There's really only a few things to say about that game:
1. How awful, tentative, and flat-out scared Bayern Munich played for the first 40 minutes of the game. They were down 3-0 (4-2 aggregate), and deserved to be.
2. Sir Alex Ferguson, Knighted or not, is full of shit: "Young boy, bit of inexperience. They got him sent off. Everyone sprinted towards the referee -- typical Germans. You cannot dispute that, they are like that." Sir Alex is defending his young right back Rafael, but let's be honest--no one got Rafael sent off but Rafael. He committed two egregious Yellow Card worthy fouls, miles from his own goal, for no good reason, and both seemed born out of petulance. You get knocked over, and lash out a leg to trip the guy who knocked you over? Yellow Card. You get beaten off the dribble, and in response, reach out, and pull the guy's arm back in full view of everyone? Yellow Card. And tough shit if you are a dummy and that's your second. Hit the bricks.
3. Don't know how long this video will be around, but there will be other versions (possibly ones featuring commentary instead of Blur (though I have no complaints about Blur)). (Update: New version now, with commentary) This was the game-winner, and a more stunning and more technically impressive goal you will not see any time soon. It is hard to strike a ball this well when it is rolling slowly to you, nice and perfect. Catching it out of the air, on a high arc, and stroking it like this? Very few folks in the world would try this, much less make it a designed play, much much less deliver with a result. Enjoy:
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Oh, yeah, Sir Alex. You lost on a dead ball. Don't blame the red card--blame the fact that your team had oodles of time to get their defense set and left Arjen Robben all alone.
Fucking baby.
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