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Post by PLAYLIFE on May 12, 2003 20:49:37 GMT -5
The 2nd leg tie between Internazionale and AC Milan at the San Siro (Milan) will be played in the next few days. The first leg result was 0-0 marked as AC's home game. Therefore in this match, they will go through to the final if they either win or draw, provided the draw is a scoring draw.
Personally I think AC will go through, even though they lost to a lowly Brescia on the weekend in Serie A.
The 2nd game is between Juventus and Real Madrid, with Real having beaten Juve in Spain 2-1. The second Real goal was over-ruled by the referee from being offside, not quite sure about that. A 1-0 win for Juventus would see them through, 2-1 for Juve will cause the match to go into extra time and possibly penalties.
I'm not quite sure who will win this game, Real have Raul coming back in (last I checked) but Ronaldo out. Davids will also be back for Juve, shaping up to be a good game. I predict Juve to scrape through in extra time.
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Post by JWK on May 13, 2003 1:51:38 GMT -5
Davids was at his peak in the 98 world cup, and has sustained a constant level of talent since, a pretty amazing asset.
Raul as in the Turkish keeper? If so then he is a pretty damned hard obstacle to get past! He was my pick for best player in the 2002 World Cup... and when Hasan Sas and (i forget his name but it started with 'i') teamed up on the front Turkey was unstoppable!
About the games? they are pretty hard to call, all four teams have such great players that, if it's their day can win the game for the team...
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Post by JWK on May 13, 2003 1:52:29 GMT -5
...ibrahim something...
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Post by Danny Boy on May 13, 2003 2:27:41 GMT -5
Ilhan Mansiz (with a name like that he should be in Porno) Was the "new guy" from Turkey.
Raul in is my "Championship Manager Team" alongside Djibril Cisse and playing thier hearts out for Millwall.
The game is tonight, hope it is good.
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Post by pabs on May 13, 2003 10:32:04 GMT -5
Ahhh finally some footie fans!!!
I'd been feeling lonely thinking I was the only one!!
Ok, Milan-Inter: I hope this game is actually interesting because the last game at San Siro was about as exciting was watching a Ferrari 1-2 at Imola. I'm hoping for an Inter victory. Inter's main problem of course is Cuper. That guy has a knack for taking teams to the top of the league but fading away when it counts: the finals. This should still be an ultra-defensive game, Italian style.
Real-Juve: I was very disappointed that my beloved Real only won 2-1 in a game that could have been been won by a larger margin. Juve played a very defensive match and I'll never understand why in the world Solari replaced Morientes. But I trust Del Bosque's judgement. Real MUST attack. No doubt Juve will try to get an early goal and then defend themselves like there's no tomorrow (typical Italians). Ronaldo will be missed but I trust the rest of the line-up, especially Zidane.
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Post by daSilva on May 13, 2003 10:35:48 GMT -5
Three Italian teams and one Spanish team = Lots of diving!
The final was between Man U and Real, they are the best two club teams in the world. I will be very surprised if Real don't win the CL again.
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Post by pabs on May 13, 2003 14:38:41 GMT -5
Update:
Milan beats Inter at halftime by 1-0. Schevchenko scored for AC after receving a pass from Seedorf and cutting inside Colombian defender Ivan Cordoba. Inter must score 2 goals in the second half if they want to win.
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Post by AC Sucks on May 13, 2003 16:35:10 GMT -5
AC advances after tying Inter 1-1
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Post by PLAYLIFE on May 13, 2003 22:09:13 GMT -5
Raul as in the Turkish keeper? If so then he is a pretty damned hard obstacle to get past! He was my pick for best player in the 2002 World Cup... and when Hasan Sas and (i forget his name but it started with 'i') teamed up on the front Turkey was unstoppable! Raul as in Gonzalez Raul, #7 striker for Real Madrid. " LATEST TEAM NEWS Juventus: Alessio Tacchinardi, Edgar Davids and Paolo Montero return from suspension, but centre-backs Ciro Ferrara and Mark Iuliano are out after picking up bookings in the first-leg. Lilian Thuram or Igor Tudor will step in. Alex Del Piero and Pavel Nedved who were rested at the weekend, will return. Real Madrid: Ronaldo is likely to start behind Raul in place Guti, who has filled in for the Brazilian in his absence. Raul missed the first leg, but has now fully recovered from an appendicits operation. But Claude Makelele is not in the squad after picking up a muscle injury and will replaced in the midfield by Flavio Conceicao. " From soccerage
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Post by PLAYLIFE on May 14, 2003 18:23:47 GMT -5
AC Milan vs. Juventus will be the Champions League final in Manchester in 2 weeks time.
Great performance by Juve, going 3 goals ahead with Trezeguet and del Piero scoring 2 of them in the first half. Nedved scored the 3rd but unfortunately got a yellow card meaning he'll miss the final. Zidane scored near the end to make it 3-1 and it was a close game in the final minutes as Real only needed to slot another one past Juve to win.
Juve win 4-3 on aggregrate. Davids, del Piero and Nedved impressed highly.
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Post by Danny Boy on May 14, 2003 21:42:50 GMT -5
Yeh, I have to say, that on the night the better team won. Superb second goal by Del Piero. Bad day for you Pabs, ah well, next year.
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Post by daSilva on May 14, 2003 22:43:12 GMT -5
Wow, Juve looked good, how many chances did Real waste towards the end of the match?
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Post by JWK on May 15, 2003 1:11:23 GMT -5
Raul as in Gonzalez Raul, #7 striker for Real Madrid. Whoops- i was thinking of Rustu
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Post by pabs on May 15, 2003 1:12:27 GMT -5
This is not a good week for me sportswise: my footie team in Colombia is playing in the league semis and today they let 2 points get away against a team we should have destroyed...and we even missed a PK Also river plate advanced to the next round of Copa Libertadores when I was hoping they'd get their asses handed back to them by Corinthians. And to top it all off, my predicted final Real-Inter is not going to happen... Man, all I need is for a JPM DNF this weekend and I'll be truly miserable. Ahhhh but at least I have beer What was I talking about?
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Post by JWK on May 15, 2003 1:17:30 GMT -5
AC v Juve should be good.. you were talking about... uh.. Oh, thats right, you were talking about beer!! *ahhh*
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