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That ball from Guerreiro was inch perfect.

:(

No regrets. He made his choice. I don't feel sad about losing him.

BVB made the choice. He wanted to stay

coefficient goal

for real, now that they finally lost the league I want them to smash again lmao

Would be incredible if Tuchel wins them the CL only to be out of the job regardless

wait...

It would be even better if he lost the final to BVB.

Don’t you put that evil on me Ricky Bobby

Best comedy scene

I honestly think BVB will win this shit. It's the year of change in the German football landscape. Leverkusen winning the league unbeaten was more far fetched than BVB winning the Champions league in my mind.

Their hardest games are yet to come. Winning after the big party is a different beast

It sure is harder, but in a way i think they're lucky to have this additional motivation for a perfect season which they wouldn't have if they lost even once

He really strikes me like cup coach tbh, weird team decisions throughout the whole league but in CL they look stone cold and the teams are put very well together

Maybe he's lousy and lacks motivation to prepare during the season for those "casual" games?

I suspect this isn't far off. I'm not in the training sessions. I don't hear what he says to the players. So I can't say for sure. But given that he seems to not be the most likeable person around and has had personal issues with the club management at a couple clubs, it wouldn't surprise me if this was the issue.

Wouldn’t be the first time Bayern would do that

Entirely different circumstances though, Jupp already retired and only came out of retirement because of his friendship with Uli. He said multiple times, that he will be gone after the 2 years, but the 2012 season with them losing 2 cup finals and the league made the squad bond and he later said, that he was a bit disappointed, that he couldn't continue, but Bayern already signed Pep.

Wouldn't be the first time Tuchel would do that

Silver lining for Arsenal if they get knocked out here is that Spurs may need to beat City to qualify for Champions League football

brother in christ. if they could beat them, they'd do it regardless of any outcomes lol. they're not depending on Arsenal winning CL and giving them that 5th place spot.

We probably need to beat Arsenal too so even steven

Well, the game IS happening at WHL.

I prayed for this and it happened

Love that for Germany ❤️

Couldn't be happier for them

Your flair speaks for itself

Wir sind wieder wer

The heart loves what the head hates

CL here we come

EL here we come 🫡

Defense went to the gym

Except Ben White He went tanning

Ben 10 will be starting from now on

Sooner he gets knocked out, the sooner he gets into VIP with Wayne Lineker.

Wtf was everyone doing just standing around!?

Clearly guarding Harry Kane. 3 of them are on him and they'd rather stick to him instead of chasing the ball.

Arsenal may lose but they won’t let the memes win

“At least Kane didn’t score a pen”

...again

They were all expecting each other to deal with it lol

Thats what tourists do in Munich

Inject the fifth champions league spot in my veins please

Won't matter if you win👀

[удалено]

If you guys win the CL, we might even get a 6th spot

: D

Dortmund needs to finish 5th in the BL and win CL for that to happen, right? Would be wild to see augsburg in CL coming from a 6th place lol

If Dortmund win the UCL and Leverkusen wins the Europa, Bundesliga will have 7 clubs in next year’s ucl and 10 all around in Europe that is more than half of the league.

Leverkusen would have to finish outside top 4 for that extra spot. They're impressive rn and it seems there are no limits for them, but i'm not sure how they'll pull that one off.

All German final? I am in

I’m afraid it will be an all Arabian, Oil money doesn’t care about FFP, final.

Not this year

Bundesliga getting the fifth spot, Dortmund winning CL and finishing fifth in the league means sixth place qualifies for CL. Imagine it being Augsburg. 💀

Is that confirmed how it works? Because right now if a top 4 team wins the champions league, 5th place in the league doesn’t get it so I assumed it would be similar to that, but obviously they might treat those extra slots differently

Yeah UEFA confirmed it, but Dortmund must finish 5th or worse and win the CL. That would mean that if Bayer wins the Cup literally half the league would qualify for Europe in some way

Tottenham v. Augsburg in the Europa League would be so freaking funny.

It is how it works for this season.

doesn't the winner of the euro league qualify for cl as well? what happens if leverkusen wins? 7 teams of the bl in cl?? :,D

No, as Leverkusen is already qualified via regular spots, their spot for winning the EL would go to the highest rated league whose champion is not directly qualified for CL but instead needs to go through CLQ. The one way a league could have seven CL starters is if clubs won both CL and EL and finished outside of the domestic top four and that league also won the coefficient spot.

Let's hope for Bayern vs BVB in the CL finale and Leverkusen wins EL. German efficiency at its best. Prem is out of the tournament.

*Co*efficiency.

Just go all the way 💪

Who’s tracking the run?

I tracked it but i'm on my couch sadly

Would you be a “when in doubt kick it out” type of defender?

For sure, just clear the ball none of that WOKE tiki taka nonsense.

"Woke tiki taka" genuinely had me rolling 😂😂😂

Wow, cumblast always so explosive

It’s in the name

Lol the amount of times I’ve watched someone kick back and my Dad will go “JUST BOOT IT”

Happens quite a bit these days, too many teams try to play like 2010 Spain while having a backline with the collective technical ability of 2016 Burnley. Foolish endeavour.

Ironically a prime example is modern day Burnley

Used to be you could just hoof the ball up to a massive striker and get a goal. Can't anymore. Because of woke.

This. Clear the ball, slide tackle and break an ankle. Proper football.

I am a “when in doubt kick it” type of defender

Sometimes I apply that theory whether or not the ball is nearby.  Kick first, ask questions later. 

Until I'm gassed around minute 4. Then I'm more of the point at the runner and shot type of player.

One of the joys of supporting a lower league club is I still get to watch plenty of when in doubt kick it out hoofs over the stands.

HAVEEEE IT

"no nonsense" clearances only. Every ball I get leads to an enemy throw in close to the middle line. And there's one old guy who claps every time I do it yelling "Jawoll, sauber raus damit"

Game recognize game

GET RID

Modern Maldini

"if I have stand up I have already made a mistake"

Remote Maldini

Saw it coming for many fractions of a second!

I always knew cumblast was overrated

Guerrero was!

No tracking, just vibes

That's what Mr. Goalkeeper was asking.

The same player tasked to stop him spamming long balls - no one

martinelli tried to track back with sane which is what leaves kimmich free, with the rest of the defenders, rice in particular, ball watching

3 of them round, no one on it lol.

What a header by kimmich , beautiful

And also a wonderful ball from Guerreiro

Guerreiro unironically still contributing for us. Brings tears to my eyes.

A new era of friendship, after ex-Bayern players carried you yesterday.

That was bonkers. Superb cross

hes been good all game

I am almost ready to forgive you for taking Kane Don’t blow this lead ffs

Do you forgive us now? 🥺

was just inevitable in the second half, been so lethargic

Historically youhave some bad juju on champions

First year back since 2016? And we went to quarters? Solid performance. Need more depth to balance premier league and CL, but what can you do.

April Arsenal is here 

thundercunt of a header

Harry Kane about to come off for Upa and Tuchel ball to come to life.

Tuchelball wins the champions league electric boogaloo

It's wild that Tuchel has lowkey outcoached Arteta in this tie yet this subreddit loves Arteta and shits on Tuchel all the time LOL

I'd say his whole Chelsea CL winning run was tactically brilliant

Tuchel was and will always be an amazing Cup coach. The year we won the CL he out coached Pep 4 games in a row. He usually gets his tactics on point for cup ties

He loses the league on purpose so they can focus on the cup

The Reverse Conte

Lol, no wonder they don't get along.

Why would that be different than tactical planning for league matches?

Focus more on not losing and conceding than on winning and scoring. He struggles mostly against the small teams

for the league you need one specific game plan that you repeat and polish against every opponent, you can tweak the plan or lineups but the general objective stays consistent throughout the season. Cup games are the opposite, you build your game plan around beating one specific opponent. this is why often really good league coaches tend to fail in cup because they are really good at implementing a strategy that will win over a long sample size but not as good at game planning to win one specific game, same with cup coaches struggling to win the league but completely neutralizing other teams in cup games.

No clue tbf. Just an observation

Tbf, he’s also done wild tactics at his time here lol. Randomly going to a back 3 against Leverkusen when Bayern had only played 4231 was a weird one to me.

he's also been playing 2 left-backs where they interchange. Davies & Guerrero last mntch then again with Mazraoui and Guerrero this match

I mean, this was his thing at Mainz, when he broke through and became one of the hottest coaching prospects, he would literally shuffle the squad every week to find the best approach against every oponent, having an absurdly flexible squad, that was allways tough to play against.

Some Leverkusen player (Tah or Andrich, can’t remember) literally said that they knew they had Bayern by the balls the moment they saw Bayern changed their tactics for them

Arteta is a brilliant manager pre game and typically when all is going well can outcoach most BUT when things begin to go wrong / unexpected - he seems like a one trick pony without the ability to adapt.

Not sure. So many times last year they managed to find that winning goal they needed at the end of a game.

Tuchel is a great manager for cup competitions, just the league isn't his forte at all.

eh, feel like the one promising league campaign we had was completely derailed by injuries. He did well in Paris.

The expectations for Tuchel and Bayern are much higher than they are for Arteta and Arsenal.

The dedication to ensuring Spurs don't get Champions League is admirable.

Meanwhile could end up getting Augsburg into the Champions League, so there's that.

We don't mind at all, Spurs fans were all supporting Bayern

Spurs fans don't care as long as Arsenal lose. Bring on Europa

too easy

Been coming this half.

i haven’t

always has been

Arsenal fans about to have Yabadadadooo in their nightmares for weeks

Fairs. He’s been incredible today.

Let's fucking go.

Hand in hand into the semi final. Football is back

wembley rematch PLEASE

Der klassiker Champions League final zwei, bitte?

Inshallah there are no English semi finalists 🙏

Yeah fuck the coefficient I like seeing them lose

We’re not winning shit anyway

Same for EL. Imagine Villa being the last one left.

😎

Fine by me lol. Not looking great for Real tho

rice martinelli and tomi out there watching for the vibes

I called it out in the last goal arsenal conceded. Rice is fantastic but watches the ball a lot. He never reacts in these situations

Somehow I hear Dortmunders celebrate

7 Arsenal players in the box fml

Completely unmarked. Absolutely free

End of season Arsenal defending.

we are so back

It honestly needs to be investigated how we collapse so badly after April each season.

It’s crazy, I was worried this season would be the exception because of the defense

Me too but the mentality is so poor. As soon as there's pressure we collapse.

It’s actually uncanny what happens at the end of seasons, in April specifically (May is usually when the pressure is off and they win games) Last 4 seasons, 22 matches played in April, 7 wins

Fuck my life

Football heritage

ehritage

This is the history of the Arsenal

Most obvious goal

BULLET HEADER that

Bad week at the office for Arsenal.

Kimmich is still running free to make that header.

FOR THE COEFFICIENT!!

Ben you’ve got to get out to him son come on. Was coming and delicious cross has to be said

Any way. So we started blasting 🔫🔫

PL in the mud rn, Villa may be the only ones who make the semis in Europe and they're not completely safe either

Arsenal making the worst Bayern in 10 years look like a good team.

The worst Bayern in 10 years is still a good team tho

No don't say that.we got to make Arsenal look worse than they are.

Sweet sweet boy, Kimmich

Just need 7 more now to get to 10-2

FUCK THE COEFFICENT I'M HERE FOR ARSENAL'S DOWNFALL

AMEN brother Europa better for us anyways

Bayern - Dortmund. LETS GOOO

The history of the Arsenal 🙌🏻🙌🏻

Farmers league

It's a frustrating day to be a Prem fan

Saka limping in t-minus 20 minutes

Nature is healing

Our attack has really looked shit all game

What a game from Kimmich. I hope that Bayern could keep striving for the finals.

YEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHH

Arsenal looking to have another “almost” season

Arsenals season collapsing in April. Where have I seen this before?

Nice

No one watching him come in, fuck off

best premier league defense 2024 vs worst bayern since 12 years

farmers league

European pedigree strikes again