Q/F Leg 1 Roma 0 – 2 Man U
So Man U did a number on Roma who were largely undone by their inability to find someone with the ball in the Man U box. The crossing was so bad I thought Arron Lennon was playing. Ronaldo, love him or loathe him, is a great player and scored a screamer of a header, but his pathetic falling over still grates. He’s six foot and as a professional footballer is going to be extremely strong and yet he still insists on allowing himself to be pushed over easily a lot and then walking away pulling a sulky face. Its like watching kids play, only as hes 23 he deserves a good smack in the mouth for being such a whingy twunt. Its loathsome, pathetic and uncessesary. If he stopped doing it so often I would suggest theres a real chance he would get a lot more free kicks as he does get knocked about a fair bit, but hasnt got the knack (yet) of picking the moment to try for the foul.
The little bits and highlights of the Barcelona game I saw (along with other games this season) has been enough to convince me they are not particularly fearsome. Brilliant individuals, without doubt, and should they ever actually gel then they would roll over any other team in the world, but they are not playing well as a unit now for long enough periods to inspire fear at all and should be beatable.