what pathetic football by Real.
Why on earth did Figo take the penalty??? Hierro is supposed to be the specialist penalty taker???
and i couldn’t understand why Guti didn’t get substituted…he lost soooo many times the ball in midfield!! he was playing mid-mid!!! 
if u play Guti, play him up front! not at the no.10 position!
but have to admit: some awesome football by Juve :k:
they deservedly go to the final
Very well played juve.. they deserved this win. Figo must be kicking himself really hard for missing that penalty:smack: Real’s game was really on the down since that crushing 5-1 defeat in spanish league…
vert pathetic display but on the other hand Juve v/s AC milan 
what a final its gonna be… :k:
HMmmm, ok so an all Italian final!
I’m with Milan on this one :k:
(Real Madrid 
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Viva Juve, Viva!
I hope they take the final too, although I'm sad that Nedved will miss it. It was an absolutely unnecessary foul that led to his yellow card and deprives him of a fantastic chance to play in the Champions League Final.
Hey..
My cuz went overseas and played soccer in highschool.
My bro played for the Airforce!
the problem was with the defence and the mid-field. clearly hierro is too slow for europe. he may be good enough for la liga but against top quality players like trezeguet, del piero and nedved, he was found lacking.
also the mid-field never fell back for defence. with roberto carlos trying to feed it to the strikers, the defence was manned only by helguera, salgado and a very very slow hierro. madrid really missed makelele more than any one else. real will have to now look very hard at their combination, and the bench now. their stars raul, ronaldo, roberto carlos, figo and zidane r overplayed and others like morientes, solari, mcmanaman, combiasso, pavon, bravo r just pushed in during emergencies. morientes also deserves to be given more chance. but the defence needs a major overhaul. i think it is time for hierro now to hang his boots.
lippi also was wrong in allowing nedved to continue. he should have been substituted instead of birrindeli. nedved is now out of the big one-the finals.
anyways juve got a thoroughly deserved win. hope the final will turn out to be a cracker.
so real madrid got a real-ity check :D kewl. all those big names just dinn cut it this time..
an all italian clash
FORZA ITALIA
THE FINAL
Juventus - AC Milan
Juve are without star midfielder Pavel Nedved who is suspended after his yellow card in the semis. probably will be replaced by Camoranesi.
Milan are full strenght up front, only concern is Costacurta in defence. If unfit will be replaced by Roque Junior or Simic
Should be a cracking final. Will be watching it live.
My predicition - an Italian team will win the final. :D
Viva Juve Viva!!!!!
I feel Juventus have a edge over AC...
their forwards are in good nick and goal keeper is best in Europe ( some people may contest this I know)
The big match is tonight. I really hope it`s gonna be an exciting match and not a "regular", boring Catenaccio game by the Italian teams.
looking forward to seeing some Prince Alessandro Magic from Del Piero :k:
can’t wait! :k:
Hell man,this is a an awesome game…great pace and a fast game…really enjoyable.
Milan had the better chances so far…well Juve is just 70% without Nedved.
Hope that they do more…anyways great game to watch and really exciting no tactical game play. :k:
Second have wasnt that attractive to watch.....well o.t lets see whos going 2 take it.
Penalty shoot out will decide the winners now...
Final score 0-0
**AC MILAN have won the champions league by winning on penalties 3-2
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Congratulations, justice has been done, Milan was easily the better side throughout the game. Juve was looked out of sorts all the way but they hung in to the draw.
I just wonder why Juve persisted with Trezeguet, that guy had a nightmare of a game, missed easiest of chances in the first half. He was Ac milan’s best player throughout, missed the first penalty strike by hitting one of the slowest penalty kicks u can ever see giving away the ball to them everytime he touched it 
Del peiro wasnt playing like his usual self either.
Okay justice in that game but if I compare the last 4 games or so then I dont think they deserved it that much.
I thought it was a boring game.
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Okay justice in that game but if I compare the last 4 games or so then I dont think they deserved it that much.
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In the semifinal agaisnt inter milan they were the more attacking side.... and deservedly got through