I just love Haaland what a player the drive, the desire, the finishing, just a pure class footballers footballer...
Champions League Round of 16 (16th Feb - 17th Mar)
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Lmfao have you watched us.
Juventus. Dear oh dear.
The Lord!!!!!
Juve in deep shit
juveThis. Them being top of a very very poor Top 4 in Liga this year is making them look better than they are. They don't even look that defensively solid now.
I don't really know much about Sevilla, but I assume playing a bunch of 33 year olds like Papu Gomez, Rakitic and Fernando, as well as 35 year old Navas restricts their ability to relentlessly apply pressure.
Dortmund, for once, also got their pressing game mostly right. It's also not exactly ar rout, both teams scored their long shot goal, Dortmund had like 3-5 good transitions and converted two of them. Reus getting control of the ball before the 1-3 was also a bit fortunate. This could easily shift in the 2nd half.
Juventus have an average age of 28. Seriously, they need to start bringing through some younger players. They will be fossilised soon.
Juve have been terrible. Absolutely dreadful.
Ronaldo having to drop deeper and deeper to even get a touch.
Ronaldo having to drop deeper and deeper to even get a touch.
Just tuned in to see Juve conceded in the first minute of the first half, now they've conceded in the first minute of the second half. And I thought we start games badly.
Porto haven't even looked that good. Juve just all over the place.
Juve might not be quite as bad as Barca because their defense is a bit more competent but they're not far off in the levels of being crap.
Wtf was Juves defence doing there, so many players in the box but everyone just watchhing .That looked horrible.
2-0
Juventus are poor.
How Pirlo started this second half without making any changes at half time is insane, they've been so bad and he didn't change anything. And they concede in the first minute too
Where’s @Harry Harries with his cigars?
Papu comes from atalanta, he can press and run and sprint like there's no tomorrow just fine
Sevilla just play at this pace
Haaland looks so bizarre when he runs because of his size but feck me, he's quality.
Ronaldo and Messi really do deserve better teams to end their careers at.
How Pirlo started this second half without making any changes at half time is insane, they've been so bad and he didn't change anything. And they concede in the first minute too
These are some Barca-esque eff ups they've been conceding, uncharacteristic of Juventus so far.
Almost a 3rd for Porto.
Shambolic defending again
Shambolic defending again
Agreed, at last Ronaldo still has a competent defense behind but today has been WTF from their backline.
His acceleration over 10 yards is impressive given his size. Not something that is often seen.
Pirlo's Juve somehow looks worse than Sarri's Juve.
Juventus need to score at least one goal here to even the tie on away goals
Another year, another misinformation campaign in the CL knockout stages
Another year, another misinformation campaign in the CL knockout stages
he's also almost impossible to push or dispossess, and that's not only because of his size and power, his ball protection skills are very mature for his age
Porto look the better managed side, just goes to show what a better manager can do.
Nah, rule got scrapped two years ago. up one notch
Any vids / GIFs of Haaland's second?
Something perhaps worth pointing out is that Sevilla fouled just twice in the first half. Everyone knows how dangerous Dortmund can be in transitions, so most teams just pull an early foul, often not even resulting in a yellow card, when they realize their "Gegenpressing" has been broken. Sevilla didn't, they ate the counter attacks and got punished.
The game is beginning to get quite lopsided now though. Sevilla aren't particularly threatening yet, but Dortmund barely keep the ball and don't threaten on the counter. It's only a matter of time until this gets punished.
The game is beginning to get quite lopsided now though. Sevilla aren't particularly threatening yet, but Dortmund barely keep the ball and don't threaten on the counter. It's only a matter of time until this gets punished.
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Haaland looks like a Jojo's Bizarre Adventure character when he's in full sprint. The only way it's possible to cover that much ground that fast is if you actually do have a stand.
He is crazy
Thank you!
Sevilla seeing more of the ball now.
Sevilla are getting stronger now. If Terzic doesn't make a change, they will soon score and be back in it
Can see why Dortmund have been as poor as they have been. Second half and they can barely pass a ball 5 yards.
Reus needs to come off, his performance is collapsing