2022-23 UEFA Champions League

they need to start giving yellows for every cynical foul

great save by allison yet again

Lots of really petulant little ankle taps going in from Liverpool players now.

The commentator on BT continually pronouncing the name Benzy Ma is doing my head in.

what a miss by benzema

i'll go with the old cliche...they know how to get it done

BENZEMA!!!

Take him off for Barca.

Big game player. Only Ronaldo and Messi have more CL goals in the KO stage than him.

Think that was the correct decision. Can't be giving pens for that.

Comprehensive victory for Madrid as Kroos, Camavinga and Modric won the midfield battle handily. Nacho pocketed Salah. Militao and Rudiger were solid. Vini Jr caused TAA problems all night. Benzema didn't look fully fit but got his goal. Liverpool's best player was Alisson who kept the score down.

I'd like to see:

Napoli vs Benfica

Man City vs Bayern

Chelsea vs Madrid

Milan derby

Bayern (GER)

Benfica (POR)

Chelsea (ENG)

Inter (ITA)

Man City (ENG)

Milan (ITA)

Napoli (ITA)

Real Madrid (ESP)

Hard to believe that the bookmakers still have Manchester City and Bayern Munich shorter in the betting than Real Madrid. Nine points off Barcelona before el Clasico this weekend, and 1-0 down to those opponents in the Copa del Rey means that this could be their best shot (again) at a trophy. They have won as many CLs as all other clubs together in the last decade, so you can see them driving on. I'm wondering if Napoli would prefer to face them over 90 minutes, or over two legs. Bayern are probably the only team who genuinely see themselves on the same level as Madrid and certainly wouldn't fear them, even if they aren't quite the force they were. I don't know if its the Julia Roberts in me (!), but I just cannot see Man City ever lifting this trophy. Pep will inevitably out-Pep himself and put Haaland in goals or something anytime there's a possibility of winning this thing. I presume the draw isn't rigged, and everyone wants to draw Benfica.

With the winners of the derby and Napoli game meeting in the semi 😁

Liverpool were non-existent in the 2nd half tonight.

Was it a case of Madrid just managing the game, keeping possession or the fact that Liverpool seem to be a 45min team this season? They look so blunt and bereft of ideas.

Before the draws later

Co-efficient rating 3 competitions

01 Bayern (GER)

02 Man City (ENG)

04 Chelsea (ENG)

05 Real Madrid (ESP)

12 Inter (ITA)

20 Benfica (POR)

21 Napoli (ITA)

36 Milan (ITA)

07 Man United

09 Juventus

13 AS Roma

19 Sevilla

25 Bayer Leverkusen

33 Sporting CP

34 Feyenoord

105 Union SG

35 Basel

42 AZ Alkmaar

48 West Ham

51 Gent

102 Fiorentina

110 Lech Poznan

113 Anderlecht

116 Nice

Benfica swapped to play at home because of bottom tie (don't know why they didn't swap the last drawn one!)

Holy fracking sht.

Milan, Napoli, Benfica or Inter in the final.

The other side of the draw gives Pep so many chances to Pep himself out of the tournament 🤣

Man, that is some lop-sided draw.

Great for Napoli though!

I think most teams would of feared Napoli, and Napoli would of beat most teams into submission. But in a way, I think Milan is probably a bad draw for them. I think they would of been confident against all the other teams, but will carry some doubt into the Milan game.

Milan have European pedigree and beat them to the title last year, they'll be aware of both and could factor into the the psychology of the game. Everyone has Milan wrote off, so I wouldn't be surprised if they put in a huge shift and ambused Napoli here. Very dangerous tie for Napoli imo

As a neutral, I think it's a great draw. Bar Chelsea, I'd say all of those teams reckon they could beat their opponent.