Guest firetotheworks Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Why are these Benfica fans all so bloody lovely? ;lol: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubaricho Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 It's really frustrating looking at the last 4 teams in this competition, should already be out of Europe last December. And to think that we started this journey so far back and these 4 who aren't good enough in the Champions League just drop in and given another chance in a competition they have nothing to do with. Have to agree. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Why are these Benfica fans all so bloody lovely? ;lol: cos they won Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 They were lovely before the first leg. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miercoles Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 The best team won. The best team also cheated throughout. We should cheat better. Jokes aside though, at the end of the day I'm still pretty stoked. It was a good campaign and we had some heroic victories along the way. Benfica are a strong team to go out to, it's not like we got punked by some russians or the french or worst of all fucking chelsea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUFC_Chris Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 It's really frustrating looking at the last 4 teams in this competition, should already be out of Europe last December. And to think that we started this journey so far back and these 4 who aren't good enough in the Champions League just drop in and given another chance in a competition they have nothing to do with. Totally agree. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUFC_Chris Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 The referee had an absolute shocker, should've just stuck him in a red shirt. It's performances like that from officials that makes me question the integrity of the game. Saying that, we could've easily won it. slightly unfortunate they caught us out on the counter but felt we wasted the whole first half. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnonel Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Probably in the minority here, but i thought we played this tie perfectly. Great football match, but not the result to top it off. Was wonderful to watch. Was biting my nails, screaming, shouting. This for me, is what football is all about. Great night. Really wish Barfa could have scored that time when he cut inside and blasted over. Would have pushed me over the edge if he had scored. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Absolutely gutted that the journey is over. It was a good effort on our part but just not quite enough. So proud to be a fan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 That's the spirit. It's not the spirit at all, it's probably the reality. So you don't think we'll qualify for Europe again in your lifetime? Howay man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Moody Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Absolutely gutted that the journey is over. It was a good effort on our part but just not quite enough. So proud to be a fan. Same. Very proud to be a fan. Bloody love our players as well. Bring on Sunday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Five o Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 SJP was rocking last night, sat in the Gallowgate and i was so fucking proud when Benfica scored and the whole stadium erupted in noise. Chills down my back, fantastic. My head hurts and my voice is gone, bring on sunday Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooneyToonArmy Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 http://oi49.tinypic.com/301is69.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 I think the cheating calls come across as sour grapes, the keeper took his time but how often has Krul done that and been congratulated for it? They won cheap free kicks, unfortunately that's the way football is played in other countries and the referee was the one who gave the decisions. Jonas wins some borderline decisions and we are quite happy to accept them, I know I am. We don't play that way by default like foreign teams and I'm glad but let's not pretend that the game in this country hasn't changed, sometimes for the better, sometimes not. Did they do anything worse than Joey Barton did against Arsenal when he hit the deck to get a player sent off? Did any Benfica play act any worse than Taylor does when he tries to cheat (when acting as if shot) when handling the ball? I don't like any play acting, we're not squeaky clean though, even if we're not as bad. Good post. You'd go mad if you saw a portuguese league match Every week we have to face a side that plays with no striker, just a couple of quick guys with no intent to shoot whatsoever, just get some free-kicks, yellow cards and corners, the only real play those teams have. There's hardly more than 1 minute without the game stopping and every time it takes another minute to resume cause the guy will push his socks up and tie his shoes. And the ref will whistle any contact or if he's really lazy, any fall by any player. Zero intensity. I think that's our main problem, nobody wants/can run for 90 minutes so they all try to kill as much time as they can btw, 13th european semi-final for us, more than all the other portuguese clubs put together (12) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest P.Aimar10 Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 From a Benfica fan, Ill tell you that Newcastle has way too much attacking talent to be entering games with such a negative mindset. Id understand if you guys play like that agaisnt man utd or so, but not the average premier league team. Hope next year you can finish in the top 5 again, like you deserve! Have had a softspot for newcastle since my older brother ended up managing newcastle one time at Championship Manager in the late 90s xD He built a team around Shearer(who else?) and hed score 3 or 4 per game I used to spend a lot of time watching him play that game. Its easy for us benfica fans to be magnanimous after weve won, but know that wed have the same opinion should we have lost. Your stadium was rocking with pure football love, and the way you cheered your team after the 1-1 is just chilling. You dont see any of that in with plastic c**t fans like chelsea. Also, sorry for the diving our players do once again, it gets on my nerves aswell and Im a benfica fan. Good luck next Sunday! Youll have us benfica fans cheering for you! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedro111 Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Big thumbs up to all the Benfica fans acting with class in here. It was a very enjoyable night, even though we lost. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 :lol: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karjala Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Great night, great game... Thought at 1-0 we still had a goal in us, and Ben Arfa's chance was the best opportunity for that, once it was missed it was always likely they would score with us so open at the back. Fantastic effort and no shame to go out to the best side left in the competition. Hopefully the way we played 2nd half we continue into Sunday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RR15 Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Benfica got Fenerbahce in the draw, good luck! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Big thumbs up to all the Benfica fans acting with class in here. It was a very enjoyable night, even though we lost. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilson Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Big thumbs up to all the Benfica fans acting with class in here. It was a very enjoyable night, even though we lost. Great night, was weird walking out of the game after going out of Europe yet everyone was still upbeat. Gave it a crack and that's all we can do, hopefully push ourselves back up the league and have a go at one of the cups next season without any distractions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 From a Benfica fan, Ill tell you that Newcastle has way too much attacking talent to be entering games with such a negative mindset. Id understand if you guys play like that agaisnt man utd or so, but not the average premier league team. Hope next year you can finish in the top 5 again, like you deserve! Have had a softspot for newcastle since my older brother ended up managing newcastle one time at Championship Manager in the late 90s xD He built a team around Shearer(who else?) and hed score 3 or 4 per game I used to spend a lot of time watching him play that game. Its easy for us benfica fans to be magnanimous after weve won, but know that wed have the same opinion should we have lost. Your stadium was rocking with pure football love, and the way you cheered your team after the 1-1 is just chilling. You dont see any of that in with plastic c**t fans like chelsea. Also, sorry for the diving our players do once again, it gets on my nerves aswell and Im a benfica fan. Good luck next Sunday! Youll have us benfica fans cheering for you! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ujpest doza Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Great night, great game... Thought at 1-0 we still had a goal in us, and Ben Arfa's chance was the best opportunity for that, once it was missed it was always likely they would score with us so open at the back. Fantastic effort and no shame to go out to the best side left in the competition. Hopefully the way we played 2nd half we continue into Sunday. I've watched that again in slow motion this morning and it brushes the defenders back ever so slightly which is what makes it go over, missed by the shit linesman on the milburn stand side and the equally weak referee. I thought we were superb last night bar the first 10 minutes and last couple of minutes when we were dead on our feet. Benfica absolutely shit themsleves when Ben Arfa and Marveaux came on and we took the game to them with some superb passing and running. Proud of the efforts and over the 2 legs i thought we were very unlucky not to go through. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Honestly, why couldnt UEFA have given us officials from a proper European league Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Big thumbs up to all the Benfica fans acting with class in here. It was a very enjoyable night, even though we lost. Yep. I bought a Porto kit in the Mourinho years but now feel dirty looking at it - when it comes to Portugal, I'm now a Benfiquista! Their fans have class. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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