The European Leagues & Competitions Thread V2

[LDN Blue 7,903]

8 minutes ago, BlueLyon said:

«..we dont have corporations or sheiks paying us...»

And what are Qatar Airways? Peasants? 

Its also quite ridiculous that peple still put us in top brackets when comes to money. Real, Barca, Psg, Bayern, city, united are miles ahead in spending power. We might have the money, but we dont spend it like crazy for a while now, yet people will always put us next to psg or city, despite they fork out 100m more each year.

Besides if our club is not willing to pay extra 10m on real quality, but instead raises salaries by 10% more than other clubs, all we get are overpaid average players.

Well to be fair, he's talking about wages and tax %s in Spain compared to England so what he's saying has grounds.

The tax rate then in Madrid was 54% and Barcelona 56% so as much as they want to pay them even after tax, they still can't pay as much as PSG and Chelsea can. As he says, footballers talk to each other about their net income. He even says Alexis left because he wanted more money (as one factor, in keeping it fair). 

Let's think about all the player we've "stolen" from under our rival's nose. Willian more recently from Tottenham. While Willian can say all day long it was about Chelsea as a club, I'm sure we gave him £10-20k more than Tottenham were offering. Not saying that was his primary reason, certainly then we were still more attractive proposition than Tottenham from even a football standpoint, but it's a factor you can't ignore.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

2 hours ago, Laylabelle said:

They'll win it and all be magical!!! Fair enough they did well and that but it's how much you hear about it! 

Remember when they almost won the league and we said this country would be unbearable to live in? It'll be as bad if they win the Europa & qualify for the CL  

[iseah100 5,612]

Holy fuck Atletico-Bayern is gonna be an amazing game. Complete clash of styles. Vamos Cholo!

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[Last Sicarius 610]

I hope that City  and Atletico will reach final. This will be unexpected at all.

[cosmicway 1,252]

I expect Atletico to win tomorrow.
Real are playing rubbish but are City up to it ?

 

 

[Special Juan 27,101]

Bit of a something and nothing last night, got bored of it in all honesty.

Good to watch Kroos and Modric just buzzing all over the park and picking passes out for fun, what a joy. Makes you realise just what we lack in our midfield when they are finding passes and fizzing balls into tight areas from nothing.

 

[Blue_Fox_ 2,086]

Atletico up at half time. 45 to go.

[Leif 6,006]

Chelsea is my wife but Atletico is that far more attractive woman I keep messaging 

[Fernando 6,376]

What Bayern did of kicking the ball from far is what we don't see much today.

That would open up defense, it is why United was good because they had players like Scholes that could score from far.

[chelseafan26 293]

19 minutes ago, Leif said:

Chelsea is my wife but Atletico is that far more attractive woman I keep messaging 

Brilliant Mate.

Honestly, whenever I watch Atletico play, I feel "this is what we should have become". 

[Blue_Fox_ 2,086]

1-0 Over. Repeat for another 90 minutes now.

[Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067]

Great game that was. Atleti just need to get one goal next week, one! And They'll be through. 

 

[FabHazard 655]

Augusto fernandez was fantastic...nothing gets past him..he was like a wall...we need a player like that in our midfield...Even shit teams can bypass our midfield easily...That has been a problem this season!

[Magic Lamps 11,449]

Good game, but both teams can do better. 

Bayern and ther players were adamant that they got more chances than they expected, but if they are honest they only got 2 real chances. The Alaba shot was covered by Oblak and that Martinez header was easily held. 

I was surprised Alaba fell for Torres only move. With a bit more luck our good ol' Nando would have decided the tie already. 

Expect a much improved, more incisive BAyern and a more consequent Bayern, hopefully with Godin back, so BAyern will not get as many chances.

What I don't get is that Simeone got Correa, Carasco and Vietto on the bench and still plays Torres? Nando got a bit of maturity to his game and not producing as many turnovers as he did here but the other players would offer a bit of pace and some moment of surprise,

 

 

[Azpinator 2,325]

Classic Chelsea-esque defensive display from Atletico. Very similar to our 1-0 win over Guardiola's Barca at the Bridge.

[KevinAshburner 1,270]

look at the current domestic league standings for Villarreal vs Liverpool for Thursday Night's UEFA Europa League First Leg Match in Spain.

 

POS    CLUB NAME        PLD  W    D    L    GF    GA   PTS
4.    Villarreal [ESP]        35    17    10    8    42    31    61
7.    Liverpool [ENG]      34    15    10    9    58    45    55
 

Liverpool has scored 16 more goals with having played one less game.
Liverpool has conceded more 14 more goals with one less game played.
Liverpool has 6 points less than Villarreal with having played one game less. 
 

[kellzfresh 7,226]

Athletico are what we used to be. Strong midfield who don't cower under pressure, fantastic technical left back (a.Cole), team defending together and attacking together, very compact and not disjointed. 

[Kezza 1,965]

Don't want neither City or Liverpool to win any of the comps. Even if it does give us a foot into Europe or better Englands co-efficient. Chelsea will have to find another way to get in, not relying or cheering on those two teams to take out the respective titles