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WillyWanker
Profile Joined December 2011
France1915 Posts
August 15 2020 21:12 GMT
#4561
On August 16 2020 06:08 sharkie wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 16 2020 06:04 WillyWanker wrote:
Pep's football win leagues. But it clearly doesn't seem suited for elimination games. Still against Lyon... God. Madrid fans must feel on top of the world between yesterday and today.


Does it? Want to take a bet regarding next season? :p

Liverpool have a better team. Even if City have a great season, it doesn't guarantee a win. Lots of money spent but their defense is simply trash.
mahrgell
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Germany3943 Posts
August 15 2020 21:12 GMT
#4562
On August 15 2020 17:21 mahrgell wrote:
All we need is Lyon winning today. Then there would be 2 French-German Semis :D


Dream came true! LOL
JohnMatrix
Profile Joined April 2011
France1358 Posts
August 15 2020 21:18 GMT
#4563
Lyon !!!
sharkie
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Austria18634 Posts
August 15 2020 21:24 GMT
#4564
"I need to go home because my wife is expecting - I need something to focus on."

https://www.bbc.com/sport/live/football/53257870

Maybe thats why de bruyne was playing badly? Not focused on the game?
WillyWanker
Profile Joined December 2011
France1915 Posts
August 15 2020 21:25 GMT
#4565
He wasn't bad. He tried more than others and Lyon put players on him to bother him. It was all on him to make the team play but he wasn't enough, that's it. He can't do miracles every game.
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland26742 Posts
August 15 2020 21:37 GMT
#4566
Fair play Lyon but what?

Years of being a really well run dominant team in Ligue Une and never really stepped on in Europe. This year they make that breakthrough to the final four!

Cool to see. Pep seems to be rather cursed in Europe, still a great coach though. Think City would be mad to get rid, another year and he maybe takes the league back or gets that elusive European victory and in all likelihood takes one of his sabbaticals for burnout anyway.

It is a consistent failing but it’s hard to put one’s finger one sometimes on why it is
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
WillyWanker
Profile Joined December 2011
France1915 Posts
August 15 2020 22:06 GMT
#4567
He overthinks CL games a lot. He always tries to do unexpected things and when it works (Messi false 9 against Madrid for a 6-2), he's a genius, when it fails he's a terrible coach. In my opinion, he should still try new things but he should never abandon his attacking philosophy. He did tonight, the same way he did against Tottenham the first game last season, and both times he lost in similar fashions.
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland26742 Posts
August 15 2020 23:30 GMT
#4568
On August 16 2020 07:06 WillyWanker wrote:
He overthinks CL games a lot. He always tries to do unexpected things and when it works (Messi false 9 against Madrid for a 6-2), he's a genius, when it fails he's a terrible coach. In my opinion, he should still try new things but he should never abandon his attacking philosophy. He did tonight, the same way he did against Tottenham the first game last season, and both times he lost in similar fashions.

He can be a bit over-clever.

I mean I was rooting for Spurs that game so was no skin off my back. Felt really on balance City were pretty unlucky in that specific one and in the pre VAR world they’re getting through.

Slim margins at this level really
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
haitike
Profile Joined June 2009
Spain2726 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-08-15 23:58:47
August 15 2020 23:50 GMT
#4569
How could Sterling miss that goal... That is one of the worst ones I've seen.

I think Bayern will win this, they seem more in shape than the others. Still, it is only one leg so anything could happen (Greece winning the Eurocup is an example of that).

Two French and two German clubs with no English or Spanish clubs is something unexpected.

On August 15 2020 05:43 Pandemona wrote:
haitike the spanish press gonna have a foooking field day lol


They have been talking non stop about Barcelona since it happened. They are so happy xD
DropBear
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Australia4400 Posts
August 16 2020 03:40 GMT
#4570
Pep isn't actually that great. His style only works when he has a better squad than anyone else.

If Lyon win the Champions League, does that mean they snag a spot for next year despite failing to qualify via Ligue 1? I forget the rule on that
Sucker for nostalgia
Sr18
Profile Joined April 2006
Netherlands1141 Posts
August 16 2020 06:35 GMT
#4571
On August 16 2020 12:40 DropBear wrote:
Pep isn't actually that great. His style only works when he has a better squad than anyone else.

If Lyon win the Champions League, does that mean they snag a spot for next year despite failing to qualify via Ligue 1? I forget the rule on that


I think so. Appparently they take the spot from Ajax.
If it ain't Dutch, it ain't Park Yeong Min - CJ fighting!
120720
Profile Blog Joined July 2020
95 Posts
August 16 2020 07:37 GMT
#4572
3 predictions wrong out of 4, proud of myself once more!
Acrofales
Profile Joined August 2010
Spain18280 Posts
August 16 2020 07:37 GMT
#4573
On August 16 2020 15:35 Sr18 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 16 2020 12:40 DropBear wrote:
Pep isn't actually that great. His style only works when he has a better squad than anyone else.

If Lyon win the Champions League, does that mean they snag a spot for next year despite failing to qualify via Ligue 1? I forget the rule on that


I think so. Appparently they take the spot from Ajax.

Wow, that seems really weird. Why don't they take it from Lille?
sneirac
Profile Joined July 2012
Germany3464 Posts
August 16 2020 07:56 GMT
#4574
On August 16 2020 16:37 Acrofales wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 16 2020 15:35 Sr18 wrote:
On August 16 2020 12:40 DropBear wrote:
Pep isn't actually that great. His style only works when he has a better squad than anyone else.

If Lyon win the Champions League, does that mean they snag a spot for next year despite failing to qualify via Ligue 1? I forget the rule on that


I think so. Appparently they take the spot from Ajax.

Wow, that seems really weird. Why don't they take it from Lille?

Technically they aren't taking it from Ajax, CL gets a direct spot in group stage. However if CL winner also qualifies via league position the highest ranked league/team outside of the group stage gets bumped up from the final round of qualifying, in this case Ajax.
possession wins games, kante is washed up and shit - pande
evilfatsh1t
Profile Joined October 2010
Australia8855 Posts
August 16 2020 09:16 GMT
#4575
just watched the highlights and HAHAHAHAH STERLING.
if sterling put away even half the amount of free goals he chokes on his stats would be insane
maybenexttime
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
Poland5807 Posts
August 16 2020 09:47 GMT
#4576
On August 16 2020 18:16 evilfatsh1t wrote:
just watched the highlights and HAHAHAHAH STERLING.
if sterling put away even half the amount of free goals he chokes on his stats would be insane

Yeah, I was reading the comments here and was thinking to myself "surely this couldn't have been too bad". I grabbed my head with both my hands when I watched the highlights.
evilfatsh1t
Profile Joined October 2010
Australia8855 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-08-16 10:03:17
August 16 2020 10:02 GMT
#4577
On August 16 2020 18:47 maybenexttime wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 16 2020 18:16 evilfatsh1t wrote:
just watched the highlights and HAHAHAHAH STERLING.
if sterling put away even half the amount of free goals he chokes on his stats would be insane

Yeah, I was reading the comments here and was thinking to myself "surely this couldn't have been too bad". I grabbed my head with both my hands when I watched the highlights.

yeah that was my exact reaction too.
not a fan of city, not a live game, still had my hands up in the air shouting "WHAT"
nayumi
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Australia6499 Posts
August 16 2020 10:26 GMT
#4578
On August 16 2020 18:16 evilfatsh1t wrote:
just watched the highlights and HAHAHAHAH STERLING.
if sterling put away even half the amount of free goals he chokes on his stats would be insane

Sterling is severely overrated as a player. He's on the same level of probably Walcott, maybe a tad better but his stats were significantly buffed being in a team of assisting gods like KDB or Silva.
Sugoi monogatari onii-chan!
Acrofales
Profile Joined August 2010
Spain18280 Posts
August 16 2020 10:27 GMT
#4579
On August 16 2020 16:56 sneirac wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 16 2020 16:37 Acrofales wrote:
On August 16 2020 15:35 Sr18 wrote:
On August 16 2020 12:40 DropBear wrote:
Pep isn't actually that great. His style only works when he has a better squad than anyone else.

If Lyon win the Champions League, does that mean they snag a spot for next year despite failing to qualify via Ligue 1? I forget the rule on that


I think so. Appparently they take the spot from Ajax.

Wow, that seems really weird. Why don't they take it from Lille?

Technically they aren't taking it from Ajax, CL gets a direct spot in group stage. However if CL winner also qualifies via league position the highest ranked league/team outside of the group stage gets bumped up from the final round of qualifying, in this case Ajax.

Ok, so the moral of the story is that I have to cheer against the *only* team in the final 4 that I don't dislke. I guess I just won't watch any of it, as I can't think of watching it and cheering for Bayern, PSG or Leipzig.
Bacillus
Profile Joined August 2010
Finland2044 Posts
August 16 2020 10:31 GMT
#4580
On August 16 2020 08:50 haitike wrote:
Two French and two German clubs with no English or Spanish clubs is something unexpected.

According to Reddit, previous time the semi finals didn't have any English, Spanish or Italian teams was in 1991.
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