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It's a tough one because one side he did catch Goetze with his studs up and on the other he did get the ball first and his momentum was always going to carry him through Goetze. It goes either way for me, but I think I have to agree with Jose, in such a great match and European final, if you love football you don't kill the game like that.

High into the keeper's left? That's a new one!

LMAO I almost spilled my drink reading this Can't understand how you can even compare the two. Kaka has been rotting on the bench for about 4 seasons while Torres has mostly been our first choice striker since arriving.

The next time someone says to me that he hasn't been the same since the head injury, I'm going to cause him a head injury!

I don't agree that he cost us the trophy. He just missed a penalty in a shout-out which has to happen in ever shout-out. Yes he shares some of the blame for us losing, but so does Oscar who missed that sitter that could have won us the match in normal time, and so does Cech for not saving any of the 5 pens, and so does whoever was supposed to mark Martinez in that final set piece.

Everyone blaming Romelu, but what I want to know is where did that ref get that added minute from?! There wasn't a single stop in the second half of extra time.

Some reactions here are way over the top. I didn't care much about the result even before the game started and I still don't, but I am pleasantly surprised by the performance. Especially in the first half.

Seriously some people need to get a grip. So he missed a pen. It was too much pressure for a 19yo to be taking the 5th pen at such a big match. But the fact that he wanted to take it says a lot about his character and the his reaction to missing it shows how much he cares about the team. If anything, Lukaku has earned a lot of respect from me today. If the personal insults towards Romelu continue I will have to lock the thread until everyone calms down.

Incredibly unlucky. Regardless of the result of the pens, I'm incredibly proud of the boys; all of them. Heroic performance. Petr Cech

Yup.

Agree that he is better today, but still his defensive contribution is very worrying.

Not that big of an asset imo since a huge part of those one touch long passes don't find their target, but even if they did, I'd prefer someone who offers more defensively. Frank is leaving a lot gaps which could really hurt us.

Still can't wrap my head around why Frank starts, but Jose's tactics...just brilliant.

Too lazy to think of a smart reply to that..

Everyone with ears...and eyes!

Bring back Benitez

If that were true, you would have died, reincarnated and then died again in this window alone!

@, well you've certainly been busy the past couple of days!

Excellent news. Now just to learn where his loan will be to.

Hopefully he'll get a chance in EL because he hasn't had any in La Liga.

Shhh. You can get crucified for saying stuff like that around here!

I love how you color in your "O"s. I used to do that when I was 8

We'll certainly need to commit more men forward than we did against united to make that happen.

I think the plan will be very straight-forward from Jose. Give them the ball around the midway line, don't allow them any space or time in the final third, keep a deep back-line and break fast and with numbers on the counter.

Well footballing wise, JT has been our best player in the opening three games this season. I'm more than happy with him being labeled "past it" if he continues his performances. On topic, I think we can win the first 3-4 games and make some changes in the last two which would certainly be a boost for us in the League.