Monday, 12th May 2008
To be or not to be victorious
Manchester Utd have been crowned English Champions after a pulsating finale. This is their 17th title (the 10th in the last 16 years).
There had been many rumours that Wigan might let off Man U lightly, given that Wigan’s manager is a former Manchester United player. That was not the case.
And Chelsea didn’t win their match against Bolton and so the Red Devils, won the league with a points and goals advantage.
Round one over, now Chelsea and Man Utd fight each other for the title of European Champions in Moscow.
In an earlier posting, I referred to the much dreaded yet envied manager’s role. Ferguson is clearly a manager who will be remembered as one of the best ever. This acclaim comes from the number of trophies he has won and above all from his loyalty to Man. Utd. In his early years at the helm he managed to transform the team and take it back to winning ways, and he has since managed to regenerate it and renew the motivation of its players.
Pazza Inter… Pazzo Milan... Pazza Milano…
Mancini went on record saying that this Scudetto would be the most enjoyable to be won by Inter. He thought that Inter would beat Siena and make the league theirs… that was also what Inter’s President Moratti thought, and that’s what the Inter supporters thought.
The only variable was the fact that there were 90 minutes to play and that Inter had to face Siena who last week beat Juventus. And today we see that Inter are not the Italian Champions as yet and that Roma are breathing down the Nerazzurri’s neck hoping for yet another slip next week.
By the time the season ends on Sunday, Inter might end up losing what was already theirs. That will be one of the most incredible ways of letting off a title which has been theirs for so long.
Milan’s euphoria following last Sunday week’s victory against Inter came to an abrupt end on Sunday afternoon. Milan copied Inter’s craziness and let off the much acclaimed 4th place in the table, which would have ensured the team’s participation in next year’s Champions League.
Their performance on Sunday bore no comparison to their performance against Inter, and one hopes that this won’t mean the end of the European dream for a team which has Europe in its DNA.
Last summer, Inter and Milan supporters were taunting each other about what was best, being the Champions of Italy or being European Champions. Now it seems that La Madonnina, which overlooks the Piazza Duomo (scene of most celebrations in Milan) has had enough and has decided that this year could well see no team from Milan celebrating anything.
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i want to ask 1 question what will happen to liverpool once(or if) blatter wins the votes that a team cannot play more than 5 non-english players
.....i think this is the most interesting topic...What Would Happen In The Football World if Blatter Succeeds in Stopping teams playing non-english players ?..ur views
League Champions (18 times)
1900-01, 1905-06, 1921-22, 1922-23, 1946-47, 1963-64, 1965-66, 1972-73, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1985-86, 1987-88, 1989-90
FA Cup winners (7 times)
1964-65, 1973-74, 1985-86, 1988-89, 1991-92, 2000-01, 2005-06
League Cup winners (7 times)
1980-81, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1994-95, 2000-01, 2002-03
Charity Shield
1964-65 (shared), 1965-66 (shared), 1966-67, 1974-75, 1976-77, 1977-78 (shared), 1979-80, 1980-81, 1982-83, 1986-87 (shared), 1988-89, 1989-90, 1990-91 (shared), 2001-02, 2006-07
EUROPEAN HONOURS
European Cup winners (5 times)
1976-77, 1977-78, 1980-81, 1983-84, 2004-05
UEFA Cup winners (3)
1972-73, 1975-76, 2000-01
European Super Cup (3)
1977, 2001, 2005
true that not only the serie A but as well the Premier League In England in recent years all teams in Europe are buying players from all over the world and i think that all teams in england as well as in italy should reduce the amount of forighn players in the team as if in 5 or 10 years time the international team will be consisting of Brazilians in the English team and spanyards in the Italian team
My only hope is that we will draw at Parma and that Roma will do likewise at Catania giving us the league, although, as i said undeservedly.
...but if i was a neutral fan i would say that the final the final will be VERY VERY close because Chelsea would want to show to "jbattu" man utd for winning the league and man utd want to win there 3rd europian title.....
....FORZA MAN UTD