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Morbyd said:Just because you had more possesion does not make you the better team. That's how CSKA plays. They have a great defense with wunderkind 19-year old goalkeeper Akeinfeev, veteran defender Ignashevich and the twin tower Berezutsky brothers, so they let the other team have possesion and hit back on the counter.
Liverpool did not play "better". CSKA played the same way they did all the way to the UEFA cup and looked Liver's equal. Cisse (great player, by the way) got a cheap goal that shouldn't have counted. End of story.
Another Brit telling an American that he knows nothing about football. How originalalex311279 said:dear god, you obviously know nothing about football. liverpool controlled the pace and tempo of the game, it would have been a hammering had "liver" as you call them had their finishing on game. liverpool are a counter attacking team usually, absorbing pressure then counter attacking with pace, cska didnt show any of that, they are a very poor side. obviously liverpool played better as they controlled the game. you are bitter, but have to accept liverpool were the better side, even though playing very poorly and not possessing a cutting edge.
Morbyd said:Another Brit telling an American that he knows nothing about football. How original![]()
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Yes, Liver controlled the game and had tons of chances, but Luis Garcia is a crap finisher. But I'm telling you that this is how CSKA plays in Europe. They let the other team attack, attack, attack, they defend very well, and then hit on the counter with players like Carvalho. They beat teams like Benfica, etc. to win the UEFA Cup that way.
If you think they are a poor side, then you obviously know little about football.![]()
And whatever the case, take away Cisse's handball and CSKA wins. You can not dispute that. FACT.
Why don't you change your username to Dickhead311279, asshole.alex311279 said:change your username to Moron.
Liverpool haven't had 'finishing' since Owen left. 5th place team, lest we forget.alex311279 said:had liverpool been on top of their finishing
CSKA are a good defensive team. If you got your head out of your ass and paid attention to football outside of the UK, you'd know that.alex311279 said:it would have been a white wash. do not mistake poor finishing by liverpool with quality defending by moscow.
BOORINGalex311279 said:it's quite obvious that you don't know anything about football.
Another game where the goal shouldn't have stood. Only way Cesspool (like that better than Liver?) can win.alex311279 said:i have seen them win games where they havent been the better team, vs. chelsea in the semi final of the european cup springs to mind.
senselee w said:End of the day cska didnt play well...they never looked like they could cause problems it was just a matter of when liverpool were gonna take there chances...cska dont look a dangerous side at all
Reds Edge CSKA for Super Cup
By Mike Collett
Reuters
MONACO -- Substitute Djibril Cisse scored two goals and set up another to lead Liverpool to a 3-1 extra-time win over CSKA Moscow in an end-to-end European Super Cup match on Friday.
European champion Liverpool only took control of the match when coach Rafael Benitez brought on Mohamed Sissoko after 70 minutes and Cisse nine minutes later. CSKA, the UEFA Cup holder, seemed set for victory after going ahead through Brazilian Daniel Carvalho in the 28th minute.
But, three minutes after coming on, Cisse equalized with a lucky goal that forced extra time.
The France striker then put Liverpool 2-1 ahead after 103 minutes and provided the cross for Luis Garcia to head in the third goal with 11 minutes to play. It was Liverpool's third Super Cup win, following victories in 1977 and 2001, and only the second time in eight matches since the event moved to Monaco in 1998 that the European champion had triumphed.
Although Liverpool started brighter, it was CSKA, the first Russian team to win the UEFA Cup and appear in this annual curtain-raiser, that took the lead with a well-worked goal. Having soaked up plenty of pressure, CSKA counter-attacked and Brazilian Wagner Love split the defense with a perfect through ball.
Carvalho controlled his pass, rounded goalkeeper Jose Reina and fired home from an acute angle.
With captain Steven Gerrard out due to a calf injury, Liverpool failed to dominate in a midfield where Milos Krasic had a fine game for CSKA. Chidi Odiah was also outstanding for CSKA in the middle, and the longer the match went on, the more likely the Russian side looked like emerging the winner, as its opponent failed to show a cutting edge in attack. The Liverpool fans began to sing the name of their former favorite, Michael Owen, but Benitez brought on Cisse and his side benefited almost immediately. Sergei Ignashevich failed to clear a Garcia knock-on before goalkeeper Igor Akinfeyev's attempted clearance hit Cisse and bounced toward the empty net before the substitute smashed the ball home to equalize.
The English side dominated extra time and grabbed the lead after 103 minutes. The ball broke from defense and Dietmar Hamann swept a long ball up to Cisse, who made the most of Ignashevich's mistimed leap to fire a shot on goal that Akinfeyev saved brilliantly, only for the Liverpool sub to power home the rebound.
Garcia added the third with a free header six minutes later from a Cisse cross, and the CSKA fans, who arrived in Monaco in the thousands, were silenced for the first time.
Morbyd said:15 minutes until kick-off and I'm sitting here at home, beer in hand, waiting to see the local boys do Moskva proud against the big guns of Liverpool in the Super Cup.![]()
I hope they can win it... the cup means little to the scousers but it'd be such a big deal here. Half the city was partying when they won the UEFA cup.