken an oath that they will never ever play entertaining football games.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hit it on the volley Gaitan!

Cahill was completely done by Cardozo before that.

[GP]

Cahill :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Freekick to Benfica, come on Cardozo.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cardozo hits the wall, Honest Frank could've created an assist had anybody been alert to it.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Stunning football from Benfica, even if nobody can hit the target.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Is Gaitan the one people were raving about? Always linked to United.

He doesn't have a right foot...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Honest Frank went for glory, Artur er somehow saves it.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Yeah outnumbered them as they were offside, Clive.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Garay booked.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Honest Frank. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-0 HT. Satan doing well again.

[Rors]

"neat and tidy and dangerous"? At least pretend to care, Keano..

[Rors]

Advert featuring The Defector here... "Top pick matches". Sure.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Humphrey. :lol:

BT will never last.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Gaitan shoots but wide.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Brilliant hold up play from Cardozo. :bow:

[Rors]

Damn. Give it anyway!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Disallowed goal for Cardozo. :(

[Rors]

Um, not much in that! "A very good decision"..but of course.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Shit pass from Oscar.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Salvio header back across goal, easy for Cech.

Good cross from Gaitan.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-1 Torres.

:doh:

[Rors]

Muh.

"Go on. Yes" :doh:

[Injury Time]

0-1 Torres.

:doh:

Did well tbf :sick:

[fakeyank]

Satan is alive

[Rors]

"We are totally in the hands of the television coverage being provided by the Dutch here". Phew.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Luisao booked, freekick to Chelsea, dangerous area.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Humphrey. :lol:

BT will never last.
To be fair, if they keep pumping money at it instead of going for the half-arsed Setanta/ESPN rubbish, maybe a CL packa...... nah you're right.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Who are those morans?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Mata hits the wall.