Official Football Thread of Arsenel rolls over Barcelona

[crackdude]

Aki, creator of the Matrix.

[MadeManG74]

[Orta]

I present to you the referee of Porto - Benfica. It's going to be a fun game.

Edit: He has a track record of 92 yellow cards in 17 matches. Both teams never lost when he was the referee though.

[crackdude]

I present to you the referee of Porto - Benfica. It's going to be a fun game.

Edit: He has a track record of 92 yellow cards in 17 matches. Both teams never lost when he was the referee though.

Referee nominations are a fucking joke as usual.
The only one worst than this motherfucker is João Ferreira that somehow was involved in all the dubious Porto suspensions, some of the most marking Benfica games in the championship and last year's Taça da Liga final.

I don't get it. seriously.

[Orta]

It looks like we avoided relegation last week. This week we drew the third or fourth, killing their chances of promotion. Sucks to be them.

In other news, Porto beat Benfica. As you'd expect, even Porto's manager criticized the referee, saying that after a job like today's he'd be out of the World Cup after the first game.

With Porto's win, Braga are closer to Benfica. They secured the 2nd place which means they'll be playing the qualifying round of the Champions League. I can listen the fucking car horns two kilometers from the city's downtown. Stop celebrating, it annoys me. If Benfica lose and they win next week, Braga could be champions. :shock:

[max_cady]

Benfica would have to be very unlucky to lose against Rio Ave.

[crackdude]

Unlucky? With the pressure they put on themselves, celebrating the championship for like a month now, and a super-motivated Rio Ave (you know, with the support of everyone that isn't a Benfica fan and all), if Benfica doesn't score in the first 20 minutes it will be a really cool game.

[Orta]

Apparently our entire team skipped today's practice, protesting against three months of delayed wages.

There are talks of skipping Sunday's match.

Shit.

[MadeManG74]

I heard the other day that some Portuguese soccer fans killed some guy over an argument or something. Was this true or did I dream it? I can't find anything on Google news, but I'm sure I read it in the papers.

[Orta]

It could be true, I don't know for sure. There are some really stupid people around here.

Also, Mourinho.

[crackdude]

Benfica fans have killed one Sporting fan one time. But it was long ago. I don't know of anything recent.

[max_cady]

And so Beira-Mar has done it.

And welcome Portimonense who has been out of the 1st First League in over a decade.
Now it's time to play with the big boys.

Right now Arsenal is playing against Fulham and Totenham scored against Burnley.

Update and Chelsea too, so unless they tie and/or lose, ManU's not going to win it.


Update 2: The one incident that you must be referring to is the "very light" incident. It was a match between Benfica and Sporting in which a Sporting got mortally hit by a flare coming from the Benfica fan's side. The Sporting supporters started to chant "Murderers" through the rest of the match.

[crackdude]

Update 2: The one incident that you must be referring to is the "very light" incident. It was a match between Benfica and Sporting in which a Sporting got mortally hit by a flare coming from the Benfica fan's side. The Sporting supporters started to chant "Murderers" through the rest of the match.

Besides that, there was one Sporting (or Porto, can't remember but I think it was Sporting's) fan hit/stabbed to death as well.

[crackdude]

Also, congrats to Benfiquistas. Third time you guys win a championship since I was born, impressive.

[Orta]

Fifty Benfica fans decided it was a good idea to celebrate in downtown Braga, where Braga's match was being projected. Two thousand people were angry and shit happened.

lol