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He was cheering us on on twitter in the EL final last week. Still love him very much.

A half of two halves! Pretty even game overall. Dortmund were better in the first 20 or so mins and Bayern in the second. Can't really predict the second half.

What a save Weidenfeller!

I feel bad for Bayern after last season, and they were very graceful in defeat unlike Barca for example. So, I'm backing Bayern today.

Come on Bayern!

Great quotes, thanks Jai. This is where the "love" for Paulo comes from for all the people who were talking about Ferreira and comparing him to Malouda.

What De Rossi is famous for is his physical abilities and dynamism on the pitch. His technical abilities are good enough but were never world-class. He's a good passer, but that's not exactly what he's famous for.

If you follow the Link to La Gazetta, it's just the old story from May 14 that we could be interested in him. There's been nothing new in this story since. The shedender just reposted it today to get some traffic to their site..

Link?

He's 30, haven't been his old self this season and is on the decline. Roma realize that and want to do the smart thing and cash in on him while his reputation is still good.

I agree. I think even though Mata played a more of second striker role under Rafa and is expected to get more goals and assists, but Juan's impact on the team has been so immense; Silva comes no where near him this season.

Well most pundits still say that Silva is better, not to mention that Silva is still ahead of Juan in the Spain NT. Don't get me wrong, I think Juan has been better this season and will only get better in the next few seasons.

I know this was posted a bit ago but here is something to confirm the quotes: Jose: "I'm going to London, where I'm wanted." http://hereisthecity.com/2013/05/24/chelsea-bound-mourinho-im-going-to-london/

They usually never just quote other site, in fact they very very rarely post 'rumors', they only report stuff after it has occurred. For them to write this, they must have some confirmation it is true.

Really? He's that Galatasaray striker who's scored a lot of goals in the CL this season.

It could if the CL goes to pens.. Ferreira to play LB?

I agree. I think the PL will be up for grabs next season between us and the uniteds. But you can't really say that not winning the league next season would be a huge failure for Jose because you would writing his failure before he even comes.

Those are a bit arguable, but you're both forgetting City's biggest advantage and that is their squad depth. I have every faith in Jose but to say that he will definitely make up the difference is unwise, imo. I fear that we have such high expectations of Jose that this appointment seem to have a very high risk to gain ration.

Lol, seriously? Blue tinted glasses much? May be Mata for Silva but the latter seems to be rated higher than Jaun by everyone except Chelsea fans. But Azpi better than Zabaletta? Rami better than Toure? Lui better than Kompany?(well I think he is but the rest of the world doesn't). Not to mention that their bench is 10 times better than ours. The City squad is clearly better than ours, imo.

Not at all upset about the result, I actually even predicted it when we went 3-0 up! Just happy to see some youngsters play.

Ignorance of a closet Inter fan...

I meant in terms of individuals. Their squad is much better than ours and United's. Bar Cech and maybe Cole, who from our team can make their starting XI?

Maybe but Pellegrini has by far the best squad.

It's in Arabic, but here you go: http://www.aljazeerasport.net/news/football/2013/05/201352473823787366.html http://www.aljazeerasport.net/news/football/2013/05/2013524171453754867.html I got that stat from a pundit in TV so I'm not sure about it, tbh, but I think the point stands regardless. That's what the 'reports' said. He's already announced that he's leaving Madrid, so I don't think the end of the La Liga will have much to do with the timing.