Champions League Thread

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

Yes, but how good are we exactly?

I dont think they are Bayern or Real (I actually just had that discussion with Didierforever) but we are in a roller-coster season and we are extremely inconsistent!

Can we win? Hell yeah. Do I believe we will go through? Yes! However, it will be way harder than everyone here is predicting. PSG is no joke!!!

I think we're really good and also battled tested.

Look at the squads we beat. We were down a man to Bayern and were seconds away from winning... We beat City in both fixtures(Bayern lost), we beat Liverpool who are coming on(No team in Ligue 1 are playing as well as them outside of maybe PSG) We are battle tested having Eto'o, Luiz, Terry, Ramires, Lampard, Ivanovic, Mikel, Cech, Cahill as the vets who have already won it and we have prodigious young talent who are emerging as world beaters in Hazard, Oscar, Willian, Azpilicueta.

Not to mention the best tactician in the business. You don't think Jose will have the boys fired up and well drilled to be ready for PSG? I wouldn't bet against it!

[JDY 1,290]

Definitely the most intriguing tie of the round, can't wait.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

Its like people just dismiss the fact we just reeled off 14 straight unbeaten in the toughest league in the World... We aren't that inconsistent, in fact we have been VERY consistent and its the reason we're in for the title this year.

[zolayes 14,489]

there was never going to be an easy game in this years last 8 ,, even manure might have been awkward ,, BUT we could have got a much tougher draw than PSG ,,

at least that is my opinion

[bouletje 82]

A shitty thing to know is they are playing Lorient tonight, we are playing Arsenal, quite the difference..

[mediator 2,026]

PSG is no joke!!!

Nobody said it would be a piece of cake

[Pauleta 0]

A shitty thing to know is they are playing Lorient tonight, we are playing Arsenal, quite the difference..

Damn, Are you joking ?! That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard.

[Mr_President 404]

Well, its easy to understand.

English people think their league is their best, just like their national team...

O, wait.

No English football supporter thinks our national team is the best. It is such a big joke in the country. I'll give you the fact that the media hype the team up around international tournaments, but no one seriously believes we are anywhere near the best; in fact, quite the opposite.

[Initiative 0]

Who is searching places for PSG-Chelsea ?

I have some places.

[Neuilly 10]

Hi. I'm French and I don't know why you talking about the level of Ligue 1. I'm agree with you, our league is not good, essentially because French people discovered the football in 1998 (when France has won the world cup) while in England, Spain, Italy and Germany dream about football since forever, it is same a "religion" in Italy or Spain.

All the players of Paris SG are focused on the CL. Some people in this thread said, "i don't watch the games of PSG often", so why you speak about the team ? Have you ever seen Verratti, Matuidi, Motta, Maxwell (underrated here) play ? It is like if a guy speaks about a book that he has not read! Have you already seen the Zlatan Ibrahimovic of 2013-2014, because he's not like in the past, he plays with his teamates, he's really glad to be in this team. The form of his life.. PSG is the place to be in Europe. Most beautiful city in the world, ambitious project (PSG is already richer that City, Chelsea, Arsenal etc). If Chelsea eliminates PSG it will be a huge fail for direction of PSG, they want win the CL quickly! Ligue 1 is not an objective, for PSG it is just logical to win this league. Paris want to be the king of football in Europe, like the city is in Europe.

Ligue 1 is "sitting on the fence". Too weak compared to Premier League, Serie A, Bundesliga and Liga, and too strong for Liga Sagres and Eredivisie. Though if Ajax, Porto and Benfica are good teams their league is weak, attendance poor, poor revenue..

For comparaison Paris has 400 (soon 500M€) budget

Monaco 180 (> 200 soon)

Lyon 150

Marseille 150

Ajax and Porto 80-100.

PSG 2011 is the SAME project of Chelsea 2003 or City 2008, it is not a makhachkala project. Qatar is here for a long long time.

And for the money of Paris SG, Paris does the strategy of Premier League clubs, that is to say make call to money of strangers to be competitive. PSG like United, Arsenal, Chelsea, and many premier league team doesn't care about nationality of players.

For the matches, for me it's 50-50. The advantage of Chelsea is to received at stamford bridge the second game, and Mourinho.

[Roquila 1,335]

People are underrating Chelsea too much.... There is one thing that we have and they don't and cannot buy, thats HEART.

[SinineUltra 1,170]

PSG vs Chelsea. Great game to watch I reckon. On paper they seem formidable but we'll have to wait and see. They seem to fit our ideal opposition criteria - emphasis on the big names in attack, leaving them vulnerable at back. Glad to have dodged the Spanish clubs and Bayern.

[The only place to be 11,313]

The only place to be > There's a whole forum that observes and mocks you.

http://www.jeuxvideo.com/forums/1-20-27333940-1-0-1-0-un-anglais-clash-le-psg.htm

Why are you so embittered against the Ligue 1 and PSG ? Paris-SG is a real team and a proper club. And the Ligue 1 is maybe not the best championship, but stop to think that it is the worst.

Meh, there's a whole forum full of people here who 'observes and mocks me'. They also get to watch a top team play in a top league.

Anyway, I have no problem with Ligue 1. I have no problem with the Russian league, the Swiss league or the Dutch league either - I just don't think they're of high a quality as other leagues.

I think players who go to these leagues aren't looking to test themselves against the best opposition week in and week out. That's not an unfair view is it? If this is the case then why are these players going to these clubs then? I'm not ignorant of Chelsea's own financial backing but we also play in one of the best leagues in the world. That is a massive draw for players and fans of football alike.

Well, its easy to understand.

English people think their league is their best, just like their national team...

O, wait.

We don't think our national team is the best. In fact most of us don't even like the national team 11 months of the year.

[The only place to be 11,313]

PSG 2011 is the SAME project of Chelsea 2003 or City 2008, it is not a makhachkala project. Qatar is here for a long long time.

This is what you don't understand.

Chelsea of 2003 were still playing Manchester United of 2003, Liverpool of 2003, Arsenal of 2003, Everton of 2003, Newcastle of 2003.

You're the best team in France. Well done. You're the tallest midget, the slimmest kid at fat camp, the big dick in a tranny convention. It doesn't matter. Unless you want to secede and move to a different league people will only tune in to watch PSG vs Monaco for the foreseeable future.

Chelsea aren't great because we're simply Chelsea, or because we're wealthy. We're great because we're tested EVERY week against top teams in matches people watch all over the world. PSG can't buy that.

[SinineUltra 1,170]

Welcome to the forums! I completely agree with you, PSG can be compared to the Chelsea's or ManCity's story. There were no easy teams to be drawn at this stage of the competition but personally the only team I'd have had over PSG was ManU. It's nothing to do with Ligue 1 level, like you said, it's one of the best leagues in the world (TOP5). It's just that PSG is a not so well oiled machine yet albeit having great names in their ranks, although the future does look bright. The tie can go either way, football is round afterall.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Only on TC would drawing PSG in the UCL QF turn into a debate about Barcelona in the 60s to determine how tough the game will be

[Jase 43,479]

Blimey. The discussion has sure escalated quickly and there 184 people are viewing this thread.....

[edetarod 2,155]

happy with the draw, it will be a good test for our team

both teams have about the same chance to go through imo

[Muzchap 8,966]

Hi. I'm French and I don't know why you talking about the level of Ligue 1. I'm agree with you, our league is not good, essentially because French people discovered the football in 1998 (when France has won the world cup) while in England, Spain, Italy and Germany dream about football since forever, it is same a "religion" in Italy or Spain.

All the players of Paris SG are focused on the CL. Some people in this thread said, "i don't watch the games of PSG often", so why you speak about the team ? Have you ever seen Verratti, Matuidi, Motta, Maxwell (underrated here) play ? It is like if a guy speaks about a book that he has not read! Have you already seen the Zlatan Ibrahimovic of 2013-2014, because he's not like in the past, he plays with his teamates, he's really glad to be in this team. The form of his life.. PSG is the place to be in Europe. Most beautiful city in the world, ambitious project (PSG is already richer that City, Chelsea, Arsenal etc). If Chelsea eliminates PSG it will be a huge fail for direction of PSG, they want win the CL quickly! Ligue 1 is not an objective, for PSG it is just logical to win this league. Paris want to be the king of football in Europe, like the city is in Europe.

Ligue 1 is "sitting on the fence". Too weak compared to Premier League, Serie A, Bundesliga and Liga, and too strong for Liga Sagres and Eredivisie. Though if Ajax, Porto and Benfica are good teams their league is weak, attendance poor, poor revenue..

For comparaison Paris has 400 (soon 500M€) budget

Monaco 180 (> 200 soon)

Lyon 150

Marseille 150

Ajax and Porto 80-100.

PSG 2011 is the SAME project of Chelsea 2003 or City 2008, it is not a makhachkala project. Qatar is here for a long long time.

And for the money of Paris SG, Paris does the strategy of Premier League clubs, that is to say make call to money of strangers to be competitive. PSG like United, Arsenal, Chelsea, and many premier league team doesn't care about nationality of players.

For the matches, for me it's 50-50. The advantage of Chelsea is to received at stamford bridge the second game, and Mourinho.

Agree with everything (nearly) but saying Paris is the most beautiful city in the world?

Having travelled around a lot - I have to disagree

[Barbara 15,149]

Forums are always a surprise.

You click on a thread about something and bam, nothing you ever expected reading comes across you.

Some pages of this thread were hilarious.

As for my take of this. I'm one of those who may underrate PSG, but I've said way before we drew them that they're overrated imo. So I think we have the slight edge here. They have some players better than we do (Silva, Cavani and Zlatan) and we have a way better defense and Hazard. If we have Luiz in the pivot, we also have a better midfield than them. Oscar is better than Lucas ALL NIGHT LONG, but current form, I'm not sure if he is - one more reason for him to get his shit together soon.

RM is going to eat that Dortmund team for dessert given how many players Klopp doesn't have for the first leg. Bayern will eat United like the man who's saved money for months to go to a brothel: front, back, up and down.