Bottom line is you list the tie. Deservedly so in my opinion. I agree to call your form since lockdown shocking is a total exaggeration. Your form was OK but that's all it needed to be.
Champions League Round of 16 (18th Feb - 8th Aug)
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I know their league was cut short, but how the toss did Lyon finish 7th???
Not overly impressed with them but they were more than equal to juve. Speaks to the quality of serie a
Not overly impressed with them but they were more than equal to juve. Speaks to the quality of serie a
Serie A clearly isn't among the very best leagues however I wouldn't read too much into individual knockout ties. Roma battered Barcelona a few seasons ago. It definitely didn't mean Serie A was very strong and La Liga weak.
OL are a weird side, in that their best level is quite high, but they went through a bizzarro season between failed managerial appointments and injuries
Not too different from Napoli
Besides which no, they were not more than equal to juventus. They ouplayed them for one half of the entire tie and got battered the rest of the way but managed to limit juventus' chances and pulled through thanks to a number of questionable refereeing decisions. Even their goal in Lyon came when juventus had De Ligt temporarily out injured
I don't remember the exact minute in the first half, but aside from Ronaldo's goal, Bernardeschi and his great run on the right side being blocked just before he could score by even greater defending from one of Lyon players was probably the best moment in the game.
Real are very ordinary. Not replaced Ronaldo, have an ageing MF & their most talented player has been out most of the season. They were already behind the 8 ball going into this round. They've then proceeded to throw the ball into their own net a few times for good measure.
Yes a shame.. will be hard for them now.
No it means very little. If we lose to Burnley it doesn’t mean they’re as good as we are. Football isn’t that black and white
That penalty decision for Juve was atrocious. And with VAR in the frame as well?? Seriously clubs should start pushing for retrospective punishment of refs for black/white blatantly wrong calls.
Has that ever happened before? Starting a competition before the previous one has finished?
Juve have received about 20 laughable penalties this season. Apparantly in CL no different.
It's really embarressing the kind of penalties that have been given in the Serie A. Serie A have really made fools of themselves this year.
yeah the Juve penalty was a joke. The one for Lyon on the other hand was a great call.
I think Sevilla are better than them, and still this is the weakest Atletico side since 2013. It was a massive upset when Atletico beat them back to back any way you look at it.
May have already been covered, but I don’t understand why both games are on at the same time. Europa had 17:55 and 20:00. So both matches could be watched. Although I know two were on at both times. Why do this with the UCL? Both at 20:00 so we can’t watch Chelsea and Barca.
It certainly doesn’t make sense from a commercial point of view. Viewing figures, hence revenue, would have been higher for both matches with staggered kick off times.
Same with the Premier League, nearly all matches after lockdown were on different days/times so all could be watched by all.
Madness.
It certainly doesn’t make sense from a commercial point of view. Viewing figures, hence revenue, would have been higher for both matches with staggered kick off times.
Same with the Premier League, nearly all matches after lockdown were on different days/times so all could be watched by all.
Madness.
I think all the Lisbon games are at 20.00 because of the heat.
Very anxious about the Barca/Napoli match today
Why? Jokiiiing, you win, not to worry, hope it is a good game with goals.
I was thinking that it might be like a World Cup too but apparently it’s to do with the heat in Lisbon.
English, Spanish and Italian Champions all out before Quarters. Did that ever happen before?
You guys are going out
No, because, usually leauges are not finished before quarters..
Good point, the English and Spanish champions are still in.
You mean German and French? Bayern & PSG.. or you are thinking last season City and Barca?
Last season, which is relevant to the CL campaign playing currently.
Ah, in that case you forgot French champions still in it as well. Wouldn't mind English and French droping out next game, speccially English.
Imagine City vs PSG final. Yuk.
Got a bad feeling City will win it this year.
Oil classico they call it
This reeks of the usual "x team is capable of beating Barcelona at camp nou" before Barcelona proceeds to dominate them
No, they were comprehensively better than Sevilla and in fact this is the best atletico madrid side of the last 3 years
If Atalanta aren’t winning this, I’d like Messi to win one more CL.
DIsagree, 2017 and 2018 was definitely better than this team, this year's Atletico have been woeful in attack. They just took advantage of an insanely weak batch of la liga teams.
Of the kids on thew bench, I expect to see Bate, Maatsen and maybe Broja get some minutes.
I think Bayern will win it this year, only City could stop them or a fully fit PSG but that's not a thing.
I think people need to keep in mind that it's going to be just one match in each round starting with the quarter-finals. That makes a competition a lot less predictable because in one match an upset is always easily possible, especially between all the teams left in the CL so I feel any predictions are even less worth than usual.
Interesting team, lots of Chelsea pace which could be useful. Bayern didn't play competitively for more than a month, no fans in the stadium. So tiny glimmers of hope.
To have any chance at all we need first goal and ideally to get 2 0 up, or at least be 2 goals ahead on the night with 60 or 70 minutes gone.
If Bayern score first could be long night in store.
To have any chance at all we need first goal and ideally to get 2 0 up, or at least be 2 goals ahead on the night with 60 or 70 minutes gone.
If Bayern score first could be long night in store.