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

Ugh fuck these cunts are going to win the thing again aren't they?

I'm now supporting Ronaldo for the duration

I kind of think, the way they play, that Atleti are most likely of the three to beat Chelsea; while recognising the inevitability of those cunts crushing every scintilla of romance out of everything they go near.

Betting question: Atleti are 4/1 to win the CL, Chelsea nearly 5/1. As one of them will reach the final, whereupon they'll presumably be much shorter odds, is there a way to make a guaranteed return by backing both now, and doing something clever when the final comes around?

Great spot. Get a Betfair account, back them both today (currently @ 5.1 and 6.2). Lay after the semi-finals. I'm going to throw £100 at each one straight away.

Good luck! Semis have been switched btw, Chelsea now play Tuesday-Sunday-Wednesday.

Oh I don't know if the figures add up on second thoughts. You would need to have either Chelsea or Athletico get very close to evens to make a guaranteed profit.

Was wondering about that. Reckon you'd only get about 7/10 on Bayern vs either. Maybe a bit more on Real.

Dunno if this will be legible, but here are the profits (before Betfair commission) at evens, 6/4 and 2/1. You'd need about £800 or £900 handy to do this as well.

http://i.imgur.com/yjcOP6Y.png

The Chelsea chief executive, Ron Gourlay, has confirmed the player is free to feature against his parent club, "if selected by the Atlético manager", but there is intense frustration at Stamford Bridge that Atlético chose to make the private and confidential arrangements within the loan agreement public.

ron gourlay can fuck off and die, he is scum

'if selected' oy

needless to say, the integrity of the competition refers not to atletico's freedom to contract with chelsea but to the likes of milan and barcelona who also had to face courtois rather than the shitty third choice gk (sergio asenjo is their normal #2 but he is too good for that role and agitated for a loan to villareal)

this is some 2007 vintage dogshit from mourinho

wtf was Cech doing there?

Cech is coming off. Chelsea could do with a good backup keeper.

didn't see the collision, nasty

Maybe he's staying on.

Some nice shots of Eva, bonus

are there any other club doctors that commentators cite by name
lol xp

the only other one i know is the liverpool doctor from being liverpool

zaf iqbal

He never gets named though, except in my head every time there's a bench shot.

Just realised this was Courtois' chance to play in a European semi-final

shit match played by two cunt teams

and he already played sf and final of europa league as a teenager in 2012, ridiculously precocious for a gk

Mikel - Ramires - Luiz is such a fucking stodgy midfield.

Has Casillas lost it, or is it a genuine jobshare going on at Real?

atleti have the very significant mitigation that they have less than a third the wage bill of chelsea

they're not really cunts anyway, other than diego costa's intermittent spitting and fighting they are mostly just tough and determined -- they don't have an equivalent to john terry and i don't think any of their players have done anything as dangerous as ramires' assault on el-ahmadi

casillas does champions league and copa del rey and diego lopez the league, without exception afaik

yeah I mean, AM could definitely be playing a more threatening & penetrative game than getting it wide and trying to cross it in to a CF but Chelsea are largely at fault for this game being abysmal

they are in a position they are virtually never face with -- even the little sides in la liga won't usually play with three defensive midfielders against them

they do have quality in attacking midfield in diego and koke (turan as a sub too) but they aren't used to playing against a team like this and they aren't going to take risks when chelsea have such speed on the breaks

This is terrible.

Sigh, how long 'til this guy retires?

i know its chelsea and they bring everyone down to their level but that was dreadful and uninspired stuff from atleti there

Chiles just pronounced Schwarzer in the german way, that was entertainment of a sort

how can the second half be worse, how is that possible

Diego Costa's getting the blame for this regardless

who will be Luiz's next victim?

never more like Sideshow Bob than tonight

well that was a massive fuckup from the ref

frank lampard does look quite a lot like john obi mikel

do atleti know how dodgy schwarzer is? they should try long distance shots at him for the hell of it, better than what theyre trying to do atm

second half less shit than the first though u could slide a cigarette paper between the two turds

cross cross cross cross cmon you fucks i thought you had more in yr locker than this

well it is easter

making me a bit nostalgic for the Moyes era

whatever happened to that guy

shittest game i've ever seen

xpost first mention of football in the bible - when jesus went up for the cross....BDUM TISH thangewveryymuch try the veal etc.

i dunno if its the shittest game ive ever seen...atleti are trying at least