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Originally Posted by Locke
I see it differently:
Roma got on the wrong side of a terrible Arsenal side. Roma was out of gas after 45 minutes and the commentators had a running joke about Totti's diving anytime a player went anywhere near him which was pretty embarrassing.
Realistically, an in-form Arsenal squad should have obliterated that Roma team in Bayern-esque fashion. J. Baptista is an embarrassment to Brazilians everywhere, just brutal.
I'll give you the Juve comparison, but at the same time, Chelsea have also been playing like crap lately, but fair enough a healthy but out of form Chelsea versus a depleted Juve and it was still close.
Inter looked like they didnt understand that goals are required to be scored at some point, but they were playing a defensively sound Man. U, but despite the scoreline that was not a close game. Are the nets bigger in Italy? Because Ibrahimovic looked like he was aiming for something much bigger. 
And I was hoping that Inter and Roma could actually do something. Oh well, dont have to worry about Italy in the CL anymore. |
Roma is an extremely enigmatic team... I would hate to be a fan of theirs. They can come out totally world class one week, and get utterly humiliated by a relegation battler the next. I'd say they and Arsenal are very similar. I'll give you the comment on Totti, he's not an overly likeable player.
However, I was having a discussion on this. Do you think players dive more in CL because UEFA doesn't dole out post-game suspensions for diving like EPL and Serie A do?
I think Hiddink is the key for Chelsea. Simply because he got Drogba going again. That guy is an unstoppable monster when he wants to play. Having Essien back is what put them over the top too. Outstanding second game though, wrong result.
Inter really isn't a very good team. Like I said, they get a ridiculous amount of favorable ref calls. They often win games cause of PKs, offside goals, and lucky bounces. Whether its actual match fixing, unintentional referee influence, or a shiny horseshoe up their ass, Inter has racked up a lot of wins with a sob story attached to them. There's a reason I hated Ibrahimovic when he was with Juve... he's a big game choke. He demonstrated that again today.