Chelsea-Barca UCL Semi final 2nd leg - anyone watch?

[kallipolis]

Guardiola may even decide never to manage a football club again, and return to Barca after a year or so in some other capacity.




BBC Sport - Pep Guardiola leaves lasting legacy at Barcelona

The sea is deep, and Guardiola has sufficient credit at Barca to enable him to rejoin the club, even as manager when he becomes tired of his isolation from the game. He is sufficiently young to realise that his passion, even his addiction for managing Barca needed some therapeutic treatment, with the thought a long holiday might encourage some new insight on how best to manage his next club.

As much as we are informed by the media, there is much more that we are not privy too. Time will tell.

 

[EuroSoccer]

Guardiola will definetly go..........Chelsea is his next stop (Or Man City)

Unlike you I don't own a crystal ball. I'll wait for the media release.

The football commentators have been reporting Guardiola's intentions since last year when he first indicated that he was thinking of stepping down. No crystal ball

Exactly
The one that came up with the silly "crystall ball" comment is you though.
I don't need any crystall ball to have an informed guess on football matters.

Commentators in UK are talking about Guardiola being the next Chelsea manager for months now, it is a speculation of course, like it was a speculation the fact he was going to leave Barca at the end of this season............

Of course to be sure about something, we always have to wait an official statement, no shit Sherlock............

 

[cron9por]

I wouldn't be suprised if Guardiola doesn't return to football. As a coach, he puts all his effort and energy into his job and it probably meant too much time away from his family. He believes he has done everything he can with Barca and is walking away a proud man. As for coaching other teams, I think it would have to be something very special for him, because Barcelona is in his heart so he might not have the same passion or interest in another club.

I'm sad to see him leave Barca but I understand his reasons.

As for Chelsea, what they are saying is that it just depends if Abramovich can make him an offer he can't refuse, but I don't think it will happen for next season.

It is going to be interesting to see how Vilanova does now, tough act to follow.

 

[asianstudlover]

Ridiculous!!!! Bayern Munich is gonna clobber Cehlsea on the 19th, me thinks. The spanish teams are talented for sure, but never seem to launch out of the second tier.

 

[blackbeltninja]

Good Lord!

A Sports topic has made it to 2 pages of posts in Hot Topics; and a football topic, at that. Amazing!

I don't think we've seen the last of Pep, but I'm not sure we'll see him coaching Barca again. 13 trophies in 4 seasons - it must be difficult to motivate his players and himself some days; I reckon he'll go start somewhere else, a smaller club.

-d-

 

[EuroSoccer]

I could have increased my involvement in this thread, but one certain poster took something I said out of context and twisted. I think there was pressure in Barcelona to let Guardiola go and move on. It was going to happen either way. I just don't want Guardiola coming to Milan... Ibrahimovic has said he wants nothing to do with him.

Name and shame pls

 

[cron9por]

Good Lord!

A Sports topic has made it to 2 pages of posts in Hot Topics; and a football topic, at that. Amazing!

I don't think we've seen the last of Pep, but I'm not sure we'll see him coaching Barca again. 13 trophies in 4 seasons - it must be difficult to motivate his players and himself some days; I reckon he'll go start somewhere else, a smaller club.

-d-

I know 2 PAGES..

I can't believe it!

Torres seems to have got his confidence back after his late strike against Barca. He just bagged a hattrick against (struggling) QPR. Let's see if he can bring it to Munich.

 

[EastMed]

I have little interest in watching football clubs owned by Russian oligarchs, Middle Eastern Princes and American billionaires.
It's not what football is about. They are vanity projects.

 

[cron9por]

Yeah I'm not saying it's the same. He's just looking more dangerous than he was earlier in the season (or 2 weeks ago!).

 

[cron9por]

Yeah I'm not too sure who to be up for in this one. It might be Bayern tho! Just looking forward to it, even though it'll be on at some ridiculous time in the morning here.

 

[Illmatic]

So are Bayern. I can't stand to see an English team win this. My hopes are with Bayern.

Exactly what Im thinking!

 

[kallipolis]

Exactly what Im thinking!

I'll support the under dog, and ignore tribal allegiances.

It should be said that with a Russian owner, Italian manager and team made up of several nationalities it is difficult to describe Chelsea as an English team.

 

[EuroSoccer]

Yeah I'm not saying it's the same. He's just looking more dangerous than he was earlier in the season (or 2 weeks ago!).

I wonder what happened to Torres.
He was one of my favourite players when he was playing for Liverpool (first 2 years before the injuries)
For 2 years has been a ghost at Chelsea, then all of a sudden (when Di Matteo took over) he looks like he is reborn.
I like Nando (and his ass ), so I am happy he started to score again, he looked pretty miserable the last few years, it is nice to see him smiling again.

 

[blackbeltninja]

Anyone watching the Manchester Derby?

1-0 to City, 4 minutes left. Fergie and Mancini have had a go at each other and it is all getting a bit out of hand...

-d-

 

[blackbeltninja]

Yeah because playing against QPR is the same as playing Bayern in their own stadium against Robben, Gomez, Ribery and others...

You might have said that about Gianikopoulis and co playing Figo and Ronaldo and co during the Euro 2004 final at da Luz, a stadium where the Portuguese national squad had NEVER lost a game, playing against a team who had never even scored a goal in a finals up until they had beaten Portugal 3 weeks prior...

-d-

 

[blackbeltninja]

^Is it? The plucky Greeks, surprise finalists, up against a notably stronger Portuguese side, playing in their home fortress? Not sure how much closer a comparison you could find, frankly.

Either way, I'm rooting for Bayern for Arsenal's sake. It may not matter at that point, of course, but I'm feeling pessimistic. G_d rarely seems to wear a Gunners jersey these days.

-d-

 

[blackbeltninja]

^I really did think Real were going to get there this season, especially after El Classico. First time I've seen that much emotion and frustration from Mourinho during a game.

-d-

 

[blackbeltninja]

Right.

So... predictions for the final tomorrow night?

I reckon Bayern will take it (although as a Gunner it would be fucking funny if Chelsea won and Spurs had to concede their spot in the competition next season). I think the game will be pretty tight for the first half-hour before Bayern break through; and I'd guess 3-1 as the final score in the Germans' favour.

-d-

 

[ChickenGuy]

Oh dear, this HAS been a bad year....

....for referees trying to waive through the entitled/expected winners, hasn't it? Bwahahahaha

Not that I watched the match.

MOST IMPORTANTLY....

I saw clips of the after-match celebration....

THERE WAS A TUNE being played as Chelsea carried the cup round the pitch.

It was a repetitive party-type tune, and the supporters were double-clapping it at the correct moment.

WHAT WAS THAT TUNE????

I desperately need to know. Please!

 

[blackbeltninja]

^Sorry, no idea.

Pretty shit game, hey; really a triumph of negative football. Bayern... wow.

-d-