We all want Real Madrid to win

Next year Fido and ZZ are 32 and chubby Ronnie is not cut out for the daily grind. Hell show up in big games but won't carry the team week in week out. Juve are awesome all around.

And Fucking play Rivaldo Morons!

Also, you could tell Figo was about to miss that penalty from the way he bottled it seconds before kicking.

felt sorry for nedved (sp?).

How many times have you seen a player try and dummy a penalty and fuck it up?

The final Juve goal was sublime. Some great football by Juve throughout actually, obviously the end of the first half in particular. My Del Piero jibes certainly came back to haunt me. I did think it was a foul by Nedved though.

The thing is, Juve weren't piss-poor against United. They didn't play well at home, but at Old Trafford they were pretty impressive. Considering they had half a team out injured they were unlucky to lose (even if United were still better over the two 'legs').

Weirdly enough Juventus actually impressed me more losing to United than Madrid did beating us. You could see the real quality there in the squad, and the solidity. Whereas Madrid, stunning going forward, always looked beatable as I said further up-thread (even if Utd never looked like doing it over the 2 legs).

Which is why the morning after Madrid beat Utd 3-1, and before Juve's first quarter final, I got 8-1 on Juve to win the trophy. OK, Milan still to go, but one of my better recent gambling judgements. (We'll forget about the each-way bet on Ajax placed at the same time.)

Perez said no decision on the coach's future would be taken until an emergency meeting on Monday.

"Everything will be decided at Monday's meeting at the Bernabeu," Perez told the Efe news agency.

Real lost 1-0 at Espanyol on Saturday as their indifferent form continued.

That defeat came hot on the heels of Wednesday's Champions League 3-0 drubbing at Bayer Leverkusen which drew fierce criticism in Spain.

The 49-year-old Camacho has only been in the post since taking over from Carlos Queiroz in May.

He was fired after the nine-times European champions could only reach the last eight of the Champions League last season and finished fourth in La Liga.

Camacho was a stalwart with Real as a player, making more than 400 appearances between 1973-89 and winning nine Spanish league titles, three Spanish Cups and two Uefa Cups.

He won 81 caps for Spain and played in the 1982 and 1986 World Cups.

He is currently in his second stint as coach at Real, where he lasted just three weeks in the summer of 1998 before resigning over a disagreement with former chairman Lorenzo Sanz.

Camacho then went on to coach the Spanish national side for four years, after which he returned to the Bernabeu via a short stint with Portugal's Benfica.

Story from BBC SPORT:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/sport2/hi/football/europe/3671372.stm

Published: 2004/09/19 22:13:33 GMT

© BBC MMIV

Mariano Garcia Remon is only caretaker though, so watch out...

Well, I'd be worried if I was a Celtic supporter.

(I'm pulling your leg.)

Ha ha.

In future years, maybe people will say how fucking mad it was to hype a team to the nth degree who actually weren't much good. They're the boy-band of European Football.

It is good that they are still bad even after signing defenders.

Officially, Atletico Madrid was the Air Force team.

Bobby Robson!!!

http://elmundodeporte.elmundo.es/elmundodeporte/envivos/2004/09/1830_index_rfsh.html

At the time of writing, they are.

The Bilbao Massive will be chuffed.

However, I just saw the own goal on the telly and it was utterly phenomenal. What on earth did he think he was doing?

i think woodgate is trying to earn a place as a striker. they like those in madrid