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

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

quite impressed with willian's tactical play this season having spent virtually his entire career at a shakhtar side that played excellent expansive football

sums this shower of shit up that that almost-break was *the* moment

xxxpost first mention actually:

"The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here." (Matthew 12: 42) (Luke 11: 31)[1]

Torres being the lone guy holding it up to play others in doesn't work when he a) can't get on the ball, b) can't hold it up when he gets it and c) won't/can't pass the ball

Chelsea have actually had a few men up these last five minutes

*tips hat at onimo*

this must be how NN felt this morning

Actually a highly-attritional game leaving Chelsea with a chance next week was what I was after, I shouldn't complain

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

― everyday sheeple (Michael B),

got nailed iirc

by a fucking italian defender, naturally

Horrible game :(

0-0 1st leg is weirdly satisfying for both teams - usually makes for a good 2nd leg.

dont feel too worried about chelsea beating liverpool on the back of that performance tbh

Chelsea's CL semi-final scores under Mourinho: 0-0, 0-1, 1-0, 0-1, 0-0. 1 goal scored in 480 minutes (inc extra time).

0-0 seems like a p terrible position for chelsea to be in, imo. a 1-1 draw and AM is through

yeah, always feel like failing to take an away goal is a risk