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Liquid`Drone
Norway28875 Posts
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Liquid`Drone
Norway28875 Posts
Solid favorites to reach the quarter final. 9 years ago they were playing in the second division in Norway, stadium capacity of 8000 and no rich uncle. Absolutely bonkers. | ||
Firebolt145
Lalalaland34504 Posts
You did say it would require Valverde generating something out of nothing... | ||
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Bacillus
Finland2077 Posts
I guess it's always easier when you're watching the replay from the safety of your home sofa, but it seems to me something a top tier goalie still should handle comfortably. I'd have much easier time understanding if he was diving more towards the edge of the box, but he's going almost sideways to it. | ||
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sharkie
Austria18721 Posts
 even Neuer has sometimes screwed up in big games | ||
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MJG
United Kingdom1451 Posts
On March 12 2026 16:14 Bacillus wrote: Looking at the first goal in Real - City, it seems a bit weird that Donnarumma decided not to catch the ball. I guess early red card is pretty scary and it's a pretty unconventional situation in general, but the angle he's approaching seems very safe for staying inside. I guess it's always easier when you're watching the replay from the safety of your home sofa, but it seems to me something a top tier goalie still should handle comfortably. I'd have much easier time understanding if he was diving more towards the edge of the box, but he's going almost sideways to it. The difference between a good goalkeeper like Donnarumma and a world-class goalkeeper like Henderson is knowing exactly how big the penalty area is...  | ||
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Harris1st
Germany7347 Posts
On March 12 2026 00:38 Bacillus wrote: I guess I could give a shot on today's round: Leverkusen - Arsenal 0-1. From a corner. I have no idea if the UCL reffing makes a difference in the set piece meta, we'll see. Bodo/Glimt - Sporting 3-1. The magic is still working. It's getting a bit warmer in the Nordic, but should still be a bit of an extra challenge for the Portuguese. Also Bodo/Glimt passing game is actually genuinely damn good at times. PSG - Chelsea 1-1. Neither seems to be in that great form. Probably a bit underwhelming given the stature of the clubs. Real Madrid - City. 0 - 2. We'll see how pragmatic Pep is this time, but the way Real plays especially without Mbabbe looks very exploitable. I could see City controlling this quite easily. Real's scoring chances depend quite a bit on Vini or Valverde generating something out of nothing. Leverkusen - Arsenal: Almost right. And the corner was a penalty Bodo - Sporting: Hell yea Bodo Glimt!! I think their fans over the last 2 years have grown by some ridiculous margin. Just gotta love the story arc PSG - Chelsea: PSG finding their groove just in the nick of time it seems. Real - City: First you did not respect Wombats law of never betting against Real. Second Valverde generating more somethings than anyone ever before | ||
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Bacillus
Finland2077 Posts
On March 12 2026 18:04 Harris1st wrote: Real - City: First you did not respect Wombats law of never betting against Real. Second Valverde generating more somethings than anyone ever before They can't keep getting away with it forever. Surely the last 10 times have been a fluke. I had the game running on background half the time, but I think Real played well though. The traditional Real way has been to look underwhelming and then somehow find the necessary goal at 90+6 after the opponent hits the post twice. This time they were just plain better than City. The stats I'm checking give City total xG of 0.5. | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland27236 Posts
On March 12 2026 18:04 Harris1st wrote: Leverkusen - Arsenal: Almost right. And the corner was a penalty Bodo - Sporting: Hell yea Bodo Glimt!! I think their fans over the last 2 years have grown by some ridiculous margin. Just gotta love the story arc PSG - Chelsea: PSG finding their groove just in the nick of time it seems. Real - City: First you did not respect Wombats law of never betting against Real. Second Valverde generating more somethings than anyone ever before Haha, I still wish it didn’t apply quite so often! I wonder if Real actually benefit from having a few injuries as they don’t have to cram all these star players in and end up being a bit more functional Hell yeah Bodo! | ||
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Harris1st
Germany7347 Posts
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DropBear
Australia4428 Posts
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Bacillus
Finland2077 Posts
On March 12 2026 20:07 WombaT wrote: I wonder if Real actually benefit from having a few injuries as they don’t have to cram all these star players in and end up being a bit more functional Maybe they're finding some groove now, but the previous La Liga matches without Mbappe have looked really dire. It's not that the he helps with the balancing act, but when you're completely disjointed anyway it's better to bring all the firepower to increase the odds that way at least. One of the key issues in previous games has been that absolutely nobody makes any runs to break the defensive line. You end up in this absurd looking stalemate where someone from Real holds the ball and roughly 5 players from each team sit in a line just outside the penalty area and nothing moves anywhere. Against City they seemed to have pretty easy time breaking that line. | ||
GTR
51667 Posts
![[image loading]](https://i.redd.it/f9hh741kq1pg1.jpeg) lmao | ||
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GTR
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Jockmcplop
United Kingdom9958 Posts
We just can't score no matter what we do. Yesterday we had a penalty given then disallowed for a foot offside. A goal disallowed for a toenail offside and a left footed volley from Aina hit the underside of the bar in a 0-0 draw. Nightmare lol. Haven't won in 7 matches. Between Nuno, Ange and now Pereira they have won 1 match in the Premier League out of 12. Only Dyche was actually winning games and we sacked him because the players didn't like running in training so they complained to the boss. How Marinakis and especially Edu managed to fuck this club up so thoroughly and so quickly I have no idea. | ||
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evilfatsh1t
Australia8916 Posts
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Jockmcplop
United Kingdom9958 Posts
On March 17 2026 01:58 evilfatsh1t wrote: dont worry tottenham will still find a way to choke Fingers crossed! | ||
FlaShFTW
United States10530 Posts
On March 17 2026 01:58 evilfatsh1t wrote: dont worry tottenham will still find a way to choke apologies, liverpool suck too much ass and couldn't help forest yesterday. | ||
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Jockmcplop
United Kingdom9958 Posts
On March 17 2026 03:58 FlaShFTW wrote: apologies, liverpool suck too much ass and couldn't help forest yesterday. Its okay you kinda sucked when you played us too. The Premier League is so weird this season. It seems to be a transitional season for like 2/3 of the teams. Only United and Arsenal are at their peak. | ||
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evilfatsh1t
Australia8916 Posts
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