Inter vs Liverpool discussion thread!!

Pierre Littbarski wrote:

COTR wrote:Yeeeeeesssssssssss


I was delighted we drew inter months ago and they showed why tonight

They simply don't have many dangerous players.

They may yet win but that was a disgraceful performance


Kuyt

Inter were $h!t but so are Liverpool - the ref gave it to you on a plate.

It was a gift but we were well on top before the red and it probably would have happened anyway. Torres was skinning materazzi alive with every ball into space. I know inter may have come into the game later on but by parking the bus they effectively cancelled the threat of our best player this season.

If we had great wingers and a better second striker we would be awesome. Sadly we don't but gradually rafa may sign the right man

The sent off of Materazzi was right in a way that Italian teams deserve it, cause it was clear that they only came for a draw to Anfield. Lurking on the counter of course.

And that against a Liverpool!

So let it be a lesson for them!

Think now might be the time to bump the Kuyt appreciation thread.

Pierre Littbarski wrote:

Glenn Hysén wrote:

Pierre Littbarski wrote:

COTR wrote:Yeeeeeesssssssssss


I was delighted we drew inter months ago and they showed why tonight

They simply don't have many dangerous players.

They may yet win but that was a disgraceful performance


Kuyt

Inter were $h!t but so are Liverpool - the ref gave it to you on a plate.

was never a penalty

...and besides - it never even happens if Materazzi stays on.

His 1st booking was nothing short of disgraceful and I hope it can be recinded so that he can kick the f@ck out of that bleach-blonde fag in teh 2nd leg

Don't think yellows can be rescinded.

You mod c**ts deleted all of those!

How about them Reds!

MASCHERANO what a great game he had! MOTM by far.

I'm about to watch Bolognesi-Nacional. Good gameplan by Rafa. Yo Blue9 what happened to Mancini? Rafa whooped his ass today!

Bashmachkin wrote:
For me, the sending off was one of the most nonsensical decisions I've seen. Materazzi didn't even act stupidly - neither booking was for any valid reason. For the first, Torres just went to ground without the slightest contact; for the second, there was a minor initial tug by Materazzi, but it was barely deserving of a foul never mind a second yellow - again, and without there being any contact in the moment, Torres just dropped to his knees and looked for a free kick. I stand by what I said initially, in that if any player deserved to be sent off from the two incidents, it was more Torres than Materazzi. Perhaps his reputation preceded him, but there were a number of awful decisions that went against Inter in the first half.

Matterazi's first booking was harsh, but it was a foul. The 2nd booking did deserve a card but most referees would make do with a final warning, especially given how soft the first yellow was. Maybe his reputation got him sent off, but suggesting Torres should have been the one to go is ridiculous. No mention of the decisions that went against Liverpool? He was a homer in the first half but he tried to make up for it in the second. Vieira was lucky to be on the pitch by the end for starters.

Puro wrote:How about them Reds!

MASCHERANO what a great game he had! MOTM by far.

I'm about to watch Bolognesi-Nacional. Good gameplan by Rafa. Yo Blue9 what happened to Mancini? Rafa whooped his ass today!

How about your man gerrard puro

Another big match supergoal





Zlatan

Well done Liverpool.

Inter were woeful, with 11 men and 10 men.

COTR wrote:

Puro wrote:How about them Reds!

MASCHERANO what a great game he had! MOTM by far.

I'm about to watch Bolognesi-Nacional. Good gameplan by Rafa. Yo Blue9 what happened to Mancini? Rafa whooped his ass today!

How about your man gerrard puro

Another big match supergoal

centre midfield

COTR wrote:

Puro wrote:How about them Reds!

MASCHERANO what a great game he had! MOTM by far.

I'm about to watch Bolognesi-Nacional. Good gameplan by Rafa. Yo Blue9 what happened to Mancini? Rafa whooped his ass today!

How about your man gerrard puro

Another big match supergoal





Zlatan

Don't think you can really mock Zlatan. I too, have been waiting for him to do something on the big stage, but his service was literally non-existant.

Stank had a howler. I would have taken him off at HT and brought on Suazo.

The days of abuse Kuyt suffered has come to an end.

Puro wrote:Yo Blue9 what happened to Mancini? Rafa whooped his ass today!

Mancini is not a great coach at all (though he claims to be), its just that he has got a great squad at his disposal.

COTR wrote:
How about your man gerrard puro

Another big match supergoal





Zlatan

Great goal by Gerrard! Made up for those hundred balls lost possession. So that was Rafa's gameplan. Stick Mascherano and Lucas in central midfield giving Gerrard a free role a floater. Been saying that for the last 4 years now. Rafa did not want to spot Inter a 0-3 lead by halftime.

Calidad wrote:

Don't think you can really mock Zlatan. I too, have been waiting for him to do something on the big stage, but his service was literally non-existant.

Stank had a howler. I would have taken him off at HT and brought on Suazo.

I have never seen him play well

I don't really watch serie A so am guilty of being ignorant to what he is doing there.

Normally teams with ten men still carry some threat, especially if they haven't been beaten for five months. Inter however didn't have a midfield throughout the entire 90 minutes. They have a lot to prove at the san siro

Puro wrote:How about them Reds!

MASCHERANO what a great game he had! MOTM by far.

I'm about to watch Bolognesi-Nacional. Good gameplan by Rafa. Yo Blue9 what happened to Mancini? Rafa whooped his ass today!

I agree that Mancini did drop the ball. His substitutions wern't very good.

But i have to say i was really dissapointed with Cambiasso today, he was 2nd to every ball and didnt control the midfield at all.

BoBo Vieri wrote:I have to say i was really disappointed with Cambiasso today, he was 2nd to every ball and didn't control the midfield at all.

An overrated Argentinian? Never would have guessed it.

Glenn Hysén wrote:
Matterazi's first booking was harsh, but it was a foul. The 2nd booking did deserve a card but most referees would make do with a final warning, especially given how soft the first yellow was. Maybe his reputation got him sent off, but suggesting Torres should have been the one to go is ridiculous. No mention of the decisions that went against Liverpool? He was a homer in the first half but he tried to make up for it in the second. Vieira was lucky to be on the pitch by the end for starters.

I just disagree that the first incident constituted a foul. Torres worked to get past Materazzi and then just went down, dropped to his knees. For me, there was no contact - it was a dive by Torres rather than a foul by Materazzi, and in this respect, looking at both incidents, this dive was the only thing that vaguely warranted a card

For the second incident, like I say, Materazzi's initial tug perhaps warranted a foul but it was a slight tug at an insignificant moment and didn't warrant a yellow card. What is more, Torres didn't go down until after the tug, at which point, without any contact, he again fell to his knees. If the referee was giving a foul for the initial tug, then fair enough, but it was still a ridiculous and unfair decision to give Materazzi a second yellow.

I didn't think Liverpool suffered from poor decisions in the second half. I think you had a good shout for a penalty when Vieira handled, but I don't think it was a clear cut penalty - the rule for handball seems very much open to interpretation - I don't think Vieira deliberately handled, and it that sense it was ball to hand rather than deliberate handball, but at the same time he shouldn't have had his hands up in the air. But that was it. It's also true that the crowd and a few Liverpool players - Carragher in particular - were shouting for a penalty whenever the ball was hit into the Inter area. Whatever, this doesn't even out the decisions first half which changed the shape of the game and damaged Inter's chances.

Inter just seemed so slow.

Cordoba was excellent though.

Calidad wrote:

COTR wrote:

Puro wrote:How about them Reds!

MASCHERANO what a great game he had! MOTM by far.

I'm about to watch Bolognesi-Nacional. Good gameplan by Rafa. Yo Blue9 what happened to Mancini? Rafa whooped his ass today!

How about your man gerrard puro

Another big match supergoal





Zlatan

Don't think you can really mock Zlatan. I too, have been waiting for him to do something on the big stage, but his service was literally non-existant.

Stank had a howler. I would have taken him off at HT and brought on Suazo.

Zlatan, won a lot of "nothing" balls, but there was just no-one there to latch onto it/support him Lampard style.

Stankovic should've done this, but his was a major disappointment, far worse than Cambiasso or anyone else.

A Tribe Called TS™ wrote:
Stankovic should've done this, but he was a major disappointment.

Another overrated Serie A player.

shazlx wrote:

BoBo Vieri wrote:I have to say i was really disappointed with Cambiasso today, he was 2nd to every ball and didn't control the midfield at all.

An overrated Argentinian? Never would have guessed it.

I don't know whats got into you shaz, but just because he didnt turn up today doesnt mean he's overrated.

Otherwise that would mean you think Henry is/was overrated.

BoBo Vieri wrote:

shazlx wrote:

BoBo Vieri wrote:I have to say i was really disappointed with Cambiasso today, he was 2nd to every ball and didn't control the midfield at all.

An overrated Argentinian? Never would have guessed it.

I don't know whats got into you shaz, but just because he didnt turn up today doesnt mean he's overrated.

He's just another Gerrard ... but less

Edit: That was supposed to be is reference to Stanky.

BoBo Vieri wrote:

shazlx wrote:

BoBo Vieri wrote:I have to say i was really disappointed with Cambiasso today, he was 2nd to every ball and didn't control the midfield at all.

An overrated Argentinian? Never would have guessed it.

I don't know whats got into you shaz,

I'm taking Tweedle's mantle in his absence and exposing the truth about Serie A.

Parks lives wrote:Inter just seemed so slow.

Cordoba was excellent though.

you reckon he wouldve been good in the EPL? he's a top man marker.

BoBo Vieri wrote:

Parks lives wrote:Inter just seemed so slow.

Cordoba was excellent though.

you reckon he wouldve been good in the EPL? he's a top man marker.

Be good anywhere. Even his height wouldn't be a problem.

Rosy wrote:

Rosy wrote:

COTR wrote:Yeeeeeesssssssssss


I was delighted we drew inter months ago and they showed why tonight

They simply don't have many dangerous players.

They may yet win but that was a disgraceful performance


Kuyt

Rafa's persistence with Kuyt is finally paying off

even if it was a deflection Good goal from Gerrard.

It wasn't deflected, lucky yes, deflected no.

Rosy is talking about the Kuyt goal.

that defo took a deflection.

Just got in.

Fucking amazing. Without a doubt one of the best games I've ever been to, the atmopshere was brilliant, I've never heard YNWA sung like that, the way it was tonight, it was unbelieveable.

For much of the season we've been playing with no passion and no heart but tonight the hunger was back and I am proud of the players, they answered their critics with style.

Mascherano? A beast, an absolute monster, I want to marry him and have his babies, he is an absolute world beater, brilliant.

Ibra was poor, Inter were poor and Materazzi is a c**t!

Le Tiss, Merson, Rosicky, Paul Merson, suck on that.

Fucking ecstatic!!!!!!!!!!!

We shall not be moved!!

I don't think it's that fair to suggest that Ibra or Inter have to prove something in the second leg. Just as nobody would really doubt Man Utd or Arsenal's quality or validity were they to go out of the Champions League this round, it's unfair to judge Inter only on their Champions League performances. For what it is worth, I thought they were unfortunate last year to go out on away goals to Valencia, after dominating the first leg. And I thought Ibra had a decent game today - I agree that Stankovic had a hugely disappointing game, and as Shaz says, Cambiasso didn't bring the ball forward at all - I agree that Vieira was better at that when he came on, but he was also more clumsy in defence and his passing was awful. I thought he extremely overhit the mentioned pass to Ibra, whilst he was slow on the ball and underhit another pass with Ibra in a good attacking position down Inter's right.

Anyway, I think Inter are a very good team and that Ibra is a marvellous player. But I think there is a point that, outside of Serie A, when games are perhaps more fast paced and physical, Inter sometimes lack players with the pace to threaten. Of their more attacking players, none of Stankovic, Figo, Zanetti when he plays on the wings, Cruz, Crespo, are that quick. Which is obviously where Suazo can come in useful. But I guess it's debatable whether or not to play him in a second leg where Liverpool are going to be sitting deep, and where Crespo might be a better bet for finding space and finishing moves.