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1. RicardoQuaresma
   

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   Posted 6 months ago #

   After watching the Barca-Chelsea match I felt COMPELLED to change my avatar. Barca will always be in my blood, but I didn't like the way they beat Chelsea. Despite Barca having the majority of the possession, Chelsea thoroughly dominated the match and should have won, and would have won had the referee awarded them any of the (at least) 3 penalties he should have given them.

   I didn't like the way Dani Alves played either...he was on a mission to hurt somebody!

   I think that bringing Ashley Cole back on for Ivanovic was a mistake as Ivanovic played very well against Barca n the first match

   I still firmly believe that the English Premier League is the strongest in the world. I'm an Anglophile, and even though I love Barca and their colorful history I will be rooting for Utd to beat Barca in the final and make history as the first repeat Champions League winner. I'm definitely not a rah-rah Utd supporter, but I AM a biased believer in the superiority of Premier League football, and in order to have that belief validated I need to see Utd beat barca in the final Utd should beat Barca pretty handily given barca's defensive shortcomings, methinks...however, if Thierry Henry recovers in time for the final, he'll be the x-factor with his patented forages down the left side of the field

   Being an Anglophile I support the English national team too but I don't broadcast it cos they never win anything

   Premier League POWER!!!

   Ibra's Abracadabra will help Barca win their second Treble, and Eto'o will revitalize Inter Milan!!

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   Posted 6 months ago #

   What a crappy ref that was!! Abidal didn't deserve to be sent off at all!! Replays showed that he never even touched the Chelsea player

   It's a pity that refs can't be held accountable for their faulty calls. I'd love to see some sort of retroactive action on the part of UEFA or FIFA in order to correct mistaken calls

   Platini must be beside himself with glee to FINALLY see a non-English team in the final! I can just picture him rubbing his tiny little hands in excitement while munching on some slimy snails and swigging a bottle of cheap French champagne in delight!! Look for him to sway the ref in favor of Barca in the final...I personally think that Platini offered the Norwegian ref in the Chelsea-Barca game a bribe of several big-titted Latin (Spanish, French, Italian) babes in order to see to it that the calls swung Barca's way

   At least that's the kinda bribe I wouldn't mind getting

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   Posted 6 months ago #

   Who else thinks Victor Valdes is underrated? Barca can thank their lucky stars and thank him for getting them to the final...he should take over Casillas as Spain's GK, after the Madrid keeper left the floodgates open in El Clasico

   Who says short GKs can't make a difference? he's 6 feet, yours truly's 6'2

   You have to wonder who Real madrid fans will be rooting for in the final: on the one hand their hated rivals Barca are in the final but on the other a fellow Spanish club made it through...would national pride triumph over regional rivalries?

   Food for thought

   -RQ (Your friendly and colorful resident Football Sociologist, avid reader of THE ultimate book on football, "The Soccer Tribe", which explores football from a sociological, psychological and cultural standpoint, a must read for any budding self-proclaimed football sociologists )

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