The European Leagues & Competitions Thread V2

[Jase 43,479]

Pellegrini just said on SSN that he didn't understand how the H2H and GD rules work in the group stage and in turn, not knowing he only needed 1 more goal to win the group. Hence why he didn't put Aguero on (and took Dzeko off for Rodwell!) as he thought City needed two more. :lol:

[Rmpr 8,977]

A lot of quality teams in the knockout stages even as runners up. Man City, Leverkusen, Milan, Dortmund, Juventus and Zenit just to name a few, assuming all of them even qualify.

Not many easy draws this time for the ones who top their groups, although the team who draw Olympiakos will be super lucky.

We cant face English teams, Zenit and Milan are not great (imo) and Leverkusen is beatable...

[Jase 43,479]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ic6ldp3DhA

[Bosnian Blue 2,471]

Pellegrini just said on SSN that he didn't understand how the H2H and GD rules work in the group stage and in turn, not knowing he only needed 1 more goal to win the group. Hence why he didn't put Aguero on (and took Dzeko off for Rodwell!) as he thought City needed two more. :lol:

What an embarassment.

I just thought he didn't have the balls to attack Bayern.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Dzeko is City's third-choice striker at the moment, but he's so much better than anyone we have there. Doing a very good job for the team tonight, albeit without a goal so far.

I really wanted him in the summer, but was surprised that there was no interest what so ever from us despite the rumors that he was ready to leave City. Hard working physical striker who can link-up is my type of ST!

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Pellegrini just said on SSN that he didn't understand how the H2H and GD rules work in the group stage and in turn, not knowing he only needed 1 more goal to win the group. Hence why he didn't put Aguero on (and took Dzeko off for Rodwell!) as he thought City needed two more. :lol:

LMAO I tweeted something about City not knowing that a goal would take them top of the group, but I was just making fun of their attitude after the third goal I never imagined that it would actually be true!

[The_Flash 1,144]

What an embarassment.

I just thought he didn't have the balls to attack Bayern.

That is pretty funny but not totally surprising he seems very confused often that Pelligrini, bring back Mancini

[Strike 7,474]

Any chance Fernanda Lima will host the CL draw instead of the annoying bald prick?

[Blue Armour 4,436]

I question with city beating bayern, how the hell did we beat city?

Honestly, its beating the lesser teams I'm more concerned about. We did get results against Bayern too this season...so its question of players raising their game

[bushman 2,043]

A great result for Citeh. After all, it proves that Bayern is not unbeatable as most people think.

A big boost to Citeh morale just ahead of the clash with the goons.

[yuvala 2,167]

A great result for Citeh. After all, it proves that Bayern is not unbeatable as most people think.

A big boost to Citeh morale just ahead of the clash with the goons.

IMO Pep made them more beatable.

Still one of the top clubs, tearing up the Bundesliga.

[Jase 43,479]

LMAO I tweeted something about City not knowing that a goal would take them top of the group, but I was just making fun of their attitude after the third goal I never imagined that it would actually be true!

Ridiculous to think that no one from his backroom staff told him about this or not checking anything about this beforehand!

[Tomo 21,751]

We have to consider the top 4 the top 3 again.

We can't ignore the possibility of United doing what we did in 2012.

[Jype 6,398]

We cant face English teams, Zenit and Milan are not great (imo) and Leverkusen is beatable...

I'm well aware that we can't be drawn against an English team, I was talking about the round of 16 in general.

And despite not being all that great at the moment, teams like Milan and Zenit are still much harder opponents to anyone than some of the second placed teams there have been in previous years. And despite a mediocre United team raping them a couple of weeks ago Leverkusen are a team to be taken seriously, they've been consistently great for over a year now, especially this season in the Bundesliga. They are beatable, yes, but definitely not a pushover.

In my opinion the CL has been a much tougher competition these past few years than it was before, might be because some quality teams are only now making their way back to the European elite as well as some new up-and-comers and none of these are still nowhere near top seeded teams in the group stages. It's hilarious to think that clubs like Benfica and Porto are always in Pot 1 for the draw but then there are teams like PSG, City, Dortmund, Juventus and Napoli most of whom are in Pots 3 or 4.

[Special Juan 28,099]

Brilliant come back from City.