PSG ne sera pas sur cette chose - It's the Champions League 2017-2018 thread

OK, so now I'm supporting Real in the final.

yeah same

*joking* I always was.

nah i literally just changed my mind

Let's just say my position was solidified.

i just can't bring myself to root for Real no matter how much i might wanna

I thought your interest was over already?

I was lying. NV otm.

lookit there was one solid peno (TAA handball) that wasnt given and the peno that was given shouldnt have been. milner handball in the last game shouldnt have stood either. shut it ye whinging tarts

its not that they were outrageous calls

its that of all fans to handwave away borderlines against, my god

also dzeko was onside when taken out by yr hairdresser/gk

srsly tho huge goodwill towards this side tbf

c'mon, if you can't be ungracious in victory when can you be?

if anyone thinks either of the games this week would have been improved by VAR... i politely disagree.

I'm not sure anyone other than the Roma president does.

So the final is a nailed on 0-0, yeah?

With Milner blasting the ball over the bar in the shootout?

i wont expect anything less than 9 goals in the final

If Spurs can beat this Real side Liverpool have no excuse. otoh Real have won their last six CL finals, last time they lost was in 81...

i think this real team is a good deal more of a functioning unit than the typical shock-and-awe galactico mess and i think theyll bring a predictable level of scuffed performance

its all down to how liverpool show up rly

Spurs have also whipped Liverpool this season so whatever happens we can say we thrashed the Champions League winners this season.

Real's defence is not one one of the world's great units and they're going to struggle against that Liverpool front three but there was some really shambolic stuff from Karius yesterday and Alexander-Arnold in particular looked out of his depth (hardly surprising for a 20-year old playing in a CL semi-final in his first proper season).

Nine goals mininum.

if anyone thinks either of the games this week would have been improved by VAR... i politely disagree.

― in twelve parts (lamonti), Thursday, May 3, 2018 9:56 AM (fifty-five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

VAR wouldn't have improved it. A ref doing what he needs to do though, now there's a thing.

My hatred for fascist Madrid goes deep, so I wish well on ye scousers to pick it up. Also you've played more beautiful football this season (but bottomed out worryingly at times).

its all down to how liverpool show up rly

this p much

I think the ref's job is even more difficult given the absolutely insane speed with which the ball was moved vertically up the pitch in both these games. There have literally not been football games this fast ever.

Liverpool rode their luck, sure. Roma were ahead for 0 minutes in the tie. They touched the ball 0 times when they got back within one goal at the end. It was close. Bayern were a lot closer, for me, Clive.

ah look theres no doubt who the better team were at all tbf

roma only playing when all was lost is a fair accusation

its great to see a flawed team play unapologetically to its attacking strengths, and refreshing to see the onus put on individual creativity to make a system successful as opposed to the opposite- not something any of the other top 4 aspiring managers can truthfully claim

Liverpool were brilliantly entertaining in both matches but looked like they have some real finishing line issues - either mentally or more likely physically the way they play means they're done after 80 minutes.

I expect a Liverpool lead and a Real comeback. Winner depends on the size of the lead and the timing of the comeback.

a brutal hehash of the 2014 final then

i think liverpool will win

i think it might actually be a bit of a kicking tbh, if they come out shock and awe then theres a good chance real just fall apart

early real goal or them surviving the first 30 mins without conceding and its theirs tho

bump

only just got back after a being out all day. looks like a pretty lively game?

fucking ramos

Thought that was fairly cynical.

totally

even I feel bad about this

Almost rooting for Liverpool now.

Almost

nightmare

shoulder dislocated or concussion?

shoulder from the looks of things

Nachos rule

Lallana not exactly an inspiring replacement.

if Real wins cancel football imo

isco buckets

Unbelievable

Well, not entirely unbelievable.

that was a hilariously awful goal to concede

Pre-schoolboy error.

Genuinely can’t remember any professional footballer doing anything quite so stupid on purpose. It’s not like he slipped or the ball flew out of his hand.

Game back on!

Knew that was going to happen.

Thank fuck, this game badly needed that

justice that ramos got twatted as lovren went up for the header

Commentary's fuckin' abysmal.