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

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.

Moussa Sissoko told L'Equipe that he did not realise Tottenham had gone through to the Champions League semi-finals until a member of the coaching staff informed him in the dressing room that Manchester City's last-gasp goal had been disallowed.

The French midfielder, who was replaced in the first half due to injury, was so distraught after Raheem Sterling scored that he immediately walked down the tunnel and did not realise the goal had been ruled out for offside a minute later.

"I was on the bench when I saw the goal that made it 5-3," he said. "I was so upset that I returned directly to the dressing room.

"I was alone, no-one had accompanied me, no TV screen was broadcasting the game. In my head we were eliminated. Then one of the staff members entered the dressing room and told me: 'Incredible, we did it!'

"I said: 'How did we do it?' At that moment, he told me that the goal had been disallowed. So I put on a t-shirt, I forgot about my injury and I ran outside to join the others, not to miss the celebrations for such a historic moment. It was an incredible, emotional shock."

Amazing. Also read somewhere Son wasn't aware a yellow would get him suspended...

moussa sissoko u have my heart forever

fuckin hell im in a cafe in phibsboro fightin tears for moussa lads LADS

What's the opposite of 'Lads'?

for you deems, spurs players singing moussa sissoko in the dressing room
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POFzDnZAl84

I saw god help me i saw

tg im not in work today

#THFC: Lloris (C), Trippier, Sanchez, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Wanyama, Rose, Eriksen, Dele, Lucas, Llorente.@WilliamHill odds (18+) https://t.co/UTGkpi6vxV#UCL ⚪️ #COYS pic.twitter.com/Z5KPWVoYqD

— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) April 30, 2019

All names! 👥#UCL #totaja pic.twitter.com/j7LYFrU7NH

— AFC Ajax (@AFCAjax) April 30, 2019

Huntelaar's still playing?

Yep.

Dirk Jan Klaas "Klaas-Jan" Huntelaar

His goal scoring stats are pretty phenomenal.

xp there's a magnificent clip out there somewhere, where when he was just playing for Milan, the pundit keeps shouting "Jan Klaas Oentelahr! Jan Klaas Oentelahr!" after him scoring, mixing up his two first names.

the only person that our dear departed nakhers ever claimed to resemble

So what'll be Spurs' strategy tonight? I think a good way to start would be, wait for it, Mou-ball. 2017 EL cup final Mou-ball, when ManU won the EL. Chasing Ajax, hoofing the ball to Llorente in this case, skip midfield. Think Ajax will play how they always play (they can't adjust even if they wanted to), but Spurs have the ability to change tactic.

I'm already killed at least ten times in this sordid build-up, from supermarket selling "Tottenhamburgers" to the worst possible punditry, so COYS.

xp WAHT?! Really?

Just when you think you can't respect Nahk more etc

OT: do we have a "footballers who really shouldn't become pundits after their playing days" thread? Or would it break the board? Bcz VdV, srsly.

Amazing.

Looked offside but that might just be the complete lack of a defence.

Think it's prob the latter, yeah

Very lucky not to be two.