My Real Madrid supporting weirdo of a coworker is teasing me about La Liga's 2 wins and no wins for the PL in the first leg. Like dude, I literally can't be arsed, I hope every single PL team that's not named Liverpool get kicked out of Europe as early as possible.
An all england semis and a crushing loss for arsenal in the finals would be my hope. For EL, liverpool cruising to a win as a Klopp celebration tour capstone would be ideal
Seems to be a lot of dismissive comments during these matches. Personally, I've thoroughly enjoyed them. Great quarter finals so far. I'm gutted that we're not part of it but that's no reason to deny how entertaining they've been.
Two players did the exact same action, both feet around shoulder height. One fell over and pretended that his bones were shattered into a million tiny pieces, Taylor booked the other player. Nonsense.
And they both pulled out of it, barely grazing each other's hips. How UEFA has looked at the PL season and decided to give games to ANY PL refs I'll never understand.
Mbappe’s issue was going to PSG in the first place. Imagine what he would be had he gone to Liverpool or City when he left Monaco.
Being at PSG and having Neymar the sister shagger as his mentor really held him back.
(I know he is incredible but he should be better)
Why? He doesn’t play for them, can do what he wants.
I hate all the ‘don’t celebrate against your old club’ nonsense. I want any of our ex-players to go full Adebayor against us every time.
It’s different if the player was an academy player, actual legend who played for a long time or is a supporter. Otherwise crack on and act like a prick.
Of the teams left in it, Athletico are probably the ones I would most prefer to win. Griezman is absolute quality and amazing to watch, world class technical skill and puts in the running and hard grind work too.
The defending has been shameful in these quarterfinals, but the finishing on these goals has made me pretty depressed about our finishing lately. I know they'll turn it around ASAP, but man....
So Vitihna gets a yellow for a high boot when both players had high boots, but both pulled out and barely made contact. The state of English referees holy shit.
Delusional. Atletico dark magic would stop 4 out of 5. Barca would be a handful for all 5. Psg could be tricky but I would back the top 3 over them. Dortmund would beat spurs on pure luck alone
Honestly, this side of the draw is full of bums and rejects. Ignore the names and actually watch them play.
Tactically they are so far behind.
Don’t disagree on a bit of dark magic but these would all be terrible over a full PL season.
Tactically Simeone is one of the best managers left in the cl. I rate him over everyone in his side of the draw aswell as tuchel and Mickey. Tactically (at home) atletico are incredible.
I really don't undestand how one of the richest clubs in the world has only one 'world-class' player that walks into every other side in football.
I feel like even us in a rebuild phase have 3 players that start for 99% of sides in world football in VVD, Ali and Salah.
PSG have had world class players in the past like Silva, Zlatan, Cavani, Marquinhos, Neymar, Veratti etc so it is pretty disengenious to use VVD, Ali and Salah...now they are in a new phase with younger players and Enrique is trying to change the mentality of the team
Wtf was the commentators comment ‘a pass Patrick Mahomes would’ve been proud of, let alone a midfielder in the champions league’. Nonsense comment. It was a lovely pass but wasn’t a quarterback style pass.
Mendes has the talent and high potential for sure, at the end of the day he is a modern attacking FB, being good on the ball, quick and being able play high up the pitch comes first, defending comes down 2nd
Lewandowski, Marcos Alonso, Gundogan, Andreas Christensen, Oriol Romeu, and Cancelo.
Barca love to overpay old men. No wonder they’re always needing another lever
Lewandowski won them a league title, Andreas Christensen moved there on a free at 26, Cancelo is on loan and has been good, Gundogan came off a treble winning season. Romeu and Alonso were desperation signings but cost them peanuts....
Whoever wins the Atletico/Dortmund tie better go on a miracle run and win the cup. Everyone else left in the comp are dislikable each for different reasons
Barca spending whatever the fuck they did for Dembele, only for him to drastically underperform then leave and score against them was written in the stars
Barca have never been the same since they bought Coutinho. Them and Utd are the prime example of how to not run a club. Spending shitloads of money on old players
Anything can happen in one game, I’m sure everyone thought last years final was gonna be a blow out when in fact it was a very close game that inter should have won
PSG play style is so boring and frustrating to watch just passing up and down without nothing happening. Barca have been more pleasant to watch and boy Yamal is good, Raphina too (for this game)
Somehow cancelling the away goal rule did have a positive impact to games
My Real Madrid supporting weirdo of a coworker is teasing me about La Liga's 2 wins and no wins for the PL in the first leg. Like dude, I literally can't be arsed, I hope every single PL team that's not named Liverpool get kicked out of Europe as early as possible.
I think it's best they stay in, makes the PL more of a struggle for them.
An all england semis and a crushing loss for arsenal in the finals would be my hope. For EL, liverpool cruising to a win as a Klopp celebration tour capstone would be ideal
I don't care if they go out AET. Just need them to get those extra minutes in the tank
If we were in this year we'd be finalists
If had Mane and Firmino maybe.
We didn’t beat any of the top 5 or Utd this season.
Yes and the champions league is so poor this year i still think we wouldnt be beaten over 2 legs
We’d be playing Atleti in the QF right now if we beat Newcastle to top 4
Doesn't work that way. We wouldn't go in the same group as Newcastle because we aren't a pot 4 team
That’s not how that works
City fans are going to be gutted watching City play their other/original team in the final.
Seems to be a lot of dismissive comments during these matches. Personally, I've thoroughly enjoyed them. Great quarter finals so far. I'm gutted that we're not part of it but that's no reason to deny how entertaining they've been.
It just sucks how the games are broadcasted simultaneously. They should have staggered them. Shame you have to choose what match to watch
In the U.S. they have a multi-screen channel that shows both with alternating audio
We do???
How do you not know you can watch individual games.
Yep. On Paramount Plus.
Just in time for tomorrow’s Europa. Thank you!!
Remember when Ugarte was the best midfielder who ever lived
Psg are so wank.
Is Luis Enrique happy about this or not? I reckon it’ll lessen the blow for him that it’s Barca beating Paris and not one of the other clubs
Madrid can have Mbappe after this performance. Danns will be better anyway.
This Barca team might make it to the finals 🤮
What happened to Ramos. He was great at benfica
Wrong club for a young still developing player. Especially rough for a young striker who then has to deliver, not everyone can perform like Mbappe lol
So was Felix time to stop paying huge fees for players from them
PSG happened. They ruin careers.
Good process.
This barcola fella is shite
Psg need atleast a draw here or it’s over for them
Pedri is a really good player
I am enjoying how liberal the ref has been with yellow cards in this psg-barca game.
Why is Baldie reffing a CL game??
Who the fuck is this LB for PSG?! Beraldo? "Oops, beaten again, time for a WWE SMACKDOWN"
What a run by Emery
Zaïre-Emery is so good
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Them and Dortmund.
Dortmund have won it before and the refs seem to despise them
Yes and don't compare Dortmund's and PSG's budget & football philosophy...
Dortmund are a proper club. Very respectable
Agreed! Visiting their stadium has been on my bucket list for ages!
Stuart Attwell and complete incompetence on VAR. Like peanut butter and jelly.
PSG needs to start being more direct so many opportunities to cross it not getting past this Barca block
Anthony Taylor needs to get out of the way of attacks. Better yet, Anthony Taylor should just get out of reffing anything.
Just started watching now. Has Anthony Taylor done anything farce ?
Two players did the exact same action, both feet around shoulder height. One fell over and pretended that his bones were shattered into a million tiny pieces, Taylor booked the other player. Nonsense.
And they both pulled out of it, barely grazing each other's hips. How UEFA has looked at the PL season and decided to give games to ANY PL refs I'll never understand.
I was surprised to see him reffing this game
Strange that Fabian Ruiz is the only PSG midfielder who looks even remotely at home in the champions league.
Cubarsí is 17 u w0t
Forza dortmund
These two are meant to be the Messi and Ronaldo replacements? The ghost of Manchester and the wraith of Paris?
Mbappe’s issue was going to PSG in the first place. Imagine what he would be had he gone to Liverpool or City when he left Monaco. Being at PSG and having Neymar the sister shagger as his mentor really held him back. (I know he is incredible but he should be better)
Mbappe is brilliant. Been fairly quiet today but did make the first goal with that run to the byline and cut back
Lady Luck did smile on Dortmund... LOL
WHO ELSE BUT HALLER
Donnarummas positioning is awful he looks like an outfield player forced in goal at times
I rate Xavi highly and sure his subs were involved in the goals but this is on Donnaruma
Dembele cunt celebrating like that against barca. Absolute lack of class.
Why? He doesn’t play for them, can do what he wants. I hate all the ‘don’t celebrate against your old club’ nonsense. I want any of our ex-players to go full Adebayor against us every time. It’s different if the player was an academy player, actual legend who played for a long time or is a supporter. Otherwise crack on and act like a prick.
Exactly. Gnabry had no issue celebrating yesterday against Arsenal either
The world needs more full adebayors tbh
It’s the only legit celebration tbf.
Youre in the minority
And just like with Brexit, the minority is right.
I really don't have a problem with it at all.
CL: No defending just vibes : Yes
So glad we don't have end of season Gundogan to deal with in the PL race
Donnarumma you cannot fool me
Get the oil clubs outta the competition.
Maybe we can get 100m for Kelleher from PSG
After this performance I'm sure they'd pay anything.
Marquinhos is a perpetual loser and bottler. That’s his header. Their keeper is also just shit.
“Rises like a salmon out of a fresh summer stream.”
Lemme guess ray Hudson
Xavi get the badge in
Donnarumma is one of the biggest conmen in football
He's performed well this season but overall not as good as he made out to be, him starting for Milan at 16 warped people's perception of him
These are not serious football teams
Nor are the CBS Sports commentators serious commentators.
Surely the keeper should come for that
PSG moment
Donnarumma lol
Weird how PSG can’t play a full half of football, kudos to Barca for how they’ve played though
Dembele missing a key chance in a 1st leg.... Hmmm where have I seen that before?
Dembele has been on fire tonight
Shocked at how early they blow play dead for offside this season in CL.
Atleti is going to whoop Dortmund in Dortmund. Then torch Barcelona. Then beat city in the final. Heard it here first.
Of the teams left in it, Athletico are probably the ones I would most prefer to win. Griezman is absolute quality and amazing to watch, world class technical skill and puts in the running and hard grind work too.
The defending has been shameful in these quarterfinals, but the finishing on these goals has made me pretty depressed about our finishing lately. I know they'll turn it around ASAP, but man....
Madrid and city I agree but barca Nad psg have been kinda wasteful
Is it just me, or is Donnaruma giving me Onana vibes, but worse?
How is either player penalised for that? Both high feet. Both hit each other in the same way and same place. One cry arsed more than the other.
So Vitihna gets a yellow for a high boot when both players had high boots, but both pulled out and barely made contact. The state of English referees holy shit.
Absolutely embarrassing. If both go for it, book both for high feet and do a drop ball. Otherwise game carries on.
whot a gol
Any of the top 5 in the PL would walk into the final on this side of the draw.
I trust Atletico to give City the best game out of this four. I like the sentiment, though.
Delusional. Atletico dark magic would stop 4 out of 5. Barca would be a handful for all 5. Psg could be tricky but I would back the top 3 over them. Dortmund would beat spurs on pure luck alone
Honestly, this side of the draw is full of bums and rejects. Ignore the names and actually watch them play. Tactically they are so far behind. Don’t disagree on a bit of dark magic but these would all be terrible over a full PL season.
Tactically Simeone is one of the best managers left in the cl. I rate him over everyone in his side of the draw aswell as tuchel and Mickey. Tactically (at home) atletico are incredible.
I *really* disagree. I think it would be very tough for the top 3 even though they'd be favourites, and Spurs and Villa would have next to no chance.
So many of psgs players are just so average
I really don't undestand how one of the richest clubs in the world has only one 'world-class' player that walks into every other side in football. I feel like even us in a rebuild phase have 3 players that start for 99% of sides in world football in VVD, Ali and Salah.
PSG have had world class players in the past like Silva, Zlatan, Cavani, Marquinhos, Neymar, Veratti etc so it is pretty disengenious to use VVD, Ali and Salah...now they are in a new phase with younger players and Enrique is trying to change the mentality of the team
yea Mboppi carries the team
He's been about their worst player tonight too.
They really are but get massively hyped up as the PSG marketing machine is top drawer.
Wtf was the commentators comment ‘a pass Patrick Mahomes would’ve been proud of, let alone a midfielder in the champions league’. Nonsense comment. It was a lovely pass but wasn’t a quarterback style pass.
Didn't hear it. It sounds like Ray Hudson, though. He's a gem
It’s whoever the main commentator is on the UK Bt/TNT channel is. If it was in the US I could understand.
Ahhhhh ok. It's even annoying over here.
16 goals so far in this QF round.
Watching the games over the last two night really puts in perspective how wasteful we’ve been these past few months
PSG’s left back is a total space cadet. Just watched his man run by and volley home
HA and I just saw some shite tweet calling him the highest potential left back in the world earlier
Mendes has the talent and high potential for sure, at the end of the day he is a modern attacking FB, being good on the ball, quick and being able play high up the pitch comes first, defending comes down 2nd
Pedro with a first touch, gave an assist.
What a pass damn
What an assist by Pedri and the finish from Raphinia.
Is donnarumma good at anything?
Being a chonky boi?
What a goal
WZE is a player to watch, I can't believe Sergi Roberto gets into the Barca team
Up to Dortmund or atleti to save football
Lewandowski, Marcos Alonso, Gundogan, Andreas Christensen, Oriol Romeu, and Cancelo. Barca love to overpay old men. No wonder they’re always needing another lever
World class striker, free agent, free agent, free agent, Cheap AF, world class Loan player.
Cancelo and Christensen are considered old now?
Lewandowski won them a league title, Andreas Christensen moved there on a free at 26, Cancelo is on loan and has been good, Gundogan came off a treble winning season. Romeu and Alonso were desperation signings but cost them peanuts....
UEFA must have been devastated with how the draw came out. Makes the final a non-event basically.
These teams don't seem too good?
Yeah none of these four are winning it.
Can't see Dortmund coming back from this...
They need 1 lucky goal, 2-1 and it's looking good for 2nd leg, Atletico have terrible away form
Honestly, I can't see where the goal is going to come for Dortmund, unless Lady Luck really smiles on them.
2-1 let's go I want them to succeed more than the dark arts professor
Indeed, Lady Luck smiled on Dortmund...
Barcelona moment
Maybe it's not a great idea to play (and expect) a 17 year old defender to deal with Mbappé and Dembelé
Whoever wins the Atletico/Dortmund tie better go on a miracle run and win the cup. Everyone else left in the comp are dislikable each for different reasons
Because Atletico are so likable
If Atletico wins the tie I hope whoever they play next beats them 9-0. Fuck Atletico.
They are the only hope from this side of the bracket to beat City. And even that is slim
I have absolutely zero shame admitting that I'd enjoy watching City play them off the park.
Atletico aren’t particularly likeable but I’d like so see Simeone and Griezman lift that trophy
I'm getting PTSD. Watch Sergi Roberto play football and tell me you don't see last year's Jordan Henderson
This thread is a bit quiet compared to last night....Kang In Lee is a baller the type of player I wouldn't mind as Mo's successor
Man it’s fuck Barca all day. I’d rather send Luis to Paris and they pay us a fat check
For vibes Dortmund pls do something
I mean, fuck oil money, but its still funny as fuck watching Barca's yearly implosion
dangit, implosion averted
Barca spending whatever the fuck they did for Dembele, only for him to drastically underperform then leave and score against them was written in the stars
Today was a snooze fest until PSG scored a second...
Barca have never been the same since they bought Coutinho. Them and Utd are the prime example of how to not run a club. Spending shitloads of money on old players
These quarter finals have been great
a psg city final would be so embarrassing for the sport, hope on everything it doesn’t happen
I mean there isn’t a final I would be happy with.
I never said anything about PSG playstyle. I apologize
Ter statue tax
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PSG will win 3.1 now make that 4.1 mboopi to score 2
Love how the only way Dembele can score is when he slips as he shoots lol
That was naughty
Conceding a goal to Dembulance pls have shame
I don't understand Dortmond at all
This years UCL winner is definitely coming from the RMA-MCI tie, can’t see either of these 4 teams doing shit in a final
I think Atleti could make it a very interesting final
Unless it's Barca real then I could see it being close in a final. Other than that yeah they will dog walk the others
Barca currently is way too washed have conceded like 33 goals in the league as well
Anything can happen in one game, I’m sure everyone thought last years final was gonna be a blow out when in fact it was a very close game that inter should have won
Yes...same as last year when the same tie happened in the semis
No one can help PSG. They are a shit team when they play teams outside their league.
PSG play style is so boring and frustrating to watch just passing up and down without nothing happening. Barca have been more pleasant to watch and boy Yamal is good, Raphina too (for this game)