The European Competitions Thread

[OhForAGreavsie 6,072]

6 minutes ago, Vesper said:

first time since 2005 that one or both of Messi and CR7 have not been in the CL semifinals

Standing ovation to those two spectacular footballers. Yes, I know they have played for three clubs who have experienced overlapping periods of dominance during that time but even so. Outstanding stat.

[Vesper 30,169]

5 minutes ago, LAM09 said:

 

 

Barcelona need a massive rebuild, so something has to give eventually.

PSG will probably do anything at this point to win the CL (doubt this will be their year either).

 

and they just sturdily swapped a 24yo MF (turned 24 two days ago) (Arthur) for a 30yo (31yo in the coming winter) Pjanic

roflmaaoooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[Vesper 30,169]

1 minute ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

Standing ovation to those two spectacular footballers. Yes, I know they have played for three clubs who have experienced overlapping periods of dominance during that time but even so. Outstanding stat.

2005 should have been our first CL trophy, if not for getting FUCKED in the bindipper game on that no pen call on Sami Hyypiä when he bulldozed Kezman in the box and nothing

[OhForAGreavsie 6,072]

9 minutes ago, Vesper said:

2005 should have been our first CL trophy, if not for getting FUCKED in the bindipper game on that no pen call on Sami Hyypiä when he bulldozed Kezman in the box and nothing

Should have been our second!

[Jase 43,479]

32 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Barca are in an absolute world of trouble, too. I think they have by far the highest wage bill in the world, nearly all of their mega money signings have failed, they can't spend big now due to the pandemic, their squad is filled with aging, past it players like Busquets, Pique, and Alba. And then ON TOP of all that they'll need a new manager AGAIN, plus Messi will be likely agitating for a move.

They might just be in the worst position of any club in Europe. Chaos that would make Chelsea say yikes!

The average age of the Barcelona players tonight were 30. 

[OhForAGreavsie 6,072]

Just now, Jason said:

The average age of the Barcelona players tonight were 30. 

Was it? Misery likes company so I'm delighted we're not the only team with big squad rebuilding to do.

[LAM09 7,051]

and they just sturdily swapped a 24yo MF (turned 24 two days ago) (Arthur) for a 30yo (31yo in the coming winter) Pjanic
roflmaaoooooooooooooooooooooooooo

The board have been a shambles for years and they want to wait ANOTHER year till the elections come around before attempting to fix this shit show.

So much is wrong with the club, it's untrue.

[Jase 43,479]

1 minute ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

Was it? Misery likes company so I'm delighted we're not the only team with big squad rebuilding to do.

 

[Jase 43,479]

Just now, LAM09 said:

The board have been a shambles for years and they want to wait ANOTHER year till the elections come around before attempting to fix this shit show.

So much is wrong with the club, it's untrue.

Whenever people think or say we have the worst board in the world, just point at Barcelona. 

[Vesper 30,169]

10 minutes ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

Should have been our second!

when would have been the first? The year before when we lost to Monaco in the semis?

[Vesper 30,169]

Messi going to wake up tomorrow with a huge case of blaumachen 

[OhForAGreavsie 6,072]

1 hour ago, Vesper said:

when would have been the first? The year before when we lost to Monaco in the semis?

When we blew it in the semi against Monaco and when even Morrientes admitted that what ultimately proved the winning goal should not have stood. It's arguable of course that Jose's Porto would have beaten us in the final anyway, but it's impossible to escape the feeling that we missed a big opportunity that year.

[communicate 2,703]

Not really surprised with the results, Barca is such a bad team. They are a porous and old team plastered with messi bandage.

 

[communicate 2,703]

3 hours ago, Fernando said:

Team has been created around him. I assume a lot of younger hungrier players will step up once he is gone.  

Not sure that is true.

[NikkiCFC 8,318]

4 hours ago, !Hazard! said:

Is this the best Bayern side since 2013

They always do best with German managers.This is best Bayern since Heynckes. Pep and Carlo were not on this level and they always failed in CL.

[blu35_army 551]

Barca spent around £363 million on their three most expensive recruits - among the top six biggest ever. One started on the bench (Griezmann), the other never came off it (Dembele) and their biggest outlay (Coutinho) got an assist and two goals against them as a loanee..... what a Sad Ending for messi last night.....

 

[Pulisicismydaddy 91]

Doubt it but I'd like CL to keep this format and put all matches after the group stage at the end of the season instead of arranged during the whole season.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

On 8/13/2020 at 9:01 PM, Rapkun said:

11 fouls for Leipzig in the first half. One thing Lamps should consider is to use tactical fouling more if he's so intent on attacking football and leaving the defense exposed.

Exactly. The tactics put up by the coach can protect the defense, Pressing traps/high pressing, Tactical fouls. Chelsea have to do far better at this if we want to sustain attacking football, it cant work without pressing and Tactical fouls. The Bayern destruction of Barcelona proved that Attack mostly wins over defense. Once we get finishers and good decision makers upfront, then we can focus on proper wingbacks like Alphonso Davies to provide Speed on the flanks in attack. Not the slow combo of Alonso and Azpi we currently have. 

Once your attack is dangerous, no one will attack your defense carelessly out of fear of being hit at the back.

[OhForAGreavsie 6,072]

6 hours ago, Vesper said:

Messi going to wake up tomorrow with a huge case of blaumachen 

German is just a stonking blockbuster of a language. The vocabulary is out of this world. 🙂

[communicate 2,703]

1 hour ago, kellzfresh said:

Exactly. The tactics put up by the coach can protect the defense, Pressing traps/high pressing, Tactical fouls. Chelsea have to do far better at this if we want to sustain attacking football, it cant work without pressing and Tactical fouls. The Bayern destruction of Barcelona proved that Attack mostly wins over defense. Once we get finishers and good decision makers upfront, then we can focus on proper wingbacks like Alphonso Davies to provide Speed on the flanks in attack. Not the slow combo of Alonso and Azpi we currently have. 

Once your attack is dangerous, no one will attack your defense carelessly out of fear of being hit at the back.

Opps @Rapkun is revealing nagelsman secret. I hate team who do tactical fouling too often and Leipzig defense depend heavily on tactical fouling. If you get "bad" referee, it is golden but if you get good referee, you are pretty much red card waiting to happen.