TWO Sentences sums up that game.
RAFAEL COST US. GERMANS HAD NO CHANCE WITHOUT THE SENDING OFF.
Rafael had Ribery in his pocket for the entire first half. He had a superb game but had a Beckham-esque moment of petulance when he kicked out at Van Bommel who, like Simeone in the Beckham incident, should've been penalised before Rafael did what he did, as he fouled Rafael first. However, that was an unfortunate moment of inexperience, and in the 2nd half, grabbing hold of Ribery was daft. But having said all that, if he hadn't done such a great job on Ribery in the first half, the game might have changed even earlier. Still, a booking for that tussle was a little harsh in my view, but you just cannot grab onto a player, not in Europe. He might have got away with that in the Premiership, but I don't have any real complaints about the second yellow.
Dear oh dear: how can United give this one away? Brilliant goal by Robben but such a misbalance is forced on the match with that kind of decision by the ref. But the goal Bayern scored at the end of the first half proved to be a new lease of life.
Yes - that goal was the real killer. If that goal didn't go in, Bayern wouldn't have got their second wind.
I said that Rooney shouldn't be risked and he was - chances are, he'll miss more games now! A very poor decision from Sir Alex - at the beginning of the evening, he said there was 'no risk' and then at the end, he said 'we took the risk'. I thought there
was no risk, Sir Alex?
And one other thing, where the hell was the marking on Robben? We used to pull that trick at the corner all the time with Scholes, we should've been alive to it! It was very painful to watch him celebrate, especially as he's an ex Chelski player (who was supposed to come to us originally, before the deal was scuppered at the last moment).
Never mind - Bayern won't win it - Barca will. Sure, the Cup hasn't been retained for twenty years, but neither have we seen a player like Messi for twenty years either. I hope he doesn't click for Argentina, because if he does, they could well win the World Cup, and they're one of my least favourite teams to win it.
