Reminds me of the scenes I witnessed in Manchester City centre February 2019.
Champions league Semi Finals 2020-21 - April 27-28 and May 4-5
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Reminds me of the scenes I witnessed in Manchester City centre February 2019.
Oh god, please dont start
He said what he said, let's just leave it.
innit, let him live in his world.Oh god, please dont start
He said what he said, let's just leave it.
I hit post before I realized the poster
Oh god, please dont start
He said what he said, let's just leave it.
im genuinely intrigued though
He's our no 1 Poch fan boy on here.
ready gone through this question before. He was nominated as one of the top three managers in football when he took spurs to the final. managers with bigger resources fail, whereas poch with limited resources overachieved. He already knocked out two giants in European football and now he is up against the best manager in football. Not expecting him to win, but if he does, he will become the best.
yes. these managers you mentioned had much more bigger resources to accomplish things, whereas at spurs poch had limited resources, which hindered people opinion of him
PSG full team except one. City full of midfielders . Think Pep is cooking something and screw it up as usual
PSG fields a stronger midfield defence and midfield than they did for most of the two legs against Bayern. Veratti one of those players that when on form can control the midfield on his own even against our 5 midfielders.
Going to go with a 3-1 win to PSG. Surely if there's a team out there that is kryptonite to City it's PSG. Unless City come out and amend their game slightly.
Guardiola doing a Guardiola again?
I have thought all week that PSG will blitz City tonight but even more bullish having seeing those line-ups.
Going for 4-1 PSG.
I don't think he's cooking something, I think this just proves that he'd rather play a false 9 than trust Jesus. It also proves how badly they need to sign Kane or Haaland in the summer.PSG full team except one. City full of midfielders . Think Pep is cooking something and screw it up as usual
Neymar and Mbappe if they are at it, will/should absolutely tear Citys backline a 2nd and 3rd new asshole.
Plus some on Bluemoon seem to think we have fluked our way to the semi final.... so i hope PSG smash them just for the sheer arrogance
Plus some on Bluemoon seem to think we have fluked our way to the semi final.... so i hope PSG smash them just for the sheer arrogance
If Pep leaves City having never won the CL, would he be deemed a huge success? Im not so sure he would
Against PSG where they have the most threatening attack, he has come up with 6 midfielders with no pace upfront - means, he has to dominate to win. All it takes is one good ball from PSG . Think its going to be fun today.
For sure, the threat of Neymar and Mbappe is going to have City terrified all game, even if they are having more of the ball.
3 league titles
4 league cups
1 FA Cup (or is it more)
and counting
He's been a huge success
I mean...3 PL titles is nothing to sniff at.
(Assuming he wins it again this year)
Massive success.
Stones and Ruben dias needs to play the game of the year to stop Mbappe. Neymar and Walker is also an interesting fight, if Neymar play/stay left there is. My guess is two yellow on Walker.
3-3
3-3
Failure. Winning the league wasnt a problem for them pre Pep. If anything, announcing Pep cost them the Leicester title.
Was Mourinho a huge success at Chelsea?
City will focus on limiting service to Mbappe (cf Haaland in the last tie). Once he gets the ball within sight of ball there isn't much you can do but hope he misses.
People always act as if City should be walking the CL every year. He's definitely underachieved in the competition, but the cost and caliber of the other top club's starting 11s is very similar. Barca for example have spent £100m+ on 3 players to add to Messi and other quality players since Pep has been at City, and they haven't won it either. Neymar and Mbappe cost PSG about £400m to add to their already amazing team, and they've not won it themselves.
Yes you are right. And yes they need to succeed with limiting the service very well.
This is going to be a good game for sure.
The same question was asked when Pep left Bayern and the general consensus was that he hadn't lived up to expectations. I dissgreed then, and I don't think not winning the CL makes him a failure. It's an incredibly tough competition to win, and his domestic record is pretty much domination from start to finish. He's a been a rousing success imo.
Losing out to Lyon, Spurs and Monaco though. Hard to ignore.
Tuchel beating his former club PSG in this years final would be harder pill for Amadaeus swallow than Spurs under Poch allowing Liverpool win their first trophy in 7 years. Klopp backed up that success by winning the league the following season while Poch sacked by Spurs.
Has been underachieving in this competition since winning the champions league in 2011 with Barcelona, he didn't lead Bayern Munich to a CL Final, and this is his first semi final appearance with City after 5 attempts.
No Fernandinho
Was hoping for him and Veratti (or Paredes) to have a battle to see who can be the biggest tw@t
Was hoping for him and Veratti (or Paredes) to have a battle to see who can be the biggest tw@t
Yeah Pep has been a success everywhere he went, not winning the Champions League doesn't change that. However the manner in which his teams have gone out at times definitely puts a question mark behind his otherwise flawless career so far.
Absolutely.
Every manager with enough history in the game has such moments in their coaching history though. Even the greatest manager ever.
Every big game this year for city, people get up in arms when Guardiola plays with a false 9. Each time there is a sense of what crazy thing has he done now. But it has worked for them all season. Gundogan or KDB, they walked the league with it.
And I think KDB actually plays his best football from there. It makes the game more flowing and helps control the games more. I think they will do well
And I think KDB actually plays his best football from there. It makes the game more flowing and helps control the games more. I think they will do well
Playing Jesus or Aguero up front would actually qualify as Pep overthinking things.
Its not a Premier League ref, so Fernandinho would be sent off within 15 minutes.No Fernandinho
Was hoping for him and Veratti (or Paredes) to have a battle to see who can be the biggest tw@t
Is anyone watching this on the Paramount + app (US/Canada)?
Your big game record is about average this year?
Puts him behind Mourinho imo
Will be an interesting game
BT playing their pearl clutching football can't be bought video before PSG vs Manchester City
Mourinho got to 3 semi-finals with Chelsea, but Pep doesn't have the implosions Mourinho had in 2007 and 2015. It's close.
PSG!!!
You think the cameramen practice the pace with which they walk through the anthem?