2017/18 UEFA Champions League

NIMAN

A sign of how football has changed.

Huge night of CL football last night and tonight, and the 2 Milan giants are playing a derby game in Serie A instead.

Kristopherus

Liverpool have galloped to a 3-0 lead v City.

Mr.Nice Guy

2-0 Barcelona. Another O.G. Manolas unlucky.

Mr.Nice Guy

Pique makes it 3-0 Barca. Tap in.

Unearthly

At the moment all ties are over

Turtwig

gotta love pique and ramos any time the counter is on they commit to it.

NIMAN

Unearthly wrote: »

At the moment all ties are over

I'd say the Barca tie is, but the EPL Battle isn't yet.

Liverpool are sitting back, and will probably do this for rest of half since Salah went off.

If City were to get a goal, Pool will get very edgy, and a 2nd wouldn't be out of the question.

bucketybuck

Unearthly wrote: »

At the moment all ties are over

Like one of the commentators said, if City score an away goal here then a 2-0 win in the return would see them through. There is nothing insurmountable about that at all, not against a side with recent history of throwing away 3-0 leads.

If this game goes to 3-1 Liverpool's knees will get very wobbly.

Mr.Nice Guy

Dzekooooooooooooooo

3-1. Lifeline.

Mr.Nice Guy

From a lifeline to a flatline.

Suarez makes it 4-1.

dfx-

two games tonight showing the value of the away goal rule

Kristopherus

I thought this is a general UEFA Champs Lge thread & not a Barca appreciation thread:D:D:D.

TomSweeney

Barca have this competition won, I knew it since August, getting 2 OGs tonight just confirms it.

citytillidie

Results
Sevilla (ESP) 1 V 2 Bayern München (GER)
Juventus (ITA) 0 V 3 Real Madrid (ESP)
Liverpool (ENG) 3 V 0 Manchester City (ENG)
Barcelona (ESP) 4 V 1 Roma (ITA)

2nd Legs
Tuesday Games
Manchester City (ENG) V Liverpool (ENG) (Agg 0-3) - Live on BT Sport 2 / TV 3
Roma (ITA) V Barcelona (ESP) (Agg 1-4) - Live on BT Sport 3 / Eir Sport 1

Wednesday Games
Bayern München (GER) V Sevilla (ESP) (Agg 2-1) - Live on BT Sport 3
Real Madrid (ESP) V Juventus (ITA) (Agg 3-0) - Live on BT Sport 2

MayoSalmon

Every tie is virtually dead!

TomSweeney

MayoSalmon wrote: »

Every tie is virtually dead!

The competition is virtually dead!

Mr.Nice Guy

MayoSalmon wrote: »

Every tie is virtually dead!

Yeah it's quite depressing. Must be the most underwhelming set of quarter-final second legs in history.

Rekop dog

Lack of character and personality from City when the chips were down tonight. They've more often flattered to deceive in this competition since they've got their money.

Bring on the semies. Find it impossible to call this year.

ERG89

Those Barca goals were dog ugly tonight. Very unBarca like but it's nice to see them not relying on Messi every night

citytillidie

Unicrons Dad wrote: »

Is the draw for the semis made ?

Will be made on Friday the 13th

Rekop dog

Have Liverpool and Bayern ever played in the CL? Weird it's two sides I can't remember facing off but I'm guessing they must have at some point.

citytillidie

Rekop dog wrote: »

Have Liverpool and Bayern ever played in the CL? Weird it's two sides I can't remember facing off but I'm guessing they must have at some point.

1981 Semi Final Liverpool went through on away goals

Rekop dog

citytillidie wrote: »

1981 Semi Final Liverpool went through on away goals

That's old money. Talking since '92.

citytillidie

Rekop dog wrote: »

That's old money. Talking since '92.

Nope nothing in this format of the European Cup

osarusan

Ger Canning talking about the emphatic finish from 'Loo-ey' Suarez.

Even as somebody who only cares about GAA, how the f**k can he not know that name?

jbt123

Rekop dog wrote: »

Have Liverpool and Bayern ever played in the CL? Weird it's two sides I can't remember facing off but I'm guessing they must have at some point.

Howard Gayle. Check him out.

theoneeyedman

A huge difference in the game tonight and an EPL game, was the refereeing.
This ref (and CL refs in general) allow tackling, allow contests, and there was no point lying around and looking for soft penalties as would have been awarded in an EPL game.
There were several situations where City in particular had ball in tight spots in the Liverpool area, and with Mike Dean or Bobby Madley it would have been worth kicking out at a defender and throwing yourself to the ground.
Refreshing really.... even Sterling dragging the ball back against a prone Robinson was waved away.

~Rebel~

citytillidie wrote: »

1981 Semi Final Liverpool went through on away goals

That's the tie I'd love to see next though, if Liverpool can hold firm in the return leg next week. Also avoids the possibility of another all-Spain final.

NIMAN

Do we think all the neutrals want an all-Spanish final?

Messi v Ronaldo?

I'm thinking most would, unless they are English or German and want to see an English or German team in the final.

IncognitoMan

I mean it would be near perfect.

How much longer do we have with the 2 of them at the peak of their powers? I'd love to see them go toe to toe in another champions league final.

In truth they are the two best teams in the competition as well.

inforfun

Well, since it has never happened, a Barca - Real final and indeed time is running out for one that will have Messi v Ronaldo (never mind age, they are also both topfit at the same time now) i trust the UEFA to make it happen this year.

inforfun

Well, since it has never happened, a Barca - Real final and indeed time is running out for one that will have Messi v Ronaldo (never mind age, they are also both topfit at the same time now) i trust the UEFA to make it happen this year.

Just too bad it is played in that terrible Kiev stadium.

Officer999

Neuer back training with Bayern today. Just in the time for the semi-finals. Makes them stronger again.

Irish_rat

IncognitoMan wrote: »

In truth they are the two best teams in the competition as well.

Bayern?

Irish_rat

beya2009 wrote: »

That's rare opposing fans applaud player from another team. Funnily enough last time that probably happened was when Brazilian Ronaldo had a great game against man u at old trafford.

Bale got it a few weeks ago in China :pac:

IncognitoMan

Irish_rat wrote: »

Bayern?

Yep, both sides are better than Bayern. At least from what I've seen.

~Rebel~

IncognitoMan wrote: »

Yep, both sides are better than Bayern. At least from what I've seen.

Yeah, definately have both sides well ahead of Bayern. Bayern are dismantling a lot of teams - but they're also not being challenged at all. The German league is basically them, and then everyone else - especially with Dortmund being a shadow of their former selves. And in the CL, the only genuinely good team they've had to play was PSG in the group stages. They won the home leg 3-1, but lost the away leg 3-0.

They're very good, obviously, but their status has been inflated by the quality of the opposition they've actually faced.

mickmackey1

Irish_rat wrote: »

Bale got it a few weeks ago in China :pac:

And it's happened a few other times -

https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/king-cristiano-juve-fans-applaud-ronaldo-stars-wowed-opposition-fans-103330239.html

NIMAN

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NIMAN

Irish_rat wrote: »

Bale got it a few weeks ago in China :pac:

Chinese people are very civil though, no surprise they applauded Bale.
They are a crap football nation and would have loved to have seen a star playing so well.

Its different when Real Madrid fans applaud a Barca player after he has humiliated their team in the Bernabeu.

Mr.Nice Guy

Looks like Roma may be going for 3 at the back.

Roma XI: Alisson; Fazio, Manolas, Jesus; Florenzi, Nainggolan, De Rossi, Strootman, Kolarov; Schick, Dzeko.

Barcelona XI: Ter Stegen; Semedo, Pique, Umtiti, Alba; Roberto, Busquets, Rakitic, Iniesta; Messi, Suarez.

Mr.Nice Guy

Dzeko makes it 1-0!

irishman86

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Dzeko makes it 1-0!

Just two more :eek:

Turtwig

Good start by Roma. Good pressure.

Mr.Nice Guy

Fergie's there watching Roma vs Barca.

Update: Good chance gone begging there. Schick heads wide.

Tigerandahalf

Poor game this. Both sides constantly giving the ball away. Liverpool look nervy and incapable of stringing a few passes together. They really need a decent player in the middle to hold onto the ball.

Mr.Nice Guy

De Rossi scores from the spot! Roma need one more!

Tigerandahalf

Great goal that - first time they strung a few passes together.

Turtwig

Barca hanging on.

MisterAnarchy

Barcelona are having a nightmare, playing utter rubbish.
Their away form in the Champions league over the last few years has been very poor.