2018-19 UEFA Europa League

citytillidie

Kirby wrote: »

Would have. Goalkeeper never had control of the ball.

Was a foul on the keeper

Kirby

~Rebel~ wrote: »

Nah, think it was debatable enough that the benefit would always go to the keeper. He had it in his hands, then let go for a split second in the air, but when contact is made, he has 2 hands on the ball again. The contact is directly what caused him to let go again, so would have been ruled a foul i'd say.

He never has control of the ball. Its not even in his hands when Azpilliceuta touches him. Now, we can debate if its a foul or not. But at no point does he have control of the ball.

Mr.Nice Guy

Haller has a near-perfect record so I'm sure he's taking one. Presumably Paciencia too since he was brought on in the last few minutes. Higuain, Jorginho and Hazard likely stepping up for Chelsea you'd think.

Kirby

fullstop wrote: »

Maybe you should have another look. He had it in 2 hands until Azpilacueta barged into him/hit his arm.

No he doesnt. The ball is out of both his hands before ANY contact is made. Watch the slow mo.

Fromvert

I'd back Chelsea's peno takers to win this, Jorginho, Hazard, Luiz, Higuain have all taken a decent amount of them and should be 4 of the 5.

Harry Palmr

Frankfurt 1-0

murpho999

Necro wrote: »

Not that it helps, but the games on BT are about the only reason I keep Eir broadband.

Won't that change next season as BT will be carried by Sky and not Eir?

~Rebel~

Kirby wrote: »

No he doesnt. The ball is out of both his hands before ANY contact is made. Watch the slow mo.

It's out of his hands, and then back in his hands when contact is made.

Easy call for the ref to make to be honest, no way they'd even consider setting the precedent of knocking into a keeper.

Great first pen.

murpho999

Fromvert wrote: »

I'd back Chelsea's peno takers to win this, Jorginho, Hazard, Luiz, Higuain have all taken a decent amount of them and should be 4 of the 5.

Mmmm....doesn't work that way in penalty shoot outs when the pressure is on.

greenfield21

murpho999 wrote: »

Won't that change next season as BT will be carried by Sky and not Eir?

Moving to sky in August, looks like no reason to have eir after that

Mr.Nice Guy

Trapp saves from Azpilicueta!

Harry Palmr

Saved, never do the staggered run up

~Rebel~

3 brilliant pens.

fullstop

Kirby wrote: »

No he doesnt. The ball is out of both his hands before ANY contact is made. Watch the slow mo.

Incorrect. He let go momentarily then re-gathered before his arm was hit.

https://twitter.com/SBOBET/status/1126600875365920768

Fromvert

Getting that much of a hand on it Kepa should save that.

Azpi misses!

Harry Palmr

Frankfurt in drivers seat.

Necro

Never understand why they have defenders take penalties.

Harry Palmr

Frankfurter misses, saved.

Fromvert

murpho999 wrote: »

Mmmm....doesn't work that way in penalty shoot outs when the pressure is on.

Nah I'd much rather guys who have taken plenty of pens taking them.

sligeach

Dreadful penalty from Frankfurt.

Mr.Nice Guy

Never looked likely Hinteregger would score and he doesn't. All square now if Chelsea score.

And Luiz does.

Inquitus

All square.

Mr.Nice Guy

Here's Paciencia who was brought on presumably for the shootout.

And he misses! Kepa saves.

Paciencia is not a virtue.

Harry Palmr

How to save peno - just stand in the middle and someone will blast it at you.

Inquitus

Adv Chelsea

Lackey

Down to the wire!

ERG89

Mr.Nice Guy wrote:

Here's Paciencia who was brought on presumably for the shootout.

Took one like I'd take sitting on my couch

sligeach

You just knew the Frankfurt sub was going to miss.

Mr.Nice Guy

Hazard to win it.

Of course he does!

Necro

And that's game.

RollieFingers

Brought on to take a pen in the shootout and misses, that's embarrassing.

Agent Coulson

All England Final

Harry Palmr

Blimey Chelsea scrap through.

~Rebel~

Necro wrote: »

Never understand why they have defenders take penalties.

Someone being a defender doesn't mean they're bad at pens. Someone being a striker doesn't mean they're good. If my life depended upon a pen, I'd have had Jamie Carragher or David Luiz over Fernando Torres every day of the week for instance.

Some people are good at them, some are bad, regardless of position.

Inquitus

All England EL and CL then in the end.

Spurs v Pool
Chelsea v Arsenal

Fromvert

Much stronger from Kepa, gets two hands on it!

citytillidie

Semi-Final 2nd Leg Results
Chelsea (ENG) 1 V 1 Eintracht Frankfurt (GER) (Agg 2-2) - Chelsea (ENG) win on pens 4-3
Valencia (ESP) 2 V 4 Arsenal (ENG) (Agg 3-7)

Final
Olympic Stadium, Baku
Wedesday 29th May 20:00 Kick-Off
Chelsea (ENG) V Arsenal (ENG)

VAR will be used in the Final

Utopia Parkway

Bit of a bottle job from Frankfurt with their last two pens. They were awful.

Inquitus

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

Bit of a bottle job from Frankfurt with their last two pens. They were awful.

Aye the defenders Peno was brutal.

~Rebel~

Christ, how weird.... 2 European Finals that most of Europe won't really give much of a toss about!

Assetbacked

Inquitus wrote: »

All England EL and CL then in the end.

Spurs v Pool
Chelsea v Arsenal

Bad for football.

AdamD

That stutter run up is so stupid

murpho999

How many players can say their last touch of a ball for a club in their home ground puts them through to a final?

Necro

~Rebel~ wrote: »

Someone being a defender doesn't mean they're bad at pens. Someoen being a striker doesn't mean their good. If my life depended upon a pen, I'd have had Jamie Carragher or David Luiz over Fernando Torres every day of the week for instance.

Some people are good at them, some are bad, regardless of position.

Just can't see it being something defenders practice all that much tbh. Not too many take them in a match like.

Also... Jamie Carragher was good at penalties? Guess I learn something new every day :pac:

fullstop

Inquitus wrote: »

Aye the defenders Peno was brutal.

As soon as I saw the run up I knew the blast down the middle was coming.

Tasty final with Arsenal badly needing to win.

Kirby

Necro wrote: »

Never understand why they have defenders take penalties.

The greatest penalty taker of the modern era was a defender.

It's about practice.

Mr.Nice Guy

Feel sorry for Frankfurt. They've had a great season but now relying on finishing fourth to get CL football and still have to play Bayern before the season's out. Will be tough.

Ronan|Raven

AdamD wrote: »

That stutter run up is so stupid

Aldo would disagree

Harry Palmr

Assetbacked wrote: »

Bad for football.

brilliant for the coefficient though!

fullstop

Kirby wrote: »

The greatest penalty taker of the modern era was a defender.

Who's that?