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Norway28695 Posts
well it's still shocking to me how a team that goes 12-7-8 in the Norwegian league can be 2-1-0 vs ajax/fenerbache/celtic
like regardless of circumstances, that still just doesn't make sense. Sevilla, I mean that's weird, but not shocking, because bad spanish teams are still good.
Like I might have phrased it in a 'I don't understand how molde is doing so much better than Rosenborg' type of way, but that's not really what I mean. It's just shocking how a team can go from mediocre in the Norwegian league to actually pretty good in Europe, because for the past 4 seasons, it basically has been irrelevant how dominant a team has been in Norway - they've still sucked in Europe. But then there is that whole positive groove going which might actually be manifesting throughout the entire country. 
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On October 24 2015 01:17 Liquid`Drone wrote:well it's still shocking to me how a team that goes 12-7-8 in the Norwegian league can be 2-1-0 vs ajax/fenerbache/celtic like regardless of circumstances, that still just doesn't make sense. Sevilla, I mean that's weird, but not shocking, because bad spanish teams are still good. Like I might have phrased it in a 'I don't understand how molde is doing so much better than Rosenborg' type of way, but that's not really what I mean. It's just shocking how a team can go from mediocre in the Norwegian league to actually pretty good in Europe, because for the past 4 seasons, it basically has been irrelevant how dominant a team has been in Norway - they've still sucked in Europe. But then there is that whole positive groove going which might actually be manifesting throughout the entire country.
You know theres a couple of things with respect to what you mean, its kinda how teams like West Ham have stolen games from bigger clubs but in general struggle to maintain that level.
It has alot to do with preparation firstly, Molde is a lesser known quantity to Europeans than it might be to players in the Norwegian league. There are little nuances to how players play that get figured out over time if you face them or see them enough. You know what I mean, its the same in any esport aswell. Player tendencies and proclivities is a bigger deal the less you see them play.
The other is maintaining intensity for the league games when you are clearly spending all you have for these bigger games.
The final thing is that sometimes bigger clubs cant get worked up the same way. Sometimes no matter how much you convince yourself otherwise you do feel like if I just show up and play at a certain level we will win.
Then theres confidence. Its alot of little things, and ofcourse you can get a bit of luck here and there aswell. You see at the end of the day it is just 3 games after all. In the context of how many games these guys play. Its really not much :p
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Norway28695 Posts
yeah I mean all of that makes sense. But I still think Molde's performance in the EL so far is the most surprising out of any EL/CL team's performance this season.  Granted, I dunno how others are performing domestically, so Molde has way more room to surprise me than most other teams do. ;p
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Astana drew 0-0 with A Madrid already! Interesting. Hard place to go it seems
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lol City not messing around at all
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Sevilla 0-1 City
Sterling, good play maybe questionable keeper but sterling slots home and 1-0 after 9 minutes. First elimination might come in if gladbach fail to win.
Oh 2-0 city now. Gladbach need to win or are out of the competition
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Gladbach take the lead, doing their part to stay alive
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On November 04 2015 05:04 Pandemona wrote:
Gladbach take the lead, doing their part to stay alive
Gladbach have been AWESOME since Lucien Favre left. They consistently score 3+ goals and have moved from last to 5th in the Bundesliga. I wouldn't be surprised if they ended up 2nd in their group.
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If Sevilla and Gladbach win today, that group would be really intense at 7-6-6-4, with Juventus and City sliding, Sevilla looking good, and Gladbach destroying everything in their path.
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Germany3128 Posts
Dub dub dub dadadub dub dub. I love the atmosphere in Mönchengladbach. I hope they continue to do as well as they do currently
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On November 04 2015 03:55 Pandemona wrote:
Astana drew 0-0 with A Madrid already! Interesting. Hard place to go it seems
Traveling midweek 7 hours from Spain to central Asia and playing at -10 degrees in Autumn must be hard. But Atleti should surpass that, Benfica won traveling even more distance.
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No love for my beloved team Galatasaray from Benfica fans.
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PSG attacking all the match and suddenly a random goal from Nacho lol.
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We should be 2 or 3 goals up T_T
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