Kevin Smith Wants You to Speak Up
Okay, the Kevin Smith pic is a quasi-inside joke for us at UF. I say “quasi” because it’s pretty easy for you to get too: Just look at this fashion disaster! No wonder he was booted off that Southwest flight.
Anyhoo, today marks the start of the Champions League Round of 16. Man U versus Meeelan will be streamed for free from UEFA.com, so for once no need to go scrambling for an, uh, alternative feed.
Lineups and your comments after the hop.
As you may have noticed, Sylvain Distin just gifted Lisbon a penalty and earned a red card in the process. So, Everton up 2-1 but Lisbon with an away goal in the worthless very important Europa League.
(All times EST)
Champions League
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2:45 AC Milan vs Manchester United
Milan: Dida, Alessandro Nesta, Thiaguinho, Luca Antonini, Daniele Bonera, Andrea Pirlo, Massimo Ambrosini, Goldenballs, Ronaldinho, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Pato. Subs: Giuseppe Favalli, Christian Abbiati, Ivan Gennaro Gattuso, Filippo Inzaghi, Clarence Seedorf, Ignazio Abate , Mathieu Flamini
Man U: Edwin van der Sar, Jonathan Evans, Rio Ferdinand, Patrice Evra, Rafael, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Paul Scholes, Ji-Sung Park, Nani, Wayne Rooney. Subs: Tomasz Kuszczak, Michael Owen, Gary Neville, Wes Brown, Dimitar Berbatov , Antonio Valencia, Darron Gibson.
2:45 Lyon vs Real Madrid
Lyon: Hugo Lloris, Jean-Alain Boumsong, Cris, Aly Cissokho, Anthony Reveillere, Jeremy Toulalan, Jean Makoun, Lisandro López, Miralem Pjanic, César Delgado, Sidney Govou. Subs: Remi Vercoutre, Kim Kallstrom, Michel Fernandes Bastos, Bafetimbi Gomis, Honorato Campos Ederson, Lamine Gassama, Maxime Gonalons.
Real Madrid: Iker Casillas, Raúl Albiol, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Álvaro Arbeloa, Xabi Alonso, Esteban Granero, Mahamadou Diarra, Kaká, Gonzalo Higuaín, Cristiano Ronaldo. Subs: Raúl, Karim Benzema, Fernando Gago, Lassana Diarra, Ezequiel Garay, Antonio Adán, Royston Drenthe.
EPL
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2:45 Stoke City vs Manchester City
byyaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
Holy cow
Ronaldiiiiiiiihno……GAAAAUUUUUCHOOOOO
Why are there no sponsors on the shirts?
MEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!
@ef Whose shirts are you talking about? I know a few leagues have bans on liquor/gambling sponsors
what? what did I miss?
YEAH! Andiamo!!!!
Lyon and Real are both sans sponsors today.
Maybe it’s because the official CL sponsors have been complaining about being upstaged by shirt sponsors for the individual teams. Or maybe they paid UEFA to remove all sponsors.
@EF – are they in France?
City can’t get the ball out of their own half in the first 15 minutes at Stoke. 5 goal attempts to 0.
@NYK: Yeah. I haven’t been able to find anything online.
worst call ever…..ronaldihno gets chopped on the edge of the box
Milan need a clean sheet today. Even 1-0 will be a good result for me.
I’m sure Dida will do everything in his power to prevent this however.
France doesn’t allow gambling sponsors – there was legislation to change that by the end of January, but it must not have gone through. Lyon are sponsored by Betclic (who must be feeling a bit silly right now, since they thought they would have their logo plastered all over the place by the second half of the season)
is Milan up 1-0 on ManPoo?
yes, NYK, and it could have easily been 2-0 or 3-0 thus far. United slow to get into the game.
but what about Goldenballs?
Kevin Smith looks like a short fat guy who is wearing a shorter, fatter guy’s clothes.
If Toulalan and Ronaldo could severely injure each other in a nasty collision during this match, I would be a happy man
damn, Sidney Govou tried to break Ronaldo’s leg but was unsuccessful and gets carded for the attempt
And Real is bwin, so yeah, no sponsors.
There is very very little coming out of Lyon.
Phil Neville is unimpressed with Govou’s attempt.
There is very very little coming out of Lyon
if only you knew how true that was outside of football as well
dear Internet pirate: Your alleged ‘HD’ feed of the Lyon v. Milan match blows goats
Paul Scholes with the equalizer. Of course.
for f**k’s sake
wow – Marcelo just booted Miralem Pjanic in the face. That’s not nice
Ferdinand and Evans have been dreadful thus far, making the choice of Rio as England captain all the more confusing. He shouldn’t even start at Old Trafford, let alone in South Africa
True, NYK. Lyon is no Toulouse.
Scholes? NEVER TRUST THE GINGER!
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK
@EF – Lyon has a nice zoo, though. My cousins used to live there (in Lyon, not the zoo)
Milan just brought on a 38-yr old sub.
Damnit
And Interpol. You must not forget Lyon has Interpol.
Reads like quite a s**t goal on the matchcast i’m looking at
Interpol is the laughingstock of the criminal justice community. No enforcement powers, only investigative. They’re a bunch of limp dicks.
New to me, new to everyone else? USA to play Turkey May 29 in Killadelphia.
Fun point of note: United set up the goal by attacking down the right flank, where Milan LB Antonini was nowhere to be found as he was receiving treatment for an injury on the sideline. Gotta love it
Scholes’ goal might be the most hilarious goal, ever. Park laid it back for him, he completely whiffs on it, but it hits his back leg and some how eeks in the net. LMAO. Pathetic goal.
f**k! all my streams are down
@NYK: That’s what you get for f**king with Interpol.
@Orr: Schole tried a volley, missed, and the ball careened off his standing leg, off the post, into the net. It was a fluke goal, but a goal nonetheless. It was Kuyt-like in its flukeness.
@phil – s**t, they’re on to me!
Kevin Smith looks like a short fat guy who is wearing a shorter, fatter guy’s clothes.
Or he could be wearing a taller, fatter guy’s clothing. Maybe those are shorts worn by Tony Boselli.
@ef – Was Dida stranded or would a competent keeper have reacted?
I feel like SAF is finding additional parts of his soul to sell off to Satan. But then I remember that SAF is soulless, so I’m at a loss to explain the flukes and the never-ending parade of OGs.
are we at the half in the Lyon match? Cause all I have is a Colgate advert
Stranded. He had position for Scholes would be shot.
Those are the worst for a keeper, weird hops, deflections, or change-ups. I used to hate the change-ups.
@PR: You’re missing the obvious conclusion: SAF is Satan.
Kevin Smith: The case against jorts.
@Keith – is there a case for jorts?
@NYK: Daisy Duke. QED.
No, and yet people still wear them. So I figure, with Interpol’s help, we round up the Amazon, Kmart.com, Zappos, Walmart.com, and jnco.com records of everyone who’s ever purchased jorts, and mail them that picture, with the added caption “ THIS is what you look like!!!” on it and we can educate the world.
Phil, while all jorts are made of denim, not all denim shorts are jorts.
Pretty sure Daisy Duke was wearing Daisy Dukes.
What a goal for Lyon!
Jean Makoun!!
@PR: That’s a nice case of backwards causation you’ve got working there.
Maybe Kevin Smith thought that those pants would make him look taller and less round. Instead, they make him look kind of like a hobbit. Also, any guesses on how big that sweatshirt is? I’m saying XXXL.
I think it just say “Hutt’ on the label
Dodgy dodgy red card for Stoke
Bravo, PR. Bravo.
that’s Jean II Makoun, dammit!
How the f**k does United keep winning these matches? They could have easily been 2 down.
Bats, Barthez…Lloris? I don’t know, Hugo.
Ronaldo whiffs on a Benzema pass, and the Frenchman dies a little inside
wowzers……Milan are being picked apart
2 away goals now, Milan have dominated from what I’ve read, typical f**king United
Christ, I might cry
Hey everybody, how’s it going? Anything going on in the matches?
@WSR – some ginger a**hole scored a fluke goal
wtf? did that just say that Pjanic only completed 20% of his passes today?
NYK, did he try one of his patented well-timed sliding tackle on Beckham? If not, what a disappointing match for him.
@WSR – not sure, since I’m watching the real football between Lyon and Real Madrid
Lisandro Lopez – 0 shots on target. Until you can put them on frame in the CL, I demand that you remove the “Lisandro” from your jersey and go by “Lopez”. You, sir, are no Brazilian.
yeah Orr, the first half was all Milan, 2nd seemed pretty even, but Man U were more clinical
what a goal from seedorf!!!!!!
Sergio Ramos has looked rather poor today
GET IN, WHELAN!!!!!
Seedorf gives us some hope!
@wacman – yeah that’s about the feeling i got from it too. The equaliser really hurt. Going into the break up would have really helped Milan
Villa draw with 10-man United; Citeh concede to 10-man Stoke? Good choice, Gareth!
of course, as I type that, Citeh go level.
/JT was right about Hubris.
Cesar Delgado comes off for Lyon after a nasty tackle, replaced by Michel Bastos.
Madrid counter by bringing on Luis Figo.
and of course, it was Barry.
Gaz Baz doesn’t care for your hubris, Keith.
Adebayor did all the work; Gareth just did the finishing.
And he did it for England.
/I’ll be here all week
ALLEZ LES GONES! Nice win for Lyon.
Carrick needed a rest, that’s all.
Well not what I had hoped for. Conceded too many. That Scholes “strike” is the one that hurt.
Not the worst case scenario for Il Diavolo though. 0-2 at Old Trafford wouldn’t be a miracle.
Forza Milano!
Peace everyone
And Leeds blow a game in hand! UP THE CITY!
Eh, there’s no shame in drawing to 10 man Stoke.
/In fact there is lots and lots of shame
;)
Ahh Keith… welcome to Hubris 101.
And thanks, Potters, for making our trip to Eastlands even more high-pressured and crucial!
Actually, in hindsight, the pressure for this weekend’s game is eased slightly by the fact that Citeh aren’t in world-beating form and are just as likely as anyone else to drop points against anyone. If they were on a 7-game winning streak or something, then I’d be more freaked out.
As it stands, it’s obviously a big game because it’s 4th v. 5th, but not as much as there would be if Citeh had won today and were in fine form.
I realize this jinxes and condemns my team to a comprehensive defeat, but hey, that’s hindsight for you.
Oh, I’d say the pressure is definitely more on City, considering we haven’t played well in the league since the 11th of January.
And if Spurs win while we out-mediocre each other to a draw, then they go 4th, and the entire thing is moot.
Meh. Spurs are 1-3-2 in the EPL in 2010, and are just as flawed as everyone else.
Citeh are 3-1-2 in 2010
LFC are 3-2-1 in 2010
Villa are 1-4-0 in 2010
It’s really anyone’s guess at this point