Only Spurs rush in: it's the UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2018/2019 thread

i have never suffered more, hugo otm

Ajax with no Son isn’t going to a picnic.

Amazing match.

GuardiLOLa fails again.

I don't particularly like Spurs, I just hate City.

Yeah, fuck 'em.

feel like ajax will be difficult for them idk

my friend is a city fan at the game, i don't know how long a cooling off period will be required before we can hang out but thinking about his pain is the only thing keeping me going

That from Eriksen was the Spursiest thing I've ever seen, but VAR is an even stronger magic it seems

feel like ajax will be difficult for them idk

― gbx, Wednesday, 17 April 2019 21:01 (thirty-three seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

a whisper from god himself in the heart of every spurs fan

I'm actually quite pissed off that I will never be able to complain about VAR again.

VAR is obviously amazing

Tho I wonder will it eventually stop people celebrating goals once we all get used to the joyless VAR men and their fact machines.

I didn't have a pony, i like Pep and the City squad, this was beautiful tho. Is the semi pre-drawn? Barca are gonna piss this.

That game was hilarious.

the semi's pre-drawn

ajax/spurs
pool/barca

I would be fairly confident Liverpool can beat Barca.

This season is a game of exciting umcertainties sure

Ajax for the cup.

https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article9538575.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/Johan-Cruyff-Ajax-1972.jpg

I wouldn't normally be bullish but Barca are perfect opponents for Liverpool, a bad defence and too big a pedigree to play in a way that won't expose it.

Wd gently suggest that Liverpool have vulnerabilities too

two excellent match ups imo

OTM, great semis.

Barcelona are not gonna piss this, i guarantee it

cautiously agree with fernando

Klopp/'pool >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ole/Utd

They were crap in both legs against Man U, at least until the errors made the scoreline comfortable enough. A tiny bit of harrying at Old Trafford and they looked like a rabbit in the headlights.

tbh id cheer Ajax

wait thats not conditional this is insane

I have a sinking feeling I am in Buenos Aires and Doncaster on the semi final dates and will probably miss both.

Are the 30th and 7th confirmed?

advanced bus parking

lads its citeh

Ajax with no Son isn’t going to a picnic.

Amazing match.

Yes, yellow cards.

a fuckin shit soft one too from that homer cunt ref

dele had a lowkey excellent game

cant agree

Turns out I’m going to be in Rosario - which is (kind of) Poch’s home town. It unfortunately doubles as Leo Messi’s home town so i might struggle to find a bar showing Spurs.

Hopefully the Sissoko injury won’t be too bad. Idk if Foyth is trusted to play CM but there isn’t really anyone else fit.

They won't be on at the same time tho

Yep - both semi-finals are listed as the 30th but I guess that one will be on the 1st and they haven’t decided which.

playing out of position for most the game trying to shut down the best attacking team in europe is not flattering but dele's positioning, awareness and runs were choice, really the only good thing about that midfield

wanyama tackled well imo and was surprisingly good in the air

think dele lucas eriksen would struggle to ever put in a combined performance as bad again tbh

still sad about wanyama not playing for celtic more 6 fucking years later

just got in, expected as many new posts as the afternoon of City's first Prem title, think it's fallen short but I'll probably get over it

missed the game ffs. Cool result though

fancy Liverpool against Barca too, sadly

Wanyama looked pretty rusty and was skinned several times and there's next to no chance of him being fit for the next round in any case.

How long are Winks and Dier out for?

poch will pick thatchers corpse at cm and not only will it work and not only will you cheer it, it will still be less surprising than this having happened with sissoko this season

Picked the wrong night to fill out my tax returns :/

Think Spurs is a more difficult opponent for Ajax than ManCity. I too fancy Liverpool having a decent chance against Barca tbh.

still hate var tho. the novelty is going to wear off fast

^^ same.

same as cricket. it takes the physical feeling of elation away at a goal (which affects the experience of watching on tv as well as people at the match). it takes judgment off the pitch. as we saw last night it replaces that surge of adrenaline with bewilderment and uncertainty. and a technology that was justified on the basis of removing egregious blunders gets used to make pixel fine judgments (the llorente “handball” last night - no intention, no hand to ball, unavoidable, and yet, did it perhaps brush his elbow?). the space of error just moves into protracted microscopic video analysis. the main driver behind it was media controversy boosting.

absolutely hilarious last night of course.