UEFA Champions League Final - FC Porto .vs AS Monaco

[nagger]

Well it's that time of the year for the greatest club final in the world the UEFA Champions League.

The selected players are:


FC PORTO:

Goalkeepers: Vítor Baía and Nuno;

Defenders: Jorge Costa, Nuno Valente, Paulo Ferreira, Pedro Emanuel, Ricardo Costa, Ricardo Carvalho and Secretário;

Midfielders: Alenitchev, Bosingwa, Carlos Alberto, Costinha, Deco, Maniche, Pedro Mendes and Ricardo Fernandes;

Forwards: Derlei, Jankauskas and McCarthy

Coach: José Mourinho


AS MONACO:

Goalkeepers:

Defenders:

Midfielders:

Forwards:

Coach: Didier Deschamps

(NOTE: as of Monday AS Monaco hasn't released the names of the players selected to play in the final, I'll update with the names when the final list is released, meanwhile you can check their squad on AS Monaco's official website)


The referee for the match is Denmark's Kim Milton Nielsen. In an all-Danish refereeing team, the assistant referees will be Jens Larsen and Jørgen Jepsen, while the fourth official will be Knud Erik Fisker.



OFFICIAL FINAL WEBSITE

Link

FC Porto's Official Website

Link

AS Monaco's Official Website

Link


I'll be updating this info throughout the week

 

[nagger]

Probable teams:

AS Monaco FC: F. Roma, H. Ibarra, J. Rodriguez, G. Givet-Viaros, P. Evra, E. Cissé, L. Bernardi, V. Zikos, J. Rothen, L. Giuly, F. Morientes.
Subs: S. Adebayor, S. Nonda, J. Plasil, D. Prso, H. El-Fakiri, S. Squillaci, T. Sylva

FC Porto: Vítor Baía, Paulo Ferreira, Jorge Costa, Ricardo Carvalho, Nuno Valente, Costinha, Pedro Mendes, Maniche, Deco, Carlos Alberto, Derlei.
Subs: D. Alenichev, B. McCarthy, E. Jankauskas, Bosingwa, Carlos Secretario, Pedro Emanuel, Nuno

 

[nagger]

With less than 2 hours to go FC Porto has arrived at the Arena AufSchalke and will check the state of the pitch in a little while.

 

[andylawcc]

IIRC ESPN2 is not showing this game

 

[andylawcc]

http://sports.yahoo.com/sow

 

[BullsOnParade]

wow, probably wasn't worth watching with that result.

 

[ndee]

Whatta fvckin' lame game. Bleh. That has to be the worst final ever. Did Monaco ever had a serious chance for a goal? No. And Porto? They just had a tuff defense and only played on counterattack. Bleh. Whatta shame that Monaco lost.
And after the game, the Porto coached didn't look happy at all.

And BTW, the Refs sucked majorly, they called about 5 offsides wrong. Dumbasses.