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Stuckey
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by Stuckey Mon Dec 17, 2012 6:19 am
Rafael Benitez failed to win his first trophy as Chelsea manager as his team lost to Brazilian side Corinthians in the Club World Cup final in Japan.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20746503
First time South America have won it since 2006. Torres miss an absolute sitter to equalise. Cassio best player of the tournament! Adelaide to Tokyo in one day for two games busy man!
taffarel
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by taffarel Mon Dec 17, 2012 10:03 am
Thirty thousand Corinthians fans in Japan. No one arrested!
Old Redback
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by Old Redback Mon Dec 17, 2012 10:09 am
8 mins to go - Chelsea need a goal - so Rafa brings on a full back......? WTF?
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by MegaBonus Mon Dec 17, 2012 11:27 am
CORINTHIANS - two-time world champions!!!!!!
I wonder if the club has difficulties attracting fans from the wider community with such an 'ethnic' name???????
“Hence, we will not say that Greeks fight like heroes, but that heroes fight like Greeks." Winston Churchill
taffarel
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by taffarel Mon Dec 17, 2012 12:21 pm
MegaBonus wrote: CORINTHIANS - two-time world champions!!!!!!
I wonder if the club has difficulties attracting fans from the wider community with such an 'ethnic' name???????
33 million fans from a number of ethnics comprised by Portuguese, Italians, African, Japanese, Lebanese and Arabics descendents... If you are interested you can google the demographics of Sao Paulo. Ethnic has never been an issue...
The Kop
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by The Kop Mon Dec 17, 2012 12:31 pm
Consider his point validated!
Del Boca Vista
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by Del Boca Vista Mon Dec 17, 2012 1:40 pm
Old Redback wrote: 8 mins to go - Chelsea need a goal - so Rafa brings on a full back......? WTF?
Marin came on way too late, I don't think he's a full back though. But the subs were weird. I guess chelsea sucked all together.
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by MegaBonus Mon Dec 17, 2012 3:07 pm
The Kop
thanks....and i thought i was being obvious.....
“Hence, we will not say that Greeks fight like heroes, but that heroes fight like Greeks." Winston Churchill
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by ExtraTime Mon Dec 17, 2012 5:36 pm
taffarel wrote: Thirty thousand Corinthians fans in Japan. No one arrested!
you seem rather happy
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by Juventino Mon Dec 17, 2012 6:13 pm
Congratulations to Corinthians. I thought they played well.
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by MegaBonus Mon Dec 17, 2012 6:56 pm
God is an Englishman
8 mins to go - Chelsea need a goal - so Rafa brings on a full back......? WTF?
That's how serious this tournament is taken
gee.....do you know anything about the game??????????????
not that i watched the game but there are a number of situations where you can bring on a defender even though you are chasing the game.....
what if you put on a defender and change the shape to a 3 man defence pushing extra players forward???
not sure how many can make such 'informed' comments without knowing team and individual instructions, chelsea's structure nor the oppositions etc etc
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God is an Englishman
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by God is an Englishman Mon Dec 17, 2012 7:00 pm
MegaBonus wrote: God is an Englishman
8 mins to go - Chelsea need a goal - so Rafa brings on a full back......? WTF?
That's how serious this tournament is taken
gee.....do you know anything about the game??????????????
not that i watched the game but there are a number of situations where you can bring on a defender even though you are chasing the game.....
what if you put on a defender and change the shape to a 3 man defence pushing extra players forward???
not sure how many can make such 'informed' comments without knowing team and individual instructions, chelsea's structure nor the oppositions etc etc
of course you could do that, chelsea certainly didn't appear to do that though.
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by MegaBonus Mon Dec 17, 2012 7:02 pm
ehhhh....was hoping to start a 'Rafa is a cabernet coach' thread...
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by God is an Englishman Mon Dec 17, 2012 7:05 pm
MegaBonus wrote: ehhhh....was hoping to start a 'Rafa is a cabernet coach' thread...
warn me next time and I won't comment
Well under his reign they've gone out of europe, done shiraz all in the league and lost to an amateur side in a friendly. Can't really argue with that, will he be sacked by christmas?
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by Trimboli Tue Dec 18, 2012 12:41 am
It wasn't Marin - Benitez brought on Azpilicueta to replace Ivanovic. Maybe before someone gets on their high horse talking about how others don't know football they should actually watch the game!
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by MegaBonus Tue Dec 18, 2012 1:34 am
i think youre confusing posts....but like your signature suggests, i wont bother with you.....
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by taffarel Tue Dec 18, 2012 2:20 pm
MegaBonus wrote: The Kop
thanks....and i thought i was being obvious.....
Oh well... Language barrier... sorry mate
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by taffarel Tue Dec 18, 2012 2:21 pm
Apparently a Brazilian journalist bumped into Oscar and asked him how was the feeling to be on the bench and he said: "He (Benitez) is crazy. That is why the team is playing cabernet". As a Corinthians fan I was happy that he was on the bench. Never seen supporters so unhappy about a coach in the stadium.
God is an Englishman
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by God is an Englishman Tue Dec 18, 2012 3:35 pm
by the way, how is that corinthians player who was shot with a couple of minutes to go? I assume he was shot, as that was the only explanation as to why he fell over holding his face as such.
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by PDog Tue Dec 18, 2012 3:48 pm
God is an Englishman wrote: by the way, how is that corinthians player who was shot with a couple of minutes to go? I assume he was shot, as that was the only explanation as to why he fell over holding his face as such.
it's called 'doing the rivaldo'
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by Numba 7 Tue Dec 18, 2012 9:24 pm
God is an Englishman wrote: Old Redback wrote: 8 mins to go - Chelsea need a goal - so Rafa brings on a full back......? WTF?
That's how serious this tournament is taken
u obviously didnt see the tears in some of the chelsea players eyes after the game then
taffarel
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by taffarel Wed Dec 19, 2012 7:16 am
Correct. 15,000 supporters to see Corinthians departure...
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by God is an Englishman Wed Dec 19, 2012 9:05 am
Numba 7 wrote: God is an Englishman wrote: Old Redback wrote: 8 mins to go - Chelsea need a goal - so Rafa brings on a full back......? WTF?
That's how serious this tournament is taken
u obviously didnt see the tears in some of the chelsea players eyes after the game then
No, I didn't.
Stuckey
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by Stuckey Fri Dec 21, 2012 9:19 am
Numba 7 wrote: God is an Englishman wrote: Old Redback wrote: 8 mins to go - Chelsea need a goal - so Rafa brings on a full back......? WTF?
That's how serious this tournament is taken
u obviously didnt see the tears in some of the chelsea players eyes after the game then
Probably just thinking of the bonus they were missing out on!
