What a joke City are. Full rested team walking through another tie
Champions League Round of 16 (16th Feb - 17th Mar)
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It'll be funny when Liverpool knock Citeh out next round.
Well Done Atalanta
Amateur hour
Amateur hour
Keeper error gifts the lead to Real Madrid.
Benzema scores. Shit pass from the Atalanta keeper. What a way to ruin the tie.
If Vinicious had some sort of end product, he'd be quite the player.
Benzema scores. Atalanta keeper with a shit pass straight at Modric, who lays it sideways to Benzema.
Benzema scores. Atalanta keeper with a shit pass straight at Modric, who lays it sideways to Benzema.
Horrible
It's a high possibility with the record of both clubs in this competition. Hopefully both are knocked out in the next round but I bet one of them will draw Porto next.
Modric did very well with it though
It's a shame how Gladbach's season completely collapsed with Rose's move to Dortmund. They looked really good in a very difficult group, playing lightning quick counterattacks. I don't understand how a manager's departure can zap the confidence entirely out of a team. He's not even gone yet!
In the first leg they were completely dominated but they never even tried going forward whenever they did have a chance to do so
In the first leg they were completely dominated but they never even tried going forward whenever they did have a chance to do so
Wtf was the ref doing blowing there
Have the twats that be brought in a rule change again that none of us know about?
So many instances of refs blowing for half time when one team is in a great position.
So many instances of refs blowing for half time when one team is in a great position.
Depth is a major issue, too. They have been paying for it all season. Rose's situation added mental issues to the mix and that just seems to have broken them.
Right decision from referee?
I would have let it play out a bit more but technically speaking nothing wrong with playing to the clock
Now if Atalanta score 2 quick ones, and he lets a play run on until Madrid score at the end of the second half, that would be fecked up
Seeing the kind of pass it was obviously a mistake, but he blew his whistle before it was even played, so it's not like he was deliberately robbing Atalanta.
10/10 dribble from Vinicius followed by a 0/10 finish.
That was the most Vinicius thing ever. 
Brilliant defensive work, brilliant close control and dribbling...misses absolute sitter. Vinicius encapsulated.
Brilliant defensive work, brilliant close control and dribbling...misses absolute sitter. Vinicius encapsulated.
This describes every Vinicius contribution ever
If only Vini could shoot
Still, he's having a really good game so far
Still, he's having a really good game so far
Where's the guy who wanted Utd to sign ilicic?
That foul was outside the area IMO. Ref gives a penalty and Madrid 2-0 ahead
That's miles outside.
What's the point of VAR?
What's the point of VAR?
Unbelievable buffoonery to even foul Vicinius, everyone knows he could never have possibly scored
Apparently technically the correct call(even according to italian tv) but man what a dumb rule. The second hit(the one in the box) is completely uninfluential
the second touch is clearly inside and is the reason he trips.
They're making it up as they go along.
He was already falling from the first touch.
I disagree personally. He's already falling because of the first touch. The second hit is irrelevant imo. But the rule doesn't care about that apparently so it's technically the correct call
I thought so too but they showed a replay from another angle where you could see clearly that there was no contact from the first intervention
Vinicius is a bit like Bruno, in that he does so much pressing and defensive work that even on his bad days he's hard to really criticise.
Has there even been a period in football with such a wide ranging acknowledgement of unclear rules?
Handball the obvious one, but so many edge cases that fans can't follow.
Handball the obvious one, but so many edge cases that fans can't follow.
Anyway, Atalanta isn't playing bad in the end but they all feel somehow out of their depth tonight.
No? From the replays both contacts were pretty clear. First he clips his foot with his left outside the box, then clips with the right inside while vini is already in the air
Big chance for Zapata then huge double chance for Karim
Vini out. I don't much like it, Vini's been great tonight and deserved a goal.
Eh, we're counted, need a fresh Vini for next game anyways
Eh, we're counted, need a fresh Vini for next game anyways
Yup, from all the other angles it looked 100% like there was contact but the last replay was a perfect frontal angle from the end of the pitch, and you could see that Toloi stomped his foot on the ground juuuust on the side of Vinicius' one.
Atalanta have been pretty disappointing so far i must say
Edit: just as i write that huge chance for Duvan Courtois though
Edit: just as i write that huge chance for Duvan
Courtois though Vingard.
What a boring night of CL.