Friday, April 19, 2024

Ronaldo backs Mourinho blast

Cristiano Ronaldo has echoed the criticism of Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho, bemoaning Barcelona’s favourable treatment by referees.

Los Blancos suffered a 2-0 loss to their bitter La Liga rivals in their Champions League semi-final first leg at the Bernabeu, and now have a mammoth task on their hands as they look to overturn the deficit away at Camp Nou next Tuesday.

Real’s world-record signing Ronaldo supported manager Jose Mourinho’s sentiments about the reigning Spanish champions’ fortunes with refereeing decisions in crucial games.

“It’s always the same with them (Barcelona),” Ronaldo said. “This is the fourth consecutive season that something like this has happened.”

“(Jose) Mourinho is right, just look at what happened with Arsenal, Chelsea and Inter. They (Barcelona) are a fantastic team, but they also have a lot of influence, both on and off the pitch.”

The former Manchester United star’s comments followed Mourinho’s sensational post-match rant in which he accused the match officials of handing Barcelona preferential officiating.

“I don’t understand why Barcelona have this power. It happened two years ago to Chelsea (in the 2009 semi-finals), almost to my Inter last year, and also to Arsenal this year,” Mourinho said.

“Why do the opponents of Barcelona always have a man sent off? Where does this power come from? Maybe it is to give more publicity to UNICEF, maybe because of the power of (Spanish federation president Jose Angel) Villar in UEFA.”

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  • Ferguson

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    Mourinho and Ronaldo are a joke. Yes, there have been times when Barca seems to get the nod, but did ANYONE see Marcelo’s actions in this game???

    Or Pepe’s in the last match???

    Mourinho coaches thug tactics when his team is done. Did it in Italy and is doing it in Madrid.

    Complete classless act.

    To blame the Super outcome on Barca getting special treatment when a 5-year-old can watch the video and see the disgraceful way RM was playing is a joke.

  • ferrari

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    let me see..mourinho was with chelsea then inter nd now real still he complains about the same issue teach your donkeys how to win matches dum ass

  • Asgando

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    Ronaldo is a great player,which he’s not going to be compere with any one.he play as a good player and he is unstoppable to every one.Love u C.r.7 love u as my best footballer.

  • charger

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    each time those guys think of barca lots of asprins are in hell………….barca u raised me up to malk on mountains and stormy seas which only Christ had ever done

  • barcafan

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    i think mourinho always get advantage 4rm referees remember diego milito third goal in italy vs barca,bojan disallowed goal,paul scholes disallowed porto vs man U

  • steven

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    i agree with cynthia go barca 😀

  • Ben

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    You all are silly, no nothing mental midgets. Everyone complains about the Refs when they lose. And Barca is not my favorite team, but if you think they suck then you obviously do not know anything about football.

  • charlie

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    barca sucks

  • brandan

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    guys u know what!
    i think mourinho and ronaldo make good life partners. Their ass’s are burnning like hell.

  • cynthia

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    i think mourinho and ronaldo are sore losers.they should accept that barca is better and stop being jealous

  • derek

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    fair comments. I don’t think anyone can argue that Barca influence the referee decisions

  • Zeeshan Ali

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    i am a fan of of Ronaldo he is a great guy and i am confident that ronaldo and mourinho wrid
    ill bring the la liga and other cup, he should be confident about his team and to get kaka back into the team and ronaldo should not leave real madrid.

  • bida ..

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    barca sucks.!!!

  • rico

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    Ok look I just read all of the post and im surprised to how many real Madrid fans there are to agree with me about the officials siding with barcelona, it happens every single year and someone needs to fix it. Chelsea, Inter almost with the SERGIO BUSQUET STUPID DIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That’s for all of u Ronaldo diving haters. And then with real Madrid this last year sending off Pepe early. The problem is either the refs favor Barcelona or the refs hate mourinho.

    FORÇA PORTUGAL

  • rico

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    Look Jose mourinho is the greatest coach in the world and Cristiano Ronaldo THE BEST PLAYER IN THE WORLD.The only reason Messi is known as the best in the world is because of the players around him.Ronaldo has no great players around him. He has good players but not great players.look at this, David Villa compaired to Higuian, Villa wins. Xavi compaired to Xabi Alonso,Xavi wins. Iniesta compaired to Ozil, Iniesta wins. Barcelona’s centerbacks are also better, leftback is also better. Yes Barcelona is the best team in the world because of all the great footballers they have in their squad. But CR7 is #1 in the world and mourinho is also

  • Roggy

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    Im a real madrid fan. I hate barcelona, They play very well but sometimes they do have that influence. Season 2011-2012 will be an interesting season for barca and real madrid because real madrid have singed great players. im excited for the copa del rey this agustu 28 i believe.

  • Tempa Rabgay

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    REAL MADRID WILL RULE THE LA LIGA…END OF BRACA……NO ONE CAN STOP THEM…ESPECIALLY RONALDO….

  • omoh

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    barcelona worth the best team in the world,to me they not prefrentially treated,in chelsea game 2009,truelly there was a hand ball by one of the barcelona players but,the red card given to abidal did not worth it,and also against inter milan the only goal scored at camp nou was an offside goal,but i will same that is a fault of the refree.

  • soto boy

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    I just want you to know that fcbarcelona is not only a team, but also a family. they ( barcelona teammate ) work very hard together to see the progress of the team. That is to say that, they play as a team which real as not been doing many years back. so, stop critizing FCB for been the world champion again. And put in mind that more to come. FCB ( More Than A Club).

  • ndyamuhaki susen

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    much as barca is good, its favoured by match officials. thats evident

  • Michael

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    Bojan had a clear goal disallowed in the last minute of the game against Inter (which would have caused Barca to go to the CL final instead of Inter). When Mourinho was in England he was complaining the refs where always against Chelsea, when he was at Inter all the refs were against Inter. Mourinho’s complaining is getting old.

  • Rotimi

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    @Cloud, you said, “when Arsenal beat barca 2-1 in the first leg, barca got troubled and got help from the referee on the 2nd leg”

    Why not add that in that same 1st Leg, Messi had scored a perfectly clean 2nd goal for Barca against Arsenal, and could easily have gone on to win 4-0 from there.

    Was the referee favoring Barca when he disallowed a perfectly good goal???

  • Maxy

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    Baca can’t fit madrid’s shoe size in d nest 100 decade check out 9 champions league(5 in a roll cn u beat dat)all wat baca are doin madrid has done beta so madrid remains d eldest bro in la liga so stop d shit of baca been d best coss dey are nt close, ronaldo is a fire dat cn burn any where even untop of d river, check him in man u,sportin,n madrid only d second season n has broken chains of records which messi is stil dreamin 2 do 4 d pas 7 yrs, messi is messi bcos of xavi n iniesta. cr7 is a 1man soldier

  • Shenji tertsegha

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    U who say dat the specal one u to talk tomuch u ar mad for sayin dat he is sayin dey trut.let barca play wit dey help of refree weader dey we achive anythin

  • tony

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    real was truly cheated and the special one has changed the game of soccer, but also do not forget that before the first game he managed for real madrid he stated that he will win during the second season of his tenure in madrid

  • Cibai Monkey

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    Helen NG di perkosa org

  • Yanto Mas

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    Haters.make.us.STRONGER.FYIrealmadead
    If,real,got,the,calls,instead,I’m,sure,none,of,their,so-called,non-prejudice,fans,would,be,talkin,the,garbage,they,r,now.
    Barca,has,won3champions,leagues,in.the,last,6champions,league,seasons,whiile,real,has,gotten,to,the,semifinall,once.
    Everyone,has,their,time,and,now,its,FC-BARCELONA’s,time.
    So,being,REAL,and,not,real-madrid,your,time,will,come,again.

    And,we’ll,see,if,real,fans,still,complain,about,refferrees,and,decision,making.
    Oh,yea,and,leo-messi,IS,BETTER,dan,cristal-ronaldo,u,can,all,see,that,clearly.TWO,world-player,of,the,year,back,to,back,and,on,the.verge,of,a,third,consecutive,one.
    And,its,the,same,mourinho,and,wenger,and,all,the,other,coaches,which,barcelona,so-call,theft,against,that,help,messi,win,that,honor,of,BEST,PLAYER,in,the,WORLD
    Not,anything,me,u,or,any,other,ordinary,fan,or,hater,says

  • Yanto Mas

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    STUPID !!!!!!!!!!

  • Thomas Keating

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    haha… all this name calling. But Barca does go down soft, because they can haha. They get fouled, they will go down, can they continue? yes. Do they embellish? yes. But 90% of the time they go down it is a foul, and when you have upwards of 60% possession most games then you can afford that. Make the other team desperate and angry. Then they make more and more outlandish tackles. I think Ronaldo is a prick, however. Especially for his words against Man city this summer (My club). And Ronaldo HAS done his fair share of diving and has even been carded for it. Real Madrid cant seem to accept Barca is the best team in the world right now, and by a lot. They’re feeling inadequate.

  • kenny

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    real madrid is the best team in the world no doubt….fuck all barca fansssssssssssssssssssssss

  • golden mawele

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    ronaldo and jose are talking shit! i am a chelsea fun an i believe barca bit us fair and square 2 yaers ago! pep iz a good coach an round of aplauds go to him,especialy fir making fergie shiver during hte champions league final at wembly. hel yeah

  • Soccer judge

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    I HATE BARCA COS WHENEVER THEY AR IN SHIT THEY ALWAYS GO FOR THE REF,DURING MADRID MATCH WHENEVER PEDRO DIVES 9 BARCA WILL RUSH TO REF TO PRESSURIZE HIM INTO GIVING OUT A CARD.COMING TO CR7 ND MESSI,MESSI SHOULD PROVE HIMSELF IN DIFFERENT CLUB JUST CR7 ,CHECK HIS ARGENTINA TEAM STAT…DISASTER!.CR7 ALWAYS THE BEST!

  • nou-campchamps

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    Haters.make.us.STRONGER.FYIrealmadead
    If,real,got,the,calls,instead,I’m,sure,none,of,their,so-called,non-prejudice,fans,would,be,talkin,the,garbage,they,r,now.
    Barca,has,won3champions,leagues,in.the,last,6champions,league,seasons,whiile,real,has,gotten,to,the,semifinall,once.
    Everyone,has,their,time,and,now,its,FC-BARCELONA’s,time.
    So,being,REAL,and,not,real-madrid,your,time,will,come,again.

    And,we’ll,see,if,real,fans,still,complain,about,refferrees,and,decision,making.
    Oh,yea,and,leo-messi,IS,BETTER,dan,cristal-ronaldo,u,can,all,see,that,clearly.TWO,world-player,of,the,year,back,to,back,and,on,the.verge,of,a,third,consecutive,one.
    And,its,the,same,mourinho,and,wenger,and,all,the,other,coaches,which,barcelona,so-call,theft,against,that,help,messi,win,that,honor,of,BEST,PLAYER,in,the,WORLD
    Not,anything,me,u,or,any,other,ordinary,fan,or,hater,says

  • LSharma

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    Hahha..all you anti-barca dimwits crack me up. I am no expert but i guess we dint watch the same football..

    In the CL semis i watched barca had 70 to 30 possession against your “STAR” team. i agree some decisions definitely went barca’s way but that’s because real were frustrated after getting owned at home and were conceding too many fouls. And I dont want to go into what Adebayor was doing on the pitch..

    Do me a favor and give yourselves a break ‘cos this barca side are arguably one of the most dominant teams to have played the game and Real gave them quite a fight considering how Manu were buttscrewed at wembley.

    PS. Messi is definitely better than “CR7”. Check records of games which really mattered. True Story.

  • NEUTRAL PERSON

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    All those who cant see anything wrong in the way ”buyer” or abi na barca win games are just like them who cheat in all thier endeavours in life. they should go ahead nemesis will soon catch up with them.

  • hi

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    Barca is a referee team , all their success is a result of cheating.They cheated arsenal,chelsea,inter and real madrid, SOOOO BAD.They should win trophies fairly like mourihno.to hell wit barca

  • PARESH

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    JUST WANNA SAY THAT TIME OVER BARCA….NEXT YEAR WILL BE SHOW TIME OF MADRID…..IT’S TIME FOR CHAMPIONS!!!!!HALAAAAAA MADRID!!

  • REAL MADRID THE BEST TEAM EVER ALIVE!!!FUCK HATERZZZ!!!

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    barcelona is just a bunch of cheaters they always get helps from the official…chelsea was robbed during their match against barcelona…..
    I TOTALLY AGREE WITH WAT RONALDO AND MOURIHNO ARE SAYING…BARCELONA ARE CHEATING ASS BITCHES FUCK THEM FUCK THE OFFICIALS TOO FUCK PUYOL FUCK PIQUE FUCK VALDES FUCK XAVI FUCK INIESTA FUCK PEDRO FUCK VILLA FUCK GUARDIOLA AND ESPECIALLY FUCK LIONEL MESSI HE IS NOT NUMBER 1 NUMBER 1 WILL ALWAYS BE CRISTIANO RONALDO#7!!!STUPID ASS MESSI DEPENDS TOO MUCH ON XAVI AND INIESTA UNLIKE RONALDO HE GETS THE JOB DONE BY HIMSELF HE DOESNT DEPEND ALOT ON HIS TEAMMATE…..WE ALL KNOW REAL MADRID IS ALWAYS GONNA BE BETTER THAN BARCELONA…BARCELONA SUPPOSIDLY MAY BE THE BEST RITE NOW BUT THEY ARE JEALOUS OF REAL MADRID…REAL MADRID IS ALWAYS AND WILL BE THE BEST IN HISTORY NOW AND FOREVER!!!SOO FUCK ALL U BARCA FANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!REAL MADRID ALL D WAY!!!!!

  • General himself

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    Barca is a great club but of course they are benefiting from stupid refrees.remember 2nd leg in the league ,Alves was suppost to get the red card after conceding the penalty bcus he already got the yellow card,he didn’t even give 2nd yellow card so that he can play CL,shame,what about Iniasta deliberate suspension before playing R.Madrid,remember month earlier Alonso,segio and Morihno were panished by Uefa for that.but when Barca do that is not an offense.they are killing the beautiful game,we deserve better.is not even close to half of the instances.Anyway let’s hope next season will be much better

  • Manchester Madrid

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    I agree With CR7 + Mourinhio…. Fuck the Official Refrees Motherfuckers

  • josh

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    @NDORBY the truth is yes they are one of the best teams in the world but stats show that this past season 13 of their wins were against sides with 11 players … that rests my case and mourinho’s case. of course he overreacted but he knows that something was up that game

  • Lukunga Geofrey

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    I am a Man U fan from Webuye Mtc kenya!wat Mourinho say has some truth,bt days will come when even favours wont help the Champions!dats wen we shal quote from the Bible,”GIVE THE KING OF EGYPT A NEW NAME,’THE NOISY BRAGGARD WHO MISSED HIS CHANCE….'”

  • Lukunga Geofrey

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    I am a Man U fan!wat Mourinho say has some truth,bt days will come when even favours wont help the Champions!dats wen we shal quote from the Bible,”GIVE THE KING OF EGYPT A NEW NAME,’THE NOISY BRAGGARD WHO MISSED HIS CHANCE….'”

  • Me

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  • football fan

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    inters 3rd goal against barca was clearly offside
    remember that??????

  • Chelsea FC Fan

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    @cloud…I just mean the focus is turning to Madrid’s brutality rather than it’s football…i’ve watched countless video’s of the el clasico games this season and saw all of Barcelona’s tricks…but, it seems Madrid lose their composure around Barcelona and it turns in to a nasty affair which eventually has backfired on them more times than not…

  • cloud

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    @chelseafan, can you please elaborate on your statement that Mou is bringing down both club and players in madrid, coz the way I see it, his work this season is “acceptable” to Madrid standards. i got your point that the Madrid players are great as they are right now, but if we compare Mou’s work with Pelligrini, I could say that Mou has done better, with basically the same squad.

    ..i don’t think that this is all Jose can do for Madrid, well, all we could do right now is to wait for next season.

    ..on the other hand, cr7 when in good health is simply amazing, 51 goals in all competition is such a crazy feat.

  • Chelsea FC Fan

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    @cloud…I’m on the fence about how well Jose did his job this season…keep in mind that I hold Mou with the highest regards – next to ol’ boy Fergie. Yes he won the Copa, but he’s being outclassed in every aspect of the game right now and is bringing down the club and players with him…we all know the capabilities of Madrid’s players, and maybe i’m wrong, but who has he really made any better than what they already were?

    Madrid are a strong team no doubt, but considering La Liga is a two-horse race, coming in 2nd is not really an accomplishment. There’s still a lot of work to be done to take Madrid to that championship level. I only hope Pep doesn’t leave Barcelona before Mou gets Madrid firing on all cylinders… or maybe Mou has done all he can and this is all we will see from Madrid…

    I’m a little worried that Mou has this ‘Brian Clough’ infatuation with Barcelona… eventually Brian Clough realized his own demise when someone pointed out that his personal ambitions were getting in the way of the club’s ambitions…I hope the same doesn’t happen to Mourinho.

  • cloud

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    @chelseafan, yeah, this being jose’s first year and he won the Copa and made it to the UCC semis and “almost” had the la liga title, giving into account the egos he has to tame within his team, i’d say jose has made a pretty decent job at madrid. All of his new signings; ozil, angel, ricardo, sami, with the exception of the lazy pedro, has integrated well into the team. But what’s fascinating of all is he was able to burst the balloon-size head of Adebayor. Jose is indeed the Special One.

  • tau mandeya

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    barca is the best team in the world by far they dont need the help of refs its just if u do not have possession of the ball u r liable to do some frustrating tackles so ronaldo and mourinho should shut up and go to bed

  • Chelsea FC Fan

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    @cloud…I hear you – Real will be a different team next season once the dust has settled.

    I still think Real went in to that game looking to break some bones…i’m a fan of Mourinho’s defensive style football – it’s fair game to me, but headhunting is not what the game is about… and Mourinho pits himself against the refs even before the match, so that doesn’t help what happens on the pitch at all…but I think the Special One will prevail eventually – he always has.

  • cloud

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    @chelseafan, I don’t want to sound like a ruptured disc but when Arsenal beat barca 2-1 in the first leg, barca got troubled and got help from the referee on the 2nd leg and thus the sending off. And madrid beat barca on the copa final and madrid thumped 3rd placed valencia prior to the ucl 1st round, so barca again NEEDED help from the officials. A one-time-affair is acceptable, but four times it happens, it’s such a shame. but then, the season is over, i can’t wait for the start of the next

  • tatenda

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    no doubt barca is a great team…but i think referees spoil this for them…barca can thump teams from fair officiating but referee favour them…any good football analyst will tel u barca get a hand frm referees

  • Chelsea FC Fan

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    @cloud…Belieive me, I understand your frustration but cheating is the wrong word to describe what happened…See Eddie’s comment…I think that’s more accurate. Yes – there was help from the Refs, but that’s only b/c Real were looking to break some legs. As for all the diving, c’mon, Ronaldo gets the same star treatment. Real were just frustrated that they couldn’t touch the ball…disallowing Higuain’s goal was a bad decision – not like it’s unheard of tho…shit happens.

    and, in the event that the refs are actually helping Barcelona to win games, then that’s just the way the world turns today and a better strategy is needed to combat that. Teams have beaten Barcelona – it can be done – it just wasn’t Real’s day to do it…there will be many more chances tho…I look forward to it too!

  • Eddie

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    I don’t get it, they wouldn’t need help from the judges.

    You know why people get sent out meeting barcelona? Because Bercelona Always has the ball, gets the opposition nervous, after a while they get so kranky they Must have the ball, then they tackle uncrollably, and boom a red card, fully understandable.

    And that Barcelona is better than Real Madrid, is a fact, none can deny that one.

  • zizi

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    adamski you are crazy like your coach

  • Brad

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    Barca’s still out and out the better of the two clubs. at least they have humility.

  • cloud

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    @chelseafan, let me quote your statement “accept that the best team won for whatever reason” …. and that reason would be, BARCA GOT HELP FROM OFFICIALS. simple as that. it’s just hard to understand why people who saw all the replay and who’s been watching football for a long time that they couldn’t accept that there was cheating involved.

  • Chelsea FC Fan

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    Embrace the challenge! It’s one thing to be upset that you lost…but to come out with conspiracy theories as to why you lost is not professional…accept that the best team won for whatever reason, get back in to training and serve ’em up next season…nothing is going to change, so Real Madrid need to make the changes to help them overcome…for starters, never fukn play Ronaldo as a lone striker – what a waste of talent that decision has proven to be…

  • adamski

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    van persie decision wasnt a yellow card.. chelsea were well and truely cheated.. im agreeing with Jose.. well done for saying what alot of fans have been thinking..! yes barca are a great team… but
    ref’s side with them and their pathetic diving antics.. its embaressing !

  • NDORBY

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    WHY is hard 4 them to accept barca is the best club in the world? one message 4 Ronaldo theres no place in fc barca for u even for subtitute you will keep on complaining on barca cause its your worst night mare.finaly shame on wenger because his team is a Muppet 4 barca.all of you continue complaining train hard like barca one day u will make it we thanks god n through him we get our blessing

  • the_real_deal

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    I thought highly of Mourinho until the past few games. Great coaches are gracious in defeat but it seems there are still a few principles the Special One will have to re-learn.

    Guardiola had never said or acted untoward ,so it was quite disappointing to see such comments from the Special One. He just went too far.

    I applaud Pep for keeping a level head, that’s what principled people do.

  • KOFIE

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    Mourinho,try to understand.Barca players are favored by God because they are obedient and they do not brag about themselves.Unlike you and your team.

  • KOFIE

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    Mourinho,try to understand.Barca players are favored by God because they are obedient and they do not brag about themselves.Unlike you and your team.

  • the_real_deal

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    I thought highly of Mourinho until the past few games. Great coaches are gracious in defeat but it seems there are still a few principles the Special One will have to re-learn.

    Guardiola had never said or acted untoward ,so it was quite disappointing to see such comments from the Special One. He just went too far.

    I applaud Pep for keeping a level head, that’s what principled people do.

  • NDORBY

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    WHY is hard 4 them to accept barca is the best club in the world? one message 4 Ronaldo theres no place in fc barca for u even for subtitute you will keep on complaining on barca cause its your worst night mare.finaly shame on wenger because his team is a Muppet 4 barca.all of you continue complaining train hard like barca one day u will make it we thanks god n through him we get our blessing

  • adamski

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    van persie decision wasnt a yellow card.. chelsea were well and truely cheated.. im agreeing with Jose.. well done for saying what alot of fans have been thinking..! yes barca are a great team… but
    ref’s side with them and their pathetic diving antics.. its embaressing !

  • Chelsea FC Fan

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    Embrace the challenge! It’s one thing to be upset that you lost…but to come out with conspiracy theories as to why you lost is not professional…accept that the best team won for whatever reason, get back in to training and serve ’em up next season…nothing is going to change, so Real Madrid need to make the changes to help them overcome…for starters, never fukn play Ronaldo as a lone striker – what a waste of talent that decision has proven to be…

  • cloud

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    @chelseafan, let me quote your statement “accept that the best team won for whatever reason” …. and that reason would be, BARCA GOT HELP FROM OFFICIALS. simple as that. it’s just hard to understand why people who saw all the replay and who’s been watching football for a long time that they couldn’t accept that there was cheating involved.

  • Brad

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    Barca’s still out and out the better of the two clubs. at least they have humility.

  • zizi

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    adamski you are crazy like your coach

  • Eddie

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    I don’t get it, they wouldn’t need help from the judges.

    You know why people get sent out meeting barcelona? Because Bercelona Always has the ball, gets the opposition nervous, after a while they get so kranky they Must have the ball, then they tackle uncrollably, and boom a red card, fully understandable.

    And that Barcelona is better than Real Madrid, is a fact, none can deny that one.

  • Chelsea FC Fan

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    @cloud…Belieive me, I understand your frustration but cheating is the wrong word to describe what happened…See Eddie’s comment…I think that’s more accurate. Yes – there was help from the Refs, but that’s only b/c Real were looking to break some legs. As for all the diving, c’mon, Ronaldo gets the same star treatment. Real were just frustrated that they couldn’t touch the ball…disallowing Higuain’s goal was a bad decision – not like it’s unheard of tho…shit happens.

    and, in the event that the refs are actually helping Barcelona to win games, then that’s just the way the world turns today and a better strategy is needed to combat that. Teams have beaten Barcelona – it can be done – it just wasn’t Real’s day to do it…there will be many more chances tho…I look forward to it too!

  • tatenda

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    no doubt barca is a great team…but i think referees spoil this for them…barca can thump teams from fair officiating but referee favour them…any good football analyst will tel u barca get a hand frm referees

  • cloud

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    @chelseafan, I don’t want to sound like a ruptured disc but when Arsenal beat barca 2-1 in the first leg, barca got troubled and got help from the referee on the 2nd leg and thus the sending off. And madrid beat barca on the copa final and madrid thumped 3rd placed valencia prior to the ucl 1st round, so barca again NEEDED help from the officials. A one-time-affair is acceptable, but four times it happens, it’s such a shame. but then, the season is over, i can’t wait for the start of the next

  • Chelsea FC Fan

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    @cloud…I hear you – Real will be a different team next season once the dust has settled.

    I still think Real went in to that game looking to break some bones…i’m a fan of Mourinho’s defensive style football – it’s fair game to me, but headhunting is not what the game is about… and Mourinho pits himself against the refs even before the match, so that doesn’t help what happens on the pitch at all…but I think the Special One will prevail eventually – he always has.

  • tau mandeya

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    barca is the best team in the world by far they dont need the help of refs its just if u do not have possession of the ball u r liable to do some frustrating tackles so ronaldo and mourinho should shut up and go to bed

  • cloud

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    @chelseafan, yeah, this being jose’s first year and he won the Copa and made it to the UCC semis and “almost” had the la liga title, giving into account the egos he has to tame within his team, i’d say jose has made a pretty decent job at madrid. All of his new signings; ozil, angel, ricardo, sami, with the exception of the lazy pedro, has integrated well into the team. But what’s fascinating of all is he was able to burst the balloon-size head of Adebayor. Jose is indeed the Special One.

  • Chelsea FC Fan

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    @cloud…I’m on the fence about how well Jose did his job this season…keep in mind that I hold Mou with the highest regards – next to ol’ boy Fergie. Yes he won the Copa, but he’s being outclassed in every aspect of the game right now and is bringing down the club and players with him…we all know the capabilities of Madrid’s players, and maybe i’m wrong, but who has he really made any better than what they already were?

    Madrid are a strong team no doubt, but considering La Liga is a two-horse race, coming in 2nd is not really an accomplishment. There’s still a lot of work to be done to take Madrid to that championship level. I only hope Pep doesn’t leave Barcelona before Mou gets Madrid firing on all cylinders… or maybe Mou has done all he can and this is all we will see from Madrid…

    I’m a little worried that Mou has this ‘Brian Clough’ infatuation with Barcelona… eventually Brian Clough realized his own demise when someone pointed out that his personal ambitions were getting in the way of the club’s ambitions…I hope the same doesn’t happen to Mourinho.

  • cloud

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    @chelseafan, can you please elaborate on your statement that Mou is bringing down both club and players in madrid, coz the way I see it, his work this season is “acceptable” to Madrid standards. i got your point that the Madrid players are great as they are right now, but if we compare Mou’s work with Pelligrini, I could say that Mou has done better, with basically the same squad.

    ..i don’t think that this is all Jose can do for Madrid, well, all we could do right now is to wait for next season.

    ..on the other hand, cr7 when in good health is simply amazing, 51 goals in all competition is such a crazy feat.

  • Chelsea FC Fan

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    @cloud…I just mean the focus is turning to Madrid’s brutality rather than it’s football…i’ve watched countless video’s of the el clasico games this season and saw all of Barcelona’s tricks…but, it seems Madrid lose their composure around Barcelona and it turns in to a nasty affair which eventually has backfired on them more times than not…

  • football fan

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    inters 3rd goal against barca was clearly offside
    remember that??????

  • Me

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  • Lukunga Geofrey

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    I am a Man U fan!wat Mourinho say has some truth,bt days will come when even favours wont help the Champions!dats wen we shal quote from the Bible,”GIVE THE KING OF EGYPT A NEW NAME,’THE NOISY BRAGGARD WHO MISSED HIS CHANCE….'”

  • Lukunga Geofrey

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    I am a Man U fan from Webuye Mtc kenya!wat Mourinho say has some truth,bt days will come when even favours wont help the Champions!dats wen we shal quote from the Bible,”GIVE THE KING OF EGYPT A NEW NAME,’THE NOISY BRAGGARD WHO MISSED HIS CHANCE….'”

  • josh

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    @NDORBY the truth is yes they are one of the best teams in the world but stats show that this past season 13 of their wins were against sides with 11 players … that rests my case and mourinho’s case. of course he overreacted but he knows that something was up that game

  • Manchester Madrid

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    I agree With CR7 + Mourinhio…. Fuck the Official Refrees Motherfuckers

  • General himself

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    Barca is a great club but of course they are benefiting from stupid refrees.remember 2nd leg in the league ,Alves was suppost to get the red card after conceding the penalty bcus he already got the yellow card,he didn’t even give 2nd yellow card so that he can play CL,shame,what about Iniasta deliberate suspension before playing R.Madrid,remember month earlier Alonso,segio and Morihno were panished by Uefa for that.but when Barca do that is not an offense.they are killing the beautiful game,we deserve better.is not even close to half of the instances.Anyway let’s hope next season will be much better

  • REAL MADRID THE BEST TEAM EVER ALIVE!!!FUCK HATERZZZ!!!

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    barcelona is just a bunch of cheaters they always get helps from the official…chelsea was robbed during their match against barcelona…..
    I TOTALLY AGREE WITH WAT RONALDO AND MOURIHNO ARE SAYING…BARCELONA ARE CHEATING ASS BITCHES FUCK THEM FUCK THE OFFICIALS TOO FUCK PUYOL FUCK PIQUE FUCK VALDES FUCK XAVI FUCK INIESTA FUCK PEDRO FUCK VILLA FUCK GUARDIOLA AND ESPECIALLY FUCK LIONEL MESSI HE IS NOT NUMBER 1 NUMBER 1 WILL ALWAYS BE CRISTIANO RONALDO#7!!!STUPID ASS MESSI DEPENDS TOO MUCH ON XAVI AND INIESTA UNLIKE RONALDO HE GETS THE JOB DONE BY HIMSELF HE DOESNT DEPEND ALOT ON HIS TEAMMATE…..WE ALL KNOW REAL MADRID IS ALWAYS GONNA BE BETTER THAN BARCELONA…BARCELONA SUPPOSIDLY MAY BE THE BEST RITE NOW BUT THEY ARE JEALOUS OF REAL MADRID…REAL MADRID IS ALWAYS AND WILL BE THE BEST IN HISTORY NOW AND FOREVER!!!SOO FUCK ALL U BARCA FANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!REAL MADRID ALL D WAY!!!!!

  • PARESH

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    JUST WANNA SAY THAT TIME OVER BARCA….NEXT YEAR WILL BE SHOW TIME OF MADRID…..IT’S TIME FOR CHAMPIONS!!!!!HALAAAAAA MADRID!!

  • hi

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    Barca is a referee team , all their success is a result of cheating.They cheated arsenal,chelsea,inter and real madrid, SOOOO BAD.They should win trophies fairly like mourihno.to hell wit barca

  • NEUTRAL PERSON

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    All those who cant see anything wrong in the way ”buyer” or abi na barca win games are just like them who cheat in all thier endeavours in life. they should go ahead nemesis will soon catch up with them.

  • LSharma

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    Hahha..all you anti-barca dimwits crack me up. I am no expert but i guess we dint watch the same football..

    In the CL semis i watched barca had 70 to 30 possession against your “STAR” team. i agree some decisions definitely went barca’s way but that’s because real were frustrated after getting owned at home and were conceding too many fouls. And I dont want to go into what Adebayor was doing on the pitch..

    Do me a favor and give yourselves a break ‘cos this barca side are arguably one of the most dominant teams to have played the game and Real gave them quite a fight considering how Manu were buttscrewed at wembley.

    PS. Messi is definitely better than “CR7”. Check records of games which really mattered. True Story.

  • nou-campchamps

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    Haters.make.us.STRONGER.FYIrealmadead
    If,real,got,the,calls,instead,I’m,sure,none,of,their,so-called,non-prejudice,fans,would,be,talkin,the,garbage,they,r,now.
    Barca,has,won3champions,leagues,in.the,last,6champions,league,seasons,whiile,real,has,gotten,to,the,semifinall,once.
    Everyone,has,their,time,and,now,its,FC-BARCELONA’s,time.
    So,being,REAL,and,not,real-madrid,your,time,will,come,again.

    And,we’ll,see,if,real,fans,still,complain,about,refferrees,and,decision,making.
    Oh,yea,and,leo-messi,IS,BETTER,dan,cristal-ronaldo,u,can,all,see,that,clearly.TWO,world-player,of,the,year,back,to,back,and,on,the.verge,of,a,third,consecutive,one.
    And,its,the,same,mourinho,and,wenger,and,all,the,other,coaches,which,barcelona,so-call,theft,against,that,help,messi,win,that,honor,of,BEST,PLAYER,in,the,WORLD
    Not,anything,me,u,or,any,other,ordinary,fan,or,hater,says

  • Soccer judge

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    I HATE BARCA COS WHENEVER THEY AR IN SHIT THEY ALWAYS GO FOR THE REF,DURING MADRID MATCH WHENEVER PEDRO DIVES 9 BARCA WILL RUSH TO REF TO PRESSURIZE HIM INTO GIVING OUT A CARD.COMING TO CR7 ND MESSI,MESSI SHOULD PROVE HIMSELF IN DIFFERENT CLUB JUST CR7 ,CHECK HIS ARGENTINA TEAM STAT…DISASTER!.CR7 ALWAYS THE BEST!

  • golden mawele

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    ronaldo and jose are talking shit! i am a chelsea fun an i believe barca bit us fair and square 2 yaers ago! pep iz a good coach an round of aplauds go to him,especialy fir making fergie shiver during hte champions league final at wembly. hel yeah

  • kenny

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    real madrid is the best team in the world no doubt….fuck all barca fansssssssssssssssssssssss

  • Thomas Keating

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    haha… all this name calling. But Barca does go down soft, because they can haha. They get fouled, they will go down, can they continue? yes. Do they embellish? yes. But 90% of the time they go down it is a foul, and when you have upwards of 60% possession most games then you can afford that. Make the other team desperate and angry. Then they make more and more outlandish tackles. I think Ronaldo is a prick, however. Especially for his words against Man city this summer (My club). And Ronaldo HAS done his fair share of diving and has even been carded for it. Real Madrid cant seem to accept Barca is the best team in the world right now, and by a lot. They’re feeling inadequate.

  • Yanto Mas

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    STUPID !!!!!!!!!!

  • Yanto Mas

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    Haters.make.us.STRONGER.FYIrealmadead
    If,real,got,the,calls,instead,I’m,sure,none,of,their,so-called,non-prejudice,fans,would,be,talkin,the,garbage,they,r,now.
    Barca,has,won3champions,leagues,in.the,last,6champions,league,seasons,whiile,real,has,gotten,to,the,semifinall,once.
    Everyone,has,their,time,and,now,its,FC-BARCELONA’s,time.
    So,being,REAL,and,not,real-madrid,your,time,will,come,again.

    And,we’ll,see,if,real,fans,still,complain,about,refferrees,and,decision,making.
    Oh,yea,and,leo-messi,IS,BETTER,dan,cristal-ronaldo,u,can,all,see,that,clearly.TWO,world-player,of,the,year,back,to,back,and,on,the.verge,of,a,third,consecutive,one.
    And,its,the,same,mourinho,and,wenger,and,all,the,other,coaches,which,barcelona,so-call,theft,against,that,help,messi,win,that,honor,of,BEST,PLAYER,in,the,WORLD
    Not,anything,me,u,or,any,other,ordinary,fan,or,hater,says

  • Cibai Monkey

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    Helen NG di perkosa org

  • tony

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    real was truly cheated and the special one has changed the game of soccer, but also do not forget that before the first game he managed for real madrid he stated that he will win during the second season of his tenure in madrid

  • Shenji tertsegha

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    U who say dat the specal one u to talk tomuch u ar mad for sayin dat he is sayin dey trut.let barca play wit dey help of refree weader dey we achive anythin

  • Maxy

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    Baca can’t fit madrid’s shoe size in d nest 100 decade check out 9 champions league(5 in a roll cn u beat dat)all wat baca are doin madrid has done beta so madrid remains d eldest bro in la liga so stop d shit of baca been d best coss dey are nt close, ronaldo is a fire dat cn burn any where even untop of d river, check him in man u,sportin,n madrid only d second season n has broken chains of records which messi is stil dreamin 2 do 4 d pas 7 yrs, messi is messi bcos of xavi n iniesta. cr7 is a 1man soldier

  • Rotimi

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    @Cloud, you said, “when Arsenal beat barca 2-1 in the first leg, barca got troubled and got help from the referee on the 2nd leg”

    Why not add that in that same 1st Leg, Messi had scored a perfectly clean 2nd goal for Barca against Arsenal, and could easily have gone on to win 4-0 from there.

    Was the referee favoring Barca when he disallowed a perfectly good goal???

  • Michael

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    Bojan had a clear goal disallowed in the last minute of the game against Inter (which would have caused Barca to go to the CL final instead of Inter). When Mourinho was in England he was complaining the refs where always against Chelsea, when he was at Inter all the refs were against Inter. Mourinho’s complaining is getting old.

  • ndyamuhaki susen

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    much as barca is good, its favoured by match officials. thats evident

  • soto boy

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    I just want you to know that fcbarcelona is not only a team, but also a family. they ( barcelona teammate ) work very hard together to see the progress of the team. That is to say that, they play as a team which real as not been doing many years back. so, stop critizing FCB for been the world champion again. And put in mind that more to come. FCB ( More Than A Club).

  • omoh

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    barcelona worth the best team in the world,to me they not prefrentially treated,in chelsea game 2009,truelly there was a hand ball by one of the barcelona players but,the red card given to abidal did not worth it,and also against inter milan the only goal scored at camp nou was an offside goal,but i will same that is a fault of the refree.

  • Tempa Rabgay

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    REAL MADRID WILL RULE THE LA LIGA…END OF BRACA……NO ONE CAN STOP THEM…ESPECIALLY RONALDO….

  • Roggy

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    Im a real madrid fan. I hate barcelona, They play very well but sometimes they do have that influence. Season 2011-2012 will be an interesting season for barca and real madrid because real madrid have singed great players. im excited for the copa del rey this agustu 28 i believe.

  • rico

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    Look Jose mourinho is the greatest coach in the world and Cristiano Ronaldo THE BEST PLAYER IN THE WORLD.The only reason Messi is known as the best in the world is because of the players around him.Ronaldo has no great players around him. He has good players but not great players.look at this, David Villa compaired to Higuian, Villa wins. Xavi compaired to Xabi Alonso,Xavi wins. Iniesta compaired to Ozil, Iniesta wins. Barcelona’s centerbacks are also better, leftback is also better. Yes Barcelona is the best team in the world because of all the great footballers they have in their squad. But CR7 is #1 in the world and mourinho is also

  • rico

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    Ok look I just read all of the post and im surprised to how many real Madrid fans there are to agree with me about the officials siding with barcelona, it happens every single year and someone needs to fix it. Chelsea, Inter almost with the SERGIO BUSQUET STUPID DIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That’s for all of u Ronaldo diving haters. And then with real Madrid this last year sending off Pepe early. The problem is either the refs favor Barcelona or the refs hate mourinho.

    FORÇA PORTUGAL

  • bida ..

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    barca sucks.!!!

  • Zeeshan Ali

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    i am a fan of of Ronaldo he is a great guy and i am confident that ronaldo and mourinho wrid
    ill bring the la liga and other cup, he should be confident about his team and to get kaka back into the team and ronaldo should not leave real madrid.

  • derek

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    fair comments. I don’t think anyone can argue that Barca influence the referee decisions

  • cynthia

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    i think mourinho and ronaldo are sore losers.they should accept that barca is better and stop being jealous

  • brandan

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    guys u know what!
    i think mourinho and ronaldo make good life partners. Their ass’s are burnning like hell.

  • charlie

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    barca sucks

  • Ben

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    You all are silly, no nothing mental midgets. Everyone complains about the Refs when they lose. And Barca is not my favorite team, but if you think they suck then you obviously do not know anything about football.

  • steven

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    i agree with cynthia go barca 😀

  • barcafan

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    i think mourinho always get advantage 4rm referees remember diego milito third goal in italy vs barca,bojan disallowed goal,paul scholes disallowed porto vs man U

  • charger

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    each time those guys think of barca lots of asprins are in hell………….barca u raised me up to malk on mountains and stormy seas which only Christ had ever done

  • Asgando

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    Ronaldo is a great player,which he’s not going to be compere with any one.he play as a good player and he is unstoppable to every one.Love u C.r.7 love u as my best footballer.

  • ferrari

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    let me see..mourinho was with chelsea then inter nd now real still he complains about the same issue teach your donkeys how to win matches dum ass

  • Ferguson

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    Mourinho and Ronaldo are a joke. Yes, there have been times when Barca seems to get the nod, but did ANYONE see Marcelo’s actions in this game???

    Or Pepe’s in the last match???

    Mourinho coaches thug tactics when his team is done. Did it in Italy and is doing it in Madrid.

    Complete classless act.

    To blame the Super outcome on Barca getting special treatment when a 5-year-old can watch the video and see the disgraceful way RM was playing is a joke.

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