s@int wrote:A few points from tonights game
1/ Rafa got his tactics spot on first half. Kuyt played with Gerrard up front, to pressurise Milan and to try to stop them building from the back. This worked! We just needed a goal to confirm our first half dominance.
2/ Zenden was a mistake, he had a poor game in that he had (or created) plenty of space and opportunities to make a name for himself, this he failed to do. Losing the ball or at best getting a throw in, instead of creating any chances.
3/ Mascherano was great, Kaka was in his pocket all night.
4/Pennant while having a very good first half, showed that he is sadly lacking a football brain, but still did well enough to earn another season.
5/Alonso's passing was poor, he looked slow and gave away too many freekicks. He was however pressurised almost every time he received the ball.
6/Rafa must make his substitutions earlier .
7/We desperately needed someone who scores goals (M.Owen), and a bit of luck. When you have control of a game you need to score or what happened tonight usually happens. A fluke goal changes the whole game.
8/The better team lost, sad but true.
9/I thought some of our passing was very sloppy, and our corners, free kicks and throw ins were as usual poor.
10/ The referee gave us nothing all night
There were a huge number of positives to take from our performance tonight but, I still feel gutted we lost.
Agree with all that Saint. I think Rafa is fantastice but he seems to have a blind spot with Bolo, i don't understand it, maybe i don't know enough. Zenden was just as shit as the first leg of the semi.
Damn gutted but proud of the boys, we showed the world in defeat that we are still a great club.
We had 75% of the stadium, who wouldn't want to play in front of supporters like that.
aswel, maybe next year when you have bought more players and will be competing on more fronts for possibly more trophies..
