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bisiaet:
I was shock when the referee took such decision though am not Arsena fan but I strongly condemn the referee decision I dont know why all the time Barcelona always cheated to go through in this kind of game I just see it like a serious corru[tion in the field of playing. As a match official you can not be favouring a team in expense of the other in a game of such magnitude it is a show of shame.

stop yapping. arsenal had no shot on goal. they deserved to lose.  when messi scored a legit goal last 3 weeks and was disallowed, u all looked the other way and pretended not 2 see it, now y'all can see clearly!

dipo2much:
@ddippset

So you saw pique on the field yesterday. I am not surprised. I bet pique was your MOTM for not even allowin a shot at valdes

hey, u know i meant busquets, address my real issues, dont b**ch!

did i just read someone just say arsenal was the better side? arsenal that refused to play football, arsenal that packed the bus, abidal and pique were always at the centre circle, arsenal that could not put 3 passes 2geda. had only 35% ball possession, game could be 8-1, even b4 the red card. how many times did van persie touch the ball b4 he was sent off?

damn damn i swear i missed that game. that could have been the most exciting game i ever saw in my entire life. LMAO.

usbcable:
what do you want to do with it? or have you been given the trophy?

do i get a piece of the trophy? i only love the football. i love the beautiful game. i love to watch barca play. and win of course. i love the little and extremely skilful players of barca. i get entertained. that's what's in it 4 me.( for my time and for my money).                                                                                                           

[quote author=mama-gee link=topic=615306.msg7834590#msg7834590 date=1299113432][color=deeppink]I think you should add annoying to it.[/color][/quote]you're probably right. if i didnt like messi, i'd find him very annoying myself.

how i'd love to see the looks on the faces of MR MOURINHO, C RONALDO, and NAIRALAND REAL MADRID FANS. i know they all watching.

fxtopedia:
pls what is the SCORES?

0-1 oh!

been scared as hell, these valencians are stubborn!

messi is a MATHAFU***R

i really wonder what ARSENAL fans are celebrating for! when they known as much as i do that it's one or two bottom clubs that they will loose points to, to deny them the league title.

yeah! its gonna be a very rough '5 or 6 weeks. 'valencia, sevilla, villareal all away. if we are still top of la liga after these games, then LA LIGA is clinched and real madrid is left 4 dead. PREDICTION- valencia 0 barcelona 2.

blacksta:
haters  - We still have 3 cups to go .

why would anyone hate on arsenal? or is it because you guys have the most spacious trophy cabinet?

messing with grown men- ARSENAL. by the way whilshere didnt come to the rescue today? i thought last week he was the best midfielder in history!

norrisman:
He sure is crazy! I rate him though, I just hate these so called plastic fans claiming one keeper is rubbish and one is 'god'. Left to Arsene Wenger, Manuel Almunia would have still been his No 1 keeper but he just had to drop the dude to get the muthafoooking English press of his d.i.ck. Tell me; which manager makes an inexperienced 20 year old goalkeeper his No1? Spare me the story of Casillas, A star is born once every 100 years.

are u and ur people indirectly giving EXCUSES? dont even go there! u guys just got beaten, PERIOD.

arsenal just got too damn cocky lately.  they complained alot about missing key players thats why barca thrashed them 4-1. so even with key players they cannot win carlings or fa or epl. no be ONLY QUADRUPLE. this is just the beginning. u have a BLIND DATE  at the camp nou march 8.

na todayyy !

GEJ is not the messiah we seek ( he is still by 90% influenced by the PDP) however i would vote 4 him again and again because power has to shift to the niger delta cus we have to appease them for enriching nigeria from their resources for over 50 years now.

wesley80:
^^^ GEJ's greatest strength isnt in his capacity as an incumbent but is found in his Popularity and the overall goodwill he enjoys among the general populace.

maybe he should resign b4 elections And probably quit the PDP to em, say,  LP so we see how much popularity and goodwill would work 4 him. this is naija.

in summary, it is easier for a camel to pass tru the eye of a needle than for an incumbent to be defeated in africa and nigeria!

we are in trouble in this country! a few people are getting richer and richer everyday.

what's that crap about CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER? or NO DICTATOR? the only reason that cannot happen in nigeria is that we are ethnically and religiously biased, and we nigerians are too scared to die.

underscore:
Nice read guys:
Jack Wilshere is the midfielder we have been waiting for

Arsenal scoured the world for a player like Jack Wilshere but it turns out he was in Hitchin all along

The performance of Jack Wilshere, right, for Arsenal against Barcelona would have graced either shirt. Photograph: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images
Arsène Wenger has roamed the earth for footballers who can pass like Xavi or Andrés Iniesta. For a long time he may have thought English youngsters were good only for giving the ball away or getting into scrapes in nightclubs. Imagine his surprise, then, when he found what he was looking for in Hitchin, a Hertfordshire town from where Valerie Singleton went on to present Blue Peter – a show Jack Wilshere has not long grown out of.

In French academies and African villages Wenger has pursued players capable of executing his vision of what football should be: a game of pace, skill, fluidity, adventure. But all he had to do was motor north from the club's training ground at London Colney to a heartland of suburban Arsenal support. There he found the most gifted young English midfielder since Paul Scholes, who made his debut for Manchester United at the age Wilshere is now.

The difference is that Scholes padded on to the scene in a League Cup match at Port Vale while Wilshere, at 19, already appears indistinguishable from Barcelona's two best midfielders, who took silver and bronze behind Lionel Messi in Fifa's world footballer of the year award. In Arsenal's 2-1 victory over Pep Guardiola's team Wilshere could have worn the livery of either side, such was his range of passing, his courage in demanding the ball in tight spots, his confidence and sense of belonging.

The two compatriots who bear comparison from the last 25 years are Scholes and Paul Gascoigne, who crashed the picture with Newcastle shortly before his 18th birthday, against QPR, in April 1985. Scholes was a small bundle of dexterity and toughness who still lacked the physical dimensions to convince United's coaching staff he would fully make the grade. Gascoigne was more of a maverick: brilliant but troubled, blessed but wayward.

This is where Wilshere's story veers off into its own sparkly realm. A Premier League debutant at 16 years and 256 days, the Stevenage-born but Hitchin-raised Wilshere won his first England cap at 18 years and 222 days and has already played 48 times for Arsenal.

Gascoigne was granted the freedom to self-destruct. Scholes had to fight his way through a thicket of selectorial challenges. At various times in his early years Mark Hughes, Eric Cantona, Roy Keane and Juan Sebastián Verón all stood in his way. Scholes is a majestic player who has had to accommodate or work around rival talent more than we appreciate. In the end his class and loyalty paid dividends. At first he was seldom in command of his own destiny, as Wilshere is now.

In the aftermath of Arsenal's thrilling counter-drive one witness pointed out that Barcelona may forget Cesc Fábregas next summer and come calling for Wilshere instead. Normally, hype fixes itself on a young striker who announces himself with a rash of goals, or a zesty teenage winger who smears full-backs on toast. This time, though, praise is being stacked up for a young English conductor in the hardest position of all: a fresh face with the full repertoire of short and long link-play, balls round the corner and probing passes delivered on the run, like Steven Gerrard at his best.

In all dimensions Wilshere exceeded the bounds of what ought to be possible for a player of his years against the world's best club side. Gascoigne's finest moments were in an England shirt. In his brief prime he locked antlers with many formidable opponents. There is no memory, though, of him having to struggle against a Messi, Busquets, Iniesta and Xavi in spaces so heavily compressed that the rest of us would have no time to shout "help!" between receiving and losing the ball.

Scholes mastered this art steadily, in the company of serial trophy-winning colleagues. Wilshere seems to have arrived there by some developmental miracle. No time seemed to elapse between reports of his promise and the delivery of those hopes against Barcelona, in a Champions League knockout tie, amid suffocating pressure.

There is good news on the England front too. In an interview before the game Wilshere surrendered an insight into how highly his international team-mates rate him. Fabio Capello is in danger of using him as a luxury David Batty but Wilshere says: "I spoke to Frank Lampard before the [Denmark] game and he said – 'don't just sit, we've seen you can go forward, so if you want to go forward just tell me and I'll sit' – which is similar to my role with Arsenal really, when I have that licence too."

Lampard, who has travelled up many dead ends with England, is evidently helping with the future, which has arrived early, in the shape of a young orchestrator who defies the English norm. The system can be beaten.

typical english!  they overhype the epl, they overhype their english nationals.  same guys who lambasted wilshere after the denmark friendly. wish wilshere well anyway. england so badly needs a player to win the world player of the year. let them keep trying.

underscore:
I have seen your comments with others and concluded its unnecessary to continue this discussion.

"hey boi, u sound like you just had 2 much menstrual fluid 2 drink. (ever since the last 4-1 bashing y'all been whinning about losing key players instead of GIVING BARCA PROPS. even hercules beat barca, there wasnt so much noise. arsenal wont win the champions league, arsenal wont produce a ballon diorist, arsenal best passers in england! cant even have a 40% possession against barca. props to arsenal 4 achieving an UNPRECEDENTED FEAT; OBVIOUSLY A MUCH HAPPIER DAY THAN THE DAY U WON THE CHAMP, OH SORRY THE PREMIER LEAGUE".

Not worth it!

thanks boi, have a nice day.( it took u so much time 2 see it)

underscore:
From there, you can see the match statistics, player ratings etc. That clearly buttresses my claims.

Now, i just showed you how to use the internet to support arguments.

You should research more sites and base your arguments on better facts than your thoughts and stop asking me to spoon feed you with more.

Facts are not necessarily what we think/believe.

I rest my case. Na so Goliath do when David kill am.

Barca WILL NOT make the top four of the EPL. The likes of Wolves will make the top 4 of the La Liga!

it is u who say that. SAY THAT AGAIN AND OBSERVE THE POSITION OF UR TONGUE. IAM QUITE SURE ITS IN UR CHEEK.

underscore:
@ dippwhatever, are you sure you watched the same match? Go to the Brca website and read Guordiola's comments.

Have you seen online reviews? Go through this: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/feb/16/arsenal-barcelona-champions-league-report

check match statistics and the player ratings tabs

Wake up! Or are you still stunned?

Last year Inter "upset" Barca, this year Arsenal have "upset" them in the first leg.
But if its another team, you will use the word the work won/defeat/beat abi? Barca wasn't registered like every other football club, abi? Hence their unique definitions of losing a match. Wake up to the reality of out times!

seen the site, and i dont think u read it youself b4 recommending it to me. do u want me 2 point out the salient points there. show me another site my friend.

underscore:
If FIFA/UEFA were not aware there could be uncertainties, shocks and surprises, they'd have just abandoned the game between Arsenal and Barca and handed Barca automatic qualification based on their previous soccer pedigree!
Upsets will come (like we saw on wednesday and between Spurs and AC Milan) and more will come in the return legs.
Don't write any team (in the last 16) off!

IAM VERY PLEASED U USE THE WORD UPSET. YOUR FELLOW GUNNERS SHOULD LEARN FROM U. ITS MORE APPROPRIATE 2 SAY ' ARSENAL UPSET BARCA' trust me if u say that i mite just change my mind and give y'all the props u so crave.

underscore:
Where were the three balon d'or veterans when 19 yr old Jack Wilshere held down the midfield? He was man of the match!
Look, people never learn that NO condition is permanent!
Once upon a time, Brazil dominated world football, then came France, Argentina, Germany and most recently Spain. Spain was humiliated by Argentina after the world cup (against the predictions of the so-called pundits).
FOOTBALL is not STATIC! Things keep revolving. Players get wiser n more experienced! Teams grow stronger with time.
As an Arsenal fan, I'll tell you the scoreline is more important than beautiful football cos I've seen it happen to us time and time again.
We have combined determination, ruggedness and cutting edge to our beautiful football this season. Hence it was not surprise that we beat Chelsea to their game - ruggedness!
Before the 1st leg, a lot on people never believed in what the Arsenal community believed in. Now they have swallowed the humble pie and have turned their focus on the result at the Nou Camp.
Will Wenger and his boys field cripples at the Nou Camp?
Will Barca field any better players than they fielded at the Emirates?
STRATEGY, like what we saw at the Emirates, is what COUNTS not assumptions/speculations.
In a short while, Barca (or Real Madrid) will reel out a list of the Arsenal players they want to sign on! Because they are ALL WORLD CLASS! wilshere held down what midfield? are u in a slumber?  DID ARSENAL ATTACK OR COUNTER ATTACK?
These guys are young (average age is 23 years!) with players like Wojiech (20) and Wilshere (19) brimming with unparalleled confidence!
It's their time, they will SOAR!

wilshere held down what midfield? are u dreaming?  did arsenal attack or COUNTERATTACK? which?

wilshere held down what midfield? are u dreaming? did arsenal attack or COUNTERATTACK? which?

dipo2much:
ddippshit and other sturbborn barca fans should take dressing from real barca fans who are giving arsenal credit. Regardless of whateva happens at camp nou,as it stands arsenal take a goal advantage and if we play our A game again,we are more than capable of knockin barca out.

Lemme giv y'all somethin to think about:

1.Do you think arsenal won't score at all at Nou camp? I hope u face reality that arsenal WILL score. With Rvp,Nas and Fab in, and Puyol,pique out we should score more than we did when we played at Nou camp.

2. Do you think barca can score 4 against a far improved arsenal side compared to last year's squad? NO. Days of silvestre,campbell and alminia are over. Barca can't score 4 against us anymore. So chances of arsenal qualifyin aren't as little as these barca boyz think.

3. Plus records show that arsenal win away well. Ask real madrid or ac milan. And barca don't do well after losing a first tie in knockout stage.


Go Gunners. This team beat the best. Messi,xavi,villa were all on parade,  Giv credit, Binshes

hey boi, u sound like you just had 2 much menstrual fluid 2 drink. (ever since the last 4-1 bashing y'all been whinning about losing key players instead of GIVING BARCA PROPS. even hercules beat barca, there wasnt so much noise. arsenal wont win the champions league, arsenal wont produce a ballon diorist, arsenal best passers in england! cant even have a 40% possession against barca. props to arsenal 4 achieving an UNPRECEDENTED FEAT; OBVIOUSLY A MUCH HAPPIER DAY THAN THE DAY U WON THE CHAMP, OH SORRY THE PREMIER LEAGUE.

daberechim:
arsenal will win champions league someday with the team they have. Van's goal was incredible. It entered like flash of light. He scored like Marco Van basten who can score from any angle.

yeah pal, van's goal was INCREDIBLE! i agree. BUT SIR, PLEASE SAY SOMETHING ABOUT MESSI'S DISALLOWED GOAL. ( incase you missed it u can see it on the net)

usbcable:
ddippset,
maka why? You nobrag again. You bragged so tey na CAPITAL LETTERS you wrote with.
well sha the return leg still dey.

ubs, you know my confidence cannot be SHAKEN. i leant something in the past 2 days. there's a popular beef against barca. the madrid guys, the epl guys. what's wrong with football since 03 fans are now so biased and divided along club lines. no one tells the truth any longer. IF MARADONA, PELE, ZIDANE, RONALDO ( NOT THE THE FAKE ONE)  played for arsenal in this generation of ours, chelsea fans barca fans would tell you they're no good. and by the way everyone pretends not to have seen that MESSI'S GOAL was wrongly disallowed. nemesis, some would argue.  BUT WHEN THE DUST HAZE SETTLES IN 3 WEEKS, MY CELEBRATION WOULD BE MORE GLORIUS.

switch47:
@ddipset the difference between arsenal and barcelona is not dat of lion to dog or benz to bicycle .arsenal is to barcelona what BENZ IS TO BMW. They are both great teams!! And either of them can qualify!!

WELL SAID, i could GIVE YOU at least 10 reasons why arsenal would hate on barca but could you give me just one reason why barca would hate on arsenal? just one.

Ranoscky:
Lolz . . .Na real "ragga" ni.

Don't mind em haters, I don't know why they just like hating! Maybe when we conquer the return leg at Nou camp, they'll say it's b'cos, Gerrad Pique did not play the match, they should all go to hell.

funny how u talk about barca hating on arsenal.arsenal won alright but talking about hating is like saying a limo is hating on a motorcycle or a lion is hating on a dog, or an eagle is hating on a chicken! enjoy your victory but barca might hate on arsenal someday but just not yet. damn!