2019-20 UEFA Champions League- SEE Mod Note in OP 15/08/20

Brock Turnpike

irishguitarlad wrote: »

Finished 2-2. Ander Herrera had a great game when he came on and scored a great header. I thought Partey was very good before he went off. Cuadrado was fantastic for Juve in the second half, pjanic was excellent as always, Ronaldo also nearly scored a wonder goal at the end.

Hector Herrera.

irishguitarlad

Brock Turnpike wrote: »

Hector Herrera.

Yes you're right, the Mexican.

Harry Palmr

I take it Shaktar are now not much of a team what with the ongoing conflict with Russian influencers.

NIMAN

ERG89 wrote: »

Juve will have to work on their set pieces.
Its night one but a lot of the big sides have a lot of work to do. I'd be amazed if Bayern, Atletico or Madrid do go far this year, they all dipped last season & haven't improved their sides much this season.
Real have looked this way for around a year now. Pretty leggy in midfield & dodgy at the back. Things aren't improving much since Zidane has returned. Stunned that's their first defeat of the season as they don't convince. I dont know what has happened Kroos, Varane, Ramos, Courtois, Modric, Marcelo & Casemiro but all have been very poor since they won the Champions League.

Madrid are just a stale team. Been together too long and too many faces past their sell by.

Their midfield is too old and slow as well.

I think a lot of them haven't the desire or hunger any more after winning so many CLs.

Mr.Nice Guy

I agree the Madrid midfield looks stale. Think Fabian Ruiz and Kante would be good targets for them next summer.

NIMAN

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

I agree the Madrid midfield looks stale. Think Fabian Ruiz and Kante would be good targets for them next summer.

They had a midfield tonight of Casemiro, James and Kroos.

The 1st is young but slow, pondering and unexciting.
Second is vastly over-rated. They tried their best to get shot of him.
Kroos has been poor for a couple of years now.

Kante would be a good addition. Would be a new Makelele for them. Casemiro is meant to do that kind of job in there, but he couldn't lace Kante's boots.

Agent Coulson

Just saw the VAR disallowed Bale goal.

That’s not VAR should be about.

Wonder Goal disallowed for nothing.

Omackeral

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Trevor Welch doing my head in with how he pronounces Marquinhos's name

Yeah well that's payback for how you say all the bloody names!

MARQUINHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Omackeral

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Just saw the VAR disallowed Bale goal.

That’s not VAR should be about.

Wonder Goal disallowed for nothing.

Except the arm used to bring the ball into that shooting posotion.

Shanotheslayer

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Just saw the VAR disallowed Bale goal.

That’s not VAR should be about.

Wonder Goal disallowed for nothing.

LOL.

Somebody go back and find the posts when it happened to City :pac:

AdamD

That was a blatant handball, christ.

Shanotheslayer

Shanotheslayer wrote: »

LOL.

Somebody go back and find the posts when it happened to City :pac:

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057982634&page=42

Here, comical few pages alright :pac:

Skylinehead

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Just saw the VAR disallowed Bale goal.

That’s not VAR should be about.

Wonder Goal disallowed for nothing.

He juggled the ball onto his foot with his hand ffs

That's a disallowed goal before and after VAR, and before and after any handball changes. That was never allowed.

daheff

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

3-0 PSG. Meunier caps off a deserved win by catching Madrid on the break.

NIMAN wrote: »

Zidane off to a terrible start.

He won't see Xmas.

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Full-Time and Paris win it 3-0. Deserved victory for the home side who dominated the midfield. .

Thing is, PSG seem to win well at home and then get hammered away. Expect to see Real win 3 or 4 nil on the return fixture.

One defeat isnt the end of the world for any team in the group stages.

This is it

daheff wrote: »

Thing is, PSG seem to win well at home and then get hammered away. Expect to see Real win 3 or 4 nil on the return fixture.

One defeat isnt the end of the world for any team in the group stages.

It's not, but they've been poor enough in LaLiga too dropping 4 points in 4 matches. Others aren't doing great either but he finished last season pretty badly with 3 losses, 1 draw and 1 win in the last 5. He really needed a good start in all comps to keep the heat off in my opinion. I can't see him lasting after spending quite a bit of money during the summer too

citytillidie

Champions League Match Day 2
Tuesday 1st October
17:55 Kick-offs
Group A
Real Madrid (ESP) V Club Brugge (BEL) - Live on BT Sport 1 / Virgin Media 1

Group C
Atalanta (ITA) V Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) - Live on BT Sport ESPN

20:00 Kick-Offs
Group A
Galatasaray (TUR) V Paris (FRA) - Live on BT Sport Extra 2

Group B
Tottenham Hotspur (ENG) V Bayern (GER) - Live on BT Sport 2 / RTE 2
Crvena zvezda (SRB) V Olympiacos (GRE) - Live on BT Sport Extra 4

Group C
Manchester City (ENG) V GNK Dinamo (CRO) - Live on BT Sport 3 / Virgin Media 1

Group D
Juventus (ITA) V Bayer Leverkusen (GER) - Live on BT Sport ESPN
Lokomotiv Moskva (RUS) V Atlético Madrid (ESP) - Live on BT Sport Extra 3

Wednesday 2nd October
17:55 Kick-offs
Group E
Genk (BEL) V Napoli (ITA) - Live on BT Sport 1 / Virgin Media 1

Group F
Slavia Praha (CZE) V Borussia Dortmund (GER) - Live on BT Sport ESPN

20:00 Kick-offs
Group E
Liverpool (ENG) V Salzburg (AUT) - Live on BT Sport 3

Group F
Barcelona (ESP) V Internazionale Milano (ITA) - Live on BT Sport ESPN

Group G
RB Leipzig (GER) V Lyon (FRA) - Live on BT Sport Extra 3
Zenit (RUS) V Benfica (POR) - Live on BT Sport Extra 4

Group H
LOSC Lille (FRA) V Chelsea (ENG) - Live on BT Sport 2
Valencia (ESP) V AFC Ajax (NED) - Live on BT Sport Extra 2

NIMAN

Not many big ties this week....Spurs Bayern probably going to be the best one.
Rest all very uninspiring.

wonski

For me it's Barca Inter and Slavia Borussia.

After watching Slavia last time it might be interesting to see against Borussia that used to be fun to watch.

Not sure if that Borussia is still alive, though.

Berserker

Liverpool have a tricky fixture coming up against Leicester next weekend. Are Red Bull, minus Haaland, good enough to cause Liverpool problems at Anfield or will Klopp be able to rest a few bodies?

Dr. Bre

Berserker wrote: »

Liverpool have a tricky fixture coming up against Leicester next weekend. Are Red Bull, minus Haaland, good enough to cause Liverpool problems at Anfield or will Klopp be able to rest a few bodies?

Pool lost opener so can’t afford to rest a few I reckon

BullBlackNova

Berserker wrote: »

Liverpool have a tricky fixture coming up against Leicester next weekend. Are Red Bull, minus Haaland, good enough to cause Liverpool problems at Anfield or will Klopp be able to rest a few bodies?

I wouldn't expect many changes to the Pool side - maybe Milner into the midfield, Gomez to the defence or, potentially, Origi up front. But it won't be mass rotation.

As was noted, the defeat to Napoli doesn't leave much wiggle room. In isolation, it's not a disastrous result but follow it with dropped points v Salzburg and it puts a lot of pressure on the rest of the games.

gimli2112

have Liverpool ever come out of the group stages at a canter? It always seems to go down to the last game with some shot flashing wide in the last minute that would have put us out.

BullBlackNova

gimli2112 wrote: »

have Liverpool ever come out of the group stages at a canter? It always seems to go down to the last game with some shot flashing wide in the last minute that would have put us out.

2017/18 wasn't too taxing. Two draws to start, which wasn't ideal, but that was followed by two absolute hammerings of Maribor to essentially seal qualification.

I certainly don't remember major stress levels anyway, unlike last year!!

I think we should be looking at 9/9 in the next three games. And that's not meant to be dismissive of the quality of the opposition but any top seed should expect to win home and away against the bottom seat, and to win their home games.

Mr.Nice Guy

Teams for the early fixtures:

Real Madrid: Courtois; Carvajal, Varane, Ramos, Nacho; Modric, Casemiro, Kroos; Vazquez, Benzema, Hazard.

Club Brugge XI: Mignolet; Mata, Mechele, Deli, Ricca; Vormer, Rits, Vanaken; Diatta, Bonaventure, Tau.

Atalanta XI: Gollini; Toloi, Masiello, Palomino; Hateboer, de Roon, Pasalic, Castagne; Ilicic, Zapata, Gomez.

Shakhtar Donetsk XI: Pyatov; Bolbat, Kryvtsov, Matviyenko, Ismaily; Alan Patrick, Stepanenko; Marlos, Kovalenko, Taison; Moraes.

Going to watch Madrid/Brugge. I'm sure Hazard will enjoy playing against a Belgian side. Perhaps this is the moment he shows his Chelsea form from last season.

Hope Atalanta win their game, though Shakhtar can be tricky. Zapata is in good form and might be the difference maker.

BullBlackNova

I'd like Atalanta to get some points on the board - even if they don't make it out of their group, I'd like them to give a good showing of themselves. The hammering by Dinamo was an awful start so I don't have high hopes but hopefully...

Won't catch either of these but would love a Mignolet masterclass to keep Madrid quiet!

Not as many headline ties this week but Spurs v Bayern could be tasty. Juve v Leverkusen and Galatasaray v PSG look good too.

Tomorrow I'll be at Liverpool v Salzburg so won't see any of the others. I'm very excited - first Champions League tie for me!

The Good Ole Boys

I will be on Mignolet watch this evening. I hope he does well.

Mr.Nice Guy

Club Brugge ahead after VAR check!

Scruffy finish but they'll take it.

davycc

Go go brugge!!

The Good Ole Boys

He completely scuffed it and it worked out in his favour. Go go Var!

Loafing Oaf

Who is that berk on co-comms for the Atlanta game? "I think this might be ruled out. I'm not sure there was enough contact to make the player go down."

Mr.Nice Guy

Great save from Mignolet.

Atalanta leading Shakhtar 1-0 via a Zapata goal. Ilicic had a penalty saved - I brought him into my FF team.

Arghus

This is a great game between Madrid and Brugge at the moment.

Mr.Nice Guy

2-0 Brugge! Bonaventure gets a second. Nearly fell over with the strike!

Arghus

Brugge 2 up!

ShamoBuc

Arghus wrote: »

This is a great game between Madrid and Brugge at the moment.

It's even better now.

Harry Palmr

Jasus it's just as well RM are top of la Liga this week.

Fecks sake I didn't know this was on Virgin Blurry One.

Mr.Nice Guy

Very enjoyable first half and the possibility of a big upset now on the cards. Credit to Brugge whose gameplan of sitting back and hitting Madrid on the break has worked. The trio of Tau, Diatta and Bonanventure Dennis causing problems. Been impressed with the CB Mata as well. Kroos has missed good chances for Madrid while Benzema has looked a threat. They look sloppy defensively though and are giving the ball away too much. It's all set up for a cracking second half.

In the other game, Shakhtar have equalised against Atalanta through Junior Moraes.

Arghus

Some heroic defending from Brugge and they look very dangerous on the counter. I thought I had no interest in the game, but that was an absorbing half.

ERG89

I doubt he could make up for pathetic defending but Valverde was Madrid's best player in the derby & is on the bench tonight. Time to stop waiting for the lads to find form Zizou

Zebra3

The Madrid defence has no interest in tracking back.

Club very lucky with the two goals but there can’t be any complaints.

Pre-VAR days though Madrid would be getting away with it.

Harry Palmr

Courtois out, hope teh new fella doesn't make a boob.

Mr.Nice Guy

Wonder is Courtois injured or is it a sign Zidane has run out of patience with him.

Harry Palmr

So close to 3-0 great blocking by Areola

Ha Ramos scores 1-2, wait VAR...yadda yadda yadda

Given 1-2

Mr.Nice Guy

Big stop from Areola to stop it being 3-0!

And moments later it's 2-1. Ramos with a header after VAR check. Thought he looked offside.

TitianGerm

Ramos has to be off there?

Muff_Daddy

Ramos was clearly offside there

Mushy

Surely offside

Arghus

That call looked dodgy, Ramos looked offside.

Roanmore

Definitely offside.

Edit: or not

marklazarcovic

Ahhh now... easily offside... Wtf