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

Aye!

surely man utd can't fuck that group up. and surely liverpool can.

Diego Costa has to join Atletico Madrid now!

Bought tickets for all three group games on sight again and on the assumption we aren't getting out of the group it might actually be enjoyable this time round.

Except I'm on holiday and will miss the first one and it will inevitably turn out to be the Real game.

Turns out sigurdson is worth all that money @Everton pic.twitter.com/tmYkuWljW8

— AM⚫️⚪️ (@Alan_Murray4) August 24, 2017

Nice

what kind of buffoon ever doubted his worth?

Ajax demoted from finalist to not even reaching the group stages of the EL in a mere three months. After 52 (!) years of qualifying for European football. 200m on the bank but unable to put a team together to reach the group phase.

Fenerbahce managed to lose home and away to Vardar of Macedonia too.

That's another big surprise, yeah (though I don't know Turkish football tbh).

Mbappe / Cavani / Neymar all starting against Celtic. Dembele making his first start for Barca vs Juve.

Very interesting to see if Barca can do better than last season. Doubt it tbh.

Celtic-PSG 0-0

Pah! Er... Jozo Simunovic is back for us, er.... (xp)

(xp) Can't see a goal not being scored, it's Neymar et al vs. Brendan Rodgers after all.

It's wishful thinking tbh

Comparing the two teamsheets is pretty sobering.

7 - 3 PSG imo haha

A 21 year old, two 20 years olds and an 18 year old in Celtic's starting line up - and Mbappe's younger than any of them.

Pogba's done his hammy. Disaster

We were lolling in the pub at Fellaini coming on as like for like

Herrera's not even on the bench for some bizarre reason

always enjoy a coach in a wet suit

Young to Fellaini lol

Can't find the link anymore but Mourinho had a real "the bed's too big without you" thing to say about Fellaini recently, when he's not available. He really loves that dude.

"He's an important player for me - a lot more important than you can imagine. I feel weaker without Fellaini in my squad, doesn't matter if it's on the pitch or on the bench. If his conditions are improved, he will be selected, I need him."

Messi scores! Lovely one-two with Suarez.

xp That's it!

First ever goal of Messi against Buffon. He's really doing great since Neymar left tbh

Can see PSG scoring 7, can't see Celtic scoring 1 let alone 3.

Though I actually can't see anything because I'm going home and not watching the second half.

love mata's look of pure delight at the sight of fellaini heading a ball
https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/e56a37a5975e5ab3183012b7139b0dcfea75552d/0_0_3500_2373/master/3500.jpg?w=620&q=55&auto=format&usm=12&fit=max&s=a13966c1a44e71054772bf54c2c2255b

Aye, 7-0 my new prediction

xp That photo could have been of Lukaku's goal just now!

Barca 2-0!!

Cannot help being reduced to total embarrassing fanboy when Messi gets his gear on

Yeah. He is ridiculous.

Qarabag worse than Celtic at least.

keep believing

Celtic not too bad!

Poor Qarabag ;_;

PSG are, uh, not bad, for sure.

some sound thrashings tonight

Oh fuck, spoke too soon.

A Celtic fan ran on the pitch and tried to kick Mbappe?

Yup, he ended up doing a fresh air kick. Looked like a young lad, mibbe 18 or so.

Almost ten years since one of our fans punched fresh air next to Dida's face when we beat AC Milan 2-1 at Parkhead.

Souness reckons Fellaini is more effective than Pogba

he hates Pogba with a passion. It's embarrassing

Fellaini did really well tonight though

he did. He's a very Mou player. He's a very Souness player. Basle wasn't much of a technical.challenge tho

Yup, he ended up doing a fresh air kick. Looked like a young lad, mibbe 18 or so.

Older than Mbappe probably. You've got hand it to Rodgers, he believes in rewriting the record books: entire league season undefeated, biggest away defeat in Celtic's European history, and not biggest home defeat in Celtic's European history.

NOW biggest home defeat in Celtic's European history ffs.

Finishing above Anderlecht has always been the aim though.

What are the neutrals watching tonight? Torn between spurs-Dortmund and Liverpool-Sevilla

Both look pretty exciting!

First thing BT Sport pundits discuss is when Gareth Bale is going to move to the Premiership. May as well start as they mean to go on this summer.

tbf it seemed like it was at the forefront of his mind as well.

he could probably do a job for us as cover for Barry Douglas

I hear Jonathan Walters is unsettled at Burnley, Bale the obvious replacement.

sympathies to liverpool fans, that was a shitty way to lose

sympathies to liverpool fans, that was a hilarious way to lose

Normally would be, but not to those cunts.

I'm struggling to remember any footballer ever delivering a performance as calamitous in a major game as Karius yesterday, just feel sorry for him tbh. 24 and it just feels like his career will never recover from that.

Kind of amazing how Zidane has never *not* won the Champions League and the jury is still out on whether he's even a good manager or not.

Stevie G's slip against chelsea a few years ago?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh6Uy-95U0g

ahhhh, great days great days

gerrardheatmap.jpg

"you could say the first one was a fair challenge"

David Seaman had a couple. Being lobbed in a European final in 94/95 and the Ronaldinho lob spring to mind? Stay maybe not as bad as last night mind.

If they'd been in the same match...

feel for the guy and for salah

not much more to say. its an easy lfc team to like an theyve got a lot to look forward to imo

zidanes ability to keep this team winning cls despite the marauding egos is spectacular and possibly fuiud

impossible to say where would suit gareth bale at this stage

what club is the equivalent of a household with a tiny amount of exquisite but fragile and startlingly expensive biscuits vs yr own equivalent of a bin of custard creams.

cmon we all had a posh mate you know what i mean

Rumours Zidane is about to quit

Yep. After three CL's in a row, I think it'd be a classy move to close the door behind you. It's nigh impossible for a manager to leave RM on a high. Wonder what he'll be up to next; my guess is managing a country.

Think he's said that only ever wants to manage Real Madrid and France, and that's it - guess it depends how France do in the WCup this time.

Just missed out on the Rangers job.

Aaand he's gone :/

Who do Madrid go for?

el big sam

Big Sam obv

Allardez

Wenger is the bookies' favourite!

Poch could've done the job imo but he just renewed his contract

Wenger at RM will crack open the heavens and drown Bernabeu in tears. I'm all for it.

Come now, Moyesy is fluent in Spanish.

Gary Neville has the experience

Just for lolz they should try to tap up Guardiola.

Klopp + Salah would also be amusing

Conte seems like the most obvious bet out of the high-profile managers who are a) available and b) haven't done the job before.

fuck this

Poch out
Poch in

spectator quality really is a world's apart in championship eh

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/43677849

now if i can get the link right it might work better

https://www.news.com.au/sport/sports-life/football-fan-callum-mawson-breaks-silence-on-compromising-photograph/news-story/7302ab2030d836c5ff37e4c322f4044c

Hoffenheim ahead after a minute!

44 seconds actually.

Wait why are you using this thread?

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