Hi all, I was at the game in OT on Wed night and if anyone thought it looked boring, it wasn't. The atmosphere in Manchester before the game was excellent and the Milan fans won the battle of the fans easily, the atmosphere they created was fantastic. But when the game went into extra time they were totally shown up by the Juventus fans who sang for the whole 30 mins to the silent Milan fans.
Two things became obvious though. 1 - NOTHING replaces watching United. Although I enjoyed the game and thought it was exciting for 2 Italian sides with some brilliant defending, I could not help thinking that we'd have created about twice as many chances as both put together and Ruud would have bagged a hat trick on the night. Oh, and we would have beaten wither side. I'm not being arrogant saying that. We would have, simple as that. 2 - You cannot keep the reds down. I was in North Stand tier 3 sitting on the East Stand side of the ground. While there was a lot of Milanese & Juve fans, there was quite a few Reds. The guy with me was a Red and when the game got stale on 2 or 3 occasions, Country Roads, We are the Manchester Boys and My Old Man got an airing. It was brilliant that at a CL final not involving us, we still had an impact. There was one Red in front of me with his mother and whenever the Milan fans sang "you'll never walk alone", he booed. The Milan fans around him didn't like it, but we knew why he was booing. Later that night we went into the city centre & the atmosphere was excellent. But yet again one f***ing Arsenal fan spoiled it. He was pissed out of his mind in a chipper called Dave's fried chicken or something like that. He was spoling for a fight big time, moaning about "Henry is better than Ruud Van Diver" and saying "any Mancs give you hassle we'll sort them". He deserved a kick where it hurts, but why spoil a party atmosphere on a complete & utter Arsenal w*nker? A couple of Scousers walked by in Liverpool shirts & they gave no grief. Says it all really. All in all though a great night. A Credit to both Manchester & Manchester United. __________________________________________________ "At the end if the night the cup will be 6 feet from you. Lose & you can't even touch it" - Alex Ferguson 26/5/99 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get a FREE REFINANCE QUOTE - click here! http://us.click.yahoo.com/2CXtTB/ca0FAA/ySSFAA/GtUolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Subscription info WWW http://red11.org/list Reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] = subscribe to the list. [EMAIL PROTECTED] = unsubscribe from the list. Post message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
