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man that red card was so soft that I have to repeat the replay over and over again to see what the defender did.. and i STILL can't understand why ... the more I look the more it seemed that Robben dived.

you can also say that it's "ball to hand" and not "hand to ball" .. easy concept to understand.. it's logical

err.. do you watch football buddy ? A good ref will see that there's no intention in that, in fact Neville turned away in mid air to avoid it and was unlucky as the ball sneked right under his pit and hit his arm.

The same case as in what happens if someone kicks the ball right into your face in the penalty box ? are you not allowed to use your hand ? Or should you just receive the consequence of having a concusion ? Then any opposition will be smart enough to go to the penalty box, just blast the ball randomly, hopefully a player will protect some part of their body (vital ones especially) with their hands and appeal for a handball.. This is surely not very hard to understand right ?

These things happen everytime in almost every professional football match and a good ref will surely understand the concept well.

"Defenders of the Earth"

sounds like they are fighting aliens or something lol

over Rooney you mean ?

lol funny video very nice compilation !! The flood at the corner flag lmao

wow wth happened ? and i'm not even an Arsenal fan.. defensive line looked so messed up.

Van Persie likes playing with fire.. to me, the throw is part of the kick, but I can see the other point of view where the ball is out of the keeper's hands, which means that you are free to nip it... but I still say no, and if he nipped the feet of the keeper, he's gone.. anyway, it would have been a cheap goal and is not the Arsenal way i guess lol.

he's like the huggy bear.. lol *hugs* *hugs* *hugs*

man that was almost gymnastic-like lol.

I won't say it's a dive or not, as these things happened at a high speed, it could be that he was trying to avoid the defender. But yes, he did make the most out of it.

anyway. Zaki.. not bad for a player on loan. =d>

well... it IS Czech Republic and not some team that you could easily put 5 pass and you should remember that England are not that great, so don't expect them to win every match now that Capello is in. I'll give some credits to Capello, England looks more like a team. I reckon play Gerrard and Cole behind Rooney. Defoe looks good too, just need more shooting power.
AND I don't know if you noticed, but Capello didn't play to win, he subbed Gerrard and Rooney, two players which were influential in the first half.

A shout for David James suicidal charge "my balll !!!!" lol

wow...scary lol.. Guus Hiddink is a real master.. real nice work here with the Russian team. Might be a mistake by Van Basten to take boulharouz (spelling?) but ye it was a decision he made.

That was amazing stuff by Kolodin (yes i know the red card) he whacked the ball 30-40 yards out and it had power and just a tiny inaccuracy..

If it's not for Van Der Sar, probably the dutch will be like 3-0 4-0 down ? .. simply superb display from the Russians =d>

oh btw I've said this WAY before, Ronaldo is not the type of player to go back to defend or chase the ball (like Rooney the pitbull). If you notice at every game EVERY game, if he loses the ball he'll just skip around and wait for his teamates to get it. No doubt he's very scary when it comes down to counterattacking, but cmon ! defend big boy, I can't remember seeing him making a tackle on opposing players running towards the goal. For me the team should attack and defend as a team.

lol free headers from set pieces, bad marking against a German front line with Klose, Podolski, Ballack and Sweinsteiger all ready to pounce, the goals are mostly gifted, the Portugist back line just stopped and let Klose and Ballack head home.. not the type of team that should even have gone through the group stage.

Maybe Ronaldo now realise that he didn't score all the goals and win the medals because of his own ability.. if you're the best player in a crappy team (like this one), don't expect any medals buddy. I'm sorry but Portugal was just crap that day, you can have all the offensive power in the football world, but if you can't defend.. that's what happened here with portugal..

Reminds me of the spanish league teams, good offensive line bad defense lol. :d

uhhh nice strong volley from podolski.. the ball might just land at the right position.. but nicely taken.

unnecessary red card... tension got the better of Sweinsteiger, dont know what he's thinking there.. stupid boy..

the Croatian manager is so animated lol..

anyway thanks again fred54, it takes some effort to render and put it up on the web even if you just record it off the TV or somethin ^:)^

I bow to you fred54 !!!! what a highlight !! superb quality !!! ^:)^ I just think you don't get enough credits ^:)^

anyway, the game..for a team to beat a world cup winner 3-0.. dutch for the win ? .. it's possible lol ... nice counterattacking football by the Dutch, bad Italian defense.. no maldini no nesta no cannavaro ... there goes the famous italian defensive wall ..

lol halfway watching, i was like "wth there's only one goal and you didn't show it" ... and turns out the penalty is at the end lol. Benzema is looking good..just need a bit more tweak in aiming.

if he can perform as good as he did in a ManU shirt..and if his teamates can support him as well as they had in ManU.. Portugal to win ?

hahaha "Where did you watch the 99 european cup final ?" I was at home jumping up and down at 3 oclock in the morning watching the game through a 14 inch tv in my room..lol

as SAF said.."football, bloody h e l l "

lol you guys are sooo funny...It's football ffs, that's why you can't predict it and that's why luck is a factor as well. BUT WHAT YOU CAN DO is tighten your defense, sharpen your offense and play with discipline and passion, dont go around slapping players for no reason, dont keep shouting at the referee when he said "no"..... If you don't believe me on these, try to step out of your small dark room and play football ffs.

For Chelsea, well... those things happens. stupid slap by drogba, this was probably his last match. I have a lot of respect for John Terry and feel bad for him. And from what I read recently, Anelka is going to be veryyyy annoying for you Chelsea fans..lol

However, grats to United ! lady luck surely played a part, nonetheless, Champion of England, Champion of Europe...now for world domination..lol and I think we should sell Ronaldo when he's 28-29 and put an exorbitant amount of price tag on him.. I bet those spanish clubs will still go for him lol.. and with that money we can build ANOTHER set of champions.

NOTE: I think both teams deserve it, if you can split the cup in two I think everyone will be glad to. BUT this is a competition, there's bound to be a loser and a winner... be wise Chelsea, try next year.:d

RIP .. he's so young as well (only 25).. The incident report stated that he drove too fast, lost control and the car slipped.. another reminder why we (including me) shouldn't speed.

Such a tragic end... RIP

^:)^ lol i remember when ManU played Arsenal.. When Henry got the ball and he turned and charge at defenders, it always made me nervous lol :d same goes with the barcelona game last month. Henry was far far far more affective than Eto'o..FAR !!! ^:)^ Henry return to Arsenal ? why not ?

lol lol @ cnowdc, so you're a chelsea fan huh ? lol that says it all.. :)) you should worry more about your unproductive strikers :))

Messi is good...but does he have 38 goals this season ??? I dont think so...He can sure run with the ball, dribble past defenders...but then can he score ??? I doubt so. Moreover, ANY footballer knows that you can't just dribble the ball to score goals, can you ??? So let me repeat myself, Messi is GOOD, but judging from the performance at Nou Camp and OT, he still need to work real hard to refine his finishing skills.

AND BTW I am not a fan of MU just because of Ronaldo, so I dont really care if messi was better than him on that match or if he looked like a clown or whatever..I was a fan even before he came to MU.. and I don't think Ronaldo can manage to score 38 goals without the help of his teammates.

chelse will win ? hehe did you see the post match interview ? even avram "grump" is unsure that they are still in it.

These last few questions and the way Avram replied really really cracks me up lol :)):)):)):))

Michael Ballack?
'Injured.'

What's his problem?
'Ask the doctor.'

He's not here Avram.
'Well call him then.'

=)) Why did he even bother to show up ? lol =))

well bad luck..but Chelsea should have killed the game when they are 1-0 up..

next 2 games will be vital, including hosting Manchester United at the Bridge :d I'm expecting some real desperate attacking football from Chelsea and counterattacks from the usual rooney ronaldo duo.

I can't wait for Gary Neville to come back..Brown's performance is really fluctuating, maybe ManU should get a young right back when the transfer market reopens. I think ManU really misses Vidic...he'll be back next game for Barca I think.

Ronaldo's superb, but if only he'll chase the ball more, especially when it comes to defending.

It's very amusing how all the 4-5 Arsenal players forming the wall got bluffed into thinking that Ronaldo was going to take that freekick lol.

For Arsenal, I really admire Hleb.. He can control the ball real well..good speed and pace from Walcott..but Song looked a bit confused lol.

Good game.. great effort Arsenal :d