Athletico Madrid vs Fulham [Europa League Final]

[shayan20]

in CL they had the old coach who sucked big time. with Quique coming in they have played so much better, specially defensively he fixed them. very smart coach because once you fix defensive problems of atletico you can always win games since their attacking players will always find a goal or two.
Fulham deserved to be in the final no doubt but their real quality was shown in the final, they were simply outclassed even with zamora on who isn't such a big deal anyway, he was in perea's pockets the whole time
what bothers me with EPL teams is that they come to a final and instead of playing their attacking game(which they can do well) as they showed against juve at home, they play so conservatively and cautious that makes them look so poor and in the end they lose. so why not give it a try and be more risky YOU HAVE MORE CHANCE OF WINNING when you attack!

[elnino99]

fulham shoulda lost to juve...they got lucky in the 2nd leg cuz juve had 3rd string keeper that never plays, bunch of key players injured and missing AND they went down to 10 men....it was actually 1-1 when before they got red carded...so after that is when they got charged up to score 3 more....


in any case, athletico is the much better team with better players...so they got what they deserve

because they showed spirit and came back from a 4-1 deficit

wow, Ekbatan, you hate for the British and EPL is too much at times...and going down to 10 men ain't luck by anymeans, they made a good attack which forced Cannavaro to take a risk and make a tackle which didn't work out

how the hell is it luck

gotta love how EPL is hated


actually I ain't surprised you said it,.... a few days ago you said Valdez has been a better keeper than Casillas over the course of their careers , should've sigged that

[EKBATAN]

fulham shoulda lost to juve...they got lucky in the 2nd leg cuz juve had 3rd string keeper that never plays, bunch of key players injured and missing AND they went down to 10 men....it was actually 1-1 when before they got red carded...so after that is when they got charged up to score 3 more....


in any case, athletico is the much better team with better players...so they got what they deserve

[elnino99]

well this is the fulham everyone was talking about!!?

atletico walked all over them. could have been 3-4 goals to atletico really.
attacking wise fulham had nothing. on the other hand atletico looked like scoring everytime they attacked, it was a victory for football.
forlan is a big match player.
Congratz Atletico! How amazing Atletico will probably win the Copa del rey as well, so they will get the double, but Real that spent millions will get nothiiiingg.

I hope you know Fulham's best striekr limped off after 55 minutes...

also, Athletico had 2 wins in regular time in entire European Competitions this year, both in CL and EL...they qualified to EL from CL because of away goal scored in Cyprus, then in EL, they made the final all the rounds because of Away goal. hardly worthy of champions.

Aguero is probably worth the entire Fulham squad alone, give Fulham some credit. Forlan-Kun-Simao and Reyes are all class players which are difficult to contain.

Fulham had their chance to score the second in the first 30 minutes of second half when they dominated, they didn't and lost as a result of counter-attack.

Athletico were very lucky with ref decisions before making the final too, 2 penalties on David Villa not given, Benayoun's onside goal in Spain disallowed, their first goal last night was suspect.

....but yea last night, Athletico played better

[HuSsAiN]

Totally agree.
Watch fulham was like watching paint dry, they don't even have one player who can dribble, they are the stoke / N. Korea of europe.

well, i disagree.

Fulham play neat,attractive football at times, with duff and davies cutting inside, and gera with all these one touch passing. It was evident yesterday, but in second-half, their MAIN striker(Zamora) was taken off. In first half, he played with alot of pain, and was flicking on headers and causing Atletico problems..

What im trying to say, is that if Zamora was fit, and stayed on, it could have been different. In the end of day, he wasn't, and Forlan was the difference.

Atletico DESERVED it, no doubt, but Fulham should be proud of themselves for what they have achieved..

they don't have one player who can dribble?? Duff? Davies? they are not bad with the ball.. besides, since when did Football just be 'about skill' ?? Forlans goals were, nothing, more than goalcorer tap-ins, but they are goals. You don't need 'skills' everytime, you just need a work-rate, disclipined and take your chanes when you can. Fulham did that vs Basle,Roma,Wolfsburg, Juventus, Hamburg... however, last-night, atletico was a different level.

Fulham can be proud of themselves.. Repect to Roy Hudgson and his boys

[roy]

well this is the fulham everyone was talking about!!?

atletico walked all over them. could have been 3-4 goals to atletico really.
attacking wise fulham had nothing. on the other hand atletico looked like scoring everytime they attacked, it was a victory for football.
forlan is a big match player.
Congratz Atletico! How amazing Atletico will probably win the Copa del rey as well, so they will get the double, but Real that spent millions will get nothiiiingg.

Totally agree.

Watch fulham was like watching paint dry, they don't even have one player who can dribble, they are the stoke / N. Korea of europe.

[shayan20]

well this is the fulham everyone was talking about!!?

atletico walked all over them. could have been 3-4 goals to atletico really.
attacking wise fulham had nothing. on the other hand atletico looked like scoring everytime they attacked, it was a victory for football.
forlan is a big match player.
Congratz Atletico! How amazing Atletico will probably win the Copa del rey as well, so they will get the double, but Real that spent millions will get nothiiiingg.

[Kaveh Ahangar]

Fulham dominated in the second half and had the momentum to win the game. They were robbed.

[radin119]

its atletico not athletico is it really that hard?

[HuSsAiN]

Athletico were deserved winners at the end. Aguero and Forlan caused too much problems with their trickery and movement.

Fulham have had a great run, no doubt about that, but they just got beaten by a very good side.. Fulham missed Zamoras physical presence in second half. Nevland was struggling big time.

[roy]

Congratulations to athletico, well deserved on & off the pitch, they never got half the attention Fulham had from the media & everyone but they showed it on the pitch.

Lots of respect to Roy Hodgson for his amazing job with his players (even though Duff still can't cross ) & hat off to Mark Shwartzer who in my eyes carried that team for most of the tournament.

Bayen v inter next week then let the party begin.

Forza Argentina

[EKBATAN]

haha glad no english teams got anything this year now people can stop talking

[Ali]

wow the trophy is so ugly. cant believe how bad it looks

[Ali]

atletico wins
so no debate on whether we can say ando won europa league or not lol

[Ali]

wow Kun just missed a great chance from 1 meter lol. i dont miss those