2018-19 UEFA Champions League

irishguitarlad

We'll done Napoli, would love to see them and Inter reach the last 16.

Mr.Nice Guy

Allan one of the best in the world. Such a scrapper.

All over as it ends 1-1. This group is really fascinating. Whatever team drops into the Europa League likely to be the favourite to win the competition.

blueser

martyos121 wrote: »

Spurs score a double-deflected winner from the head of Harry Kane. I suppose they were due a bit of luck, but that’s absolutely cruel on PSV.

Staggering the guff BT are churning out about the two Kane goals. A scuffed shot and a double deflection. But, a win's a win.

martyos121

blueser wrote: »

Staggering the guff BT are churning out about the two Kane goals. A scuffed shot and a double deflection. But, a win's a win.

If he scored an own-goal at the death, they’d be crediting him with a hat-trick. :pac:

Mr.Nice Guy

Pleased Malcom got a goal. Icardi showing his quality again.

Kiith

blueser wrote: »

Staggering the guff BT are churning out about the two Kane goals. A scuffed shot and a double deflection. But, a win's a win.

martyos121 wrote: »

If he scored an own-goal at the death, they’d be crediting him with a hat-trick. :pac:

Jealous? You're jealous :P

blueser

Kiith wrote: »

Jealous? You're jealous :P

Damn, I've been rumbled!

quarryman

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Whatever team drops into the Europa League likely to be the favourite to win the competition.

You think Red Star could be favourites to win the Europa league?

LiamoSail

I'm bitter and hence really enjoyed the fact that the cClub Brugge player who scored a brace that put Henry's Monaco out was named Hans.

Loafing Oaf

Esse85 wrote: »

Henry has made a poor start.

I wonder do French fans sing "tu te fais virer le matin" to opposition managers.:P

PopePalpatine

LiamoSail wrote: »

I'm bitter and hence really enjoyed the fact that the cClub Brugge player who scored a brace that put Henry's Monaco out was named Hans.

Would you say this Hans is "super"?

Potential Underachiever

PopePalpatine wrote: »

Would you say this Hans is "super"?

yourdeadwright

How good is Icardi ?
Surely a big Spanish or English side will have a go with him .

rob316

yourdeadwright wrote: »

How good is Icardi ?
Surely a big Spanish or English side will have a go with him .

He comes with a lot of baggage and a nutcase wife/agent. Super striker though no doubt.

Mr.Nice Guy

Teams for the early kick-offs:

CSKA Moscow XI: Akinfeev; Fernandes, Becao, Magnusson, Nabakin; Oblyakov, Akhmetov; Vlasic, Dzagoev, Sigurdsson; Chalov.

Roma XI: Olsen; Santon, Manolas, Fazio, Kolarov; Cristante, N'Zonzi; Florenzi, Pellegrini, Kluivert; Dzeko.

Valencia XI: Neto; Wass, Paulista, Garay, Gaya; Guedes, Kondogbia, Coquelin, Soler; Rodrigo, Santi Mina.

Young Boys XI: Von Ballmoos; Mbabu, Lauper, Von Bergen, Benito; Fassnacht, Sow, Sanogo, Ngamaleu; Assale, Hoarau.

Will Valencia drop points once more before Juve's game with United? Hard to imagine it happens again despite Valencia's difficulty to find goals.

If CSKA win they overtake Roma in the group.

Mr.Nice Guy

Great start for Roma. Manolas makes it 1-0. Akinfeev poor dealing with the cross.

Mr.Nice Guy

Valencia lead after Soler's nice little dink over the keepr hits the post, allowing Mina to slot the rebound.

Mr.Nice Guy

Assale equalises for Young Boys! Nice low strike into the far corner. Good news for United.

Young lads score
Nice

edit* **** it

Mr.Nice Guy

Valencia restore their lead. Mina gets another after Soler's cross.

Nearly 2-2 as Ngamaleu blazes over. Both sides looking vulnerable defensively.

ERG89

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Nearly 2-2 as Ngamaleu blazes over. Both sides looking vulnerable defensively.

Valencia insist on drawing every game so it's not over yet I imagine

Mr.Nice Guy

CSKA equalise! Sigurdsson slides it past Olsen.

Update: Soler makes it 3-1 to Valencia. That's probably the result. Soler's had a good game.

Mr.Nice Guy

CSKA down to 10 men as Magnusson is given a second yellow for taking down Kluivert.

And shortly after Pellegrini makes it 2-1.

Doesn't look like any upsets imminent in these early games. Favourites in firm control.

Update: Straight red for Sanogo of Young Boys for a poor challenge. Both underdogs seeing out the final stages with 10 men now.

Mr.Nice Guy

Going to watch Juve vs United and Lyon vs Hoffenheim out of the evening games.

Juventus XI: Szczesny; De Sciglio, Chiellini, Bonucci, Alex Sandro; Bentancur, Pjanic, Khedira; Cuadrado, Cristiano Ronaldo, Dybala.

Man United XI: De Gea; Young, Smalling, Lindelof, Shaw; Herrera, Matic, Pogba; Alexis Sanchez, Martial, Lingard.

Lyon XI: Lopes; Rafael, Denayer, Morel, Marcelo, Mendy; Ndombele, Tousart, Aouar; Fekir; Depay.

Hoffenheim XI: Baumann; Nuhu, Vogt, Bikakcic; Kaderabek, Grillitsch, Demirbay, Schulz; Belfodil, Joelinton, Kramaric.

Can't see United getting anything from this game. Fancy Ronaldo to get at least a goal, probably two.

Lyon going 5-3-2 is a surprise. Tough one to call with a lot of exciting talents on show. Want to see the home side win and good performances from Depay and Ndombele but feel like Joelinton could make the difference for the Germans.

ongarite

Ramos, pure scumbag move there..

TomSweeney

Are games no longer shown on RTE ?

ERG89

TomSweeney wrote:

Are games no longer shown on RTE ?

Only Tuesday's

TomSweeney

So Wednesdays games are only on PPV or sports subscription based channels ? none on terrestrial tv ?

eigrod

ongarite wrote: »

Ramos, pure scumbag move there..

@English_AS
Ramos' elbow busts Havel's nose right open. A cynical chap might suggest the Madrid man knew exactly where the various body parts were in relation to each other...

Mr.Nice Guy

Fekir scores! 1-0 Lyon.

Crazy scramble in front of the goal following a stunning effort from Mendy that had hit the crossbar.

Omackeral

My god that's a shocker of a penalty decision gone Man City's way

Mr.Crinklewood

Omackeral wrote: »

My god that's a shocker of a penalty decision gone Man City's way

Absolutely ridiculous decision

Time to put an official behind the goals...

Omackeral

Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »

Absolutely ridiculous decision

Time to put an official behind the goals...

They really are as useful as chocolate fireguards.

Mr.Nice Guy

2-0 Lyon! Ndombele scores via a deflection after being picked out well by Mendy.

Lyon playing some nice stuff.

Kiith

That's got to be one of the worst penalty decisions i've ever seen. Absolutely unbelievable.

Lackey

TomSweeney wrote: »

So Wednesdays games are only on PPV or sports subscription based channels ? none on terrestrial tv ?

I get BT sports with my eir broadband on my sky box

ERG89

Girlfriend is currently jealous of Pep's jacket. I'm not buying it that's for sure.

Rossi IRL

City Pen

https://twitter.com/sporcope/status/1060267541162008577?s=19

Mr.Nice Guy

Lyon lead 2-0 at the break. Genesio will be pleased with that. Ndombele, Fekir, Aouar and Mendy playing well while Lopes made a superb stop. Hoffenheim with a lot of work to do.

Just seen the City pen - what a shambles!

Rossi IRL

Rossi IRL wrote: »

City Pen

https://twitter.com/sporcope/status/1060267541162008577?s=19

Lol

****ing shocking

irishguitarlad

Rossi IRL wrote: »

City Pen

https://twitter.com/sporcope/status/1060267541162008577?s=19

That's a ridiculous dive, should be banned retrospectively.

Liam McPoyle

irishguitarlad wrote: »

That's a ridiculous dive, should be banned retrospectively.

Ref must be under UEFA orders to draw attention away from the financial corruption they were happy to let pass.

Mr.Nice Guy

Watching the BT half-time analysis of the pen and the official behind the goal signals it's a pen as well ffs!

eigrod

irishguitarlad wrote: »

That's a ridiculous dive, should be banned retrospectively.

He didn’t dive

eigrod

eigrod wrote: »

He didn’t dive

Hahahahahahah

eigrod

Fred The Red wrote: »

Hahahahahahah

He kicked the turf and fell over. It’s as clear as day.

LuckyGent88

That’s laughable how that was given as a penalty. He is an experienced ref too. Embarrassing decision.

Lackey

eigrod wrote: »

He kicked the turf and fell over. It’s as clear as day.

BT sports agrees with you....crazy call by ref though

Berserker

irishguitarlad wrote: »

That's a ridiculous dive, should be banned retrospectively.

He didn't to be fair. He kicked the ground and fell over. A dive would have been less of an embarrassment for a professional footballer.

blueser

Absolute stunner from Raz there.