CL Final: United -v- Chelsea

Well done United, chelseas deserved to win but United did well to weather the storm in the second half. ref did his best to get himself the back pages, no fifty fifties went for Chelsea and considering that vidic went mental in the same incident I am surprised that he did not get a second yellow.

Fell sorry for JT too, touch of the beckhams when he fell over.

What a great night to be a Utd fan. Somehow I had a glimmer of hope going into the penalties against all odds.

Drogba must be kicking himself. Feel sorry for Terry, he's not a bad bloke.

Well done Utd, a great double for you, he may annoy me but as an Arsenal supporter I have to say Sir Alex is some manager. A great record over the years.

Feel sorry for Lampard, he has gone up a lot in my book in recent weeks, and I also feel soory for Grant, will be interesting to see what happens at Chelsea now.

Celtic67 wrote: »

would upset me to see Terry, Lampard, Drogba and A Cole parading that throphy around tonight.

Not as much as it will to see Ferdinand and co doing it for them lads

Yes!

Quite the contrast from last season's FA Cup final.

Brilliant match, had absolutely everything. If the 'game of two halves' clichè was ever appropriate, it's for this game. United game right out of the traps at the start of the game, really positive start. Deserved lead with a great header from Ronaldo. He's been criticised, rightly at times, for not stepping up to big games but tonight he was terrific. The game should have been nearly out of sight for Chelsea after the two Tevez chances.

But after equalising Chelsea came out the better team in the second half and really dominated, which I was really afraid would happen. A bit of luck no doubt, with Lampard and Drogba hitting the bar, but don't take credit away from the United defending either, especially from Vidic who was immense.

The sending off was an unfortunate incident. Chelsea were aggrieved that Tevez didn't give the ball back to Cech, even though they did the exact same thing in the first half. You get what you give. I don't see how anyone can argue with the red; irregardless of how much contact there was, it was suicidal from Drogba and he had to go.

Having the best of a half each, I thought extra time was fairly even. Both teams had their chances. My heart was in my mouth when Evra pulled the ball back for Giggs and Terry cleared it off the line, amazing piece of defending.

The penalties were agonising, and after such a tight game it would be cruel for the losing team. Not much that can be said about them really, although it's typical that Ronaldo would miss after the season he's had! Harsh on Terry after keeping them in the game with that clearance. Don't particularly like the chap, but that's going to haunt him and you have to feel a degree of sympathy for him.

There seems to be an overwhelming opinion that Chelsea were much better tonight. Maybe I'm biased, but I really didn't see it as being one sided one way or the other at all.


Finally, if I can put on my United hat for a minute, I took endless pleasure in seeing Peter Kenyon at the end. Bwuaha :pac:

That certainly brings a different POV to the table I suppose. How many have cheated on their wives ?

As a Liverpool fan, i ain't gonna say well done. But i will say that Utd have proved to be the best team this season.
But Drogba, what a horrible player he is. What makes me laugh about this fool is that because Rafa says he is a diver, the fact that he scores a goal against Liverpool seems to be enough to slide along the fake turf of stamford bridge in front of the Liverpool bench he slides along as if he has proved something, Nobody doubted you're goalscoring abilty, all that was said was your in effect a cheating, diving ****. So enjoy Milan, or Madrid or whatever, i'm sure Ronaldo will join soon after.

In '99 with minutes remaining in the game I got on my knees, blessed myself, said a hail mary and promised to God that if Utd could somehow comeback and win that I would go to mass that Sunday. And of course they did in the most spectacular fashion and I went to mass that Sunday for the first time in years.

Fast forward nine years to tonight and Nani is stepping up to take Utd's last penalty. If he misses, Utd lose. Even if he scores Chelsea will still just have to score their last penalty to ensure victory. So I got on my knees, blessed myself, said a Hail Mary and promised God that if Utd could somehow win that I would once again go to mass this Sunday.

So for the first time in nine years I will be going to mass this Sunday for only the second time in my whole life that didn't involve being brought as a child or a marriage/ funeral!!

Hallelujah!!!!!!:):):):):D:D:D:D

Xavi6 wrote: »

Lol this is the last thing I expected to be posted in this thread! Sure what about Rooney and Oul Slapper?

At least the slapper story amused us!

raemie21 wrote: »

I know this is obviously a woman's touch but another reason I don't warm to Chelsea is because of their unbelievable record of players cheating on their wives/girlfriends - Lots of them, seriously. And that does cloud my judgement, lose respect for them. Corny, but football is about 'being a man' as the rte lads say and as a group of players, United always seem quite grounded and far more like-able.

lol, you didnt go to uniteds christmas party then?

bohsman wrote: »

lol, you didnt go to uniteds christmas party then?

*ahem* Allegedly...