mediator 2,026 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 (edited) Broken leg surely Edited April 13, 2014 by CHOULO19 Added spoiler tag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,571 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Broken leg surely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Lamps 11,692 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Meeting Atletico without Courtois and Costa would give us a huge advantage. Everything's already been said about the Courtois situation and I think that the contract clause should be respected but hope Costa will be fit, never nice to see players missing such big games with an injury.As long as we win the CL, I would not mind Courtois ruled out by our board, Costa and Godin injured and some of our Spain laonees breaking Cristiano's leg before the final, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,571 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 As long as we win the CL, I would not mind Courtois ruled out by our board, Costa and Godin injured and some of our Spain laonees breaking Cristiano's leg before the final, who?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionsden 4,689 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 LOL. Look at PSG, Napoli two years ago. Do not have experience of playing games with high stakes. Came to Chelsea with 3-1 lead and capitulated. Cinderella stories happen ofcourse. Experience is not a certainty but at the top level in last 10 years you see the same clubs coming to the end of Champions League stages - Barca ManU Chelsea to name threeIs this because of experience or because, crucially, those teams have had a combination of world class/great managers, great squad and some luck?.Would Barca have dominated the competition the way they did if they didn't have Guardiola, Messi,Xavi and Iniesta all at the peak of their powers? replace them with highly experienced average players and manager and they wouldn't have won anything (without unprecedented ridiculous amount of luck anyway).And if experience is so important then how come teams like Porto, Benfica, Arsenal et al often fail to achieve anything meaningful (like getting past the 2nd round or reaching the semis and final) in the competition despite their vast experience coming from consistently qualifying for and participating in the competition year in year out? AswinR and duo11bluecl 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 I love the belief by most of our fans, but I have to say, some are getting a bit over confident. Someone on my TL has already booked his flight to Lisbon Ainsley Harriott, AswinR and Blue-in-me-Veins 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,571 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 I love the belief by most of our fans, but I have to say, some are getting a bit over confident. Someone on my TL has already booked his flight to Lisbon TL? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 TL?Time line on Twitter. Sorry, gotten a bit too used to Twitter terminology xPetrCechx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jype 6,398 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 who?!Romeu? He'll be facing Real Madrid with Valencia in a few weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrus 422 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Simeone says Costa's injury is not that serious. Probably looked worse than it is in reality - but still an awful sight.Still may miss at least the 1st game with us.I'm a bit torn about it because I really want Atletico to win La Liga this season, but if they really lost Costa for any amount of time it's our gain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bababoom 4,478 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Simeone on Costa Injury: “Costa is fine, he is happy. He has a cut, but its not a big deal." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,489 Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Is this because of experience or because, crucially, those teams have had a combination of world class/great managers, great squad and some luck?.Would Barca have dominated the competition the way they did if they didn't have Guardiola, Messi,Xavi and Iniesta all at the peak of their powers? replace them with highly experienced average players and manager and they wouldn't have won anything (without unprecedented ridiculous amount of luck anyway).And if experience is so important then how come teams like Porto, Benfica, Arsenal et al often fail to achieve anything meaningful (like getting past the 2nd round or reaching the semis and final) in the competition despite their vast experience coming from consistently qualifying for and participating in the competition year in year out?Arsenal the last few years have faced Milan, Barca, Bayern Bayern in the Round of 16. Not a good example that. Benfica and Porto, yes, but they're also depleted every year by sales of their key players. Again, turning this argument into experience is the only important aspect is pointless, that was not what i meant at all. the other factors like quality and luck is important but take Chelsea (2012) for example. Even when we were the worst side in the competition, the team had the know-how to hang on during a tie and win it in decisive momentsAtletico have been a machine this season but how many games have they played the last few years with the stakes anywhere close to a Champions League semifinal match? Not many. Even PSG in the quarters had the quality and the luck in the first leg but in the last 2 years they've played just 4 games of real high stakes (Barca QF in 2013 and Chelsea in 2014). In the 2nd leg, PSG capitulated. Stamford Bridge is a tough place to visit in such situations and they couldn't hang on. Experience and mental strength is not exaggerated at all AswinR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vybz Kartel 1,613 Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 http://futbol.as.com/futbol/2014/04/13/primera/1397406020_380114.htmlAtlético president Enrique Cerezo repeats: "Courtois will only play when we reach an agreement with Chelsea.Think his tryin to bring Chelsea into trouble with Uefa, why does he have to make it public?? An agreement was reached early on in the season when Atletico agreed to pay 5 million to us so there is no need for re negotiation at all its business Muzchap 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper 20,609 Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Arsenal the last few years have faced Milan, Barca, Bayern Bayern in the Round of 16. Not a good example that. Not on the topic of your discussion but that is entirely their own fault for failing to finish top of their group. iseah100, Styles, AswinR and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando 6,585 Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 It seems a lot of people are rooting for Atlético in the cl and Liverpool in the pl. Yet they stand in our way. Crush their hopes and dreams, and we will be more hated then over..... Should be amazing!! :-) AswinR and kellzfresh 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAM09 7,056 Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Marca are now saying Simeone will not play Courtois, as they want to keep him next season. http://www.tribalfootball.com/articles/atletico-madrid-boss-simeone-drop-courtois-chelsea-clash-4017181#.U0vWgnlwaaw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 But it will all be our fault. Muzchap 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,571 Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 But it will all be our fault.the courtois saga? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 the courtois saga?Yeah it's all our fault, you know, how the media will perceive it. darrus and xPetrCechx 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,571 Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Yeah it's all our fault, you know, how the media will perceive it.yeah... we are not the saint liverpool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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