The European Competitions Thread

[yipo 56]

damm , they should lose this, so they can concentrate on league. 

[Special Juan 28,141]

The man who slated the EL is now pining for it

[Tautvix 1,321]

Man Utd will win EL. We knew that long time ago when Tottenham and Roma were out..

[cosmicway 1,333]

Juve one inch from the trophy.
It's Antonio's work.

[DYC. 7,542]

Bakayoko doesn't improve Chels. I don't know about his potential because physical players are hard to gauge. He could go on to grow into a fine player but he could also have peaked early. But he's not better than Matic and only upgrades should be contracted.

I have to say, Pjanic has proved me wrong. Didn't think he possessed the tactical nous and personality (along with his lack of athleticism) to become the chief playmaker of an elite team. A good player rather than a top player, but he's been fantastic after a slow start. And I'm glad I was wrong because I love a good playmaker.

Mbappe is something else. The boy's already a boss. He never hides and is always trying to take responsibility. Very rare in a youngster.

And, oh, yeah, Dani Alves is a rockstar. But that was already a fact.

[Leif 6,006]

Away goals is a stoneage idea. Wish the game wasn't run by hasbeen's.

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Why why didnt atletico kept going at real to get 3rd goal? It was clear Real players were not in game and would concede another sooner or later. Sure who knows how tired atletico players would be then, but still in miles better situation than now. 

3 goals in second half not impossible but I doubt it.

[Belgiannutt 3,201]

Modric 

 

 

[DYC. 7,542]

Must be nice to have two elite midfielders in Modric and Kroos in your team. Along with a mercurial talent like Isco. They were all amazing.

Benzema's dribble to set up the goal was a piece of art.

Don't want Real or any team (except for Chels) to win the CL twice in a row. That's boring. And another CL trophy for one of the super clubs would be horrible for football. I'm rooting for Buffon.

[Johnnyeye 7,509]

well done to Atletico for almost causing an upset, but the real damage was done in the first leg, i think this in the end of an era for Simeone at Atletico, he will rue missing a huge chance to win a Champions League with Atletico, lost 2 finals against Real Madrid and got knocked out by the same opposition in 14/15 and this season again, he really must hate the sight of them, jeez. all in all he has done wonders for Atletico, won everything except the Champions League and made them an elite team in the Champions League, all credit to him, he will go down as a legend for Atletico.

Real on the other hand have reached their 3rd final in 4 seasons, deservedly so, they were the much better team over 2 legs, the build up to Real madrid´s goal was simply great, all credit to Benzema for that piece of magic, it was that good, really Messi like. Real have a huge opportunity to defend their trophy, they face an amazing Juventus team who will give everything and will try to win their much desired Champions League title since they last won it in 1996 and will try to do much better than in 2015 when they lost to Barcelona. It will be on hell of a final for sure and not so one sided like the 2015 final i think, last time these 2 faced each other in a final was in 1998 with Real winning 1-0. Cheers

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

Huge task for Celta, but I wouldn't be surprised if they manage to win 2-1 at OT, if MU having one of those day.

[Laylabelle 9,535]

1-0 man u..even bigger task 

[Milan 17,957]

So Ajax is the last hope of ruining them

[Laylabelle 9,535]

Hopefully..be surprised though seems very smooth sailing for them...annoyingly!

[Milan 17,957]

How is Guidetti a professional footballer? Such an awful performance, missing an absolute sitter in the last second. Well done.

[lucio 5,418]

guidetti piss off, would have been so funny

[Jase 43,479]

Goodness me. How negative was that from Mourinho?!

[kellzfresh 7,229]

53 minutes ago, Jason said:

Goodness me. How negative was that from Mourinho?!

Manutd are used to attacking football along with winning things for so long under Ferguson. We'll see how long they can take this especially when Mourinho doesn't win.

And he had the guts to say he played the same football as Conte with us and his was not praised?? Lol Dreadful park the bus stuff for two consecutive games 

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

1 hour ago, kellzfresh said:

Manutd are used to attacking football along with winning things for so long under Ferguson. We'll see how long they can take this especially when Mourinho doesn't win.

And he had the guts to say he played the same football as Conte with us and his was not praised?? Lol Dreadful park the bus stuff for two consecutive games 

I agree with those ManU fans. Jose really has become an incredible boring type of manager. Always the same antics, same tactics. Demanding super expensive overrated players to play some medieval cattenacio football with them. 

But tbf SAFs football was incredibly shitty to watch, too. The difference being, apart from his peak teams of 2007,2008, he won the league several times with an absolutely average squad with players like Tom Cleverley, twice over the hill Scholes, past-it Giggs, Valencia, Fabio, Rafael, Gibson and other Championship level players defending 1-0 leads as if their live depended on it and with friendly support from the ref. SAFs football was absolute eye-cancer however. Simply having their defenders whack the ball in the air and then rush many players forward to collect the rebound pumping it in the Box and hoping for a prime Ronaldo, prime Rooney or prime RvP to bail him out. 

[BlueLyon 9,359]

One thing Im glad we dont have Mou anymore is because he always sets defensive these days. Not just against best teams, but against anyone. WBA we lead at home 1:0, he decides to park the bus till end. Next game, same.

With Conte, at least we push for killer goal to end the game. We keep playing our game. Sure we are still quite defensive against best teams, but it has to be said, we dont have a complete team and those tactics are completely appropriate. But not against small teams like Mou is doing.