EPT2013-2014 Champions League & Europa League Thread - Page 99
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Ferrose
United States11378 Posts
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Rebs
Pakistan10726 Posts
On February 19 2014 10:29 Stratos_speAr wrote: It kind of blows my mind that people thought Leverkusen had ANY shot in this. PSG is a high, high quality team and Leverkusen not only has an incredibly solid history of choking in the Champions League, but they have also collapsed over the past several weeks and have looked extremely disappointing at the start of the Ruckrunde. They lost to F.C. Kaiserslautern in the DFB Pokal for God's sake. I genuinely believe that Schalke has more of a shot at beating Madrid than Leverkusen had of winning this. Yea its also the denial that PSG just might happen to be a really good team, because that would mean admitting that money makes great teams. | ||
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WillyWanker
France1915 Posts
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1ntrigue
Australia948 Posts
I am very interested in watching Pep's Bayern tomorrow because I have a lot to catch up on in the football world at the moment. I hear they are terrifying in every aspect - like a transcended and more hungry version of his Barcelona team. | ||
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zeo
Serbia6334 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/t1/1966760_730709856962963_588968262_n.jpg) Seriously what is it with Scandinavian referee's and Barcelona? | ||
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Micro_Jackson
Germany2002 Posts
On February 19 2014 16:46 zeo wrote: Didn't watch the match, but it looks like buisness as usual: + Show Spoiler + Seriously what is it with Scandinavian referee's and Barcelona? I think you can´t really blame the ref on that. It is a lot different at full speed and you needed multiple slow motions form like five angles to judge it. Its more that it is stupid a stupid rule with a red card AND a penalty. On fouls that aren´t brutal it should be a yellow. | ||
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Maenander
Germany4926 Posts
On February 19 2014 16:46 zeo wrote: Didn't watch the match, but it looks like buisness as usual: + Show Spoiler + Seriously what is it with Scandinavian referee's and Barcelona? Come on, even from your picture one can tell that it was a very close decision and a clear red card. Demichelis himself couldn't be sure that he would catch Messi outside of the box the way he was sliding in. On February 19 2014 16:13 1ntrigue wrote: I am very interested in watching Pep's Bayern tomorrow because I have a lot to catch up on in the football world at the moment. I hear they are terrifying in every aspect - like a transcended and more hungry version of his Barcelona team. Let's hope Bayern can deliver for your viewing pleasure  | ||
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Salteador Neo
Andorra5591 Posts
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Steveling
Greece10806 Posts
Although I believe they can not beat barca this way, well noone can, if they happen to meet barca they should play exactly like last season. | ||
Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
On February 19 2014 07:37 Belha wrote: Pellegrini deserves the lose. If he plays all the Premier League with 2 fowards and a midfield with 2 centralplayers + 2 offensive mid side players, why in the world you decide to play with 1 striker, and place Kolarov instead of a offensive midfielder, all while playing at home. WHY? Mourinho did something similar (changing his regular team just for one game vs barca with pure defensive midfield) in his first season as Madrid coach and ended up 5-0 for barca (ofc, was a much stronger barca). Btw, I like a lot Pellegrini work so far as Man City manager, but today he fucked it up. He should have played more proactive, taking the initiative, like the Ajax victory vs barca, or the Bayern series in the last UCL. Barca played very confortable and they did his tier 1 game. See told you ^_^ I said City would defend and play differently vs Barcelona and they did. They changed formation, sat back for first 20minutes of the game with hardly a touch. Finally came out but then soon as the 2nd half started they looked tired from running around. However they weren't even defending properly vs Barcelona. You have to hustle them in packs, you have to close down the space whilst being rigid in your formation. City were just chasing shadows ON THEIR OWN for that game. Obviously we cannot be sure they would of lost if they didn't go down to 10men, but they did go down to 10men for a reason. Demichelis is old and slow and made the worst decision to slide in on Messi the way he did. Should be good fun 2nd leg though as now Pellegrini will get digs at him from Mourinho and maybe he will go with Aguero and Negredo up front in the away leg. Play Silva LM and Nasri RM and go. LETS DO THIS XD On February 19 2014 16:46 zeo wrote: Didn't watch the match, but it looks like buisness as usual: + Show Spoiler + Seriously what is it with Scandinavian referee's and Barcelona? Wouldn't of changed much though. Would of just been 0-0 and City down to 10 men. Was always a red card challenge even if Penalty or not. You can't dive in as last man, thats David Luiz shit xD | ||
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alwaysfeeling
Netherlands55 Posts
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Champions League RO16 Day 1! ![[image loading]](http://img.uefa.com/imgml/TP/teams/logos/18x18/52919.png) Manchester City ![[image loading]](http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/images2/6/6d/En.gif) 0-2 ![[image loading]](http://img.uefa.com/imgml/TP/teams/logos/18x18/50080.png) Barcelona  + Show Spoiler + Manchester City Team NewsSamir Nasri, making his first appearance for a month, capped his return from a medial ligament injury with the second goal against Chelsea. James Milner is suspended while Sergio Agüero misses out with a hamstring problem. Barcelona Team NewsNeymar struck against Rayo Vallecano on his comeback from a month-long absence with a right ankle injury but Martino says he will not risk him from the start unless he is ready. Xavi Hernández (calf) was left out at the weekend. Jonathan Dos Santos (knee) remains sidelined. ![[image loading]](http://img.uefa.com/imgml/TP/teams/logos/18x18/50109.png) Bayer Leverkusen  0-4 ![[image loading]](http://img.uefa.com/imgml/TP/teams/logos/18x18/52747.png) Paris Saint-Germain  + Show Spoiler + Bayer Leverkusen Team NewsSidney Sam sat out the match against Schalke, the club he will join in the summer, but is back in contention for the Paris game. Stefan Reinartz has missed the last three fixtures with a heel problem but is also in line for a return. Paris Saint-Germain Team NewsEdinson Cavani has been out since sustaining a thigh injury against FC Girondins de Bordeaux on 31 January. Champions League RO16 Day 2! Kick Off - ![[image loading]](http://img.uefa.com/imgml/TP/teams/logos/18x18/50058.png) AC Milan  vs ![[image loading]](http://img.uefa.com/imgml/TP/teams/logos/18x18/50124.png) Atletico Madrid AC Milan Team NewsRobinho (thigh), Stephan El Shaarawy (foot), Valter Birsa (thigh) and Bryan Cristante (leg) are sidelined. Cristián Zapata is a doubt after sustaining a thigh injury in the warm-up for the Bologna game while Kaká suffered an ankle knock in the same match. Of the Brazilian, Seedorf said: "He is not yet at his best. We are monitoring his condition – we hope he can recover." Atletico Madrid Team NewsFilipe Luís (adductor), Javi Manquillo (neck) and Tiago (knee and wrist) are out of contention for the first leg. ![[image loading]](http://img.uefa.com/imgml/TP/teams/logos/18x18/52280.png) Arsenal vs ![[image loading]](http://img.uefa.com/imgml/TP/teams/logos/18x18/50037.png) Bayern Munchen Arsenal Team NewsAaron Ramsey (thigh), Kim Källström (back) and Abou Diaby (knee) are all out of action. Mikel Arteta is suspended, but all Arsenal's other players have recovered from Sunday's action, with Tomáš Rosický also coming into the squad. Bayern Munchen Team NewsFranck Ribéry misses the first leg as he recuperates following surgery on a buttock injury while Xherdan Shaqiri was ruled out with a thigh problem. Bastian Schweinsteiger (ankle) and Daniel Van Buyten (knee) return to contention. | ||
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Malinor
Germany4733 Posts
On February 19 2014 15:09 WillyWanker wrote: Well there's a difference between being the favourite of a two legs qualifier and actually winning 4-0 in the first one. Nobody said Paris would win with this margin. They weren't playing great recently and they don't have enough references in Europe to be considered a ultra favourite in these kinds of games. Yes. Losing is expected, PSG is just the better team. But Leverkusen just rolls over again and again against better teams. Losing is fine, embarassing yourself is not. From a psychological/sociological standpoint this is really interesting though. Because it doesn't matter who the players are or who the coach/manager is. That behaviour of just giving up is basically ingrained in Leverkusens culture by now. I mean, Sami Hyypiä is the definition of a winner and Rudi Völler is a World Champion. On another note, Zlatan is just too damn impressive. | ||
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1ntrigue
Australia948 Posts
On February 19 2014 16:46 zeo wrote: Didn't watch the match, but it looks like buisness as usual: + Show Spoiler + Seriously what is it with Scandinavian referee's and Barcelona? Yeah, it was a tough call, but you can't pin this one on Barcelona again. One thing that can be noted, however, is that Barcelona's players are very intelligent in drawing fouls and making the right fouls in general. That's legitimately part of the game and it is extremely important in competitions like the UCL and WC. Too much has been said about Barcelona and questionable refereeing calls in the last few years, especially since I've been witness to most of those games and I'd say that they've suffered more unfavourable calls than good calls in big matches overall. Mourinho is such a wizard that he spouts bullshit everyday and nobody remembers to call him out on it a week later because he's made another set of ridiculous comments already by then. | ||
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hatabajen1
Sweden10 Posts
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Akka
France291 Posts
Which game would you watch tonight? I feel like Milan vs Madrid might be a bit one-sided... | ||
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Steveling
Greece10806 Posts
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sharkie
Austria18572 Posts
On February 19 2014 18:38 Steveling wrote: Yeah atletico will most likely stomp this poor milan, I'll watch arsenal-bayern. bayern will probably stomp arsenal even more :p | ||
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zeo
Serbia6334 Posts
On February 19 2014 17:57 Pandemona wrote: Wouldn't of changed much though. Would of just been 0-0 and City down to 10 men. Was always a red card challenge even if Penalty or not. You can't dive in as last man, thats David Luiz shit xD Things faster than Demichelis https://twitter.com/search?q=#ThingsFasterThanDemichelis&src=typd - Arsene Wenger zipping his coat up - A parked car - The time it took Ted Moseby to tell his kids how he met their mother - Stephen Hawkins without his wheelchair - This kid Now I have to watch the second leg, missed a match with so many lols | ||
Twisted
Netherlands13554 Posts
On February 19 2014 16:46 zeo wrote: Didn't watch the match, but it looks like buisness as usual: + Show Spoiler + Seriously what is it with Scandinavian referee's and Barcelona? First of, in your picture, the contact is not there yet. He's sliding in before Messi enters the box, but he clips him right on the edge. It's VERY close and it could've been either a penalty or a freekick when judged at the spot. I don't think without a clear picture of where he actually clipped him you just don't know. The one clear decision that was wrong was the disallowed goal by Pique and I don't hear you complaining about that. Other than that, the referee did fine because he simply did not have an influence on the outcome of the match at all. He was unnoticable, which means he did great. That picture is obviously made by a Barça hater like you. It's a picture where the contact wasn't yet made. I get questioning questionable calls, but this is just pure hating, and it's making you look pretty fucking stupid (and it's getting pretty old). | ||
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