The Football (soccer) Thread 07/08

[matz]

delighted at man utds performance.....means we can concentrate on the real trophys

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i dont know if it belongs in here...but wutcha think about chelsea buyin ronaldinho
i read it today.....chelsea payed 32 mio pound...and ronaldinho gets around 12mio per year
lol....idk if ronaldinho fits chelsea

[matz]

o dear

[Tornado]

I think Shevchenko would need that covering his face if he keeps playing like he is

[matz]

lmao at drogba....what a fool

[matz]

shouldnt we have to wait till the semi final to get liverpool

im guessin ur talkin about the chapions league....and no you'll have to wait till next year because liverpool r goin out!

cudnt believe da game on saturday.....two seasons in a row arsenal have done dat!!! so annoyed afta dat!

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Such a monumental ass-kickin Besiktas are after getting by a rampant Liverpool, 8-0 a new Champions League Record. A thoroughly awesome performance helped by horrible defending by the Turkish side and also Livcerpool getting every lucky bounce and deflection. Benayoun was a dream tonight, scoring 3 goals creating other chances and even defending. Crouch and Babel both scoring 2 goals each also, and Gerrard getting the other goal. Everyone played well, and there were no fuck ups. Dream night for Liverpool and the fans, just need to keep it going now to qualify.

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Report:

Yossi Benayoun grabbed a hat-trick as a rampant Liverpool beat Besiktas to keep their Champions League campaign alive.



Peter Crouch slotted in after his first shot was saved to open the scoring.

Benayoun took down a cross and lashed home before twice side-footing in after John Arne Riise and Steven Gerrard had strikes parried into his path.

Gerrard powered in a shot, Ryan Babel backheeled in a deft goal and then deflected in a Besiktas clearance before Crouch nodded in for an eighth.

Liverpool came into the game with their backs against the wall as they needed victory to keep alive any realistic hopes of progressing in the competition.

The Reds started with the urgency their predicament merited but saw Mehmet Sedef shoot wide at the near post after a cross from Matias Delgado.

The home side heeded the warning as a sign to swarm forward in greater numbers.

Crouch nodded a ball into the path of Andriy Voronin, who shot disappointingly wide, and then got the power on a header from Riise's cross only to see his effort go wide.

Right-back Alvaro Arbeloa was consistently marauding forward and he crossed for Benayoun to guide a shot against the outside of near post.

The inevitability of the Reds goal finally came when Edouard Cisse inadvertently played Crouch through on goal with a tackle towards his own goal.

Crouch netted the rebound as he scored the goal Liverpool craved to settle nerves before Riise had a header cleared off the line.

Voronin then found Benayoun at the far post and the Israeli took two touches to control and then lash in a shot to add a second.


Benayoun was instrumental in Liverpool's win

Liverpool continued to scythe through Besiktas after the break and Benayoun had a simple tap-in for a third after keeper Hakan Arikan could only parry a Riise shot into his path.

The fourth from the Reds came much the same way when Arikan failed to gather a fiercely driven Gerrard free-kick and Benayoun poached a another goal for his hat-trick.

The stunned Turkish visitors had little answer to Liverpool's play as the Anfield side refused to let up.

And another goal soon followed as a superb backheel from Voronin put Gerrard through on goal as the two players produced a neat one-two, which the Reds skipper finished with a stinging shot.

Benayoun turned provider late on when he crossed low for Babel and he audaciously back-heeled in at the near post.

Babel chased down a long ball and was rewarded when a clearance struck him and looped into the net.

Babel even had time to head against the crossbar, while Crouch glanced in a header from a Benayoun cross to complete the rout and the biggest win in the Champions League.

[matz]

okaaay dont get carried away.....scoring 8 is impressive but liverpool play really average football too many times during the season

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okaaay dont get carried away.....scoring 8 is impressive but liverpool play really average football too many times during the season

scoring 8 is only as impressive as the team you score 8 against

and getting defeated by a team is only as bad as the team that beat you


so the results even there self out, hump a shitty team scoring 8 goals, and also get fucked by a shitty team lol

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Them beating us in Turkey, proves they're not a "shitty" team as they played very well there. But they were definitely shitty last night, and got beaten by a Liverpool team in top form, and when we play like that we can beat anybody. But as Matz said, and he's right, is that we play average too often, but I've a feeling we're improving despite the shortage of wins in the EPL so far this season, but being still unbeaten home or away is a great stat to have also. We're only 6 points behind Arsenal who are playing awesome and winning everything, and we have a game in hand on United, so it's still very close. We're very due a run of wins too, so hopefully this Euorpean rampage, can give us the confidence to go on a winning run.

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psh, rangers were played of the park

unlucky with the first goal witch might have been a handball, but barcelona were just a different class

good that weve secured 3rd place no matter what, but i still think we can get 3 points out the next to games

[4D]

psh, rangers were played of the park

unlucky with the first goal witch might have been a handball, but barcelona were just a different class

good that weve secured 3rd place no matter what, but i still think we can get 3 points out the next to games

Go on Celtic!!

[matz]

bout time man utd hit da top of the table again

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psh, rangers were played of the park

unlucky with the first goal witch might have been a handball, but barcelona were just a different class

good that weve secured 3rd place no matter what, but i still think we can get 3 points out the next to games

Go on Celtic!!

yeh coz you guys still aint near qulification (go celtic!!) you guys aint even got a safety net (go celtic!!)

rangers are 3 points away from defianate qualification, and the teams we are playing we have already beaten including lyon who we beat 3-0 at france and there coming to ibrox this time round so i doubt theyll have a chance (rangers suck )