Soccer Thread

[ride395]

5th goal for Javier against Chelsea in all comps, lol

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[2NAKLLR]

5th goal for Javier against Chelsea in all comps, lol

Not the best match for Luis. Auto-GOOOOOOOL! And that play^ he looks a bit stoned.
I didn't get to see any EPL until last night. Everton v Liverpool. Always a good match, though.

Happily still riding that 1 point margin at the top of the table.

[Skeeze]

5th goal for Javier against Chelsea in all comps, lol

Way offside as well, against 9 players. It'll be interesting to see what comes of the Clattenburg racial abuse complaint--they apparently have everything he said during the game recorded.

[ride395]

Haha, supposedly he called Torres "jilipollas" ... I guess the Urban Dictionary definition is a bit strong, but it's something along those lines.

And yeah, he was offside. But, pretty much impossible to call. Which would have been easier to give benefit of the doubt before the revelations about his smack talking (the refs)!

[Skeeze]

Haha, supposedly he called Torres "jilipollas" ... I guess the Urban Dictionary definition is a bit strong, but it's something along those lines.

And yeah, he was offside. But, pretty much impossible to call. Which would have been easier to give benefit of the doubt before the revelations about his smack talking (the refs)!

I read that's what he called Mata (which is unprofessional/biased but not necessarily racial abuse), but more importantly, Ramires and David Luiz both heard him call John Obi Mikel something racially motivated after Mikel was booked. Both Ramires and David Luiz are prepared to make statements about it.

And the offside is very hard to tell in the glitchy gif from the top angle, but I saw it pretty clearly live and the assistant ref had a better view than anyone else.

Either way, it's no where near as bad as the Catania vs. Juventus game this past weekend. Catania's opener was not ruled offside by the AR or center ref (and it wan't even close to offside either), but then Juve complained and the ref changed his mind a minute later. And then Bendtner was offside when Juve scored the winner. Add to that a history of match fixing... It's a shame too because I actually like the way Juve plays now.

[2NAKLLR]

Juan Mata, the Chelsea midfielder allegedly called a "Spanish t**t"...
What's with the racism in/around Chelsea? As if the Ferdinand/Terry BS wasn't bad enough. Maybe Clattenburg is a closet bigot. He does have a little resemblance to that fascist that played a big roll in WWII*.


*Don't want thread to end.

[ride395]

Chicharito with another goal ... Chelksi prevails.

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Damn, Chelski getting probed for more racism:

Met Police and Chelsea to probe gesture

[2NAKLLR]

Match of the week:
Celtic defeats Barca 2-1!
Celtic had 'em 2-0 but gave one back in extra time.

ION, Chelsea stays a step ahead 3-2 v Shakhtar.

[ride395]

^ gotta love that

in other action from today:



The flick from Rooney was classeh ... and Chich scores from his A$$!

And news on the little pea:

Chicharito, el mejor 'Red Devil' en el mes de octubre

Javier Hernandez: Player of the month for Man U

[2NAKLLR]

Juan Mata, el mejor jugador de EPL en el mes de Octubre!

Oh year that Sir Alex Ferguson guy is gaffa of October, too.

[MountainNut]

Have you guys seen this clip yet?

Gabriel Muniz, a future Brazilian soccer star (in the making now, albeit absent 2 feet)?

http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/amazing-footless-soccer-kid/uf0v9obk?q=viral+soccer&rel=msn&from=en-us_msnhp&form=MSNrll

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Touche 2NA ... Mata is a bright spot on that squad.

Terry got Suarezed, huh? Hard to like either of those guys, lol.

[2NAKLLR]

Best I can say is it wasn't dirty. It was just unlucky.
Oh and I have Suarez on my fantasy team, not Terry. Heh. Keeps me neutral.

With Terry out on suspension at least we(Chelsea) knew he was coming back, but with the injury the return is hazy. Looks like MRI didn't show any tears, though.

Speaking of fantasy. This week I picked up no less than 6 players with knocks. Brutal week.