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Lyon was the class of Everton or Southampton. We therefore enjoyed possession and made some fast moves, the way Sarri wants, which looked pretty good. But there was no one up front to score a goal and the defense made some curious mistakes. We were going to score the winning goal in the second half but when Sarri changed nearly half the team the momentum was lost - even though two of the replacements were Eden and Giroud. The only positive is Sarri's attack system. He wants the players to be very fast in deciding what to do with the ball, faster than with Conte system or Mou system. Ideally this breaks defenses and creates goal scoring chances.

We will support the team in the second division too. But City is a team we used to beat home and away so what's the big deal about expecting to beat City ? About the prez it's not only this year with his viza problems but it has to be said we are under political persecution now, just like Latin America with the juntas.

Chelsea are a poor house, especially after Roman's political adventures. I wonder how Real are managing, given that Spain as a country is poorer than the UK. The only tough years for RM transfer wise were during the late sixties-early seventies from what I remember (yet they managed to squeeze a CL even then). For Barca there were some more difficult years, but now they are way ahead. PSG too are now rich. I recall a UEFA cup tie between AEK of Athens and PSG some twelve years ago. They managed to eliminate the weak Greek team, but they were bottom of the French league at the time and the Paris leg was interrupted for several minutes by protesting PSG supporters. At the same time Chelsea under Jose Mourinho were making big advances in Europe. I don't understand why we have become so poor. Is it T-shirts ? Then let's open shops with T-shirts in every town allover the world. They can only make profit ! It's inexcusable. I can understand some teams that reach a certain level and then give up because the budget requirements become too big and they give up because it's beyond them. The Greek Olympiakos Piraeus is the best example of a team that had to give up European dreams. They were progressing but at about the time they met with Chelsea in 2008 for the stage of 16 (3-0, 0-0 the results) it dawned to them that they could keep things going for them domestically but there was n't enough money for European dreams. So last year their best transfer was the aging Miralas from Everton (failed). The same kind of thing is true of some other teams. But not Chelsea !

I 'm afraid some of this "squad" are only good for the Swiss league, Young Boys, Aarau. Or for the Lichtenstein league.

It's not about Sarri. It's the squad that is made up of grannies. If you ask Albert Einstein to teach maths to a class of dumpkoffs what would you expect ?

Pedro was good for Barca, replaced by Suarez was n't he ? Now he is getting too old.

Some poor clubs make history but only for one season. Leicester City, in Greece Doxa Drama of old and Larissa. We need money.

How many times did you hear a wc commentator saying "Abra cannot miss this player" ? How many times did you hear "Eden Hazard is surely already packing for Madrid" ? We are an ex empire these days.

Stroll in the park for City. I expect relegation.

I don't care about pens but this is preposterous. If Czech left his posts we 'd be still waiting for Loftus Cheek's shot to reach the goalmouth.

Biggest w*nkery of the century, friendly or not. 60 minutes bombardment allowed, it just had to come.

We won the penalty shootout ! Some good movements up front but we were vulnerable at the back, I think.

Don't knock it. That's how far down we were in the last days of Mou.

Yes we have gone far enough. Now it's time to join the likes of Cardiff - Sunderland then !

Atrocious idea. Flags are not for sale.

No we are FA cup winners, champions the year before. Not yet.

I hate to say this but all the teams who sell their superstars go down the drain.

Some lame excuses. Maybe you too don't like the anticipated sell out, but you are trying to find alibis. I have spoken before about sell outs and I have spoken about the Greek legends of football. Whom do you know best from Greece ? Domazos maybe ? Well if he was a modern player people would say now "hey, I heard somewhere that Domazos may be from Greece" !

A good replacement for Hazard ? A good replacement for the Acropolis ? A good replacement for st Peter's basilica ? How does one do these things ?

If Morata costs 100 million how much does Hazard cost ? If the house in rue de Monmorancy numero 19f, arrondizement 14, costs 100 million euros, how much does le tour d' Eiffel cost ?

It's a shame to start the sellout, just because the wc took place. 225 M is not enough to buy a monkey's *ss.

If Tibot goes whom do we have ? Caballero made dreadful mistakes. Eden is sure to go, as it appears we are a poor house now. The Levandowski story seems to have died down, after Poland's dismal performance in Russia.

The real final was Belgium v. Brazil. Brazil were not great but they managed against Serbia and Mexico. The team that failed dismally was Argentine. Willian cannot blame team mates for his poor performance.

Willian almost eliminated Barca in the CL. But he has had a very bad tournament for the world cup, having started in all of Brazil's matches. Brazil played well, so it can't be said that he was let down by the rest of the team. That makes his position somewhat suspect.

The good Greek centre back is Papastathopoulos not Manolas.