Thanks arno! About this part: Could you please tell me the name of the song he likes? The stadium announcer is my friend and I will see him on our trip to Lyon next week - I will let him know, I'm sure we can change it.
Yes, "dark yellow" - but I think it would be fair to only suspend him for one game, everything else would be a travesty, you want to see the best players in the final. And Puyol also only got one game for his red card. I don't think Lyon was that bad - when Bayern puts the pressure on, it's hard to get into your game. With regards to the final - if you want to see a beautiful match with a lot of goals - Barca vs. Bayern. If you want to see a "chess game" - Bayern vs. Inter. I feel confident that we have a 50/50 chance in either one. Of course we need to get past Lyon first, but to be honest, I am not too worried. We are always good for one away goal, and I doubt Lyon can score three against us. To the poster who asked about Klose: He is having a terrible season, he has only scored two goals in the German league (for comparison, the guy whom you described as the "replacement player", Mario Gomez, has scored like 12 or so - by the way, he is the most expensive player on the team, he was more expensive than Robben or Ribery). But Klose was injured for this match, too. I think he'll be available next week.
Van Gaal said that he also thought he stayed on the ankle of the guy a bit too long, so he understood that they gave a red card, but he also hoped it would be a ban for just one match. About the song, he didn't specifically mention a song, but I will ask around if anybody knows a typical Groningen song.
I'm in Lyon and looking forward to the match tonight! It will be a tough match for sure, especially since it seems that all our defenders are injured (Demichelis, van Buyten, Contento). Wish we still had Lucio...
Damn, I'm envious. And that's not an emotion I'm used to feeling. Post pictures if possible. Do you know what the status on Ribery is? I really like how Bayern gives Robben so much freedom going forward and pulling the trigger at will. He might get out of control once in a while (similar to Messi), but he has the talent to justify it. The World Cup is only 6 weeks away!!
Never thought I'd say this, but after following all season: Zlatan is lamentable. 27 minutes for Bojan, one goal, another annulled.
The final will be interesting. Might well go to penalties or whoever scores the first goal wins... I think it will be like a chess game. So many sub-plots: Mourinho against his former boss and mentor van Gaal Robben vs. Mourinho, his former coach at Chelsea Lucio vs. his longtime former team Wesley Sneijder (ex-Real) vs. all the Dutch guys with Bayern (van Bommel, Robben (ex-Real), van Gaal) Argentinian guys Zanetti and Demichelis vs. each other It's a shame and a travesty that UEFA is not letting Franck Ribery play. 3 matches suspension for what I consider a clumsy, but inadvertent foul is excessive. They will probably reduce it to two on appeal, but that will still mean he is out for the final (I really think they wanted to make sure and therefore made it 3).
Thats why Gasol is a cry baby, he learned from Busquets, that was a very obvious flop, he barely touch him, and he goes to the ground, like he is really hurt, come on, Landry lose a lot of teeth, Ginobili gets a broken nose, and they didnt fall and whined like Busquets did. It was an awful call by the referee.
