The European Leagues & Competitions Thread V2

[edetarod 2,155]

bye bye man shity

[Rmpr 8,977]

Exactly! We come back from 2-0 at the home of probably the best European team in history with 10 men and we are lucky, while City lose to the worst Barca team in years and they are heroic!

Barça will be remembered by their 2011 Wembley Final, but their 2012 team was vastly superior. The fact we beat one of the best teams to have ever existed should have been praised in the entire country. However, people called it anti-football or whatever!

Just because the Citzens have been a total failure in Europe, some people feel the need to try to lift their spirit every fucking time they lose. If City had faced that Barcelona team they would have been steam rolled. And even then the English media would have given them more credit than they did to us...

[Henrique 9,133]

I think Bayern will do it again. I really cant seen Barcelona winning it. Real are real contenders as well. Real and Bayern are the biggest favorites.

About City, I think they paid the price for respecting Barcelona too much in the first game. Today it was clear that Barcelona defense cant handle pressure, and they make lots of mistakes if tested.

[Ainsley Harriott 2,732]

Everyone sleeping on PSG IMO. When you look at that squad...

[The_Flash 1,144]

Just watched some highlights, what was going on it showed Kompany getting sent off then Zabelleta but then he wasn't?? :/

[communicate 2,703]

Just watched some highlights, what was going on it showed Kompany getting sent off then Zabelleta but then he wasn't?? :/

That was just bad tv

[communicate 2,703]

I think Bayern will do it again. I really cant seen Barcelona winning it. Real are real contenders as well. Real and Bayern are the biggest favorites.

About City, I think they paid the price for respecting Barcelona too much in the first game. Today it was clear that Barcelona defense cant handle pressure, and they make lots of mistakes if tested.

Nah, usually if you play fire with fire against barca you will lose. All team that wins against barca play deep n counter. Even munich last year won 7-0 by doing that.

[didierforever 7,349]

Cl contenders have to be bayern n psg.

[Roquila 1,335]

It's simple, we are going to win it... And i am HONEST, i really think we are going to win this.

[iceman 329]

is it right place for news about Raingers?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2579535/Rangers-3-0-Airdrieonians-McCulloch-hits-hat-trick-Gers-storm-League-One-title.html

[Special Juan 27,101]

As I thought, there wasn't going to be a come back from City. Exactly like the Bayern match the previous night, both them and Barcelona knew they just had to focus and it was theirs. Referee was again hideous last night and I speak with no surprise in my voice at all.

[The_Flash 1,144]

is it right place for news about Raingers?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2579535/Rangers-3-0-Airdrieonians-McCulloch-hits-hat-trick-Gers-storm-League-One-title.html

I posted it in the pub? lol

Was at the game, i am a rangers season ticket holder, it was wonderful

[The only place to be 11,313]

Pellegrini once again showed himself to be a one-trick pony. The amount of times they had space wide and even tried to cross it when they had only Aguero in the box was a joke. Wenger tried to outplay Barca at their own game and lost, and Pellegrini fell into the same trap. The genius of Robbie was to put aside his ego and start from the position of understanding that Barcelona were a much better team than we were, so you can't outplay them. You have to beat them in a different way, and that may well be parking the bus and looking to hit them on the counter. That was why our victory was heroic, and we had more than our fair share of luck too.

It's that pragmatism that I love in Jose too, and it's why we beat City at their place. Not because we were the better team, but because we stopped them from doing what they wanted and frustrated them.

Pellegrini's best shot was probably using the width that Navas and Kolorov can provide and putting in crosses for Negredo, Dzeko and even Toure. Their goal came from a set-piece and their next best chance was a cross to Dzeko yet they persisted with trying to play through Barca.

That isn't being heroic, it's being naive and egotistical.

[Laylabelle 9,296]

Hmmm English teams doing well this time round....again.

[lucio 5,391]

anyone watching porto vs napoli?

[Rmpr 8,977]

Cl contenders have to be bayern n psg.

Real says hi!

[Sheva. 5,373]

anyone watching porto vs napoli?

Yeah, typical cagey 1st leg.

Martinez playing well though, Reina made a great save on him, and he was also denied an assist thanks to poor officiating.

[didierforever 7,349]

Real says hi!

hmm. I don't know.

What I have seen off real is individual brilliance match after match after match. Whenever I see them, I don't seea play. I think they might have a hard time breaking a solid and an organized defence.

Arbeloa/carvajal WILL be exploited massively. Ramos-pepe partnership might have kept clean sheets but again, they seem a moment away from either conceding or getting sent off (especially ramos). I just feel that to win CL, RM will have to win against atleast 2 or more of Bayern, barca, ATM and psg. Just simply think ththeir defence might have another of those matches that they had against bvb in the first leg last year.

To conclude, I would not bet on them.