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

And have now knocked out Bayern, Juve and PSG xp

there really aren't any maniacal counter-pressing teams in la liga, right?

There aren't, no. Not against RM/Barca/Atletico at least. And those three get along fine passing until they score. Atletico somewhat the odd one out, they'll play defensively and look for the counter. But they don't need to counter-press maniac style. The gap between those three and the rest is just too big.

Real Betis this season are playing beautiful attacking football and it got them a deserved fifth place, but any more is just not on the cards.

this lfc vs this real is a great final

Ulreich, inspect the damage

lol lbi love that sting simile

this lfc vs this real is a great final

Assuming it happens, which is a big if given this Liverpool defence, if there are any fewer than nine goals it'll be a disappointment.

marcelo v salah must happen

a bit nervous because yes, this liverpool defence and the fact that Roma havent conceded a goal at home in the CL.

A dull uneventful next couple of hours please ta

Ah bollocks that's ruined it.

done

2-2

and rome should already have had a pen there.

Jeez louise. Can't say Rome aren't trying. They could've scored three times in the last three minutes alone.

Okay. Rome have 5 minutes plus injury time to score twice.

poor stuff but cant blame lfc for that

oof

that peno dzeko shouldve got looks a big miss now

-30 seconds for one goal

It's odd but Roma have the right to feel hard done by

There ends my interest in this year's Champions League tournament.

That was nuts.

Roma effectively rendered Salah and Firmino useless. Madrid will take note, though I rate Roma's defense (I know I know 5-2 etc) higher than Madrid's defense, which is a shambles this season. I can see Liverpool nicking this somehow, if they've enough gusto.

Roma left it all out there. Klopp made us believe we needed to win the game for just long enough

We rode our luck (TAA handball in particular) but both the penalties Roma were given were charity penalties – nonsense calls given to a team the ref knew was going to lose. Easy to start dishing out those penalties. Much harder when you're at the Bernabeu and there's a game riding on it.

Salah had a poor game and everyone looked gassed at the end. What a bunch of lads!

Madrid will dive their way to the title and Ronaldo takes his top off.

they were both penalties

and two more that shouldve been called but werent

behave

Trent one should (morally) be pen all day, hand stuck out to block, like Marcelo and Ramos yesterday. I've no interest in a count back. VAR kills football. We're in the final.

My point is the ref doesn't give handball penalties until the heel of the hunt when he knew he was going to blow the final whistle immediately after it, and I don't think (though it's a hypothetical) that the other ref would have given the Milner pen in the first leg had we not been 5-0 up in that game (5-1 at the time).

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.