The day your fav team/player disappointed you

[darth vader]

great disappointments... there is a lot of them...

my club: benfica:
- champions cup final in 88, when we lose it for PSV on PK...
- cup winners cup (the extinct C2) semi final in 94 that we lose (home victory 2-1, and we lose the second leg 0-1 on the last 8 minutes) against parme. we had a wonderful team and played very entertaining football, with players like Yuran, Rui Costa, João Pinto, Isaías, schwarz... and on the first leg, when the result was already 2-1, we missed a penalty kick...
- when the president fired the coach toni, who had just won the league and reached the semi-final a talked above, to hire artur jorge (who did a awful work, by the way...)

my NT: france:
- world cup semi final in 82 (i was 8 years old, but i remember, it was a national tragedy though) against germany... we were winning 3-1 in the extra time... then germany scored 2 times and won on PK
- the 94 world cup qualifying. we lost it on the very last minute of the last game against bulgary (great goal by Kostadinov ) ... we had some wonderful players then: cantona, ginola, papin, deschamps...
- the 2002 world cup... what a waste...
- of course, this last world cup final that we lost on PK against italy... i am still sad...

disappointments of favourite players:
- of course the zidane headbutt......................
- when papin left marseille (my second favourite club) to milan in 1991 or 92 (?)


this thread is so relevant, because i think that what shows and proves to ourselves (and to others) how much we like/love football is more how much we are sad when we lose rather than how much we are happy when we win

 

[ANTONIO_ORTEGA]

When my favorite national team Mexico was in the round of 16 in the 1998 world cup and they were winning Germany 1-0 then out of nowhere Klinsmann to tie it, and then bierhoff scores to give Germany the lead in the 85th minute.They went on to win us in the game. U was so sad.
The same thing at the 2002 world cup were Mexico lost to U.S.A 2-0. They din't play good at all in that game. No heart either. There are many more things but it is too hard for me to reminse. :boohoo:

 

[1966+2006]

yeah this is a pretty depressing thread...

 

[MaestroZidane]

Istanbul, one word says it all. I still believe some Liverpool fan sold his soul and that of his children to the devil at half time though, there is no other explanation.

 

[Solo Inter]

told this before but...

traveled from Texas to see my beloved Inter...and my (then) all time favorite player Ronaldo

2002 CL qualifier - Inter vs Sporting Lisbon

I had been traveling and out of the loop

had to learn while sitting in the San Siro for the first time from some Italian dude who barely spoke english...

"RONALDO GO TO REAL MADRID"

I was crushed...

then I started to see the banners aroung the stadium "Ronaldo un Bastardino"...and such

 

[1966+2006]

i live in germany and in the world cup my dad and me travelled up to gelsenkirchen to watch england on the public viewing screens. we got to gelsenkirchen bt left before the game was on.
the atmosphere was ugly. all the british fans singing "ten german bombers" "i'd rather be a packie than a jock" and the worst they were singing "we bombed your grandmothers"
i was so ashamed. even the women, it was so awful. racist songs and everything...

 

[Hendrik]

That was exactly was I was trying to tell Pede and ToonArmy during the WC. Sure it's no violence and no people get arrested but that's just disgusting behaviour towards the host country.

 

[Harmsworth1]

99 CL Final of course.
this past world cups semi's, i was f*cking furious, and then people outside were honking their horns and drivin by with italian flags for 2 hours while i tried to sleep.. :boohoo:

So? It was the most beutiful match played in this WC series.

 

[TheBlueBalla]

There have been many such moments, but unfortunately with more success they have recently been causing more burning cheeks and ears rather than tears

Though he was probably my favorite player for many years, Wise's antics used to embarrass me a good bit. Tough as nails but also dirty as they came, and though there werent many players in our side like that at the time, cheering for a guy like that was a bit tough at times. Still love 'im though

In the same vein, the antics of Jody Morris. Ugh. Mostly the off the field stuff

Many Bates things.
-The weak ass dismissal/resignation of Gullit. Everyone knew he was just a stodgy old bastard
-The utterly pathetic treatment of the Harding Family. So glad Roman righted that wrong

On the field:
-the Kanu hat trick
-Likewise, losing to the Arse in Cardiff, 2002. Is it any wonder I hate them so
-Losing to Barca in 1999
though honestly not much used to bother me on the field because we were overachievers

More recently, on the field
-The Monaco second leg
-Conceeding 4 to Charlton
-The Carvalho hold on Valdes (dont feel bad because of the awful pen call before it)
-Losing to Barca the next year
-Being beat by Liverpool in two straight semi finals


-Supposedly bidding for Ronaldo, Salgado, Stevie Me, Knoberto Carlos and Henry, all obscene money for guys I disliked and didnt want. We needed to write our own story as Ranieri said
-the Ashley Cole debacle. The Rio debacle (Kenyon)
-The percieved disrespect I saw for Ranieri (still felt he deserved another chance)
-Though our players are crucified for it, Robben and Drogba should stay on their feet
-Some of Jose's more riddiculous antics and soundbites
-Essien's horror tackle(s). The new Wise, naturally
-The continued pursuit of Ashley Cole despite having Bridge (Kenyon)
-The deterioration of our relationship with Billy Gallas (Kenyon)
-The sale of Guddy and Duff. Those were dark days for me personally this summer (Kenyon)
-The idiocy of the Obi Mikel scandal. I was willing to let him go to avoid the bad press (Kenyon)


I know thats alot, but I am a very humble and quiet person, so to see the club with so much swagger and brashness perturbs me a bit. And to me, again, Kenyon bears alot of the blame for his stupidity. To me, his villany has blown Bates's out of the water

 

[Deisler]

Great stuff man.

 

[Internazionale]

1997/98 Serie A season. It was a long duel with Juventus in that season.

2001/2002 Serie A season. The last match when Inter lost to Lazio 2-4.

1996/1997 UEFA Cup finals. Inter lost the PK shootout against Schalke 04. I'd never forget those my deep sigh when I watched that match.

 

[Deisler]

From all German teams you had to loose to Schalke didn't you? lol

 

[Mauricio]

Oh i forgot this one, when 2 of our NT players Aaron Glaindo and Salvador Carmona both from Cruz Azul were positive in illegal substances during Confed. cup, and the way the FMF covered it all and lied, 1 year after no one knows what really happened and why nad how they got those substances, some people say that it was the idea of a mexican club trainer (Cruz Azul).

It is a disgusting mistery

 

[Num Lock]

France:
- the 94 world cup qualifying. we lost it on the very last minute of the last game against bulgary (great goal by Kostadinov ) ... we had some wonderful players then: cantona, ginola, papin, deschamps...
- the 2002 world cup... what a waste...

disappointments of favourite players:
- of course the zidane headbutt......................
[/U]

yes that Kostadinov goal during the last wcq broke my heart, its like it could've been stopped but everyone just thought he was going to miss or something.

in 2002 i was more dissapointed with the coach for playing Djorkaeff in the playmakers role instead of Micoud who was the natural substitution to Zidane, also for risking it during that meaningless game.

about Germany, i don't regret the pks, we should've won that game during regular time, but it was all a big sequence of unfortunate events (Henry getting knocked out cold, Vieira's injury, Zidane losing his cool), besides it was our fault for trying to play boring football which has never been our way, i would've rather lost that game on regular time or win it on regular time, but not on pks.

Paris Saint Germain

- every trainer we had while Okocha was on the team, here was a playmaker who could make miracles, yet somehow every trainer insisted on playing him out of position.....
- Nicolas Anelka when he came back....
- Laurent Robert leaving us, although i think it was the coach's fault.
- us not being able to retain Mikel Arteta.
- again the board not wanting to keep Sorin even though he wanted to stay.
- Heinze leaving cuz he wanted to play "central back" he ended up playing left back.
- Cana, Fiorese and Dehu our captain leaving for l'OM!.
- and finally not being in Europe since '03 is a huge dissapointment.

 

[1966+2006]

what? paris were in the CL 05 weren't they?

 

[Bonzi]

what? paris were in the CL 05 weren't they?

2004/05 season. They were in the group with Chelsea, Porto and CSKA Moscow.

 

[ogsimon]

little off topic but i felt proud that Rivaldo dived after the ball was kicked at his knee... it was ingenious and beautiful

 

[Bonzi]

little off topic but i felt proud that Rivaldo dived after the ball was kicked at his knee... it was ingenious and beautiful

Ballack perfomed something similiar in the semifinal against Argentina

 

[1966+2006]

ballack is always like that!

 

[Back Door Skip]

Mexico vs Portugal, when we were already down 1-0, and Marquez handled the ball in the box during a corner. Man, was I pissed.

The national team is full of dissappointments, but I'd say the loss to US in 2002 World Cup the round of 16 was the worst.