Internazionale vs Barcelona

BoBo Vieri 32 wrote:When was the last time Barca scored at home in a CL semifinal?

kas wrote:1946

hehe.
it's straight ten years ago, anyway.

still my guts say that if we are going thru, it should be more because we score than because we concede less than 2.

Is abidal fit to play? i heard he got injured again

Not sure, Maxwell is better going forward anyway.

Hope Yaya starts

Apparently Figo is going to be on the Inter bench for the match tonight!

For once in a semi final between two big clubs I really don't care who goes through.

I'd love to see Barca compete in Madrid's back garden for football's biggest prize, that would be some story.

But I'd love to hear what Mourinho will come out with if Inter were to get there and I can imagine Bayern vs Inter being a bit feisty and a close game whereas Barca would probably win comfortably vs Bayern.

Jaime wrote:Apparently Figo is going to be on the Inter bench for the match tonight!

Figo is a legend

Besides he's an ambassador at Inter, just goes to prove his a Madridista through and through!

Jaime wrote:Apparently Figo is going to be on the Inter bench for the match tonight!

He is Inter's ambassador. He was there in the first game too:

"Why Stank got suspended?"

BoBo Vieri 32 wrote:

kas wrote:Bluenine, Abundance, what are your predictions for tonight? Must be optimistic?

All in all, it's still perfectly 50-50 as it was before the beginning of the tie.

As we were able to show Barca how much we've improved since the group stage, Barca could be able to show Inter that they can still put a couple or more past any team.

Frankly, I'm a believer in my team, but when I think about the game there are so many things that can go horribly wrong that I really don't want to invest any hope in it.
It will be decided by nerves, luck, refereeing, and the ability to ride the tide of the game.
I'm confident we can put in a good performance but I'm not confident at all on the outcome.

@Bobo: yes, apparently he failed a fitness test yesterday.

BoBo Vieri 32 wrote:

Jaime wrote:Apparently Figo is going to be on the Inter bench for the match tonight!

He is Inter's ambassador. He was there in the first game too:

Great celebration by Figo when Inter scored! Hopefully he does that again in the Camp Nou!

The bad thing is that I'm trying to quit/severely reduce smoking these days, but I'm sure I'll need a full 20 pack tonight =D.
Hell any time I think about tonight I'm getting more and more nervous.
I'm even starting to fear Messi, which is the one single Barca player that I never ever thought could be capable of damaging us.
And I'm even starting to project my irrational fears well beyond tonight (say, visualizing huge Verzweiflung awaiting in Madrid for the winner of this tie).

To exorcize all this, I'm going to post again my little voodoo pic.

(the outcome of the bayern tie is a good sign that's working to avoid history repeating)

Tell me about it.... I quit smoking coupla months back, but I could really do with one right now.... the thing is, anyone who has supported Inter thru the dark ages, is a complete nervous wreck before any big Inter game... being an Inter fan is never for the weak hearted

I have a big big key presentation in an hour, what am I doing posting over here?? I think I need some sedatives, like NOW!

abundance wrote:The bad thing is that I'm trying to quit/severely reduce smoking these days, but I'm sure I'll need a full 20 pack tonight =D.
Hell any time I think about tonight I'm getting more and more nervous.
I'm even starting to fear Messi, which is the one single Barca player that I never ever thought could be capable of damaging us.
And I'm even starting to project my irrational fears well beyond tonight (say, visualizing huge Verzweiflung awaiting in Madrid for the winner of this tie).

To exorcize all this, I'm going to post again my little voodoo pic.

(the outcome of the bayern tie is a good sign that's working to avoid history repeating)

BoBo Vieri 32 wrote:

I usually listen to that version too, very nostalgic...

Yeh i think this version sounds better than the new version. I wish Vieri did some singing!

The day is finally here. The Camp Nou shall be like Alianza Lima's cauldron of a stadium, BUT with 100 thousand fans. WOW!

Let's see IF Barcelona can step it up and win 5-1.

Alberto wrote:The day is finally here. The Camp Nou shall be like Alianza Lima's cauldron of a stadium, BUT with 100 thousand fans. WOW!

Let's see IF Barcelona can step it up and win 5-1.

Stop f@cking jinxing us

kas wrote:

Alberto wrote:The day is finally here. The Camp Nou shall be like Alianza Lima's cauldron of a stadium, BUT with 100 thousand fans. WOW!

Let's see IF Barcelona can step it up and win 5-1.

Stop f@cking jinxing us

I think you are jinxing yrselves

http://www.goal.com/en/news/12/spain/2010/04/28/1898952/video-barcelona-players-make-video-promising-epic-comeback

kas wrote:

Alberto wrote:The day is finally here. The Camp Nou shall be like Alianza Lima's cauldron of a stadium, BUT with 100 thousand fans. WOW!

Let's see IF Barcelona can step it up and win 5-1.

Stop f@cking jinxing us

Do not fear, Kas. This will be a historic day in several stadiums around the world where the home crowd shall lead their warriors through the valley of the shadows of death, and they will fear no evil.

@bluenine:
Well I'm mainly referring to Puro's not quite perfect prediction record


As for the videos and pre-match hype from the players, I already commented on how I think it's silly and unnecessary. It's just like Real Madrid before the Lyon game...when one team talks so much before a match, they rarely end up delivering.

I cannot pretend to work anymore, why can't they start the game early???????????

bluenine wrote:I cannot pretend to work anymore, why can't they start the game early???????????

I love these kinds of posts

Not for me this game, but we all know that feeling

Axeslammer wrote:

bluenine wrote:I cannot pretend to work anymore, why can't they start the game early???????????

I love these kinds of posts

Not for me this game, but we all know that feeling

Enjoy it Blue, it's an incredible feeling once that whistle blows and you're into the final, it's unbeatable.

bluenine wrote:I think you are jinxing yrselves

http://www.goal.com/en/news/12/spain/2010/04/28/1898952/video-barcelona-players-make-video-promising-epic-comeback

Jesus Christ, that's almost as cringeworthy as the video they made with Nike last year!

Good luck.

I quite like those sorts of videos personally. Maybe they didn't have to do one like that but when players say they hope the fans get in early and make noise that's generally what happens. Carragher and Gerrard said that before we played Chelsea in 2007 and it was absolutely rocking about 20 minutes before kick off and continued all game.

bluenine wrote:I cannot pretend to work anymore, why can't they start the game early???????????

I fucking wrongly signed some stuff today, some paper work, my employees asked was a in love or something, cause it never happens, but how could i explain to them that it's something to do with a thing called FOOTBALL.

I can't deny it - I hope Barcelona tear Mourinho a second anus.

Inter fans may protest, but the simple truth is that if Inter make the final, Mourinho will - as sure as day follow night - let everyone know how long it's been since they were last in a CL final. The mainstream media outside of Italy will have it down as Mourinho's glory, not Inter's. Mourinho will make sure that feeling remains the case. You're in a lose-lose situation.

He's been fun to watch, but it's now time for his ego to be deflated before he becomes even more insufferable.

"Guardiola's purple and maroon (or is it plum) red army!" Just rolls off the tongue

Noah and the Bale wrote:I can't deny it - I hope Barcelona tear Mourinho a second anus.

Inter fans may protest, but the simple truth is that if Inter make the final, Mourinho will - as sure as day follow night - let everyone know how long it's been since they were last in a CL final. The mainstream media outside of Italy will have it down as Mourinho's glory, not Inter's. Mourinho will make sure that feeling remains the case. You're in a lose-lose situation.

He's been fun to watch, but it's now time for his ego to be deflated before he becomes even more insufferable.

"Guardiola's purple and maroon (or is it plum) red army!" Just rolls off the tongue

Thanks... somehow going to the final will just not feel like a lose-situation to moi