Comments on: Score Five and Lose

By: Nelson

Nelson — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:12:09 +0000

Jardel was one of the best strikers of his generation, troubled but brilliant. Best header of the ball I’ve ever seen

By: Fabricio Presilli

Fabricio Presilli — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:00:42 +0000

William,
Sorry for the delay, Jardel is the same one from Porto, before dazzling San Siro he was a top player in Grêmio. And that Grêmio squad was coached by Mr. Scolari, if I am not mistaken against Mr. Luxemburgo. Yeah, great games with Rivaldo, Jardel, Djalminha and other on the field.

By: Steven Jones

Steven Jones — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:12:20 +0000

Beckham came off the bench that night and scored twice, one was a freekick – ended up winning us the game on the night.

I still blame Barthez for getting beat at his near post for Ronaldo’s first goal though, a top keeper would have saved it.

By: William Heaney

William Heaney — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:51:29 +0000

Steven, glad you enjoyed the article. For sheer excitement, still possibly the best game of football I’ve been to.

It must be a strange feeling for any player to have made such a significant personal contribution (3 or 4 goals), and still end up on the losing side.

I remember the Real-United tie. Did Beckham come off the bench that night and score a free-kick?

By: Steven Jones

Steven Jones — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:43:03 +0000

William,

Just got round to actually reading it as I’ve been so busy with the new site and some of my own articles.

A great read, love the nostalgia and it feels like one of those U10 game’s from when I was younger.

One game that always stood out for me was (as a Man Utd fan) at Old Trafford in 2003 where Man Utd beat Real Madrid 4-3 but went out of European Cup 6-5 overall. Ronaldo scoring a hat-trick (and an excellent one at that) and still ending up on the losing side on the night. Obviously it didn’t matter overall but on the night he would have expected to have done enough to have won the game!

By: William Heaney

William Heaney — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:44:42 +0000

Fabricio, thanks for your comment. I was a kid when I attended this match and couldn’t believe what I was seeing. 5-4 is not a scoreline you expect at that level of football.

I wasn’t aware of the Gremio-Palmeiras tie. I’ve just read a couple of articles on the matches and Jardel was mentioned. Is this the same player who nearly moved to Rangers and went onto play for FC Porto?

By: Fabricio

Fabricio — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:16:26 +0000

I loved this story. Something similar happened here in Brazil in the early 90′s. Grêmio and Palmeiras had a tough rivalry, 5 to nothing for Grêmio in the first match than 5 to 1 for Palmeiras in the replay” Great psysical games!