Barca - Inter 28 Apr 2008

Kept my fingers crossed for Inter in the Champion League semifinal. The last minutes were thrilling.

Looking forward to see them in the final.

Small Julio Cesar picspam.

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It's still hard to write about this. It's still unbelievable. It's just something which shouldn't have happened.

But it did.

Nobody on the board survived. In the crash died President of Poland, his wife, members of the cabinet, MPs, officials, military officers. They were on the way to mark the 70th anniversary of the Katyń massacre.

Yesterday, before the Gran Derbi match, the players of Real Madrid and FC Barcelona paid a respect for those who died in the plane crash near Smoleńsk. It was a kind gesture.

Paulo Ferreira picspam

Paulo Ferreira picspam. Made for Monica.

Arsenal - Barca 2:2 31 Mar 2010

What a match! Great to watch for every football fan, but for a goalkeepers fan it was even better. So many stunning saves of Manuel Almunia! Although he was not able to stop Ibrahimovic, who eventually scored two goals for Barcelona, it doesn't changes the fact that thanks to his excellent performance Arsenal didn't lose any goals in the first half.



In the first fifteen minutes of the game he saved two very dangerous shots. It was his evening, no doubt.



He was invincible in the first half. However, at the very beginning of the second Ibrahimovic scored his first goal.





Almunia reacts after a lost goal



According to ESPN stats Manuel Almunia made 8 saves in the game. That's a lot!

On the opposide side of the pitch Valdes made only 1 save. Seemed to be a bit late when Theo Walcott scored the first goal. He also had to face a penalty. Was without a chance to stop it. Fabregas shot was perfect.







Puyol and Bendtner, Valdes in the distance



Theo Walcott scores



Victor Valdes reacts after Puyol is shown a red card





Cesc Fabregas scores a penalty which gives Arsenal a 2:2 draw in the last minutes of the game