Thats cleared that up, unfortunately for Liverpool there was only a small piece of that game where there was a danger of them them winning, they were just played off the park by Basel, but there's no disgrace in that :)
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Thats cleared that up, unfortunately for Liverpool there was only a small piece of that game where there was a danger of them them winning, they were just played off the park by Basel, but there's no disgrace in that :)
View from Basel: Very disappointing game, no real atmosphere. Bad tactics from Sousa, Basel didnt really go for it at all, Porto not much better. A draw a fair result from two very poor teams. González's goal was a real peach, nicely put away, but after that Basel rarely threatened. Referee was awful, Mark Clattenburg gave 9 yellow cards in a game that wasnt bad tempered, and he looked like he hadnt a clue what he was doing, comical.http://www.footballfans.eu/img?f=5042013&w=600&h=301
Dortmund are conspiring to lose a game they've been on top for much of.
Hummels went walkabout for Juve's second.
Dortmund are conspiring to lose a game they've been on top for much of.
Hummels went walkabout for Juve's second.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyrb-qFkjKs
That was the first time I had heard the Barca away fans (the 50 or 60 of them) make noise in a game.
Suarez world class as ever!
I was flicking between the two games last night.
I turned on Barca-City at one stage and the first thing that I heard uttered was "The last thing City want to do now is to concede another goal".
Lawrenson, insightful as always. And as for having Mendieta on the panel? Christ wept.
I had to keep going into the 'other channels' option to get ITV. For flicking purposes, TV3 would have been more practical but the inconvenience was better than listing to Trevor and Lawro for any length of time.
Second leg of Dortmund Juve should be a cracker. Manchester City = Groundhog Day.... with all their billions, have they made one signing in the last three years that has actually enhanced their team?
Nevermind Hummels, Kompany is officially the most overrated defender in world football for me.
You need more choices in life Delorean, having to flick all the way through to other channels is just so retro.
I have 2 sky digiboxes and can flick in between with ease, or record one game while watching another and catch up with the recorded game at half time and of course at the end of the live game. With good use of the ff button you get 2 games in full + abit of panel discussion as opposed to one game + all the panel discussion + adverts. Or do like hyper Bonnie and have 2 or 3 going on the computer along with one live on the box.
The Barca v Man city was first division quality compared to the 2nd division Juve v DVB. Even Messi's penalty and follow up miss was an astounding first class mishap.
I could have used my Sky Go app. My battery was running thin though and the charger was all the way upstairs.
The wednesday night CL football was decent enough and the rte 2 pundit talk is much improved with Darragh Maloney but it was Lenny Henry who stole the show later on.
This thread includes the EL?? It's not as the thread is being clogged up so far.
That was superb penalty shoot out in Istanbul, a 9/10.
Even Charlie would have been tickled by some of the postage stamp dispatches.
An 8pm start. Bilbao v Torino is excellent fare so far and a firm 2 fingered gesture to those who condescend towards the EL
Once again the "greatest league in the world" falls short. Interesting article here:
http://www.football365.com/john-nich...Premier-League
They all make such a fuss about getting in to the Champions League and in the end it usually ends up in misery. True Chelsea are still in there but overall most English teams fall well short of the required standard both in the CL and Europa League.
Good article but I had no issue with Arsenal being clear favourites to progress. They have been pretty solid CL performers for well over a decade. Obviously Monaco shouldn't have been dismissed completely but it was a major upset. I'm not sure anybody expected Tottenham to beat Fiorentina with any real conviction, especially after the first leg. I'd assume most would have viewed it as a fairly even tie.
Since Bielsa moved to Marseilles I've been watching quite a bit of French football and there is no doubt in my mind that it is quite a bit better than than the epl. Monaco's league position is more due to their horrible start to their league campaign, and that was probably down to new coach and new methods, imo they are as good as the top 3 there.
They had sold on their best 2 players (Rodriguez and Falcoa). Against arsenal they had a reserve back 4 playing, which in all is a testament to their youth policy and famed academy tradition.
Strange enough, the emergence of the billionaire back super team, PSG, increasing an economic income gap with PSG well ahead of all the the rest, hasn't translated to a dominance in the league, both Lyon and Marseilles have as good as chance as PSG of winning the league.
I wouldn't say Ligue 1 is better than the EPL at all. It's a poor league to watch with often very little invention - like the Premier League in the 1990s at a much slower pace - but there are undoubtedly a lot of very good players. France is producing more quality players than any other country in Europe at the moment.
I'm watching Stoke v Everton this evening and I am struggling to see the invention, never mind the quality.Quote:
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3-3 at the Bernabeu. Schalke still need 2 but what a crazy game.
Basel 2-0 down at Porto. It must be humbling for geysir to realise that English teams are the only ones his boys are capable of routinely thrashing.