UCL Draw Thread

[Mr_President 404]

Never mind, don't worry about It.

Anyway, I just follow the biggest teams and not the best league. Barca, Real, Bayern and MU are the other teams I watch.

I'm yet to see a Chelsea's fan saying that PSG will qualify; that's great considering that it's 50/50 according to the bookies.

I woulda loved to talk with people living in London, but It looks as if all your fans are foreign lol.

The game is 50-50, that's why you won't see any Chelsea fan saying PSG will qualify. What kind of fan thinks another team will qualify if it's a 50/50 game?

No doubt, this is going to be a close and interesting game and most Chelsea fans I know (in real life, not on this forum) don't believe we have an easy pass into the SFs. If anything, they appreciate that PSG are a good team filled with very good players whilst we are also the same (but our key offensive players are also very young + Matic is ineligible). If Matic was available I'd be more confident.

[Cuadrado 15]

I'm pretty sure you just proved how shit Ligue 1 is with that GIF. That is some of the most hilarious defending I have ever seen!

oh yes even the defenders of Real and barca are shit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTu5eNWJ_0s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUtMph3UdZk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMUZ2ERWdiQ

[CHOULO19 24,332]

oh yes even the defenders of Real and barca are shit

As a matter of fact, they are

Puyol aside, I wouldn't want any of their defenders at Chelsea. Pique, Barca's best defender, failed miserably in the EPL. But let's not drift off topic here.

[Namika 922]

oh yes even the defenders of Real and barca are shit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTu5eNWJ_0s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUtMph3UdZk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMUZ2ERWdiQ

It was a friendly against Real... And yeah the defenders of Barca are actually, Milan last year put two past them, Bayern seven. Real Madrid B beat them too. It was the worst Barca side in the last 5 years.

[Cuadrado 15]

As a matter of fact, they are

Puyol aside, I wouldn't want any of their defenders at Chelsea. Pique, Barca's best defender, failed miserably in the EPL. But let's not drift off topic here.

he has not failed, he was very young, only 18 years old.

Bergkamp and Henry were absolutely nothing in the Serie A 90s(the best league in history with Serie A 80s), so, there are not great players?

[magiczlatan 15]

The game is 50-50, that's why you won't see any Chelsea fan saying PSG will qualify. What kind of fan thinks another team will qualify if it's a 50/50 game?

No doubt, this is going to be a close and interesting game and most Chelsea fans I know (in real life, not on this forum) don't believe we have an easy pass into the SFs. If anything, they appreciate that PSG are a good team filled with very good players whilst we are also the same (but our key offensive players are also very young + Matic is ineligible). If Matic was available I'd be more confident.

I, too, have a difficult time analyzing the tie. There are so many question marks. If PSG played in a better league, I would have more answers.

I personally think that we will get knocked out; I have been disappointed so many times with what the French clubs did in Europe.

Next season should be better provided that we recruit Pogba, Alves, Varane and a left winger first and foremost (cr7, Hazard, or the cream of the crop).

[Cuadrado 15]

It was a friendly against Real... And yeah the defenders of Barca are actually, Milan last year put two past them, Bayern seven. Real Madrid B beat them too. It was the worst Barca side in the last 5 years.

Chelsea was owed by Corinthians and Juventus

[CHOULO19 24,332]

he has not failed, he was very young, only 18 years old.

Bergkamp and Henry were absolutely nothing in the Serie A 90s(the best league in history with Serie A 80s), so, there are not great players?

He was 22 when he left united after making 12 appearances in 4 seasons. Pique is an excellent footballer, just a shit defender.

To get back on topic, I think Lucas is a good player. Lots of pace and dribbling ability, but he's not world class. He's not up to the level of players like Hazard, Reus, Robben, Ribery..etc let alone Messi and Ronaldo.

[Jase 43,479]

Chelsea Are the Ultimate Test for Zlatan Ibrahimovic's Paris Saint-Germain

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

I woulda loved to talk with people living in London, but It looks as if all your fans are foreigner lol.

Do English people have special eyes or what? We pretty much watch the same football game, read the same news, watch the same interviews, we even watch the same TV station (Sky Sports/BT Sport), even though we are foreigners. The passion is the same all around the world, the only difference is that they have the chance to go to matches more often than us, the foreigners.

Or is the fact that you need a degree in football to make the difference between Chelsea and Paris? Or EPL and Ligue 1?

IIRC, every single fan here on this forum said the chances are pretty much equal, with a slight advantage for Chelsea because of some factors - Chelsea's experience in this competition, Jose Mourinho, 2nd leg in London and last but not least, the fact that this will be the biggest test for Paris this season. I agree this Paris team has some world-class players in it and they deserve the 1st place in the League 1 standings, but is the opposition we're talking about here on this forum. Chelsea has had games against City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Tottenham, Everton, United this season, while Paris has played against Mickey Mouse and Tooth Fairy. That's why no one on this forum is impressed about Paris yet. We haven't really seen what they are capable of. You feel me? This team has kept a clean sheet at the Etihad against a monster of a team, hasn't conceded a single goal against Tottenham and Arsenal in four matches this season, Terry and Cahill are rock solid, Hazard is playing better and better by every game. Why wouldn't we be confident about this leg? The only thing is that people are not impressed by your side winning against second hand teams. City used to put five or six past every team that visited the Etihad. Still, they couldn't score against Chelsea... It's all about the big games mate, and Paris hasn't had many this season...

[Yeboii 1,844]

I, too, have a difficult time analyzing the tie. There are so many question marks. If PSG played in a better league, I would have more answers.

I personally think that we will get knocked out; I have been disappointed so many times with what the French clubs did in Europe.

Next season should be better provided that we recruit Pogba, Alves, Varane and a left winger first and foremost (cr7, Hazard, or the cream of the crop).

You really think PSG will get all those players? lol

Btw this is not aimed at you (who I am quoting), but some of these PSG fans are so deluded that it's getting annoying.

Lucas made one greatrun from the defence, not passing to anyone(!!!) in the process and ended up with nothing at all really. That is the best thing he has done in his career. Compare that to what Hazard and Oscar, for example, have done in their careers.

[magiczlatan 15]

Do English people have special eyes or what? We pretty much watch the same football game, read the same news, watch the same interviews, we even watch the same TV station (Sky Sports/BT Sport), even though we are foreigners. The passion is the same all around the world, the only difference is that they have the chance to go to matches more often than us, the foreigners.

Or is the fact that you need a degree in football to make the difference between Chelsea and Paris? Or EPL and Ligue 1?

IIRC, every single fan here on this forum said the chances are pretty much equal, with a slight advantage for Chelsea because of some factors - Chelsea's experience in this competition, Jose Mourinho, 2nd leg in London and last but not least, the fact that this will be the biggest test for Paris this season. I agree this Paris team has some world-class players in it and they deserve the 1st place in the League 1 standings, but is the opposition we're talking about here on this forum. Chelsea has had games against City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Tottenham, Everton, United this season, while Paris has played against Mickey Mouse and Tooth Fairy. That's why no one on this forum is impressed about Paris yet. We haven't really seen what they are capable of. You feel me? This team has kept a clean sheet at the Etihad against a monster of a team, hasn't conceded a single goal against Tottenham and Arsenal in four matches this season, Terry and Cahill are rock solid, Hazard is playing better and better by every game. Why wouldn't we be confident about this leg? The only thing is that people are not impressed by your side winning against second hand teams. City used to put five or six past every team that visited the Etihad. Still, they couldn't score against Chelsea... It's all about the big games mate, and Paris hasn't had many this season...

Well, I'm not used to reading posts written by foreigners on French forums. Your club is more popular outside England than I thought.

Anyway, I somewhat agree with what you wrote. However, PSG did very well against the "Mickey Mouse" clubs. Every time PSG played a team for the first time in the champions league this season, they battered the opposition. Olympiakos 1-4, Benfica 3-0, Anderlecht 0-5, Leverkusen 0-4.

It's been so easy that they always pass the ball around to save up energy. Ball possession is very important in football. Very

few teams can keep the ball as often as PSG.

I'm so surprised that Chelsea could win 2 major trophies despite the fact that your ball possession % was not high.

[magiczlatan 15]

You really think PSG will get all those players? lol

Btw this is not aimed at you (who I am quoting), but some of these PSG fans are so deluded that it's getting annoying.

Lucas made one greatrun from the defence, not passing to anyone(!!!) in the process and ended up with nothing at all really. That is the best thing he has done in his career. Compare that to what Hazard and Oscar, for example, have done in their careers.

I'm very serious; PSG will have at least 150 millions euros per season to buy new players over the next 4 years.

I have no idea why that Italian guy got carried away with Lucas. The latter does not know how to strike a soccer ball, although

he is one of the most talented young players I've ever seen. As I said earlier, He won't even start.

[Dwight Schrute 114]

To get back on topic, I think Lucas is a good player. Lots of pace and dribbling ability, but he's not world class. He's not up to the level of players like Hazard, Reus, Robben, Ribery..etc let alone Messi and Ronaldo.

All things being equal, Lucas Moura reminds me of Cristiano when he arrived in Man U. Always trying to make the most beautiful dribbling, not the most efficient. Always trying to score the goal of the century as soon as he as the ball, always shoting as soon as he can. Once he sees he has 10 teammates around him, he will be a very good player.

You do realize Willian plays in the Premier League while both Lavezzi and Lucas play in the Ligue 1. Premier League >> Ligue 1. Better defenders in the premier league which makes it harder to score, assist and dribble.

It's not that simple IMO. It is not about knowing which league is the best one (EPL of course). Since I watch both leagues ( I understand why you don't, being French is the only thing that can make you watch this league ), there is basically one fundamental difference between the Ligue 1 and the EPL when it comes to tactics: in France, the aim is to conceid one less goal than the other team, in England, the aim is to score one more goal.

I am not saying that Lucas and Lavezzi are better, but in Ligue 1, scoring is not that easy since:

1) Most of the time, your coach's priority is a clean-sheet, not scoring (which is not the case in Paris)

2) Most of the time, the other team's priority is a clean sheet, not scoring

Quarter-finals in Champions League is the biggest achievement in your club's miserable history and it will stay like that.

Now get out of here and enjoy your last weeks in Champions League. After that you can go back to that second-hand league of yours and watch "the Almighty Paris" winning against Evian and Ajaccio haha.

I think I'd behave the same if I'd watch my team troll the likes of Evian, Ajaccio and Sochaux week-in, week-out. Brainwashing: level Qatar. Thank God I'm not following that Mickey Mouse league.

Ok, you hate us, you find us miserable, Ligue 1 is the worst competition in the world, ... We get it. What's the point of being that aggressive?

Should I be a moron, I would say that you look like you forget that your home league is Liga I, not Premier league, that your biggest clubs are Steaua and Rapid Bucharest, not Man U, Liverpool or Chelsea. But, as I am not a moron, I won't.

[Mohammed Seif 1,451]

Well, I'm not used to reading posts written by foreigners on French forums. Your club is more popular outside England than I thought.

Anyway, I somewhat agree with what you wrote. However, PSG did very well against the "Mickey Mouse" clubs. Every time PSG played a team for the first time in the champions league this season, they battered the opposition. Olympiakos 1-4, Benfica 3-0, Anderlecht 0-5, Leverkusen 0-5.

It's been so easy that they always pass the ball around to save up energy. Ball possession is very important in football. Very

few teams can keep the ball as often as PSG.

I'm so surprised that Chelsea could win 2 major trophies despite the fact that your ball possession % was not high.

It is not about the ball possession mate. It is about how you execute your game. Many different systems out there, high ball possession is just one of them

[Mohammed Seif 1,451]

All things being equal, Lucas Moura reminds me of Cristiano when he arrived in Man U. Always trying to make the most beautiful dribbling, not the most efficient. Always trying to score the goal of the century as soon as he as the ball, alwing shoting as soon as he can. Once he sees he has 10 teammates around him, he will be a very good player.

It's not that simple IMO. It is not about knowing which league the best one (EPL of course). Since I watch both leagues ( I understand why you don't, being French is the only thing that can make you watch this league ), there is basically one fundamental difference between the Ligue 1 and the EPL when it comes to tactics: in France, the aim is to conceid one less goal than the other team, in England, the aim is to score one more goal.

I am not saying that Lucas and Lavezzi are better, but in Ligue 1, scoring is not that easy since:

1) Most of the time, your coach's priority is a clean-sheet, not scoring (which is not the case in Paris)

2) Most of the time, the other team's priority is a clean sheet, not scoring

Ok, you hate us, you find us miserable, Ligue 1 is the worst competition in the world, ... We get it. What's the point of being that aggressive?

Should I be a moron, I would say that you look like you forget that your home league is Liga I, not Premier league, that your biggest clubs are Steaua and Rapid Bucharest, not Man U, Liverpool or Chelsea. But, as I am not a moron, I won't.

I think you got the wrong country. Actually wrong continent

[magiczlatan 15]

It is not about the ball possession mate. It is about how you execute your game. Many different systems out there, high ball possession is just one of them

It's a moot point. I really think that ball possession is the key to success.

http://www.whoscored.com/Regions/250/Tournaments/12/Europe-UEFA-Champions-League

Here you can see that bayern boasts a whopping 69.2% posession, followed by Barca and PSG.

Maybe I love this style of play too much, lol. Long live to the tiki-taka!

But I know that Chelsea's strategy is formidable even though the neutrals don't like it.

[Mohammed Seif 1,451]

It's a moot point. I really think that ball possession is the key to success.

http://www.whoscored.com/Regions/250/Tournaments/12/Europe-UEFA-Champions-League

Here you can see that bayern boasts a whopping 69.2% posession, followed by Barca and PSG.

Maybe I love this style of play too much, lol. Long live to the tiki-taka!

I perfectly understand your point, but again, it is just about the system, Dortmund, RM and ( even last year's Bayern) were never about possession. Don't get me wrong, personally I like the tiki taka, but if it was about that, then teams like Chelsea, Inter Milan and others wouldn't have defeated Barca. There is no such thing as a perfect system. You should know that. It is about how you execute your own and exploit the weakness in your opponents' games. Mourinho always had the venom for the tiki taka