cosmicway 1,333 Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, LAM09 said: Lukaku in a nutshell. He's been instrumental in Belgium's & Inter's failures. With regards to City, it's weird that they've won the treble and hardly anyone cares. City had to face some pretty tame opponents this year so they made it at last. Inter did well yesterday. They played destructive football but without at the same time giving ground to City. It was the best they could and if they had a striker sharper than Lukaku they could have taken it to extra time. Edited June 11, 2023 by cosmicway Blue Armour 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LAM09 7,051 Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 27 minutes ago, cosmicway said: City had to face some pretty tame opponents this year so they made it at last. Inter did well yesterday. They played destructive football but without at the same time giving ground to City. It was the best they could and if they had a striker sharper than Lukaku they could have taken it to extra time. Milito was in the stands yesterday; he would have won the tie for him. I believe Inter had the better chances prior to conceding (Ederson had a dreadful first half, which will probably be forgotten) and only have themselves to blame rather than be content with the notion that the better side wn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAM09 7,051 Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 Aouar joins Roma. They've signed some decent players on frees recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 8,886 Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 53 minutes ago, cosmicway said: City had to face some pretty tame opponents this year so they made it at last. Inter did well yesterday. They played destructive football but without at the same time giving ground to City. It was the best they could and if they had a striker sharper than Lukaku they could have taken it to extra time. Pretty tame opponents 🤣? Fucking hell. Yes nobody wanted to see them win it but there sure has been some nonsense regarding their win. They beat Inter, Real and Bayern in the run from quarters to final. Hardly tame opponents, probably 3 of the toughest teams you can play in European competitions or you’d think so. As well as having Sevilla and Dortmund in their group who are also no pushovers. I mean when we beat Dortmund under Potter over the two legs it was a “great” result for us so yeah to say that they had tame opponents along the way, nonsense. Inter had their chances but they are a top top team also, they didn’t have chances by fluke. They had earned their place in the final also, having Bayern, Barca in their groups, beating Benfica & Porto as well as AC Milan. Both teams had difficult paths and games to overcome so both deserved their places and you’d think after having seen us win the CL twice that there truly are no easy routes to the final. Vesper and Johnnyeye 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulham Broadway 17,312 Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 50 minutes ago, milka said: Yes. If the Premier League had the balls to inact justice for the 115 breaches of financial regulations. They wont though because City are a cash cow for them Johnnyeye 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmicway 1,333 Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 14 minutes ago, OneMoSalah said: Pretty tame opponents 🤣? Fucking hell. Yes nobody wanted to see them win it but there sure has been some nonsense regarding their win. They beat Inter, Real and Bayern in the run from quarters to final. Hardly tame opponents, probably 3 of the toughest teams you can play in European competitions or you’d think so. As well as having Sevilla and Dortmund in their group who are also no pushovers. I mean when we beat Dortmund under Potter over the two legs it was a “great” result for us so yeah to say that they had tame opponents along the way, nonsense. Inter had their chances but they are a top top team also, they didn’t have chances by fluke. They had earned their place in the final also, having Bayern, Barca in their groups, beating Benfica & Porto as well as AC Milan. Both teams had difficult paths and games to overcome so both deserved their places and you’d think after having seen us win the CL twice that there truly are no easy routes to the final. PSG and Bayern are remnants of what they used to be. AC Milan and Dortmund were beaten by Potter's 44 points Chelsea with ease. Plus Inter is not, well, world class. It was always champions league teams of course, not Krasnodarsk and Voivodina, but the task was easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 8,886 Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 1 hour ago, cosmicway said: PSG and Bayern are remnants of what they used to be. AC Milan and Dortmund were beaten by Potter's 44 points Chelsea with ease. Plus Inter is not, well, world class. It was always champions league teams of course, not Krasnodarsk and Voivodina, but the task was easy. “The task was easy” fuck sake, it is never easy 🤣 After watching us win it twice I thought you’d of grasped that no? I mean if you thinking winning the CL is easy at all then I don’t know. I mean nobody thought Inter would make the final. Nobody thought AC Milan or Napoli would make it as far as they did. To come out with this absolute drivel is mental. PSG, Bayern, whoever may not be as good or complete as they once were but you still have to beat these teams. And over 2 games anything can happen. Much worse teams than that City team have won the CL and teams almost as/as good as that City team haven’t won it. Its the hardest competition to win in Europe. This is why. Once you get to the quarter finals, all the teams are pretty good. Fulham Broadway and Johnnyeye 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmicway 1,333 Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 13 minutes ago, OneMoSalah said: “The task was easy” fuck sake, it is never easy 🤣 After watching us win it twice I thought you’d of grasped that no? I mean if you thinking winning the CL is easy at all then I don’t know. I mean nobody thought Inter would make the final. Nobody thought AC Milan or Napoli would make it as far as they did. To come out with this absolute drivel is mental. PSG, Bayern, whoever may not be as good or complete as they once were but you still have to beat these teams. And over 2 games anything can happen. Much worse teams than that City team have won the CL and teams almost as/as good as that City team haven’t won it. Its the hardest competition to win in Europe. This is why. Once you get to the quarter finals, all the teams are pretty good. They are a top team of UCL level but the task was easy. OneMoSalah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,171 Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 14 hours ago, OneMoSalah said: Pretty tame opponents 🤣? Fucking hell. Yes nobody wanted to see them win it but there sure has been some nonsense regarding their win. They beat Inter, Real and Bayern in the run from quarters to final. Hardly tame opponents, probably 3 of the toughest teams you can play in European competitions or you’d think so. As well as having Sevilla and Dortmund in their group who are also no pushovers. I mean when we beat Dortmund under Potter over the two legs it was a “great” result for us so yeah to say that they had tame opponents along the way, nonsense. Inter had their chances but they are a top top team also, they didn’t have chances by fluke. They had earned their place in the final also, having Bayern, Barca in their groups, beating Benfica & Porto as well as AC Milan. Both teams had difficult paths and games to overcome so both deserved their places and you’d think after having seen us win the CL twice that there truly are no easy routes to the final. Agree. It is ridiculous to say Citeh had an easy path. OneMoSalah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 Lukaku was outstanding for City OneMoSalah and Vesper 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmicway 1,333 Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 (edited) On 12/06/2023 at 11:05, Vesper said: Agree. It is ridiculous to say Citeh had an easy path. The dead easiest ever was Greece cup 1991. Panathinaikos had to face 2nd-3d division teams from September to May. With City it was nothing like that but by UCL standards it was an easy ride. Same can be said for the great Ajax of 1971-74, by default, as there was no match for the flying Dutchmen - all the other teams were inferior. Edited June 14, 2023 by cosmicway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LAM09 7,051 Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 I see Roma have signed another solid player on a free transfer (N'Dicka), someone you were keen on @Vesper Vesper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegetable 830 Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 Ancelotti seems to be Brazil- retirement bound, surprised still no rumors of Madrid being all over Graham Potter, top manager, visonnary, virtuoso and generally likable lad. Fernando and Vesper 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,318 Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 Juventus suggesting UEFA should ban them from Conference league lol that's how much they want to play it. Vesper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,318 Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 Beautiful story so far in Champions league qualification from Faroe Islands team. Knocked out Hungarian and Swedish side and now beat Norwegians in first leg. Hope they reach CL, football is their hobby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmicway 1,333 Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 (edited) AEK beat Dinamo 2-1 in Zagreb. The Croats were 1-0 up at half time but in the second half they were crushed - could have been 5-1 for the Greek team. In the last five minutes with AEK 2-1 ahead their keeper Livakovitch made four (4 !) fantastic saves to keep the score down. Meanwhile Panathinaikos looks like going down to Marseille. Edited August 15, 2023 by cosmicway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calculatingInfinity 1,472 Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 Copenhagen had an insane match tonight. 0-0 at home against Sparta Prague... and went behind two times in extra time. But got to it at the end, with a panenka by 17 year old Roony On 09/08/2023 at 14:19, NikkiCFC said: Beautiful story so far in Champions league qualification from Faroe Islands team. Knocked out Hungarian and Swedish side and now beat Norwegians in first leg. Hope they reach CL, football is their hobby. Sadly they didnt in the end, but still a massive achievement for them . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmicway 1,333 Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 Panathinaikos too went through - the bat's bone worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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