Benfica Away

[Quim]

I still play footy in me Madelaine McCann tshirt

 

[mrb85]

That was a very bad night for all Evertonians but looking back now it's not all all surprising that it happened. Coleman was a young kid who'd barely played at professional level and he had Pablo Aimar running at him at all night. Must have been his nightmare come to life. I think Hibbert had to go centre-half as well because Yobo bitched out.

The main thing that stunk that night was Moyes f*cking off down the tunnel straight away after the final whistle, not bothering to go over and thank the fans for spending all that money to go over and support the side. Ungrateful arsewipe.

Wasn't really a bad night. It didn't matter that we lost so heavily since it was only in the league stage of the competition. 5-0, 1-0, 10-0, it didn't matter -- unlike our second trip to Lisbon that season.........now that was a nightmare!

 

[BiggyRat]

Was Jo on?

 

[SteKelly]

look how ****e fellaini was for the 2nd goal

 

[USAtoffee12]

There were literally no wide players in that side, or our side in generally to be honest. Bit shocking that we spent years and years playing Cahill, Ossie, and Arteta amongst others as our wingers and brought nobody in bar Billy.

 

[Brennan]

There were literally no wide players in that side, or our side in generally to be honest. Bit shocking that we spent years and years playing Cahill, Ossie, and Arteta amongst others as our wingers and brought nobody in bar Billy.

In a way we were sort of ahead of the curve, as the growing trend nowadays is for a striker with three attack minded midfielders behind him. Traditional wingers are a dying breed, certainly in the Premier League.

 

[USAtoffee12]

In a way we were sort of ahead of the curve, as the growing trend nowadays is for a striker with three attack minded midfielders behind him. Traditional wingers are a dying breed, certainly in the Premier League.

I suppose your right, though you definitely don't want those attacking players to be Jack Rodwell and Dan Gosling. Thankfully, Moyes smarted up the last few years here and brought back Pienaar and got Mirallas in.

 

[barneygumble]

Sporting was deffo more depressing that Benfica.

Benfica had no pressure, and we had 11 men out, so we all kind of expected a thumping.

Sporting, we were coasting easily through until Distin decided to chase that Liedson the whole length of the pitch, before whipping him up in the area like a mong, making our task a nightmare, i don't think many people expected us to go through going into it, and Moyes played a stinker, and tried to sit back on it, when they went 1-0 up, it was curtains.

I remember that we were going to get the winners of Atletíco and Galatasaray if we went through, so me and the arl fella thought we'd jump the gun, and book our flights to Madrid, and sat and watched Diego Forlan score a 119th minute winner and send them through, then Everton messed up! F OFF MOYES

 

[BadWool76]

That was one soaked in ale, didn't sleep for two days hellraising trip. Had everything a European away should have, having my pockets dipped, watching my best mate get bitch slapped by some fat brass, losing the keys for the hotel room twice, meeting Graham Stuart outside the ground and boring him to death about the Wimbledon game, puking up on the underground and getting arrested and detained with zip ties only to be freed by some random Austrian with a craft knife. Please oh please let there be more

 

[Eggs]

I know they all gave us a hiding but I remember Di Maria in particular giving us the run around, every time I see him mentioned for Madrid now it always reminds me of the Benfica drubbing.

...it was a great trip, but as you say Di Maria was outstanding for them. We didn't get a kick but it was a weakened, unbalanced team so I'm sure we would fare better now.

 

[Muggins]

Everton, with 11 players unavailable, struggled and Benfica goalkeeper Julio Cesar did not have a save to make.

Regularly outmanoeuvred in midfield and frequently embarrassed in defence, the closest Everton came to a goal was when substitute Louis Saha hit the outside of the post having been released by Jo.

Toffees manager David Moyes had not had an easy build-up for his team's trip to Lisbon's Estadio da Luz and his injury worries increased when Leighton Baines joined the list of absentees.

It meant an entire team was unavailable - nine out injured and two Cup-tied in Johnny Heitinga and Lucas Neill - so Moyes had a threadbare, inexperienced squad at his disposal.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/8318447.stm

That BBC link shows us as 68% possession for that 5-0 loss. Haha.

 

[Shaun4658]

Great trip, awful result.

Couldn't agree more. I had a ball, until the match.

Was on bed for 11 or 12 that night, totally depressed with how we played. We were turgid.

Think our current team would give that benfica side a rattle.


Reason for edit: benfica not beneficial

 

[Shaun4658]

Couldn't agree more. I had a ball, until the match.

Was on bed for 11 or 12 that night, totally depressed with how we played. We were turgid.

Think our current team would give that benfica side a rattle.


Reason for edit: benfica not beneficial

Just gonna correct my own whopping mistake. I'm thinking of the sporting game. I was def at that (I think).

 

[mrb85]

Sporting was deffo more depressing that Benfica.


Sporting, we were coasting easily through until Distin decided to chase that Liedson the whole length of the pitch, before whipping him up in the area like a mong, making our task a nightmare, i don't think many people expected us to go through going into it, and Moyes played a stinker, and tried to sit back on it, when they went 1-0 up, it was curtains.

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Just as much Rodwell's fault that one. We were coasting at 2-0 with not long to go then he hits a 30 yard backward pass to a surprised Distin which he had to try and collect at waist height with a SL forward right on top of him.

 

[Seamus Colemole]

Just as much Rodwell's fault that one. We were coasting at 2-0 with not long to go then he hits a 30 yard backward pass to a surprised Distin which he had to try and collect at waist height with a SL forward right on top of him.

We we're definitely at a disadvantage taking a 2-1 lead into the second leg.........