Munich Remembered
Let's hope the Manchester City fan's behave themselves for the minute silence.
Both teams will be wearing commemorative shirts. The Unite shirts are #s1-11, no names or sponsor.
Sadly, FSC aren't showing it. I am watching the Sky coverage through Skype. What a fantastic thing Skype is.
I will be around, hope for some company for this match and then the Chelski Del Pool.
Dave
posted by United We Stand @ 8:09 AM
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All 76,000 people have been given scarves. They are supposed to hold them up for the minute silence. The Citeh fans have been blue ones.
All the names of the people that died are shown where the advertisements usually are.
Bagpipes being played as they go out of the tunnel
The players numbers are huge
The fans are singing
"keep the red flag flying hign?
Power to the People
All the mascots that came out of the tunnel with the players are wearing United shirts with the names of the players that died.
Fergie and Sven lay wreaths at the center circle
The minute of silence with everyone holding their scarves up.
Silence... well done Citeh
Some kind of gun salute.
Still silent
WELL DONE
The fans erupt. Some of the fans looking at the Citeh fans and applaud
My picture isn't good but the shirts look good
With Evra and Rooney suspended the United line up is
#1 VDS
#2 Brown
#3 O'Shea
#4 Vidic
#5 Rio
#6 Nani
#7 Ronaldo
#8 Anderson
#9 Tevez
#10 Scholes
#11 Giggs
United having plenty of possesion
Giggs gets the first chance saved by Hart
Come on United!!!
Benjani is making is debut for Citeh.
I still don't understand that move from Pompey or him.
Petrov with a shot over the bar
Tevez almost through.
Dunne challenges and the chances goes awry
Wish Rooney was playing.
He was booked last week for diving
I thought United would be more cut throat today. They have been dominating but not creating much.
Maybe Rooney is the important link
This was from the Beeb
1329: Stunning. A perfectly observed silence and any fears about how such a gesture will be received are utterly unfounded. Brilliant.
Citeh have taken the lead.
They break fast and Vassal with the goal. He gets two shots at it. The first one saved by VDS but he nets the rebound.
BUGGER
Benjani was involved in the build up
Misunderstanding with Hart and Dunne and United get a corner. Comes to nothing
Not very impressive defending from United for the goal.
That is only the fourth goal they have conceded at home.
Great turn and shot by Tevez but Hart saves.
Ronaldo chance for a free kick.
Useless
Well over
Ronaldo with a chance but he hit well wide. He hasn't got his shooting boots on.
Rio has chance from a corner then a scramble in the box.
Rio has a little trouble defending.
Citeh get their first corner. Cleared
BUGGER BUGGER BUGGER
Benjani scores Citeh's second!!!
It's all going horribly wrong.
Didn't they read the script?
Half-time
VERY SHOCKING
United 0 Citeh 2
Second half about to start!!
Same again for what happened at Goodison Park last season!!!
United were two down and won 4-2
I remember the 93-94 season. United were losing to Citeh 2-0 at half time. Two goals from King Eric and Keano win the game. SAME AGAIN PLEASE
Surprisingly, Citeh have had most of the possession at the start
We can't afford to drop ANY points let alone two
You know things aren't going well when Nani gets called for a foul throw
United have not come out with all guns firing.
WHAT IS GOING ON!!!
Hey, Davey . . . sorry the match is not going well . . . I have nothing to follow it on and my two yougest have friends over . . . I'll keep my fingers crossed that your United can save a point . . .
Citeh break again.
They are almost in again.
Hey John,
this Skype is great.
I am watching TV in England right now!!
Do you really want United to get something? THANKS
29 minutes to go
Park on for Nani
United are not creating much!!
Tevez did have a goal disallowed for offside
Citeh have their 3rd corner in quick succession.
United survive all three
OT sounds really quite. They are all stunned. COME EVERYONE LIFT THE PLAYERS
Corner to United
cleared
If United don't get on the scoreboard sharpish, the game is lost."
Very subdued display from United this half.
Not what was expected.
Carrick ready to come on for O'Shea
Hargreaves on for Anderson
Giggs moved back to left back!!!
This is two crappy performances in a row. Not impressive at White Hart Lane and now this
Benjani comes off. Not a bad debut for the guy. I used to like him at Pompey.
I HATE HIM NOW!!
I guess he doubled his pay come to Citeh
Only 14 minutes to go
Just over 10m to go.
United have not created much at all.
Of course, they are going to score three in the closing stages
Corner for United
Comes to nothing
Another corner for United
"Maybe they'll get the "Ferguson Special" - eight minutes injury time."
MrChriss on 606
Let's hope so
Last five minutes left plus ?
If Citeh win it will be their first win at OT since Dennis Law's back heel to relegated United in 1974.
Their first double over United since the 69-70 season.
A dire display from United.
Is this the Championship gone?
No Fergie Special
3 minutes of added time and we are already into it
Carrick scores for United.
Still two minutes to go
That's it.
United 1 Citeh 2
VERY VERY VERY VERY DEPRESSING!!
Congratulations to you Steve.
Are United done????
Citeh deserved the win.
United did not play well at all.
I don't believe that I am going to say this but... COME ON POOL!!!
From the beeb
Frank Lampard is back for Chelsea as captain and plays in midfield alongside Claude Makelele and Michael Ballack. Ricardo Carvalho starts in defence after suspension but John Mikel Obi, back from Africa, is only on the bench. Liverpool select Peter Crouch and Dirk Kuyt in attack, while Ryan Babel has recovered from injury to play wide on the left. Steven Gerrard is expected to play on the right.
I still have my sister on Skype.
They have already kicked off in England and we are still faffing about.
It is exactly one minute behind!!
WHY!!!
Show it live
Morning, Dave. Sorry, I was having a lie in after the trip up to Maine. But I'm here for the Chelski-Pool if you're still around. Sorry about the result - didn't go by the script but still it sounds like a fitting tribute to Munich.
Everything but the performance
I have the football on the TV and Debs has turned it over to the England Italy rugby game
That time zone difference between Maine and Florida is a killer
Maybe not the time zone difference, but the weather certainly took it out of me. I've got another interview up at SUNY Fredonia near Buffalo in March now - getting closer to you!
The sides for today:
Chelsea: Cech, Belletti, Carvalho, Alex, Ashley Cole, Ballack, Makelele, Lampard, Wright-Phillips, Anelka, Joe Cole
Subs: Cudicini, Obi, Pizarro, Malouda, Ben-Haim
Liverpool: Reina, Finnan, Carragher, Skrtel, Riise, Gerrard, Mascherano, Lucas, Babel, Crouch, Kuyt
Subs: Itandje, Kewell, Benayoun, Pennant, San Jose Dominguez
Why no Torres? I'm with you, Dave. Go Reds!
Not the reaction I was hoping with from my sarky comment
Wrong side of the state but as you said... closer
Torres came off hurt after twenty minutes on Wed for Spain.
Ah, that's a shame for Pool.
Good to see Crouchie on the pitch from the start, but what's he doing dinking it about in his one half?
Are FSC showing the Arse match tomorrow?
nope... it is on Setanta
What's going on with this coverage today. They start late and now it seems as if the commentary is a few seconds ahead of the action. The commentator will say something like "a soaring header from Gerrard" and then a few seconds later, Stevie G. will jump up and head the ball. WTF?
I noticed that!!
Next week's cup match with the two big uns is on PPV. I may have skype Debs again
Crouch should have scored. Of course we knew he missed because of the commentating
Crouch should have buried that one. And again, the commentator foreshadowed it a few seconds before the shot - very irritating.
Couldn't agree with you more
Crouch should have scored again
Crouchie's certainly having his nachos today but he hasn't finished anything yet.
Again, I am a full minute ahead of all of you
She just changed the channel
What are you watching now, then, "Songs of Praise?"
Was it a pen?
A dive?
Penalty? If not, shouldn't that have been a yellow for Joe Cole?
That a funny Bob.
I gave you credit unlike you with my time zone joke!!!
She just turned on Only Fools and Horses
Agreed
I think Cole was playing for the Pen
Now she just turned on Terry and June
Now Keeping up Appearances
Am I boring you?
Terry and June sounds familiar but I don't remember who was in it.
Now the News
Debs wanted you to know that Songs of Praise doesn't start for another 25 minutes!!
This is the last TV comment
Nah, mate, but this match is. Chelski are the most boring team in the Prem - and they're managed by a guy who looks like an undertaker.
Terry Scott and June Whitfield
Wouldn't football be a better game without the likes of Makalele and Mascherano? Discuss....
I hate the holding midfiedler!!
Why do teams need it? Defend as a unit!!!
Chelski are not playing well. I can't see them winning today on this display.
Agreed. Did Capello play with two on Wednesday as he'd threatened to do?
That was an odd moment. A cross is whipped in and Babel seems likely to get onto it but then the camera switches to a teenage girl in the crowd holding up a "Lampard is a Legend" sign and we miss the whole sequence. Babbel is booked but we didn't see the offense.
Strange bit of editing there by the director
I only think there was one. The second half was a good attacking display. The first half was dire.
BOY DO I WANT CHELSEA TO LOSE AT HOME!!
Of course Costa del Pool win today, everyone will say they are back in the title race!!!
Half time.
Let's hope FSC sort out their sound
Sound looks good.
The kick of the ball is on time
Glad to hear it. This still smells like a 0-0 draw, though. Good for you lot, right?
Great move but stumbled at the wrong time for Babel
I would prefer a Costa win
Free kick chance for the Reds
Yeah, of course you would. But you really wouldn't want to see a resurgent Liverpool either.
There must be some changes coming. Probably Pizzarro or Malouda for Chelski, Pennant or Benayoun for Pool.
Chelski look very ordinary. Of course, so did United this morning
It's all Costa right now
Great play there by Riley!!
Is Lamps playing? I haven't heard his name
The crosses are ATROCIOUS!!!
Believe it or not he is...and Ballack. Same thing there. The front men have been toiling away without much support.
These teams are playing horribly
I still don't understand why professional players can't beat the first man with a cross. It's a simple mechanical technique that you can practice again and again in training.
You're not seeing a champion on display here...or a Champion's League finalist.
Here's Lamps coming off now. Commentator thinks he's done well...
And Pennant on for Babbel. I thought Babbel played better than Kuyt.
I reckon Crouchie gets penalized sometimes just because he's a gangly sod.
This match is even worse than yesterday's Everton vs. Reading.
Three minutes of stoppage time - put us out of our misery!
0-0. Dire.
Sorry I wasn't around. Kathy was on her account.
Great chance by Bollocks and a classic diving header by Riise on his on goal but other that HOPELESS!!
COME ON BLACKBURN!!
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