The European Competitions Thread

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,920]

Just now, Vesper said:

picking Real to win the CL again next season

I wonder will Kendrick even get any play time.

[Gundalf 806]

2 minutes ago, Vesper said:

Ancellotti greatest manager ever

In a specific environment yes. He would totally fail here tho.

[Johnnyeye 7,593]

you just gotta give props to Real on the way they get it done time and time again when it matters most and when the stakes are high, no team comes close to them in clutch time, this is why they are the most decorated club in the world. Their recruitment policy and winning culture is amazing. 15 CL titles is fucking insane, 6 in the last 10 years

[Vesper 31,181]

1 minute ago, Sir Mikel OBE said:

I wonder will Kendrick even get any play time.

Endrick

and yes, he will

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,920]

1 minute ago, Vesper said:

Endrick

and yes, he will

Spell check 😜

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,920]

I wonder how long it will take for Kendrick to not automatically spell check fix though.

 

It took a second for Vinicius not to turn into Vicious on my phone 😮‍💨

[Vesper 31,181]

2 minutes ago, Johnnyeye said:

Their recruitment policy and winning culture is amazing

their only truly shit buy in last 15 seasons was Eden (thanks!)

and we get £5m from that sale for them winning the CL even though Eden is retired, lolol

so we end up getting £141m for him in toto

robbery!

[cosmicway 1,333]

I backed corners plus Vini to score anytime.

[Clockwork 1,794]

13 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

Maatsen lost carvajal for the first and served them the 2nd on a silver plate. Absolute liability, single-handedly lost them the CL. It is often when stakes are high that is becomes clear who is the weakest link. Reminds me of karius 

I don't blame him for the set piece, second one okay. He was overall very good, if anything his price went up. 

[Vesper 31,181]

3 minutes ago, Sir Mikel OBE said:

took a second for Vinicius not to turn into Vicious on my phone

 

[cosmicway 1,333]

That Adeyemi is a young fool.
He should have cut the ball to the right and chip it over Tibot.
If it was Pulisic he would have scored that.

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

Just now, Clockwork said:

I don't blame him for the set piece, second one okay. He was overall very good, if anything his price went up. 

When you play a pass like (carbon copy of that caicedo one last year )that ,  then you are not overall good . 

[cosmicway 1,333]

RM win one champions league in three in their bad seasons.

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,920]

1 minute ago, cosmicway said:

That Adeyemi is a young fool.
He should have cut the ball to the right and chip it over Tibot.
If it was Pulisic he would have scored that.

If Pulisic was playing for that Dortmund side he would have been on the bench when that chance was created so it wouldn't have happened.

[Vesper 31,181]

4 minutes ago, Clockwork said:

I don't blame him for the set piece, second one okay. He was overall very good, if anything his price went up. 

that bad pass for the 2nd makes them buying him less likely

he will be a big scapegoat

will be remembered for it the rest of his career unfortunately and he is never going to win the CL to make up for it

[Vesper 31,181]

5 minutes ago, cosmicway said:

That Adeyemi is a young fool.
He should have cut the ball to the right and chip it over Tibot.
If it was Pulisic he would have scored that.

thats the weak spot of Adeyemi's game, he lacks composure in the end

all the speed in the world but absolutely not (so far) a ruthless finisher

[cosmicway 1,333]

4 minutes ago, Sir Mikel OBE said:

If Pulisic was playing for that Dortmund side he would have been on the bench when that chance was created so it wouldn't have happened.

 

[Pizy 19,381]

Real Madrid are just boring now. They seem to play poorly every time I watch in recent years but still find ways to win each time. Opposition team need to know that you HAVE to be clinical or you stand no chance against them. If you allow them to hang around and let them off the hook with your clear cut chances they’ll ALWAYS make you regret it.

It’s got to the point where it almost doesn’t even feel special when they win it anymore. 

[cosmicway 1,333]

1 minute ago, Pizy said:

Real Madrid are just boring now. They seem to play poorly every time I watch in recent years but still find ways to win each time. Opposition team need to know that you HAVE to be clinical or you stand no chance against them. If you allow them to hang around and let them off the hook with your clear cut chances they’ll ALWAYS make you regret it.

It’s got to the point where it almost doesn’t even feel special when they win it anymore. 

Not at all.
Their mistake in years past was not to bring defensive players but only attackers.
When they bought Owen from Liverpool they neglected their defense.
But they have stopped doing that.
Real was -relatively speaking- out of money only once in their history, late sixties - early seventies.

Here is the only team in the world who -almost- mastered them:
 

Ivic - Senteno.
 

[Johnnyeye 7,593]

11 minutes ago, Vesper said:

thats the weak spot of Adeyemi's game, he lacks composure in the end

all the speed in the world but absolutely not (so far) a ruthless finisher

when  Adeyemi fucked up that one on one i just knew Dortmund were going to blew it.