When is it bad to Win???

When you don't win by enough, thats the answer. Both Man U and Bordeaux won yesterday in the second leg of their quarterfinals ties but didn't do enough to advance. Bordeaux scored late in the first half through Chamakh but couldn't find the net again and won the game 1-0 but lost the tie 3-2 on aggregate which sees Lyon move on. Man U, down 2-1 on aggregate after the first leg, scored 2 early goals and then scored a third late in the first half and seemed to be cruising and in complete control. Up 4-2 on aggregate, Man U would have to allow 2 goals for Bayern to get back in the match. Well 2 minutes after Nani's second goal and Man U being up 3-0 and me thinking it was all over, Olic scored from a seemingly innocent play. However, United, thinking they had this in the bag, let down and Olic out muscled a defender and then beat Van der Sar to give the Germans hope. Early in the second half the Germans got another bit of hope and Rafael was sent off for his second yellow. Both fouls were definite cardable offenses and were both stupid fouls. Up a man, Bayern got more adventurous and pushed forward getting more pressure on the United goal. Finally in the 74th minute Ribery hit a floated corner perfectly to the back edge of the box where Arjen Robben was waiting. Robben hit the ball on the full volley into the lower corner and Van der Sar had no chance. Bayern held on and lost the game 3-2 but the aggregate was now 4-4 and due to the away goals rule Bayern move on and Man U lose out meaning there will be no English sides in the semis.

I waited to write this because I wanted to hear what the United people would say first and then respond to it. Well I was right and the United people, like always, complained about the loss and the ref and the Bayern players. Sir Alex Ferguson called the Bayern players "typically German" saying that they persuaded the ref to give the second yellow and that they deliberately fouled Rooney. Well Fergie, you are being your "typical" self and blaming everyone but yourself, you Scottish prick. Your tactics and your teams inability to hold a lead is the problem. Yes the Bayern players did surround the ref after Rafael's second foul but he deserved the yellow as he pulled Ribery back after he had be beaten. This foul wouldn't have been so bad had Rafael not retaliated STUPIDLY in the first half and got a stupid first yellow. Blame your own player or the fact that you didn't take him out Fergie, not the ref. Next he said that the Bayern players deliberately fouled Rooney. Well first off Rooney should not have been on the field a week after a bad ankle sprain. Secondly, yes the Bayern players kicked his ankle a few times... WHEN HE HAD THE FUCKING BALL. It just so happens that the other team will try to tackle the ball away from your team Fergie, and Rooney's ankle is near the ball so yes it will get hit. And finally, of course you test his ankle if you are a Bayern player and we all know your tactics and you would have done the exact same thing if the positions were reversed Fergie. The people to blame are yourself, for not having the right tactics and not make the right substitutions, and your players, for not holding onto a lead IN EITHER GAME. So mister Sir Alex Ferguson, step up and be a man and take the loss like a man and take the blame you deserve... oh and GO FUCK YOURSELF you hypocritical prick