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Scored, made some great passes. He can only grow from here.

Yeah, wtf, put some other player in his position and we would not score. Porto, Real, Dortmund great draw. PSG, Bayern, City worst. Liverpool somewhere in between.

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Emerson!!!!!!

Wow. Red card. Probably harsh.

Selfish Timo.

Another great pass by Ziyech. Didn't Frank said that he is one of the best passers he ever saw?

Kai-Timo-Hakim like Lamps-Ramires-Drogba against Barca.

Haha what a counter! This is why they play!

Very lucky from Azpi there.

James 4 horrible crosses already.

I was confident since first game but not so much anymore. No Silva and Chris our two best ball playing CBs and no Jorginho infront. We may struggle because of this.

Zouma in the middle? 😰

So Bilbao will play two cup finals in two weeks lol

I agree, it is a possibility. Good thing is that in CL you can make 5 changes and you get 6th in overtime so if 120th minute is close we can make GK change. And you can have 2 GKs on the bench. Both Kepa and Willy are good in pens. No hard feelings Mendy. But he is big and with strong hands, if he guess the side he should save some pens. How hard it is? It is basically 50%-50%, so how come he never guess the side right?

What do you mean by control? And should we count Mount as midfielder under Tuchel? Not counting that game against Barnsley because we played with full second team he did not start against Wolves (79% possession, most we had under Tuchel) and against Everton (probably our best game under Tuchel). Those two teams had like 1 shot on our goal. And if you look back under Frank this season he did not start 5 games: Sevilla, Krasnodar, Palace three 4:0 wins, UTD 0:0 at Old Trafford which is not a game you expect to dominate anyway and friendly dead game against Krasnodar at home (again second team and unmotivated squad). So overall I am not sure this: we lose a lot of control without Mount is based on?

I don't expect Simeone to play very attacking. He will still go into the game very carefully. If result is 0:0 with 10 minutes to go they will but before that it will be like first game.

Yes, draw in 2 days is so important. Usually when you get to final 8 all teams are great and you dont care that much. But now, assuming we finish the job tomorrow can have easy road to the final or horrific. Best case: Porto next round and in semi final winner of Dortmund:Real. I am sure we would reach Istanbul if this is the case. But if City, Bayern and PSG are on our way it would be really difficult. But even if that is the case now with Tuchel I would say we would have a chance. With Frank those games would be lost before kick off. So for next round Porto, Real or Dortmund is great draw. City, PSG, Bayern bad and Liverpool is somewhere between but closer to first group of teams.

Happy anniversary! Today is exactly 4 years since his last goal for any club.

You mean back 3? I'm just pointing out. Time will tell but this system is definitely playing to his strengths. And some other players. And it's logical thing to do imo.

I noticed both times when we played with 4 at the back (Barnsley second half and Leeds before Timo and James came in) was when Werner was not on the pitch. Makes sense. With 3 at the back he can play his natural position SS or whatever he plays and wing backs cover the flanks. With 4231 or 433 he would have to play winger or number 9. So I think he is the big reason why we play with 3 ATB. This is also going to be a problem in the future. I do not expect us to play 442 like RBL because that is so rare formation especially for top teams.

Play Giroud. This is the safest option in short term.

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