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Originally Posted by DudE

manu fans ...

ningalkku chelseade football ... is bad .. etc ...

pinne abt barca ... ella playersum famous aanu cheatingil ... divin okke ningade manude main tharavum cheyyarulllathalle ... but acting is diferent ..

i used to watch la liga earlier jst casually ... but then i bcame a figo fan ... still i neva supported ne club ... but one season ... completely made me a barca hater ... the match was b/w barca and madrid ... a very good game ... 1st half 0-0 .. with classic performance by barca defence .. then at 69th min i think .. solari scored the goal for madrid .. the excitement was ther ... then came teh classic puyol act ... it seemed figo slide tackled puyol without reachin the ball ... and puyol fell as if he got .. a career ending tackle ... all were stunned .. figo was given red card .. even i got angry on figo ... :( .. but i was wrong ..

puyol .. acted fantastically ... i havnt seen defenders actin lyk tht ... normally strikers .. do .. but not defenders ... and y do they need to act .. .strikers get freekicks or penalties ... but wht do these def. get ... nothin but get other carded .. .thts cheap .. annu thudangy enikku barcayodu veruppu .. :x ...

theyve proved themselves cheaters ..

one playa frm them cheated in World .. Cup .. rivaldo ;) ... rem .. the 2002 episode .. Turkey ..

now Messi .. :x

Van Bommel did use his gr8 cheating tactics ... whn he was ther ... jst watch tht final of CL .. last year ... i really felt for arsenal ... :( ..

ethayalum .. RM ithra valya thenditharamonnum cheythu kandittilla ... 8)

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ONNU PODA..THAT SHOWS THEIR RIVALRY.....even am a reg Spanish leage viwer....Spain il rivalries will go the extremes so that they will do all sort of things just to achieve victory...not like Eng where the rivalry just ends in a spat that tooo 90 %fabricated stories by tabloids .....but spain il avarkku athu jayikathe avide chellan patilla .....still remeber the first season f figo wen he left baca for madrid..he was thrown stones against him and the game was suspended little bit just to calm the spctrs......so atra matram fiere aaytula oru rvalry il Puyol acting cheythillele abduthamullu...pinne hows diving different from acting ?? enthaanu athil difference? elarum mostly players from potugl league cheyyum...yamandan dive gerard and Robbben cheythaalo ee season il !!! ugran Oscar perf acting !!!!!!1 athonnum kanooole kannil ?????

anna .. . rivalrye pattiyonnum padippikkanda ... thaangalude varthamanam ketta thonnum ... puyol cheythathum entho .. oru adipoly kaaryam thannanenna ... ittechum podey ..

cheytha chettatharam ... chettatharamallandavo .. ?? ..

pinne ... diving aanelum .. athinu penalty undu ... but hand kondu punch cheyyunna poltha shots goal aaya ther isnt other thing .. athinu kazhivonnum venda ... pinne .. njan aa paranja poltha sambavam madrid cheythu kandittundo ?? ..

and yea ... i lyk spanish league 4 the lyf in their games ... ther is too much of emotions .. even last game did u see one madrid fan bein taken away whn they were 2-1 down ... his emotions gav all ... :)

Luis Figo staying at Inter Milan

Last Updated: Monday, June 11, 2007 | 10:07 AM ET
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Portuguese star Luis Figo signed a one-year contract extension with Italian league champions Inter Milan.

Figo, who will take an administrative role with the club once his career is over, was been set to join Arabian side Al Ittihad in the summer, but he said they broke promises so the deal fell through.
Luis Figo, right, will play one more season in Italy with Inter Milan.
(Stu Forster/Getty Images)

"Luis Figo has confirmed his desire to play another season with Inter, and on the basis of agreements already made, will renew his contract June 2008," read a statement from Inter Milan.

"At the end of next season, Figo will put his great experience and professionalism at the service of the club to take care of international relations."

Figo, 34, joined Inter in 2005 from Spanish side Real Madrid.

Considered one of the best players of his era, Figo is renowned for putting on dizzying and dazzling displays with his ability to dribble around or past opponents seemingly at will, his devastating free kicks and keeping his strikers serviced with accurate crosses and long passes.

:salut: Figo .. the Legend .. :cheers:

Honors for FIGO .. The Living LegenD .. :cheers:

With Sporting C.P.
Cup of Portugal - 1994/95

With FC Barcelona
La Liga - 1997/98, 1998/99
Copa del Rey - 1996/97, 1997/98
Supercopa de España - 1996
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup - 1996/97
European Super Cup - 1997

With Real Madrid
La Liga - 2000/01, 2002/03
Supercopa de España - 2001, 2003
UEFA Champions League - 2001/02
Intercontinental Cup - 2002
European Super Cup - 2002

With Inter Milan
Serie A 2005/06, 2006/07
Coppa Italia - 2005/06
Italian Super Cup - 2005, 2006

With Portugal
UEFA Euro 2004 Finalist medal
FIFA U-20 World Cup - 1991

Individual
UEFA Euro 2000 MVP
Ballon d'Or(European Footballer of the Year or Golden Ball ) -2000
2001 FIFA World Player of the Year 8) .. The ultimate for any player ... esp. in the era of legends lyk zidane , ronaldo .. 8)
Portuguese Footballer of the Year: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000

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Originally Posted by DudE

anna .. . rivalrye pattiyonnum padippikkanda ... thaangalude varthamanam ketta thonnum ... puyol cheythathum entho .. oru adipoly kaaryam thannanenna ... ittechum podey ..

cheytha chettatharam ... chettatharamallandavo .. ?? ..

pinne ... diving aanelum .. athinu penalty undu ... but hand kondu punch cheyyunna poltha shots goal aaya ther isnt other thing .. athinu kazhivonnum venda ... pinne .. njan aa paranja poltha sambavam madrid cheythu kandittundo ?? ..

and yea ... i lyk spanish league 4 the lyf in their games ... ther is too much of emotions .. even last game did u see one madrid fan bein taken away whn they were 2-1 down ... his emotions gav all ... :)

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If u r a regular watcher of football, u will have to agree to the fact that all teams dive and play dramatics around the pitch.. ellavarum kalikumbol, oraal maathram pinmaari ninnondu kaaryam nnumilla.. If Puyol dived, there r umpteen instances when hiero, Carlos,had dived.. How much u try to curb them down, it has become a part n parcel of football. U have to live with it.. nammude team aanu cheating nadathiyathengil nammukku yaathoru prashnavumilla.. thats the bottom line..

ABt Messi, Do u think any1 who wud have scored it in a similar fashion, wud be honest enuf to decline the oal in an age wen so much is at stake?? NO..
If u have watched it, it was just a spontaneous act from him... allaathe athine ithreyum valiya oru sambhavam akenda aavashyam onnumilla..

U tell me, Whats the difference b/w diving inside the penalty box to get a penalty(which usually gets converted 95% of the time) and scoring it with a stretched hand?? :roll: :roll:

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Originally Posted by DudE

anna .. . rivalrye pattiyonnum padippikkanda ... thaangalude varthamanam ketta thonnum ... puyol cheythathum entho .. oru adipoly kaaryam thannanenna ... ittechum podey ..

cheytha chettatharam ... chettatharamallandavo .. ?? ..

pinne ... diving aanelum .. athinu penalty undu ... but hand kondu punch cheyyunna poltha shots goal aaya ther isnt other thing .. athinu kazhivonnum venda ... pinne .. njan aa paranja poltha sambavam madrid cheythu kandittundo ?? ..

and yea ... i lyk spanish league 4 the lyf in their games ... ther is too much of emotions .. even last game did u see one madrid fan bein taken away whn they were 2-1 down ... his emotions gav all ... :)

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Best oruthan kayil kondu goal adichal athu cheating but abinayichu Boxil veenu penalty nediyal athoke 'quite natural ' ...veetil poda chelu chekka :twisted: :evil:

am not justifying Messi/Puyol but in that situation evrybdy will try to score ...remeber one goal is worth the Spanish league..allathe aa time il poyi aayoo athu illegal aanu cheyyan paadila ennoke vicharichondirunnal dats i...first score then upto referee whether he allows or not....

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Originally Posted by DudE

anna .. . rivalrye pattiyonnum padippikkanda ... thaangalude varthamanam ketta thonnum ... puyol cheythathum entho .. oru adipoly kaaryam thannanenna ... ittechum podey ..

cheytha chettatharam ... chettatharamallandavo .. ?? ..

pinne ... diving aanelum .. athinu penalty undu ... but hand kondu punch cheyyunna poltha shots goal aaya ther isnt other thing .. athinu kazhivonnum venda ... pinne .. njan aa paranja poltha sambavam madrid cheythu kandittundo ?? ..

and yea ... i lyk spanish league 4 the lyf in their games ... ther is too much of emotions .. even last game did u see one madrid fan bein taken away whn they were 2-1 down ... his emotions gav all ... :)

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Best oruthan kayil kondu goal adichal athu cheating but abinayichu Boxil veenu penalty nediyal athoke 'quite natural ' ...veetil poda chelu chekka :twisted: :evil:

am not justifying Messi/Puyol but in that situation evrybdy will try to score ...remeber one goal is worth the Spanish league..allathe aa time il poyi aayoo athu illegal aanu cheyyan paadila ennoke vicharichondirunnal dats i...first score then upto referee whether he allows or not....

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quite natural ennalla ... machu .. athum thettu thanne ... but ee koppile kai kondu goal adikkunathine kaal std undu athinu ... aa kaaryathil oru teamum moshamalla ..

cheythathu ... chettatharamanu athrey njanum parayunnullu ... allathey .. aa goal thirichu venam ennonum njan parayunnilla .... oru goal worth spanish league ... athenthu venelum aaykotte ... but thottitharam vechanel ... njan athangane parayoo ... 8)

Henry invites Arsenal to persuade him to stay


Captain leaves door open for move from Emirates
Agent denies setting up £20m move to Barcelona



Thierry Henry last night issued a challenge to Arsenal to convince him to stay at the club. Although confirming he will be at training at the Gunners' London Colney complex next Monday, the Arsenal captain acknowledged he has other offers and insisted he has "taken no decisions" about his future.
His comments came ahead of reports in this morning's edition of France Football that he is set to quit Arsenal for Barcelona. Milan are also said to be mounting a challenge for Henry's signature but the France striker told L'Equipe at a testimonial match at Lyon's Stade Gerland last night that he would consider his next step in his own time.


"I have taken no decisions," he said. "Lots of people are speaking on my behalf. It's impossible to stop the rumours - it's not the first or the last time that people are speaking for me. In my head I'm still an Arsenal player and my departure is not a current issue."
Although Henry will be at Arsenal's pre-season training next week, his participation in the first match of the club's new campaign cannot be guaranteed. For him to remain it appears that the manager, Arsène Wenger, and the board need to make good on their promises of "super-class" signings for the Emirates Stadium this summer.

In the same interview, Henry again lamented the departure of David Dein, the vice-chairman who was responsible for Arsenal's transfer activity.

"David Dein's exit should not have happened; if there was one person who shouldn't have left Arsenal it's David Dein," Henry said.

"I'm saying it now and I'll say the same thing in 20 years."

Henry was speaking ahead of reports in France Football that his agent, Jerome Anderson, had been involved in a meeting with Barcelona's sporting director, Txiki Begiristain - a suggestion Anderson furiously denies. The article reports that the alleged meeting in the south of France last week was set up with a view to taking Henry to Barcelona in a potential €30m (£20.4m) deal.

However, when informed of the reports yesterday, Anderson said he would be taking legal advice on the issue. "It's an absolutely scandalous article," he said. "I have never had a meeting with the gentleman concerned at Barcelona. Nor have I ever discussed the possibility of a transfer."

Wenger would not comment other than to say he did not believe reports of the meeting could be true. Nevertheless, the emergence of the report this morning suggests Barcelona are keen to maintain pressure on Henry.

The Arsenal captain was heavily courted by the Catalans a year ago but - two days after the Gunners' narrow defeat to the Spanish champions in the Champions League final in Paris - extended his contract to 2010.

Since then the departure of Dein has upset Henry, who is close enough to Dein's lawyer son Darren for the latter to have been best man at his wedding. France Football claims Dein's daughter, Sasha, who has lived and worked in Barcelona, has worked as an intermediary between Henry and the Catalan club.

The article says that Henry would receive an annual salary of €10m (£6.8m), "about 40% above his pay in London", over a three-year contract that would have an additional year's option attached.

It says friends and team-mates of Henry - namely Emmanuel Adebayor, Villarreal's Robert Pires and Barcelona's Ludovic Giuly - have been talking increasingly openly about the likelihood of him moving to the Camp Nou.

Adebayor was not available for comment yesterday.

he is one of the person i hate to see together with lensman....i dont know why...

henry ... shud stay at arsenal ... or move to another epl club only ...

neways ... i hope he wont come in barca ... :P:P:P not coz scared of him ... but coz he'll ruin all his name ther. ... :P:P