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"Chelsea vs Monaco"

1-1 at half time. Dado Prso for Monaco after about 20 minutes and Hernan Crespo for Chelsea about 10 minutes later. It is a good game so far with Chelsea and Monaco having a few great chances each. Guily has been amazing for Monaco and Frank Lampard has been brilliant for Chelsea. The Chelsea goal was so funny as Eidur Gudjohnsen took a swing at the ball and totally missed it and then somehow flicked it to Crespo who put it in. What do you guys think of the game so far?

Don or†ega wrote:
> i doubt it. United put in a solid performance tonight and should
> beat liverpool on saturday boosting thier confidence sky high

My point exactly. It's difficult to tell how United are going to play from game to game this season.

Beating Liverpool won't do much for confidence, everyone's been doing that this season! Beating Arsenal in the cup should have put their confidence through the roof for the rest of the season, but then they lose to Portsmouth. And though it was about 6 weeks ago, let's not forget that Arsenal thrashed Portsmouth 5-1 in the cup.

Yes, United could blow Millwall away 5-0 in the final. But on this season's form, they could just as easily lose 1-0 or 2-1. I wouldn't be counting any chickens, whether they beat Liverpool or not.

Man U have a great chance to come 2nd but they MUST win all their games and beat Chelski. Let's see if Chelski drop points vs Newcastle so we can win the title at WHL! :P

316 3055 wrote:
and with
> the performance against Portsmouth I wouldn't be too surprised if
> United were to lose the cup final either.

i doubt it. United put in a solid performance tonight and should beat liverpool on saturday boosting thier confidence sky high putting them into 2nd place. The performance agaisnt portsmouth isnt so bad when you consider the form pompey have been in of late.

Chelsea's last few results (and United's, to a slightly lesser extent) would seem to show that they were (both) fortunate to catch Arsenal on a bad week. Well it seems that way now, anyway.

It looks like Chelsea are out barring a miracle comeback, and with the performance against Portsmouth I wouldn't be too surprised if United were to lose the cup final either.

Veron you legend!

Back just in time to ruin Chelsea's season!

Absolu† Neó wrote:
> Well, you have to look at it in both ways not just a Chelsea point of
> view:

When have I not. Don't get me wrong. Monaco were great 2nd half and deserved the win, and Zikos didn't deserve to be sent off, and I was quite ashamed by Makalele's behaviour, as a chelsea fan.


> Desailly should have gone but got away with an elbow and

I don't think the camera showed enough of this to show that Des should have gone. I thought they were pulling away at each other, and he tried to wriggle free and just caught Morientes on the face.

But what Morientes did to Parker was disgusting. Worse than Beckham in the 1998 world cup.

Colourless wrote:
> Morientes should have been sent off.

Well, you have to look at it in both ways not just a Chelsea point of view: Desailly should have gone but got away with an elbow and Makalele dived to get a player sent off.

Makelele is the biggest cheat since Robert Pires. What a diver! Anyway, Monaco were amazing and Morientes, Rothen, Nonda, Guily and Prso were all brilliant. Based on that performance they deserve to win the Champions league.

Morientes should have been sent off.

Quality finish though.

Morientes is unbelievable.

It's finished 3-1, in my opinion Ranieri made the wrong decision and it cost Chelsea.

Still not over, Chelsea can still do it but it's gonna be tough and credit to 10 man Monaco, they played well and deserved the win.