UEFA Super Cup. Barcelona vs Porto (26th August 19:45 BST). ITV4 and SS1.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Should be a good one, though I would have liked to have seen Villas-Boas taking Barcelona on for this one.

Also, Pique is injured.

[Cripps_orig]

Come on Porto

Hope Hulk smashes them

[Rors]

Looking forward to this one.

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ITV's programme starts at 7, Sky's at 7:30

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Barcelona's 50 best goal is on ITV4 at the moment though about to end, balls. Caught it from No.5, guess I will have to watch it on the horrible ITV Player.

Ah just checked, it is repeated on Sunday at 8pm.

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Southgate and Townsend are in the studio.

[Syn]

Barcelona's 50 best goal is on ITV4 at the moment though about to end, balls. Caught it from No.5, guess I will have to watch it on the horrible ITV Player.


I watched it. It's very good...as you might expect. A lot of coverage from the Koeman andRivaldo-Stoichkov days as well as Messi.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Does Townsend actually know anything?

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I watched it. It's very good...as you might expect. A lot of coverage from the Koeman andRivaldo-Stoichkov days as well as Messi.

Yeah I guess understandably they are the two periods of the best football, although I would expect a fair few from when Ronaldinho was there too.

[Syn]

Yeah I guess understandably they are the two periods of the best football, although I would expect a fair few from when Ronaldinho was there too.

Yeah forgot about him...he's quite well represented. :lol:

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Does Townsend actually know anything?

I don't think so. I should imagine that is why he has the job.

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Cesc is on the bench.

:doh:

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

fabregas on bench again. they picked keita in front of him :lol: :lol:

so 2 games and no starts even though they have an injury hit team and the trophies are not meaningful. enjoy your new career on the bench you wanker :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Barcelona: Valdes, Adriano, Abidal, Mascherano, Dani Alves, Keita, Xavi, Iniesta, Pedro, Messi, David Villa.

Porto: Helton, Fucile, Otamendi, Rolando, Sapunaru, Souza, Moutinho, Guarin, Hulk, Kleber, Rodriguez.

[Syn]

fabregas on bench again. they picked keita in front of him :lol: :lol:

so 2 games and no starts even though they have an injury hit team and the trophies are not meaningful. enjoy your new career on the bench you wanker :lol:

I don't think he'll ever make it at Barcelona. He has picked up too many bad habits. He is perfect for the English league now; based on running power and hard tackling. Technically, he has lost spark that made him stand out even in England. In Spain, he's fucked in that respect.

Barcelona picked the wrong Arsenal player. Nasri's the one they should've got. He has a higher ceiling than Cesc.

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Martin Tyler and Gerry Armstrong are commentating on Sky.
Peter Drury and Jim Beglin are commentating on ITV4.

Sky it is.

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Freekick to Porto, dangerous area.

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Hulk puts it over.

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Moutinho shoots, Valdes just about gets to it. Porto have started very well.

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Dani Alves. :haha:

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Pedro went for the lob despite the fact two other Barca players were in the pelanty area with him, completely unmarked. :lol:

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Hulk puts it across goal, great play though.

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Messi was sandwiched by two players and still muscled his way past them.

:blink:

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Keita takes out Guarin.

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Valdes went for the ball, didn't even bother jumping in the end. :lol:

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Rodriguez booked.

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David Villa. :lol: He's their Adebayor the amount of times he is offside.

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Xavi shot tipped over. Great play between David Villa and Adriano, Adriano especially.

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Barcelona 1-0 Porto, Guarin gives Messi an absolute gift!

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Abidal has been all over the place. Mascherano covering well again.

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1-0 half time.

Messi. :bow:

Made Helton look like a chump.

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Iniesta booked. Booted the ball away for some reason.

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Moutinho shot, wild deflection off Abidal put it just wide.

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What a strike from Guarin. :blink: Valdes did very well to get to that.

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David Villa strikes, scuffed it though, easy for Helton. He is their Ade. :ninja:

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Keita is awesome.

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I marked out from that pass by Messi. Pedro fucked the counter-attack up though.

David Villa off, Alexis Sanchez on.

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Busquets on, Adriano off.

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Xavi somehow passes it by just leting it roll off his foot. :blink:

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Disallowed goal for Messi.

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Rodriguez off, Varela on.

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Mascherano and Valdes complely fuck it up, Abidal sorts it out.

[The Realist]

what was Valdes doing..

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Belluschi on, Kleber off.
Fernando on, Souza off.

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Pedro off, Cesc on.

Abidal could've given away a pelanty there, can't work out if he gets the ball or not.

[Young Guns 11]

Pedro off, Cesc on.

Abidal could've given away a pelanty there, can't work out if he gets the ball or not.

Definite pen

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Valdes has had a shocker.

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Guarin booked after annihilating Cesc.

[Syn]

"on comes a man who in England is known by just one name..."About 5 people just shouted "cunt". Anyway good to see fabregas' playacting is up to speed.

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Rolando sent off, second bookable offence.

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Barcelona 2-0 Porto, Cesc, great finish. Brilliant pass from Messi.

[Young Guns 11]

"you can take the boy out of barcelona, but he'll want to come back"

:sick:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Guarin sent off now too.

[Young Guns 11]

Straight red for that?

Bit harsh

[Niall_Quinn]

Fabregas, bench warmer. He'll be a flop for sure.

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What a pass from Cesc.

:(

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2-0 full time. Fuckers. Too good.

[RomfordPele]

Barca gamesmanship. It wasn't straight red.

[Niall_Quinn]

Messi, Fabregas, Iniesta. Just awesome. We should buy them.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Just need to ask Uncles Stan and Alisher.

[RomfordPele]

Meant to add, great play by Cesc for the goal. Haven't seen him run like that for yonks. Clearly the hammies are fully recovered...

[Boss]

:lol: at the people on here saying he wouldn't make their first team.

Best midfielder in their squad, Barcelona will be unstoppable this season.

[Niall_Quinn]

Just need to ask Uncles Stan and Alisher.

Already did, they called me an ungrateful bastard for taking the lump of coal and the goose for granted.

[Marc Overmars]

Doubled his trophy count already. :rose:

[Master Splinter]

Doubled his trophy count already. :rose:

Just like Hleb did.

[Cripps_orig]

Read Porto had a blatant penalty denied.Didn't watch the match but not surprised if true. Hulk saying it was blatant and the Porto manager saying its difficult to get penalties v Barca. Very true.