Messi is better and we handled him last season
Bring em on
Bring em on
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
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do we really want to tempt fate? 
Last time we played them pre season - albiet- he looked a threat and he'll be so again. Hopefully we'll have enough for them
Last time we played them pre season - albiet- he looked a threat and he'll be so again. Hopefully we'll have enough for them
Look at just the last two seasons, I think that alone speaks volume on how Vidic and Rio are pairing together, they both out muscled good attracking pairs.
Vidic himself is a monster in his own rights, man on fire I say!
Laughable.
Messi in his first game after tearing a muscle was just about handled fair enough so if Zlatan is out for 6-7 weeks and has just returned to training i'm sure you will handle him with about the same ease as you handled Messi.
Nah I see a thriller in the first half of the leg were we beat them 2-1 and a 0-0 at Old Trafford
Drogba on form is an absolute nightmare for any defence, and that even when he's opperating alone upfront.
Carragher and co handled Zlatan quite nicely over 2 games last season, or had he come off an injury when they played Liverpool? Zlatan will be the biggest threat but I think Rio and Vidic can do what Carragher and co did against him.
I think Mascherano did the job on him.
It didn't help that Inter had a player sent-off which further isolated him with the ensuing substitutions.
2 games inter played with 10 men.
Ibrahimovic had a hole in his knee. That was the last game he played until the last game of the season i think.
yeah, they had a player less, but he still failed to make any sort of impact. that sort of performance can't be excused by being marked or having a player sent off. The very best more often than not make their presence felt despite any setbacks their team might have had. Zlatan didn't make such an impact. I'm not saying he won't show up again when they play us as I think he's a great player and will be the biggest threat for us, but that's what happened against Liverpool and I expect Vidic and Rio to handle him.
He missed 2 guilt edge chances.
But he also set up INters best chance with a wonderful reverse pass to Cruz. But Cruz missed and Zlatans shit...
that might explain his shit performance against Liverpool, although Ronaldo played with an ankle that required operation last season, that didn't stop him banging in 42 goals though....
so he missed two good chances while making one chance, therefore he was great against Liverpool?
In what game did you see Drogba physically trouble Vidic?
Be that as it may his ankle injury didn't stop him playing. Ibra played 45mins of football that season after the liverpool game and could barely manage a full game in the euros.
so he missed two good chances while making one chance, therefore he was great against Liverpool?
Yeah that's what i said...
and Ibra's injury stopped him from playing against Liverpool?
Inter were knocked out of the CL and were never gonna lose the title, there was no need to make him play, whereas Ronaldo kept us in the league and the CL and neither trophies were a done deal, so he had to carry on playing with an injured ankle, the margins with which we won the league and the CL illustrate this point.To be fair its not right to judge Ibra on the game against Liverpool as he had no support, no nothing due to the 10 men (farsicle decision btw). We will see what he's made of in these matches, he is a different player under Mourinho for sure and is confident which will spell trouble for any defence - but IMO Vidic can handle him as he won't give him time to do anything and will beast him in the air as we know.
and Ibra's injury stopped him from playing against Liverpool?
Wrong again, Ibra returned for 45mins in the final game of the season because despite the lead they had it was down to the last game. 0-0 at half time so Ibra comes back early from his injury to score 2 goals to seccure the title.
From what i have seen of him, hes a class act. Best player in Italy.
Needs to step up in the Champions League though.
Needs to step up in the Champions League though.
That is the measure of a big game player.
doesn't change the fact that he was still shit against Liverpool, the injury does explain his poor showing against Liverpool but then again Ronaldo played with an injured ankle and didn't even take some time off to let it get better like Zlatan and still produced the goods. Inter had the luxury to let their best player take some time off to help his injury. Anyways, there's no point in going on about this, I rate him and think he'll be the biggest threat to us just as Messi was when we played Barca last season, but we're capable of containing him just as we did against Messi, Eto'o and co.
Yeah knee injurys tend to do that to a player, you tend need time off if you are suffering a chronic knee injury.
It was no luxury either, he had a hole in his knee. He has suffered knee problems in the past and i think the knee is easily the last place as an athlete you want to have problems.
It's pretty embarassing writing Zlatan off in big games.
He doesn't have to score, he can make that little back-heel flip to win the game in seconds.
I hope the atmosphere at OT will be electric, Zlatan may want to come
He doesn't have to score, he can make that little back-heel flip to win the game in seconds.
I hope the atmosphere at OT will be electric, Zlatan may want to come
Dont be daft Jacob, Zlatan is already getting comfortable in Vidic and Rios pockets before a ball is even kicked. Just like Messi was in Evras/parks/anyone in red. They sleep like mice in a drawer these players.
Here's an example of how he can use a few inches:
If anyone can deal with Ibrahimovic, it's Ferdinand.
There aren't many players in the game who can hit a ball as pure as him. His goal at the weekend was so sweetly hit.
Eric had an arrogance loved by most United fans and hated by other teams supporters, many times his arrogance brought a smile to my face
Never made it big with France for various reasons, but was a great player and personality for United.
You could almost be describing him
The trick to stopping Zlatan is making sure he doesn't get any quality passes. He can't be bothered chasing poorly hit balls.
We can worry about their one player, and they can worry about four or five of ours.
He is the most overated player on the planet.
I'm pleased at the chance to see the fecker play in the flesh, because he is magical.
Did you read these boards after the Liverpool Inter tie last year.
People dont watch the Italian league on here, the Ukers anyway. They are basing their opinions on youtube videos all of the time. Maicon is suddenly all of a sudden the best fullback in the world. Maicon? Same time last season, I hadent even heard of him.
They are both good players, but overated on here.
Cambiasso is their best player.
So because you hadn't heard of him, means he can't be any good?
He was the best right back in the world on last season's form and carried that into this season.
So because you hadn't heard of him, means he can't be any good?
He was the best right back in the world on last season's form and carried that into this season.
I would have certainly have known if he was amongst the best full backs in the game.
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