AyeDubbleYoo Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Mourinho was on a hiding to nothing TBF, nobody has come up with a way of beating Barca that is better than his gritty defensive one. The sending off was crazy, yes he lost it a bit in the media but we all know he does that a lot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 "Another miracle with 10 men wasn't possible," said an angry Mourinho, whose side were overwhelmed 5-0 on their previous visit to the Camp Nou this season. "Yes, I think we are eliminated. We will go to Camp Nou with everything and to get a result but I can't see it. We will be without Pepe and (Sergio) Ramos who didn't do anything and neither did I." "I just want to know why? Why did Pepe get sent off? I just want someone to explain. Why did it happen? If I say what I think my career ends today. Sometimes I am a little bit disgusted to live in this world, but this is the world we live in." "If we go there (Nou Camp) and score a goal, they will kill us again. We have no chance. They have to get to the final and that's that." "Congratulations to a fantastic football team," Mourinho added in bizarre post-match press conference. "But congratulations for all they have as well, it must be difficult to get to get all this power. Where does this power come from?" Mourinho highlighted Barca's semi-final victory over his former club Chelsea in 2009, the Inter Milan semi-final from last season and now "the scandal of the Bernabeu," suggesting unfair red cards were issued to teams playing the Catalan side. "This thing happens in each semi-final," he said. "I am here just to ask this question and I hope to get the answer one day. I respect him (Barca coach Pep Guardiola) a great deal as a coach and a person... but I would like to see him win a Champions League without scandals." c***...and that's before the rest. His lack of respect for the officials tonight was disgutsing If we had a player sent off for a similar challenge, I'd expect Pardew to have a go at the officials tbh. Give over, man. Challenges like Pepe's tonight can ruin knees and subsequently careers. What? Yes Pepe raised his foot but there was hardly any contact coz he turned at the last second and if anything it was his back that bumped into Alves. Of course just the way Pinto clutched his face when he ran into Pepe, Alves clutched his knees as if it was already broken. Yes Madrid players like De Maria and Marcelo are divers too but they don't go to the extent of trying to get opponents sent off. Just see how many players have been sent off against Barcelona and how many against Madrid. The number speak for themselves. Regardless of their sometimes brilliant football, the way Barcelona players time and time again crowded the ref trying to get a player off is an embarassment to football. You must have missed Marcelo v Spurs then, when Crouch was sent off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 I know Mourinho's doing his usual "us against the world" - however, he needs to look at why on such big occasions, his teams always seem to lack discipline. He's only got himself to blame. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 I wonder if Mourinho was embarrassed to win the Champions League with Porto, due to the offside decision at Old Trafford. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 I know Mourinho's doing his usual "us against the world" - however, he needs to look at why on such big occasions, his teams always seem to lack discipline. He's only got himself to blame. Like last year when he won the Champions League and Serie A? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 I know Mourinho's doing his usual "us against the world" - however, he needs to look at why on such big occasions, his teams always seem to lack discipline. He's only got himself to blame. Like last year when he won the Champions League and Serie A? You know what I mean man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Don't agree his teams lack discipline really, they just tried to beat Barca by outmuscling and defending them and so they inevitably pick up lots of soft bookings in the gay world of European football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
polpolpol Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 I think Mourinho is right; if you look at what he's saying, it's not a case of some big boss in UEFA/FIFA giving the order that Barca win, its just that over time the system is acquiring a bias in their favour. The problem is that the narrative of Barca as the 'good guys' of world football is so strong – and becoming stronger – that it has become an independent actor in itself, mediating our understanding of the event and re-territorialising it within the accepted order of things, even when, as last night, what actually happens exceeds (or falls way short of) our pre-conceptions. The world's football media is in Madrid, and having spent a week hyping up the Classico of all Classicos, not to mention just signing the new TV deals, self interest and laziness will mix together and lead to the easiest, quickest analysis of this whole farce: a kind of 'he-said, he-said' about Mourinho. Rather than point out that the emperor has no clothes, or comment on the absolute shamelessness of the Spanish about cheating, we get this easy-to-package story about Mourinho losing it, his team losing it. And this just goes into establishing the mythos, deepening the characterisations, confirming the narrative, and when it comes round to next year, the referees will side with the same guys. When you're constantly told that one team are the avatars of Franco's mercenary-Jacobin-crypto-fascismo and then it's pitted against the UNICEF-Angels of Freedom, of course the ref is going one way on marginal calls. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridman Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 http://i.imgur.com/HNTgR.gif Good ol' Busquets Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Best part of last night wasn't Messi's goal, or even Mourinho's complete meltdown at the press. It was the beauty of the mighty Real Madrid playing for 0-0 at the Santiago Bernabéu in the first leg of a CL semifinal. That's what he has reduced them to, and they swallow it whole. I'm a happy man Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shak Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 http://i.imgur.com/HNTgR.gif Good ol' Busquets You can almost see him changing his mind about what part of his body to pretend had been injured. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Busquets really is a cunt Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foluwashola Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Best part of last night wasn't Messi's goal, or even Mourinho's complete meltdown at the press. It was the beauty of the mighty Real Madrid playing for 0-0 at the Santiago Bernabéu in the first leg of a CL semifinal. That's what he has reduced them to, and they swallow it whole. I'm a happy man Serious question - What do you make of the antics of Biscuits and Pedro? I'd be thoroughly embarrassed to have such players at my club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Busquets Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Best part of last night wasn't Messi's goal, or even Mourinho's complete meltdown at the press. It was the beauty of the mighty Real Madrid playing for 0-0 at the Santiago Bernabéu in the first leg of a CL semifinal. That's what he has reduced them to, and they swallow it whole. I'm a happy man Serious question - What do you make of the antics of Biscuits and Pedro? I'd be thoroughly embarrassed to have such players at my club. See above. What did Pedro do though? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughesy Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Absolutely detest Busquets. He is just reprehensible in every way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Best part of last night wasn't Messi's goal, or even Mourinho's complete meltdown at the press. It was the beauty of the mighty Real Madrid playing for 0-0 at the Santiago Bernabéu in the first leg of a CL semifinal. That's what he has reduced them to, and they swallow it whole. I'm a happy man Serious question - What do you make of the antics of Biscuits and Pedro? I'd be thoroughly embarrassed to have such players at my club. We have an ex-convict. We have had racists, we've had everything. Yet you'd be more embarrassed if we had divers? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Snrub Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Best part of last night wasn't Messi's goal, or even Mourinho's complete meltdown at the press. It was the beauty of the mighty Real Madrid playing for 0-0 at the Santiago Bernabéu in the first leg of a CL semifinal. That's what he has reduced them to, and they swallow it whole. I'm a happy man Serious question - What do you make of the antics of Biscuits and Pedro? I'd be thoroughly embarrassed to have such players at my club. Probably the same way we feel about Jonas and his needless diving. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Best part of last night wasn't Messi's goal, or even Mourinho's complete meltdown at the press. It was the beauty of the mighty Real Madrid playing for 0-0 at the Santiago Bernabéu in the first leg of a CL semifinal. That's what he has reduced them to, and they swallow it whole. I'm a happy man VI, you're a sensible Barca fan, are you not more embarrassed by both sides than anything else? It's great to beat your rivals, and make them park the bus from minute one of a two-leg time (and at home, no less), but given the previous two games - do you not feel sad that Barca had to playact like them to break the deadlock rather than rely on their undoubted football brilliance? Diving is really killing this game. It's got progressively worse over my lifetime, but it's beyond absurd now. Very little dignity left in the once beautiful game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 And yes, I don't like what Busquets does at all but he's a great player. What I'm supposed to do? Support Espanyol due to the iniquity it represents? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foluwashola Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Best part of last night wasn't Messi's goal, or even Mourinho's complete meltdown at the press. It was the beauty of the mighty Real Madrid playing for 0-0 at the Santiago Bernabéu in the first leg of a CL semifinal. That's what he has reduced them to, and they swallow it whole. I'm a happy man Serious question - What do you make of the antics of Biscuits and Pedro? I'd be thoroughly embarrassed to have such players at my club. See above. What did Pedro do though? Fair enough. Equally shameful diving throughout the match. Best part of last night wasn't Messi's goal, or even Mourinho's complete meltdown at the press. It was the beauty of the mighty Real Madrid playing for 0-0 at the Santiago Bernabéu in the first leg of a CL semifinal. That's what he has reduced them to, and they swallow it whole. I'm a happy man Serious question - What do you make of the antics of Biscuits and Pedro? I'd be thoroughly embarrassed to have such players at my club. We have an ex-convict. We have had racists, we've had everything. Yet you'd be more embarrassed if we had divers? Correct. Who is the racist, out of interest? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Best part of last night wasn't Messi's goal, or even Mourinho's complete meltdown at the press. It was the beauty of the mighty Real Madrid playing for 0-0 at the Santiago Bernabéu in the first leg of a CL semifinal. That's what he has reduced them to, and they swallow it whole. I'm a happy man VI, you're a sensible Barca fan, are you not more embarrassed by both sides than anything else? It's great to beat your rivals, and make them park the bus from minute one of a two-leg time (and at home, no less), but given the previous two games - do you not feel sad that Barca had to playact like them to break the deadlock rather than rely on their undoubted football brilliance? Diving is really killing this game. It's got progressively worse over my lifetime, but it's beyond absurd now. Very little dignity left in the once beautiful game. It is killing the game, but it's a race to the bottom at this point sadly. Do it or die to it. I really hope we start getting some help to officials on this regard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Referring to Woodgate/Bowyer at a guess. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 And yes, I don't like what Busquets does at all but he's a great player. What I'm supposed to do? Support Espanyol due to the iniquity it represents? Agreed really. People forget its part of the game. If a player manages to dive and get a foul successfuly. Good for him, what can you do about it? Stop supporting a team because of it? Fuck me, I hope we'll see more diving. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foluwashola Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Best part of last night wasn't Messi's goal, or even Mourinho's complete meltdown at the press. It was the beauty of the mighty Real Madrid playing for 0-0 at the Santiago Bernabéu in the first leg of a CL semifinal. That's what he has reduced them to, and they swallow it whole. I'm a happy man Serious question - What do you make of the antics of Biscuits and Pedro? I'd be thoroughly embarrassed to have such players at my club. Probably the same way we feel about Jonas and his needless diving. That match last night made Jonas look like David Batty. Not that Jonas isn't embarrassing on occasions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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