2 away goals by any team is a huge accomplishment in the 16. Hell of a job by Dort.
Man U did play poorly but man oh man like I said for fans of good goalkeeping such as myself you had to take your hat off to de Gea for playing out of his mind including saving an own goal. Its not common place to have spectacular goalkeeping so when it happens it puts me in awe. Im not sure if the casual football fan understands how difficult of a position it is and how much talent is involved. de Gea put on a show.
And again Ronaldo as talented as fuck as that guy is his cockiness on free kicks sometimes gets the best of him. I understand that he is the rare breed that can nail the ball and pick corners from nearly anywhere on the field on spot balls but reeeeaaaaally now. Sometimes you gotta pinch balls in and let your team try to pick em out of the air rather than simply go for the strike on goal. Ronaldo is a cocky fucker...I wish he wasn't so fucking talented though. I feel guilty for hating him so much. I still crucify him for being the Sid Crosby of football even though his diving addictions are long gone.
De Gea truly played well. I too have been one to be a bit over-critical of him, but it isnt like he was having all these clean sheets...
I am glad he was really on point. He made some amazing saves and it was easily a Man of the Match performance. I too played goalie (although far from my best position) and that finger-tip save far post? That was amazing. Wont hear me talking about the overrated De Gea from me anymore.
Ah Ronaldo... Love em or hate em, your eyes are always on em. That header he had was nothing short of masterful. I agree with the arrogance and such as well, but as he gets older that has improved. He did not celebrate the goal out of respect to ManU. Went out of his way to shake hands with Rafael (after he basically pissed on him the whole match) and Evra (who was their best D man). And I do agree with the free kicks, but he sure wasnt far off... That was what, a 40 meter kick, yeah? Scary...
I think ManU should be stoked they got outta there as light as they did. It felt like the Madrid Show. Although they did play the turtle well, I personally hate it and you could see ManU turtling that away goal up at like the 60-65th minute.
But every game so far has been nothing short of entertaining. Valencia have a real shot of upsetting PSG (is Beckham suppose to play in Paris?) if their goaltender doesnt suck as hard as he did vs PSG. Ibrahimovic wont be in the line up with his card. I would love to see Valencia smack em.
I would also recommend watching the next Dort v Shak. Shak has always been UEFA quality but they are down-right scary now. Their brazilian forwards are the scariest kind of forwards... They rush to the dmen, then they rush right past em. While not as bi an upset as Valencia would be, Dort could be in a bit of trouble.
