First goal came from a free-kick following a Rooney foul.
Second goal arrived after Rooney was muscled off the ball in the middle of the park, three quick passes and a volley into an empty net
Man Utd didn’t have any fire - reckon they assumed it’d be a walk in the park, whereas Norwich were proper up for it.
Everton game was DIRE - appaling football all round, especially first half. Goals were well worked though but the new kid’s nothing special… decent enough finish, got in a good position, but he’s no Rooney
Going to be a v. good relegation fight this year - still a few teams possible for the drop…
Just three out of four. Are Soton going to do a Forest and go down though they’re too good to go down, I wonder? Anyway, I hope Only One Bryan Robson’s Baggies stay up, though I’m a great 'Arry fan as well.
Pity Blackburn, Birmingham (both managed by United old boys, mind you), Fulham. Pompey and Tottenham (hah!) have drawn clear of the zone.
Bloody keyboard warriors (or given location keyboard Samuris!)
Chelsea got a bit of a fright but got through - and seem bent on a course of annoying UEFA (which I am quite enjoying. It must be great to be able to do what you like knowing that you can, at worst, be fined, and have bottomless pockets).
It’ll be interesting to see what UEFA does to the Inter Milan fans got their game called off. Not much, I cynically suspect.
I’m more interested in what happens at the Juve/Liverpool game tonight. I hope there is no off the pitch action, but I fear someone, or several someones are going to get hurt.
Yes. All Italian clubs have fans called “ultras” who aren’t just hooligans but have this strange relationship with the clubs, which is how they get away with it. They have been generally tolerated as they tend not to be violent (like the English) but do behave dreadfully. Try googling “Cuerva Nord” for an idea (I’d link but I’m at work and there are rules here)
there are a few within the ultras who will fight - and it’ll be them that are after the scousers tonight (and will soon realise that they have bitten off more than they can chew - the Scousers can be formidible).
I watched the ManUre-Narrich game and Manchester United looked like they couldn’t be bothered. I wouldn’t say they dominated at all. They showed more skill and far less desire. The two Norwich goals were very well taken and Tim Howard really had no chnce on either.
The fact is that Fergie has done this before, taking an opponent lightly, like Feberneche, that costs them. (Losing to Feberneche got them paired with AC Milan in the next round of the Champions League). IT seems to me he is living on past glories. He is almost becoming senile in his attempted mind games like the stupid comments about Arsenal causing FA Cup Semis to be played in Cardiff. A transparent attempt to distract attention from his team’s poor perfromance.
I’m getting married on the 23rd, and then jetting off to San Francisco. How will I be able to find the results of EPL matches? Is there a particular newspaper or channel I should check?
Christ, those kinds of matches must be the most unbearable to watch, bar none: even an utter drubbing does not have you gnawing on your knuckles for two hours.
I hope everyone here of an age for whom “Liverpool success” conjures images of happy childhood and thus just seems like it’s the way it should be will wish us well against that utterly artificial and depressing parody of a football club which might as well be funded directly by the Soviet people’s taxes.
Check your television listings for Fox Soccer Channel. This mostly devoted to the EPL (although not exclusively) and they have many of the matches, plus a preview and review show each week. Most run several times. You might also check the Spanish language stations or GolTV, which is an all futbol Spanish station. If you don’t speak Spanish you can still look at the pictures and you might learn something. I have no idea whether the San Francisco chronicle carries results, but they might. We have two local papers and one always shows football highlights or results; the other almost never does. So it’s a bit hit-or-miss.
Oh, yeah, congrats on that whole wedding thing. Don’t let it distract you from the footie, though.
Here’s some places to try, in case your hotel doesn’t carry the station:
Blarney Stone - 21st & Geary St
415-386-9914
Cafe Fiore - 533 Jackson St
415-544-0655
CAFE FIORE shows soccer games from all over the world: Italian Serie A, English Premier League, Mexican and South American Leagues, European Champions League, UEFA Cup, Coppa Italia, Italian National Team, and World Cup qualifying games.
Steps of Rome - Columbus (One block North of Broadway)
415-986-6480
LIVE Euro 2000, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup, Italian Serie A, Coppa Italia, and Italian National Team matches via closed-circuit TV, ESPN2, and RAI International. Visit www.stepsofrome.com or call for schedule.
The Bitter End - 6th Ave. & Clement
415-221-9538
English League
The Chieftain Irish Pub & Restaurant - 198 5th St
415-615-0916
THE CHIEFTAIN IRISH PUB is "The Home of Soccer" in San Francisco, showing all English and Irish Internationals as well as English Premier league games and Cup matches from around the Globe. Our motto is: "if it can be shown you can see it at THE CHIEFTAIN IRISH PUB".
The Kezar Pub - 770 Stanyan (opposite Kezar Stadium)
415-386-9292
The Mad Dog in the Fog - 550 Haight St.
415-386-9292
Setanta, Fox
Square Sports Restaurant
Fox Soccer Channel subscriber
Steffs
Fox Soccer Channel subscriber
The Final Final
Fox Soccer Channel subscriber
Perry's
Fox Soccer Channel subscriber
Green's Sports Bar
Fox Soccer Channel subscriber
Fox & Fiddle
Fox Soccer Channel subscriber
The Cellar
Fox Soccer Channel subscriber
The EPL’s achievement in having two teams get through to the European Cup Semi-Finals is pretty impressive, given that no team from Spain or Germany, which started with half a dozen or so clubs between them, could get a single one through this season. (Full marks to PSV Eindhoven too, who are running away with the Dutch League, and only have to clear the hurdle of a meeting with Milan to match last year’s finalists Monaco and Porto, both from less fashionable leagues.)
The achievement is even more impressive when you consider the calibre of the sides that made it through to the last eight this time round. Five of the teams are leading their respective divisions (Milan, Chelsea, PSV, as well as Munich and Lyon); of the rest, Juve and Inter are second and third respectively in arguably Europe’s best league. This makes the accomplishment of Liverpool all the more laudable. They certainly deserved it over the two legs, though one has to say that Juve were piss poor, especially at home.
How tough it must be to play in an atmosphere-free stadium (gee - how they could do with a few flares, though you’d need a rocket launcher to get them across the running track) in a city where nearly everyone connected with the major employer supports your city rivals. No wonder Juve play better when they’re on the road - in front of their own supporters.
