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Did I Just See That… Even managers are diving

Ash — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:34:23 +0000

With all this ridiculous talk about diving (you know it’s not a new problem) here at In The Stands we spotted some footage that shows even a manager has started diving.

As you can see David Moyes says to the ref he dived following a tackle from Wigan’s Thomas but after facing a similar challenge from Mascherano Bolton’s Gary Megson still remains standing.

What should UEFA do about this? Well he’s clearly tried to con the referee and the ref didn’t take action, so lets ban him for two matches. Ridiculous…

Did i just see that?… AC vs Inter with added flare

Ash — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:31:43 +0000

I remember a few years back sitting at home watching this Champions League quarter-final between AC and Inter Milan (I was praying for someone to be knocked out on the away goals rule), but soon after AC took a 4-0 lead on aggregate the Inter fans threw hundreds of flares onto the field which truly had me amazed.

Inter Milan vs AC Milan incident CN 1969
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In England we rarely see anything flare or hooligan related any more in football. A couple of years ago a Man Utd fan threw a flare onto the pitch at St Mary’s (Southampton) and he was subsequently banned from attending United matches. That’s why this incident in Italy had me truly stunned.

Fans had carefully orchestrated this display with the intention of getting the match abandoned if it was not going in Inter’s favour. AC took a 3-0 lead from the first leg and it was when Inter fans realised the match was beyond them, pandemonium ensued.

The referee tried to continue the match after Dida got hit by a flare with Abbiati going in net, but the flares did not stop and the match had to be abandoned.

Truly amazing…

Did I just see that?.. cheeky Totti penalty

Shaw — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:24:05 +0000

Let me paint the picture: Roma are 1-0 down to Lecce; a penalty is conceded and team captain and club penalty taker Totti steps up, to draw it even.

…..Well played, the look on his face is priceless.

Did I Just See That?.. Yoann Gourcuff Wondergoal

Ash — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:42:45 +0000

This weeks ‘Did I Just See That?’ in case you didn’t catch it before, is Bordeaux’s Yoann Gourcuff scoring quite possibly the best goal of last year with an absolute screamer against Paris St-Germain.

Great feet to take it past one man, then again for another before drilling it bottom corner past the keeper. Truly stunning…

Did i just see that?…Andrés Vasquez

Mark — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:21:10 +0000

Andrés Vasquez scored this remarkable goal, a rabona kick from outside the penalty area, which is seen by most experts as a candidate for the best goal of the year in Sweden (07).

What a way to score your first goal for your club

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Did i just see that? … Dossena scoring against Europes elite

Ash — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:10:31 +0000

Liverpool bench-warmer Andrea Dossena got cameo roles in the Merseyside club’s games against Real Madrid and Manchester United. He made the most of his game time chipping in with two goals, with the latter particularly special. He certainly shocked us all with these.

Here is his goal against Real Madrid

Here is his goal against Manchester United (in a match we will never bring up ever again)

Did i just see that? … Dimitar Berbatov vs West Ham

Ash — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:31:26 +0000

Here is a new weekly post where we will post something that makes us think, did we actually just see that.

This week I have picked Dimitar Berbatov’s assist against West Ham. Its probably the best thing he did all year, £30.75 million well spent if you ask me…