Comments on: UEFA Cup final to produce another classic? http://blogs.reuters.com/soccer/2008/05/14/uefa-cup-final-to-produce-another-classic/ World Soccer views and news Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:50:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: dirty european socialist. http://blogs.reuters.com/soccer/2008/05/14/uefa-cup-final-to-produce-another-classic/#comment-338555 dirty european socialist. Sat, 17 May 2008 16:04:43 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/soccer/2008/05/14/uefa-cup-final-to-produce-another-classic/#comment-338555 Great game, two hard working teams. Great game, two hard working teams.

]]> By: CELFROG http://blogs.reuters.com/soccer/2008/05/14/uefa-cup-final-to-produce-another-classic/#comment-338519 CELFROG Thu, 15 May 2008 13:55:56 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/soccer/2008/05/14/uefa-cup-final-to-produce-another-classic/#comment-338519 This game was never going to be a classic with Rangers playing their usual defensive shape of 4-1-4-1, playing 10 men behind the ball, and not really looking to win anything in normal time. Indeed in 4 of their last 5 UEFA games, they havent scored a goal during normal play. Personally I like to see teams at least trying to look as if they want to win. Previous finals have been exciting and flowing. Fortunately it has been a long time since the likes of 'negative' footballing teams Steau Bucharest and Red Star won anything by playing for penalties, and I hope it is a long time before I ever see such scenes again. Rangers get credit for riding their luck and getting there, but not much else. Thankfully a team won who looked like they wanted to win, irrespective of their politics, and Rangers remember have not been much better in recent years. This game was never going to be a classic with Rangers playing their usual defensive shape of 4-1-4-1, playing 10 men behind the ball, and not really looking to win anything in normal time. Indeed in 4 of their last 5 UEFA games, they havent scored a goal during normal play.
Personally I like to see teams at least trying to look as if they want to win. Previous finals have been exciting and flowing.
Fortunately it has been a long time since the likes of ‘negative’ footballing teams Steau Bucharest and Red Star won anything by playing for penalties, and I hope it is a long time before I ever see such scenes again. Rangers get credit for riding their luck and getting there, but not much else. Thankfully a team won who looked like they wanted to win, irrespective of their politics, and Rangers remember have not been much better in recent years.

]]> By: Mike http://blogs.reuters.com/soccer/2008/05/14/uefa-cup-final-to-produce-another-classic/#comment-338507 Mike Wed, 14 May 2008 17:08:20 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/soccer/2008/05/14/uefa-cup-final-to-produce-another-classic/#comment-338507 There is no reason to root for Zenit; read this Martin Samuel column and you'll see why http://startingeleven.blogspot.com/2008/05/uefa-cup-final-hypocritical-advocaat.html There is no reason to root for Zenit; read this Martin Samuel column and you’ll see why

http://startingeleven.blogspot.com/2008/ 05/uefa-cup-final-hypocritical-advocaat. html

]]>