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2014/15 Association Football (Soccer) thread
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destinyunknown
Banned deucer.
Went to the Vicente Calderon today, and if being the home team ever gives an advantage, that's at the penalty shootout. The pressure the stadium made when Leverkusen was going to shoot was impressive, not surprised Calhanoglu, Toprak and Kiessling shot that badly.
My heart is broken though :(
My heart is broken though :(
Oof pens rip, a cruel way to be eliminated. But hey, at least we now know that Real Madrid and Barcelona are cringing at the idea of playing Atletico Madrid. Not that it's guaranteed they'll play both, or either, but I want to see them in the final again, this time against Bayern Munich the current best team in the world right now imo.
HBK
Subtlety is my middle name
Dortmund are out :( They never had even the slightest chance of winning the whole thing but I expected them to knock Juve out at least. Next year's gonna be weird, can't imagine Champions League football without them with their signature yellow kit :( Like Arsenal, City were pretty much out already. Everyone sucked with the exception of Hart, he was on another level. Nice dive from Agüero and an even nicer penalty. I was surprised to see it given, the dive was clear as day.
if barca play atletico they will beat them as they have every single game this season. real vs atleti would be a better matchup imo.. atletico have had real's number as of late, not losing to them once this season.
Chelsea in the Youth Cup Final 4 years in a row now. Have any of them managed to come through yet?
HBK
Subtlety is my middle name
Barely. Aké, Loftus-Cheek, Brown and Christensen are technically part of the first team but Mourinho has never been the kind of manager to promote young players, he's not like Wenger or Rodgers but I wish he were. The general policy is to loan them from club to club before they're sold, especially if they're good and the profits go towards buying established stars.
PSG vs Barca
Atletico vs RM
Porto vs Bayern
Juve vs Monaco
PSG vs Barca and Atletico vs Real are two very interesting Matches. I think Barca will beat PSG since they're in an amazing condition but it should be very close. I think Athletico vs Real will be even closer but if Real will play like they did against Schalke in the second game, Atletico will probably win. Bayern vs Port and Juve vs Monaco shouldn't be that close.
Atletico vs RM
Porto vs Bayern
Juve vs Monaco
PSG vs Barca and Atletico vs Real are two very interesting Matches. I think Barca will beat PSG since they're in an amazing condition but it should be very close. I think Athletico vs Real will be even closer but if Real will play like they did against Schalke in the second game, Atletico will probably win. Bayern vs Port and Juve vs Monaco shouldn't be that close.
I would expect all the big names to go through. Barca, RM, Bayern and Juve would make some great semi finals and finals.
Bayern Munich should comfortably win, but let's not forget that even though Monaco are generally limited in attack, they still have very good defensive solidity apart from the 2nd leg, and it won't be easy for Juventus to score many goals (I still think Juventus will advance though).
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i agree... i think porto/bayern will be closer than most people expect. i could see porto getting at least an away goal. i dont think bayern will do anything close to the thrashing they gave shakhtar.
psg in the first leg without verratti and ibra will be huge. arguably their 2 most important players. barca will advance with a comfortable lead from the first leg.
i would love if atletico are able to defeat real. but i think real madrid will really get their shit together and win one against atleti this season when it matters most. all of their key players will be back from injury, however you can never count out simeone, tactically he's as good as anyone. will be the best matches of the QFinals.
MoxieInfinite
Banned deucer.
PSG vs Barca
Atletico vs Real Madrid
FC Porto vs Bayern
Juventus vs Monaco
hopefully atletico beats real though, i wanna see more of koke. Barca are nuts atm and should beat psg if they dont turn shit somehow. bayern should win comfortably, and so should juventus. part of me wants to see an fcp v monaco final, 2003/04 season repeat!!!
Atletico vs Real Madrid
FC Porto vs Bayern
Juventus vs Monaco
hopefully atletico beats real though, i wanna see more of koke. Barca are nuts atm and should beat psg if they dont turn shit somehow. bayern should win comfortably, and so should juventus. part of me wants to see an fcp v monaco final, 2003/04 season repeat!!!
Good el classico overall, it was pretty typical of one. Both teams playing their usual game and of course the dark arts were present. There was a 30 min period in the first half where Barcelona couldn't hold onto the ball and Real Madrid were on them quick, but that completely turned around at halftime. Barcelona could have won by more if they were more clinical in the final third, but they won't care about that now. Also, the referee was good overall.
"oh no we lost lallana lets call up the worst cm in the premier league"
some amazing decisions have to happen to result in a mason call up... a dm who tries to play aggressively with the ball but is bad at it and is absolutely terrible defensively because he just runs around randomly and wont pick up attackers ever is exactly what england needs!
some amazing decisions have to happen to result in a mason call up... a dm who tries to play aggressively with the ball but is bad at it and is absolutely terrible defensively because he just runs around randomly and wont pick up attackers ever is exactly what england needs!
pretty sure he won't get minutes anyway, also England have yet to produce a good enough defensive midfielder since Owen Hargreaves.
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