They'll be sacrificing sheep in the streets of Karagandy tonight - Champions League 2013/14

If I were a Benfica fan, it would heavily frown on that...

Kljestan becomes the 5th American to score in the CL. and he was apparently just treated for skin cancer.

ended up having to sit in the special section of the pub - decent enough - to watch City-Bayern cos there was a slow trickle of serious students of football who wanted to watch United

irl serious students missed it all and are still programming ;_;

ended up talking to a couple of Dutch lads about Robben

never seen a highlights show on torrents but there is one tonight UEFA.Champions.League.Extra.Time.2013.12.10.HDTV.x264-W4F such a silly knockoff of motd down to the shirts
damn au clair, face made for radio
catching up, silva is so wonderful to watch for a neutral, need a rioferdy5 getting stood up gif

It's a little unfair Pellegrini getting stick for thinking City needed a three-goal win, not two, when all the stories I read yesterday said exactly that.

it's a lot to keep track of for a super baked eagle dude tbf

Bonus Gala-Juve coverage at 1pm when they'll play whatever mins were left from last night's game.

But apparently it's still snowing. Perhaps they're just gonna play the game in 20 min chunks for the rest of the week.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25328129

amazing "the onion" vibe to the bbc's take on pellegrini.

"I said it would be very difficult to beat Bayern by three goals," said Pellegrini, who gave the impression he had given up on the 5-2 scoreline he seemed to think they needed.

But apparently it's still snowing. Perhaps they're just gonna play the game in 20 min chunks for the rest of the week.

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serious brainwave imo, i'd totally watch an episode of fitba every evening a week instead of eastenders

Sky was definitely reporting right up to kick off that City needed the 3 goal margin - didn't bother checking, myself. Munich losing at home this season was a big enough deal.

Nice to see the old City is still in there at their core, somehow turning an away win at Bayern into a failure.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BbNCNHYCQAEmCkV.jpg:large

was going to post this. credit to the groundstaff.

Well the balls already got stuck in the mud once and we've been going approximately 20 econds.

lol they cleared the pitch with a tractor, no wonder it's totally fucked.

this is ridiculous

Reason #1,245 as to why I never made it as a professional footballer. Fuck playing in conditions like this. When I used to play Sunday mornings and it was cold and frosty I really couldn't be bothered. I was a complete liability.

Stadium looks 3/4 full. Either Gala's support is mostly unemployed or 30,000+ sickies have been called in this morning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGx2zm7pBxY

pshh

Like watching Pulis' Stoke vs Big Sam's Blackburn, but with better players. Don Goodman on the commentary murmuring with approval about "getting it in the mixer"

Ooh good save Buffon from Drogba!

Llorente has been p good in Serie A over the last few weeks but he's looked absolute gash today so far.

so you're saying he can't do it on a cold, snowy Wednesday in Istanbul?

Lol

If they hold out for 15 mins more here Juve will qualify for the knockout stage with 1 win in 6 group games FFS

They've done that before iirc, circa 1998 or so

economy of effort, to be admired

Not entirely convinced that Mancini isn't playing for a nil-nil.
Oh wait, he's brought a forward on.

Sneijder 1-0 5 mins left!!

Now rolling arond in the snow pitchside.

Wretched defending.

Don Goodman on the commentary murmuring with approval about "getting it in the mixer"

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"one long ball, we've been screaming out for it... and they reap the rewards"

Dutch midfielder Wesley Sneijder pops up to steer a Didier Drogba across Juve keeper Gianluigi Buffon and into the bottom corner.

BBC has Drogba nestled into the corner of the net.

haha. Lovely image.

Juve sunk. Gala thru'.

Mancini

All three Italian sides could go out today

Sky tried to sneak the phrase 'Super Sixteen Stage' in just now. What is this college basketball?

Although that's 'sweet sixteen' iirc

I like it - could have a great eight stage for the QFs, and the phwoar four for the semis.

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/71678000/jpg/_71678560_galatasarayafp1.jpg

over fields we go, laughing all the way

he looks pregnant there, I hope Moyes does some due diligence

Since when did you only play part of an abandoned game and not the whole game?

since 2011

New wording of paragraph 10.08
"If the referee decides to abandon the match, for example because the field is unfit for play, the remaining match time must be played the next day, unless the case is referred to the UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body. If, for reasons beyond control, the match cannot be replayed the next day, the UEFA administration will take a final decision.

I think that was introduced for EURO 2012 but the wording is almost identical for the CL

Sweet

I wish they had that rule in Scotland, would've been lulz for Ross County to traipse all the way to Paisley to play twenty minutes or whatevs against St Mirren.