Summer Mercato 2010

Originally Posted by shegs1157

There's no player that deserves ballon d'or more than Messi. He was the most consistent in 2009/2010 and he shown in all the big matches except the semi-final against bus/plane parkers F.C., inter. And who can blame him? When you come up against a bunch of thugs who can't string together 5 consecutive passes over the course of 180 minutes, whose real intent is to bore everyone with ultra-negative football and stop the game from flowing, how can you play well?
So credit as to go to Messi.

those "thugs" just won the treble. Why string 5 consecutive passes when 2 will do?

Originally Posted by Xudong

Am I the only one here that thinks Mourinho is being (at least slightly) disrespectful to Inter, Moratti, and their fans for announcing that he would coach Real Madrid right after their victory and for staying in Madrid instead of returning to Milano together with the team?

He is being a bit of a coward, he just barely won the scudetto and there was element of luck in them winning the coppa and the CL. I think he is leaving on a high note, he probably can't handle the stress of another season in Italy. Winning the treble was more due to the quality of a few individuals like Millito, Sneider, Maicon than his coaching skills. What he did right and what mattered most was putting together a balanced team and getting one or two important players to complete the team.