Thursday, May 7, 2009

Yo Soccer fans

So, it will be Man Utd vs Barcelona in the final after Barcelona won Chelsea at SB through the away goal rule. Man Utd on the other hand had won 3-1 at Emirates Stadium to give Arsenal another trohpyless season.

Arsenal did not played well in this game, they started brightly but mistakes by Gibbs and Almunia really destroyed the hope of all Arsenal fans. In my opinion, Arsenal did make some mistakes in their tactic and formation. I would think that putting Diaby on the bench is a wrong choice. Since Arsenal are 1 goal behind, they should put a more attacking formation, Song is a defensive midfielder, he can't really go forward and plays a part in attack, starting Diaby would be a much better choice because his dribbling skills is much better than Song and he can play as a attacking midfield.

Second mistake by Arsenal is that they let Ronaldo too much space. Man Utd most dangerous player would be C.Ronaldo and Arsenal simply just gave too much space and didn't close him down whenever he has the ball.

Third mistake is that I would say such an important match should not let an unexperienced player play, although he had a decent performance at the 1st leg but 2nd leg is much more important, playing Eboue would be a better choice.

The highlight of the game is probably C.Ronaldo 30 yards free-kick goal and Fletcher's red card. As Wenger said in the press conference "The match has ended before it starts"..it's true because Arsenal conceded two goals in just 11 minutes and it two away goal. Man Utd fully deserve a place in the final.

Barcelona booked the final ticket to Roma after a 1-1 draw with Chelsea at SB. Chelsea was unlucky in this match, they had several clear cut penalty calls but none of them has been awarded. After the match, Chelsea's players surrounded the refree and trying to confront. Drogba almost beat the refree and might be punished. Barcelona two full-backs, Abidal and Alves both missed out of the final due to suspension, thats a gd news for Man Utd. Chelsea plays better than Barcelona today, they kept on threatening Victor Valdes and Malouda really performed above expectation, you can't ask for more from him. He was very active on the right hand side and gives Alves many problems, and Alves was suspended coz of marking him. Michael Essien wonderful volley gives Chelsea a 1-0 lead at 9minutes...superb volley I would say, probably goal of the season, better than Ronaldo 40 yards goal.

Chelsea did not had much possession but they did defend well in this match, although Barcelona had lots of possession, Cech really didn't get much threatened. Chelsea on the other hand had fewer chances but all of their chances came close to a goal. Drogba was very threatening, few penalty calls were from him. Iniesta however scored in the 93rd minutes to silence the whole SB. Even at 94th minutes, there was a penalty call after Ballack shot somehow blocked by Eto'o hand in the penalty area but still, it was not a penalty.

So Final would be Man Utd vs Barcelona.. Will Barcelona get their 3rd Champion league trophy or Will Man Utd become the Champion of Europe two times in a row? Bear in mind that no teams had ever becomes the Champion of Europe twice and if Sir Alex Ferguson has done it, he would be the first manager to done so.