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Originally Posted by coop
Barcelona as ive said before are obsessed with passing the ball around. There is a difference in playing possesion football and actually playing attacking football.
All they did was play pretty little passes between themselves but not actually creating too many chances. Eto'o probably had the best chance but pulled it wide but other then that it seemed like just kept hold of the ball and then run out of ideas near the manc goal.
I actually expected Man United to score on the counter because they are normally pretty direct but they were too intent in just not concediing and Zambrotta kept Ronaldo pretty quiet.
Rose tinited glasses or not but we would have beaten Barcelona there last night as absorbing pressure like that and then attacking teams is what we excel at and im pretty certain we would now be booking our tickets to Moscow already had we played Barcelona last night.
Although Man United can be happy they never conceded a goal they also never scored one either which is crucial in these types of games as there is always the chance that Barcelona can score at Old Trafford.
If i was Man United fan (shudder the fucking thought) i would be a little pissed in the fact of with the attacking talent of Ronaldo, Tevez and Rooney on the pitch they were too busy not conceding instead of attacking Barcelona themselves.
Had Man United attacked Barcelona the tie would have been over now.
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They were going on about the excellent defensive work of Rooney last night on the TV here. I barely knew the cunt was playing. Barcelona overcomplicated everything and i can't remember many killer balls for all their possession.