Ronaldo has killed this game early on, am I the only one who thinks Real look more dangerous than Barcelona? They are more direct, they move the ball around quicker and have some height about them as well, I can see them mullering Chelsea if they get to the final
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I also hate that whistling thing Spannish fans do, I hope it doesn't catch on here.
'Yesh, you look toight, yesh, toight like a toiger'
Who's going to win that one??
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Is that a joke? Sorry if I didn't pick it up, but Bayern had seven Germans in their 11, and one Austrian who came through the youth team. Their first team squad is packed with Germans, way more than any top English side: prob since the dog days of Butt, Beckham and P Neville at United.
Well that's Mourinho back in England next year. Bayern were very brave, they committed men in the center and on the overlap after Real's first goal went in. They went for it as soon as they needed to score, and didn't hold back even when they let another goal in. As soon as they scored their full backs barely ever over loaded risking few overlaps, and both central midfielders dropped deeper. Sensible, but was bound to shut the game down. Ribery and Robben weren't so effective as they didn't have someone bombing on dragging the opposition full back away or distracting them.
Bayern were shot in extra time as they'd done all the running, but swapping Benzema for Kaka slowed their attack down. Kaka needs space between midfield and defence, and without it he slows the match down in the centre allowing the defensive midfielder to pressure ball on the odd occasion they're caught out. Benzema was superb all night, pulled defenders all over the place.
Personally Kaka proved he'd be a failure in the prem, and against aggressive central midfielders he'd have a shocking winter in England. No doubt be excellent in the warm days of late summer, then trail off terribly: bit like Deco. Whereas if the next coach at Real prefers smoother attacking talent to Benzema, he's got to be a cert at Chelsea to replace Drogba: especially if Mourinho's back there.