Henrique

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.

again...

typical comment coming from a guy from Argentina...

I dont think Cahill will be a world class player one day, but he became a really solid CB.

For me Willian proved in few minutes against Spurs that Schurle can score 10 goals in a game, but he is defifinetly a better player

You get the feeling something is happening. Spurs were the better side in the 1st half, but decided to give us the victory in the 2nd. Im starting to think this is our season.

You actually wanted to say: "has calmed you down, bit".

How is Schurle still on the pitch?

LMAO Great celebration!!!!

I disagree. I dont see Matic as a modern DM. Im talking about guys like Javi Martinez, Busquets, Fernandinho.

Check out my profile, newbie. :tophat:

No, thats why we need a modern DM. We already have an unidimensional DM in Mikel...I will never understand the fuzz here about Matic.

People who think Schurle cant play as a striker, should think again. Joachim Low uses him as a CF, and he is more suited to a 2nd striker role. He is way too technically limited to play the role Mourinho wants. He is a player to score goals, not a guy to play in a defensive side, exchange some clinical passes or to start a counter attack.

Schurle starting again, no dount the reason was his hat trick, impossible to Mourinho to not pick him, but Im still not convinced he should start such a match. Lets see.

No.

Ballack and Cole were big names. Drogba and Essien had good performance in french league. (Essien was perhaps the best player for Lyon). Ferreira and Carvalho were UCL winners with Jose. To me Salah does not sound like that.

You keep the "goal per game" bullshit, sorry, but Im done here. You way to look at the game is very limited, sorry.

I still think its City to lose. They will leave UCL, so they must win the PL. Its a long season, and the "we are playing bad, but keep winning" wont last forever.

You dont get players like Hazard all the time, do you? Its easy now to compare Hazard to any player in the world, but 2 years, probably only belgian fans and youtube addict guys would think Hazard will be as good as he is for us right now, and for me he was just okay in his first season. Right now he is WAY better than the previous season. When we got Hazard, he wasnt the player he is today. Right now his price is much more than that. Plus, midfielder is much more complex than you think. Iniesta and Xavi are all midfielders, but they goal record arent great, specially when they are playing in a team that scores a lot of goals, but its just impossible to measure their impact for Barcelona in goals or even is assists. So your "goals per game" is only a poor way to look at football. Well, and to end my post, I sadly predict Salah to be one of those typical Mourinho's signing: Maniche, Jarosik, Sidwell, Wright-Philips, Ben Haim, Pizarro. Deja-vu.

His injury is probably just a fake thing, to drop his price tag, since he wants to leave Monaco.

Xurli: 6 goals. Willian: 2 goals. Willian playing much more games. Time to Willian to stop looking like a corward near the box. He needs to shoot. Hardworking is not enough when you dont score and dont assist.

Hazard in a "bad day". Again. Something is wrong.

Expect Mikel in the 2nd. Most important thing is not to lose.

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I'm not worried about the result, or about the tie. I dont see Gala causing us any trouble in SB. I'm worried thats its the 4th game in a row with bad football, Hazard invisible, few chances created. Sadly it wasnt only a band day...