This week's CL games

[Ray de Galles]

We didn't appear to have a thread.

Watching Arsenal's game, there seems to be a fair smattering of empty seats, what do they normally get for middling CL games? I think I read that these fixtures are included on season tickets so do people just not bother/are not able to turn up?

[matt j]

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I'm watching Vil-Man.

Tommy Smythe is a fucking moron. That is all.

[Ray de Galles]

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I assume Man U are wearing blue for pre-Xmas marketing reasons?

[matt j]

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This game is just not very good so far. Bet Manchester United score now.

[Stumpy Pepys]

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Matej wrote:

I'm watching Vil-Man.

Tommy Smythe is a fucking moron. That is all.

I'm watching this on ESPN via justin.tv. Is he the co-commentator I'm listening to?

[ursus arctos]

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The Viola are getting their clocks cleaned by OL; they just aren't up to the level of this group.

0-2 after 35 minutes.

Juve held Zenit 0-0 earlier, and Madrid are winning in Belarus, so it looks to be a pretty poor evening for me.

[matt j]

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Probably. If he says the exact opposite of what you can clearly see in replay, then it is him for sure.

[ursus arctos]

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Samaras wastes a free header from four yards.

[Mumpo]

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Woof. Excellent move on the break by Manchester United. Lopez fingers the shot onto the crossbar.

[Felicity, I guess so]

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How many tellies does ursus have? Or is he just 'fastest finger 1st' on the remote, flicking from country to country, like a Bond supervillain?

[Mumpo]

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When did Ronaldo start thundering all of Man United's free kicks at the goal? It's more tiresome - and less productive, I'm sure - than even David Beckham's repeated efforts.

[ursus arctos]

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One television.

But with Sky Italia's "Diretta Gol", which lets you watch 8 matches at once (not that I like to do so). It also switches among them so as to see "incidents".

Viola get one back before half time; now for a second half like that against Udinese.

[matt j]

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Great scuff from Andersen. That makes me feel better about myself.

[Mumpo]

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Yeah. I'm off to play on the all-weather soon, and it's always nice to have something from the CL matches I can emulate.

[ursus arctos]

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Gallas with a vital clearance off of Dinamo's line.

He's having quite a week.

[ursus arctos]

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Bayern now 2-0 up; Toni with a diving header, though off a pass from Klose in an offside position.

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

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these villarreal- man utd matches are always the same. almost nothing happens.

Man utd have by far the best chance of the game, and traditionally it is kicked off the goalline. in the meantime, villarreal give a run through to all that is bad about the argentinean game (and no I don't mean endemic corruption, child trafficking, shortness, slowness or weakness) but old fashioned eye gouging, casual nudges off the ball, wildly exaggerating contact(right now there is a centre half on the ground pretending that he was elbowed in the face by rooney)

then the man utd players get riled until eventually one or two get booked for dissent (for instance ronaldo got booked for moving back the ball when a villarreal player threw the ball up the pitch behind the refs back after a very soft free kick) or get sucked into being booked by commiting cheap fouls.

oh look there's a change in the story. I can't believe that scumbag is protesting his innocence. I've seen villarreal play very good football in la liga, i have no idea why they get caught up in all this cuntology in the champions league. There''s usually no need. Man utd usually wind up playing the same 6-3-1 formation as villarreal so it doesn't matter.

[Toby Gymshorts]

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Nicklas Bendtner is a rare thing: someone who appears to get worse with practice.

[Ek weet nie]

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Capdevilla off for a nasty above the knee challenge of Ronaldo. Looks like all 8 qualifiers will be decided tonight. The excitement of the group stages, right there.

[Toby Gymshorts]

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Fuck me, I've done it again.

[ursus arctos]

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Class own goal by Celtic.

[Ek weet nie]

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Celtic out of Europe as a result.

[ursus arctos]

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Cavalry charge at the end, though.

[ursus arctos]

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Bendtner brought the ball down with his arm before the goal.

Viola out of the CL.

And so are Fenerbahce.

[Ek weet nie]

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Aiatl may be interested to know that Dunphy is blaming Ronaldo for the sending off. Both him and Ray Houghton are saying it wasn't a sending off.