The European Leagues & Competitions Thread V2

[KevinAshburner 1,270]

FERNANDO TORRES.

[Stamford Heart 16]

Atletico deserved it .

Am happy cuz Arsenal is out :dude:

[communicate 2,703]

Great strike by Castro there.

Did you see the other penalty. Horrible. No run up. Ridiculous

[CHOULO19 24,332]

That has to be up there with the worst penalty shoot-outs ever. Feel bad for Kiessling, though.

[Belgiannutt 3,201]

It matters in the discussion about the suggestion that was being made that we should feel more ashamed about our exit from the CL than Arsenal.

Of course eventually it all means f*** all as we're both out of the competition. But people are acting like we should change the name of the club and move to another league because we went out on goal difference against a really good side while Arsenal are being portrayed as unlucky champions even though they got destroyed at home by a side, theoretically, much worse than themselves.

Ashamed is a strong word but i do think our exit was worse then Arsenal's. Atleast they put up a fight.

We were worse then PSG in both games. Especially in the second leg. 11 vs 10 at home and we were completely dominated by PSG.

Do agree with you that Arsenal shouldn't be complimented on their performance. They should have always beaten this Monaco side.

[The Chels 2,502]

Credit to Leverkusen. They didn't create much in this game but they defended resolutely (especially from set-pieces). For Atleti it's the kind of the luck all CL winners need.

[Magic Lamps 11,653]

This away goals rule is utter Bullshit. Going out of a competition without losing a match is unfair. Two draws should warrant extra time and penalties. Or simply fuck this replay BS and have every round one match on a neutral venue.

[hamad138 190]

Ozil had a good game but media is slating him again.

Dafuq has Ozil done to english media o_O? He gets hated even when he performs well where sanchez gets all the love even when he doesnt peform.

The hate is rediciolous

[-Kaplan- 410]

Agree but tonight is all about Arsenal

It should be, but I'm still not over our pathetic elimination.

[robdog 2,084]

did you feel proud of the way we played // I DIDNT but I bet the gooner fans did

le voyeur didn't feel great

[Hybrid Angel 2,130]

Honestly I feel jealous when I watch Atletico's press and defending. For me, in the modern day of football that's how centre-backs have to defend. Miranda for example, knew exactly when to press and when to stop the press and go back into position and did his job perfectly. I don't like the backing off and keeping your position all the time, something that all of our centre-backs do. I think a combination of each style would be the ideal solution in our team, one classic, English centre-back who stays in position at all times and his pair would be someone like Miranda, sort of like the Jt & Carvalho partnership we had 10 years ago.

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

Chelsea and Arsenal out after 3-3 on aggregate. I think I'll throw a cheeky bet on a 2-1 win for City and Barcelona to go through on penalties.

5 quid on CS 2-1 City @ 21/1

5 quid on Barcelona to go through on penalties @ 80/1

[illmatic 901]

I don't see any team with a amazing level, all equal. In less words, this and the past, was probably the UCL with more lowest level of the last years. As hurts that we have been eliminated....

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Ashamed is a strong word but i do think our exit was worse then Arsenal's. Atleast they put up a fight.

We were worse then PSG in both games. Especially in the second leg. 11 vs 10 at home and we were completely dominated by PSG.

Do agree with you that Arsenal shouldn't be complimented on their performance. They should have always beaten this Monaco side.

I feel bad about our exit because we had it in our hands and couldn't see it out. If were that much worse than them in both games and still managed to only go out on away goals and through 2 late goals then we were doing at least something right in managing the game.

PSG are an excellent side with a lot more quality than Monaco. And "completely dominated" is a huge exaggeration, imo. We played poorly and didn't press our advantage but PSG were not dominating. They had 10 minutes in the second half were they managed to press us back and keep the ball, but other than that they relied on set pieces they got from counters. You forget that we more than matched them in the first half in Paris and were on top in the first half at the bridge even before the sending off.

We should be disappointed, but we have nothing too be ashamed of. It's not like we lost 3-1 at home to a team like Monaco!

[Special Juan 27,424]

It's never their fault is it.

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Just so typical from Arsenal, bloody lol. Too late to start playing in the second leg. Again.

I thought we didnt even enter the pitch against psg

[Belgiannutt 3,201]

I feel bad about our exit because we had it in our hands and couldn't see it out. If were that much worse than them in both games and still managed to only go out on away goals and through 2 late goals then we were doing at least something right in managing the game.

PSG are an excellent side with a lot more quality than Monaco. And "completely dominated" is a huge exaggeration, imo. We played poorly and didn't press our advantage but PSG were not dominating. They had 10 minutes in the second half were they managed to press us back and keep the ball, but other than that they relied on set pieces they got from counters. You forget that we more than matched them in the first half in Paris and were on top in the first half at the bridge even before the sending off.

We should be disappointed, but we have nothing too be ashamed of. It's not like we lost 3-1 at home to a team like Monaco!

Come on. We were very fortunate to get away with a 1-1 from Paris and i wouldn't exactly classify drawing at home against 10 men as "doing something right in managing the game."

Sorry but giving our team any kind of credit for almost getting away with 2 narrow leads, against ten men, sounds ridiculous to me.

Completely might have been an exaggeration but we were dominated by PSG. First half in PSG we were equal but that second half they dominated us and we were lucky to get away with a draw there.

At home we played well for the first 30 minutes and were the better team but after the red card it was all PSG. We didn't create anything and our 2 goals came from a set piece and a penalty.

They had the best chances to win. Cavani hitting the post. When you were watching the game it looked like we were the ones that were down a man.

It's also not like we won 2-0 away from home.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Come on. We were very fortunate to get away with a 1-1 from Paris and i wouldn't exactly classify drawing at home against 10 men as "doing something right in managing the game."

Sorry but giving our team any kind of credit for almost getting away with 2 narrow leads, against ten men, sounds ridiculous to me.

Completely might have been an exaggeration but we were dominated by PSG. First half in PSG we were equal but that second half they dominated us and we were lucky to get away with a draw there.

At home we played well for the first 30 minutes and were the better team but after the red card it was all PSG. We didn't create anything and our 2 goals came from a set piece and a penalty.

They had the best chances to win. Cavani hitting the post. When you were watching the game it looked like we were the ones that were down a man.

It's also not like we won 2-0 away from home.

That's not very far from what I wrote, so how is that "shameful" or worse than losing 3-1 at home to Monaco?