Champions League & Europa League 2014/15

[Locke.]

When LFC beat RM 1-0 in the Bernabeu in 2009, Stevie G was a substitute, coming on after 88 minutes.

History repeating itself 5 years later

[GiRTh]

WTF No Gerrard, no Sterling.

[Drew.]

But more importantly no Flamini!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[GiRTh]

But more importantly no Flamini!!!!!!!!!!!!!:joker:

[GiRTh]

Henderson and Balotelli on the bench. Rodgers lost the plot.

Good luck in the Europa league :pat:

[Drew.]

I think we have found one of our best players since Henry

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B1n8kMeCEAArWkH.jpg:large

[Shaun]

to think we were worried after that first Dortmund loss

[GiRTh]

I think we have found one of our best players since Henry

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B1n8kMeCEAArWkH.jpg:largeHe's carrying us ATM

[Brother Leon]

Arsenal with their usual qualify from group and get knocked out in last 16 thing.

[Legend killer]

Paul"not better then tom cleverley" Pogba strikes again

[Shaun]

goals everywhere, and as usual none in the game on ITV.

[Drew.]

Poor Alexis, works non stop and has a say in all 3 goals and the rest of the squad start ****ing things up.

[Shaun]

can't handle this AND a torquay united penalty shootout

[Drew.]

Flamini has arrived, that explains it

[Shaun]

:facepalm:

[Drew.]

This is what happens when you dont buy a ****ing defender and you dont buy a ****ing CDM Arsene you tosser, ****ing unbelievable. Same old problems under Arsene.

[Locke.]

Henderson and Balotelli on the bench. Rodgers lost the plot.

Good luck in the Europa league :pat:

Thanks, good luck to you in the Europa League too :pat:

[Black Dagger]

Good luck us in the Europa League as well!!

[Locke.]

We gave a good account of ourselves tonight, didn't carry enough of a threat going forward to get a goal but defensively and in midfield we were very good. Kolo was brilliant and deserves to start against Chelsea, Mignolet and Moreno were excellent as well.

[MTVN]

Gotta give that Liverpool side credit for that tbf. The question is does Rodgers deserve credit for making that side competitive or stick for wasting the chance to put out the strongest side given that they only lost 1-0 :think:

Now excuse me from my thinking while I laugh at Arsenal

[Locke.]

Anderlecht were missing their 3 best players as well

[Black Dagger]

First game of the season I'm going too! I will fill out the EMPTIHAD!!!!!

They've never lost a game that I've been to, so they better not start now :fist:

[Drew.]

Do something to get the cameras attentions, just being there should work but if not then a flair should do

[Black Dagger]

I'll shout 'I love Drew' that should work xo

[Calderyon]

No surprises on Tuesday, other than Arsenal almost falling and giving up 3-0 lead and ending up in a 3-3 tie in their home pitch. Poor performance.

Olympiakos again giving Juventus a run for their money, even though Juventus eventually rectified their mistake from their last game and won.

Still see only four champion candidates in Real Madrid, Bayern München, Borussia Dortmund and Athletico Madrid. Maybe Chelsea also.

[Locke.]

A nice stat to start the new page with

Simon Mignolet (1) has completed more successful dribbles in the Champions League this season than Mesut Özil (0)

[Shaun]

poor lucas

[MTVN]

CSKA!!!!!!!!

Well done to the ref tonight, took no bollocks. Could do with him in the prem

[Drew.]

Terrible week for English clubs.. City with the worst performance of the lot though.

[Black Dagger]

Hope that ref dies. I wish I had a good aim, I would have threw my sandwich at his head :mad:

[Brother Leon]

Pathetic atmosphere at the Etihad for a must win European game where Away fans were banned. Those players deserve better. Poor Kompany and Aguero.

[Calderyon]

Another poor performance for Man City and probably a crucial loss when thinking about potential qualifiers. They would need two wins over Bayern and Roma and then Roma and CSKA to not win any more games, which i think will not happen.

Good work for Maribor for getting a tie against Chelsea. Surprised about Sporting beating Schalke, great job there.

BATE Borisov suffering yet another embarrassingly big loss to Shakhtar, who are flying at the moment.

Other matches had no surprises, the big ones won. Especially Bayern who just continues to dominate.

[MTVN]

Ridiculous fog in this Astra-Celtic game on BT now

[Drew.]

It doesn't help that Celtic are wearing black too

[Black Dagger]

lmao we're going to get ****ing killed, why Zaba isn't starting is beyond me.

Pozo and George Glendon having to be on the bench because we have no other options.

[Drew.]

Sagna is going to get dicked tonight

[Drew.]

It's scary, Chelsea already running away with the league and they're still getting better and better.

[Crimson Dynamo]

JT bullet

[Black Dagger]

omg omg omg omg we're actually winning

[Black Dagger]

twisted my ankle for nothing.

[Black Dagger]

Urgh. I'm off to die. Bye.

[Drew.]

City playing like the side down to 10 men

[GiRTh]

Bayern are too good

[Shaun]

what a guy :clap1:

[GiRTh]

Great player.

[Black Dagger]

ahfhdhfhjdhhfhfhfhfhfhfhf. Came.

[Drew.]

Great game.. Hard to argue with Aguero not being the best striker in the world at the moment.

[Drew.]

The game against Roma is going to be brilliant

[Calderyon]

Great effort by my sweep Man. City on winning against Bayern München. Aguero doing a hatrick!!! Incredible.

Roma and CSKA miss up an opportunity to get a win and ensuring them a spot in the last 16. Now they both need to win against their opponents if they want to advance.

No real surprises in the 1st half of round 5. Chelsea got easy win over Schalke and therefore secured their last 16 spot. Sporting are on a roll with two consecutive wins after defeating Schalke 4-2 and are close to securing a last 16 spot over Schalke. But they need a tie against Chelsea to advance. Schalke however needs to win against Maribor to have a chance at last 16.

Barcelona and Paris SG got easy wins over APOEL and Ajax and both secured their final 16 spots.

Shaktar lost to Athletic Club, but are still going to last 16 as Athletic and BATE have already lost their chance to advance in the last round. But at least Athletic are playing and trying. Same can´t be said about BATE Borisov, who have not scored a single goal in their last 3 games. Instead they have conceived a whopping 15 in their last 3 games and a total of 22 goals in their 5 games with only 2 goals scored total, both in their only win (2-1) against Athletic Club. I think the worst team in Champions League 2014 is here.

It´s a shame that Athletic lost to BATE in their second game, as they would now have a great chance to advance to last 16, had they won their first game against them.

[Drew.]

Monreal at CB and Sanogo leading the line, the core of the squad is stronger than ever.

Wilshere out for a few months according to some people.. This season gets worse.

[Locke.]

Kolo in!!!!!!!!!! Lovren dropped!!!!!!!!!!!! Gerrard further up field!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Apart from Johnson starting it's looking a decent line up

[Drew.]

Sanogo scores and Liverpool go 1-0 down to Ludogorets, amazing start

[Shaun]

when was the last time all of the English sides in the CL won in the same week?

[GiRTh]

Sanogo scores and Liverpool go 1-0 down to Ludogorets, amazing startWTF is that Yaya Sanogo or some other Sanogo.

[Locke.]

Hendo <3

[Shaun]

arsenal all over them :flutter: (i'm not watching just SSN because i'm cheap and don't have the sports channels hai/)

[Shaun]

ALEXIS <3

[MTVN]

TERZIEV <3

[Locke.]

Equalizer makes no difference anyway because Basel lost, we'd have been in the exact same position if we'd hung on.

Beat Basel at Anfield and we're through to the last 16. Challenge accepted.

http://i.imgur.com/dQTvOvI.jpg?1

[Drew.]

Best game of the season so far. Sanogo is surprisingly progressing quite well, i remember his first few games for the club.. the heaviest touch i'd ever seen & looked completely lost.. he has great hold up and link up play now and a decent finish tonight. Ox is in the best form of his career too, beating men for fun at the moment. Same with Gibbs, one of our most improved players this season.. poor guy playing in that dodgy back 4. Tactics being used during the game, crazy what a difference they make. Alexis though >>>>>

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B3Zd9R0CcAArkxZ.png

[Shaun]

when was the last time all of the English sides in the CL won in the same week?

had to go and ruin it didn't you, David?

[Calderyon]

No huge surprises tonight. Was surprised that Arsenal beat Borussia, one of my predicted champions. But i like Arsenal so that´s okay.

Liverpool only managing a tie against Ludogorets is quite embarassing.

Good effort from Mälmö even though they lost. Juventus was just too good for them to beat.

Good effort from Basel too against Real Madrid. Still a loss is a loss.

Atletico Madrid is just incredible atm. So dominant and precise. Future champions, perhaps?

Even though the Olympiakos goalie helped quite a bit.

Monaco got an away win against the group leaders Bayern Leverkusen. Great effort from both.

[Drew.]

4 wins for English clubs against the best 4 German teams this week.

[Brother Leon]

TrollStation invading the Spurs pitch :joker:

[MTVN]

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/11/27/238F50A500000578-2852316-Spurs_defender_Naughton_did_not_look_happy_as_the_ supporter_took-53_1417126341433.jpg

[Brother Leon]

xZBtLpT2fhE

LOL at how long the fat bastard lasted ffs.

[Drew.]

That first guy :joker:

[Locke.]

Aguero out of the Roma game :dance:

[Black Dagger]

evil brute. Just because you won't get any further either.

[Locke.]

That has nothing to do with it, Roma are my second team

https://38.media.tumblr.com/98cad3c4997d3799f84213aee6de8b67/tumblr_ndkfdmO4fX1sq63hko2_400.gif

[Calderyon]

That´s probably my sweep done then. They really, really would need Aguero to play to have a chance to win.

Oh well, Roma will be destroyed by whoever they face in the last 16. (Not so say Man City would have not suffered the same fate.)

[Shaun]

welp that's things wrapped up on our side... now to pray for an Anderlecht goal or two :love:

[Shaun]

for goodness' sake, liverpool

[GiRTh]

3-0 up- but I'm now thinking how will we throw this away.

[Shaun]

aaron's back :flutter: and by the sound of it, in style

[Drew.]

I can't believe he's just done that

[Drew.]

Ridiculous

[Shaun]

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[GiRTh]

Oh That was sexy.

Might switch over to that.

Question - should I watch Liverpool lose or Arsenal throw away a lead? Watching Liverpool lose will be more fun.

[GiRTh]

Didn't realise Wesley Sneider was at Galatasaray. Why no big clubs in for him?

[Drew.]

I am still in shock from that goal.. he is now taking free kicks from 40 yards out with the outside of his boot.. his confidence is finally back.

[GiRTh]

WTF Marcovic sent off when he didnt even touch the guy.

[Drew.]

That first half is the most fun i've had watching Arsenal this season.. great win away with a squad full of youth players.

[GiRTh]

Good to see Joel Campbell getting some time and playing well.

[Drew.]

Hate to say it but i don't think he'll have much of a future with us. Will always be stuck behind Ox and Walcott. Deserves more playing time somewhere else. A loan move to a PL side in January would be great for him.

[Brother Leon]

Liverpool :joker:

Season gets even better.

[GiRTh]

Hate to say it but i don't think he'll have much of a future with us. Will always be stuck behind Ox and Walcott. Deserves more playing time somewhere else. A loan move to a PL side in January would be great for him.Agree. Shame cuz I think he'd get into most Premiership teams and could do a great job for us.

[Drew.]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B4ceIUzCAAAnw_D.jpg:large

[MTVN]

Delighted for Basel, would have been gutting for them to have lost it at the death there

Real Madrid's dominance of that group is ridiculous, it's the Champions League ffs

[Brother Leon]

Tbf..they would probably dominate everyone bar Bayern,Barca and Chelsea.

[MTVN]

Maybe, but it has been made crazy easy for them with an imploding Liverpool side, a Bulgarian pub team, and a solid but uninspiring Basel.

[Black Dagger]

Don't worry Liverpool. Aguero FC will be the usual laughing stock of the PL tomorrow </3

[Calderyon]

No surprises tonight. Basel got the tie they needed to advance, Athletico Madrid and Juventus played a friendly tie "to make sure that both of them advanced" regardless of Olympiakos´s hard fought victory against Mälmö.

Arsenal won against the Turkish underachievers/botch team and put themselves really in to the mix of potential championship candidates.

Real Madrid continues to be too much to handle.

Monaco got a win and when Bayern Leverkusen played a tie, won the group. Good for team.

In short, everyone that deserved to advance, got through.

[MTVN]

Forza Roma!!!!!!!

http://www.forza27.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/CurvaSudRoma-2012-new3.jpeg

[Black Dagger]

Dreading this 90 minutes tbh </3.

All our spine being out yay.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Forza Roma

http://www.macrhino.com/old/Pix/mrf_web_FORZA_ROMA_0904.jpg

[MTVN]

All over 'em already

[Locke.]

Manolas having a great game so far

[Drew.]

Dzeko slows down every attack, always picking the wrong option & Navas is so frustrating to watch. City need Jovetic and Lamps on asap.

[Shaun]

great goal

[MTVN]

Urgh

[MTVN]

**** knows how you take 1 point from CSKA and still go through lol

[Locke.]

Liverpool, Roma, Olympiakos all knocked out within 24 hours. Can confirm Europa League is taking centre stage for all sensible folk from now on.

[Drew.]

City finally showing some balls in Europe.. two great wins over Bayern and Roma. Nainggolan is class, get him signed up Arsene.

[Black Dagger]

I love them so much :love:

We'll get dicked over two legs by Real Madrid now yay.

[Brother Leon]

Epic night for those fans in the away end. Would love a City V Real tie over two legs with Aguero back and fit.

[Calderyon]

So...

Man City does the unthinkable and upsets AS Roma by getting a 2-0 win and in the process the second spot and a spot in the last 16. Great effort, didn´t think they could do it.

Bayern easily crushed the dreams of CSKA by a comfortable 3-0 win.

Ajax snuffed APOEL and destroyed them 4-0 and got some of their pride back at the same time. They will be a tough nut to crack in the European league.

Barcelona won against PSG by 3-1 and get their group victory.

Sporting tried their all to beat the strong team of Chelsea, but the London side was too much to handle for them and they lost 3-1. A tie would have been all they needed to qualify.

Schalke got an narrow 1-0 away win against Maribor and will continue their journey in the last 16.

And finally...

Athetic got their revenge for their loss in their first game to BATE way back tonight (yesterday) at their home turf with an easy 2-0 win ending their campaign on a high note. It´s too bad they lost to BATE in the first place. Had they not, they would maybe celebrate a spot in the last 16.

Porto and Shakhtar drawed their game by 1-1 and Shakhtar ended ended their successful group campaign by finishing second and Porto won the group.

Judgement:

Best team (s) : Chelsea, Porto, Arsenal, Athletico Madrid, Real Madrid, FC Barcelona and Bayern Munchen
Worst team (s): FC BATE Borisov, Galatasaray and APOEL FC
Best player (s): Messi, Ronaldo, Aguero and Luiz Adriano.
Worst player: Too many to name. All of BATE Borisov and Galatasaray to name a few.

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So the last 16 are:

Athletico Madrid
Juventus
Real Madrid
FC Basel
AS Monaco
Bayern Leverkusen
Borussia Dortmund
Arsenal FC
Bayern Munchen
Manchester City
FC Barcelona
PSG
Chelsea FC
Schalke
FC Porto
Shakhtar Donetsk

So based on those i think there are 7 potential championship candidates which are Athletico Madrid, Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, FC Barcelona, Chelsea, Bayern Munchen and Arsenal. Maybe PSG to a stretch.

[Locke.]

Tranmere have got more chance of winning the Champions League than Arsenal

[Calderyon]

Then i guess Chelsea is the only hope for an English team to win in UCL this season. Then again Man City have gained some of their momentum back, i think, so maybe they can be the wildcards of going all the way.

It all depends on the opponents. At least in this round.

[Calderyon]

Chances of going all the way IMO:

Great chance:

Real Madrid
FC Barcelona
Bayern Munchen
Chelsea FC
Athletico Madrid

Good chance:

PSG
Borussia Dortmund
Arsenal FC
Juventus

Wildcards/OK chance/Could be either way:

Manchester City
Shakhtar Donetsk (because of Adriano)
FC Porto

Doubtful:

AS Monaco
Bayern Leverkusen

No chance:

FC Basel
Schalke

[Brother Leon]

543031996566753281

**** sake LOL

[MTVN]

Paris St-Germain v Chelsea
Manchester City v Barcelona
Bayer Leverkusen v Atletico Madrid
Juventus v Borussia Dortmund
Schalke v Real Madrid
Shakhtar Donetsk v Bayern Munich
Arsenal v Monaco
Basel v Porto

Arsenal getting an easier draw than if they had topped the group

[Black Dagger]

What a load of boring ****e.

[Crimson Dynamo]

oh i cant wait for these games..




:umm2:

[Black Dagger]

"Txiki says City can stay at home next year, they already know the draw." :laugh:

[BBfanUSA]

Looks like Everton has a good chance of advancing too

[Brother Leon]

He's back!!!

http://c0.thejournal.ie/media/2014/04/britain-soccer-premier-league-646-310x415.jpg

[Drew.]

For once we have had some luck.. all this coming 2nd in the group too. Thank you Anderlecht for coming back from 3-0 down.

[Shaun]

beautiful draw

[Drew.]

****ty move by Pelle, such a slap in the face. Jovetic needs to get out of there asap in the summer

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[Brother Leon]

Well, he had to replace someone....

[Locke.]

Yes, Boyata

[MTVN]

Boyata counts a club trained player apparently so doesn't affect the number of foreign players allowed

[Calderyon]

Paris St-Germain v Chelsea

Expecting an ven game ending in a tie.

Manchester City v Barcelona

Manchester will try their hardest to win this, but will only get a 1-1 tie or a slim loss i think.

Bayern Leverkusen v Atletico Madrid

Athetico has got this. Easy win for them, i think.

Juventus v Borussia Dortmund

Very even and hard fought game ending in a Juventus win.



Schalke v Real Madrid

Schalke has got no chance in hell. Real Madrid will steam through like a train over them.

Shakhtar Donetsk v Bayern Munich

Shakhtar will fight valiantly, but in the end they will fall to the brilliant Bayern München. If Shakhtar want to win, Luis Adriano has to be in a phenomenal shape and pretty much obliterate them by making at least a hat trick.

Arsenal v Monaco

Arsenal need a good start and an early goal would be good to get, since Monaco has good defence and is great at low scoring and slow phased games.

Basel v Porto

Porto is the clear favorite, but they should not underestimate Basel, who can be a very difficult opponent, if they are taken lightly.

[Calderyon]

Ivanovich scores via header and Chelsea leads 1-0 against PSG.

[Drew.]

The two centre backs combining to set up the right back, very strange goal

[Calderyon]

Great cross to Cavani and it´s 1-1!

[Calderyon]

Game ended at 1-1 after a PSG controlled 2nd half and basically at least 75% of the whole game. Chelsea was lucky.

Now PSG is in the deep end.

[MTVN]

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/feb/18/racist-chelsea-fans-push-black-man-paris-metro

Scum

[Black Dagger]

****ing awful. Them winning the league is going to be awful. Dislikeable manager, players and fans

[Drew.]

Confirms what an scummy set of fans they have

[Shaun]

vermin

[Drew.]

They keep coming

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[Shaun]

What sort of journalist is he? Just a fansite or someone actually running an official Chelsea thing like a blog or for the match programmes w/e

[Drew.]

Oh never mind, hes just another prick in the long line of Chelsea fans.

Amy Lawrence
‏@amylawrence71
Chelsea made it very clear @SamPeeCFC did not and does not work for them in any capacity.

[Calderyon]

Real Madrid won yesterday simply with a normal routine performance. Schalke has no chance.

Basel and Porto had a even game ending to a 1-1 tie. Porto got what they wanted, an away goal.

[Locke.]

Coutinho has been knackered lately. Hopefully we alter the formation slightly tonight and take him out for Mario and go with 2 up top and one behind. It's time to unleash this Studge and Mario partnership.

[BBfanUSA]

Everton is up 4-1.

Wow. Stunning scenes

[Crimson Dynamo]

go toffees

[BBfanUSA]

Why can't this translate in the domestic league? This is so frustrating.

[MTVN]

Because most English teams have figured Everton out by now + Young Boys are pretty crap

[Locke.]

It was never in doubt.

Mario is a totally different player now, actually putting in the work and effort on the pitch. Has to start against Southampton alongside Sturridge.

[Calderyon]

Thank you Liverpool and Balotelli for winning me 30 or so pounds of money.

[Locke.]

Jordon Ibe: Completed more successful dribbles in a single Europa League match (10 vs Besiktas) than any other player has this season #LFC

What a player

[Calderyon]

Suarez scores and it´s 1-0 to Barcelona against Man City.

[Crimson Dynamo]

good

[GiRTh]

Dismal and embarrassing. The worst I've seen us play for years. Giroud missed three easy chances. Totally inexcusable for to miss so many easy chances at that level. I dont mind if it Bayern or Barca caning us like this but Monaco have sold all their best players but they still beat us easily.

[MTVN]

Jesus Christ at that Arsenal result :joker: RIP English football, City basically out, Arsenal basically out, Chelsea lucky to be in the position they are. Let's just hope Spurs and Liverpool get sent packing tomorrow night now

[Black Dagger]

Nice to see we aren't the biggest embarrassments

[Drew.]

About a billion spent on your squad and you struggle to get out of the group stages, i'd say you just about edge it.

[Locke.]

Jesus Christ at that Arsenal result :joker: RIP English football, City basically out, Arsenal basically out, Chelsea lucky to be in the position they are. Let's just hope Spurs and Liverpool get sent packing tomorrow night now

Now now, let us go about our Europa League business in peace

[Brother Leon]

****ing Arsenal can't even get past Monaco and continue to have some european distractions. Bunch of bottle jobs :idc:

[MTVN]

Jesus Christ at that Arsenal result :joker: RIP English football, City basically out, Arsenal basically out, Chelsea lucky to be in the position they are. Let's just hope Spurs and Liverpool get sent packing tomorrow night now

It's happening :dance:

[Shaun]

oh Lovren.

[Drew.]

:joker: it had to be him.. the most hated player at the club sends them out of Europe.. good job digging your own grave Lovren.

[MTVN]

http://croatia.org/crown/content_images/2007/Bilic_dance_celebrate.jpg

What a great evening

[Brother Leon]

Lovren LOL

Both Arsenal and Liverpool with no distractions though. Ffs

[Drew.]

I am doing a TY and holding some hope we can grab 3 goals in Monaco.

[Locke.]

Blessing in disguise going out, we were never going to win the tournament really, at least now we can focus solely on the league.

Not Lovren's fault either, credit to him for having the balls to take one over an attacking player in Sterling and Kolo who just scored one for Ivory Coast a couple of weeks back.

[Crimson Dynamo]

slaven

[Crimson Dynamo]

Blessing in disguise going out, we were never going to win the tournament really, at least now we can focus solely on the league.

Not Lovren's fault either, credit to him for having the balls to take one over an attacking player in Sterling and Kolo who just scored one for Ivory Coast a couple of weeks back.

focus on 6th

:idc:

[Locke.]

focus on 6th

:idc:

Will do, you focus on 8th

[Calderyon]

Real Madrid vs Schalke and FC Porto vs Basel today. Expecting no surprises tonight, i think Real Madrid will trash Schalke and FC Porto will seal the deal with comfortable 2-0 victory.

[Calderyon]

Wow... Schalke has started very upbeat.

And now it´s 1-0 to Schalke. This might be interesting.

[Calderyon]

Real Madrid is all over the place atm. Schalke getting opportunity after opportunity.

[Calderyon]

And Ronaldo makes it 1-1 with a header. Well that´s that i guess.

[Calderyon]

Huntelaar 2-1 to Schalke !!!

Real Madrid´s defense is in shambles. Schalke is almost completely in control of the game.

[Calderyon]

Ronaldo scores again with a second header. 2-2!!!

[MTVN]

Calderyon jinxing Schalke twice now :fist:

[Drew.]

Great half of football, Schalke really unlucky not to be ahead at half time, they have been all over Madrid.. Meyer has been brilliant

[Calderyon]

Had it been Bayern Munchen or Borussia Dortmund, it would be 2-4 or 0-4 atm, tbh.

Schalke really needs for Ronaldo to get a second yellow and off the field.

[Calderyon]

Benzema makes it 3-2 to Madrid. Game over.

[Calderyon]

Schalke levels it. 3-3 now!!!

[Calderyon]

Good grief!!! Huntelaar makes it 4-3 to Schalke!!!

[Calderyon]

Game ends. Schalke wins the game 4-3, but Real Madrid advances to quarterfinals by a 5-4 aggregate.

So close...

Great game.

[Drew.]

What a game, Schalke definitely deserved the win on the night and were so unlucky not to go through.. Madrid are all over the place at the moment. Bale has looked bloody awful recently.

[Calderyon]

Schalke definitely deserved to get through and it´s a shame they didn´t. Real Madrid was absolutely terrible/on a panic mode and they only got saved because of Ronaldo´s (and Benzema´s) goals. Real Madrid has to consider themselves extremely lucky. Had it been a much better team, they would have been absolutely massacred.

If they don´t get their act together and end up against Bayern München, Porto, PSG, Chelsea, Barcelona, Atlético Madrid or even Monaco on the next round they are going to have a tough time getting through.

[MTVN]

DAVID LUIZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Drew.]

Apart from Chelsea being ridiculously boring and negative on the ball its been pretty entertaining due to the 50 or so bust ups and Costa hitting anyone that goes near him. Its a joke how hes still on the pitch.. the ref has had a disaster from the start.

[MTVN]

PSG unlucky not to already be through tbh, have battered Chelsea all game despite undeservedly being down to ten men

[MTVN]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Drew.]

THIAGO SILVA!!!!!!!

[Shaun]

:flutter:

[MTVN]

Amazing

[Drew.]

Great scenes at the end there, totally deserved to win this

[MTVN]

Who'd have thought Everton would be England's best/only chance of European success at this stage

[Drew.]

We'll be back in it this time next week

[Calderyon]

Bayern was as crushing as expected even though Shaktar got the short end of the stick by getting a red card so early. Still, impressive performance from Bayern.

How pathetic is Chelsea for not being able to seal the deal against a 10 -man PSG and their main striker out for most of the game in their home turf? So, so bad performance. Still, incredible stuff, a great battle and a fully deserved advancing from PSG. What´s amazing is even though they were a man short, they still pretty much controlled the game.

Now Man City and Arsenal are the only English teams left in the UCL this season. But both are in dire straits (especially Arsenal), so expect them to be knocked out too.

[MTVN]

And out head the last English team left in Europe, good job Kiev

[Crimson Dynamo]

some game tho. everton have hit the post twice

[Calderyon]

Good effort from Arsenal on Tuesday. Monaco was in serious trouble throughout. Shame it wasn´t enough.

Athletico wins it in the penalties deservedly. Leverkusen had poor kickers.

Manchester City was in shambles (the defense) against Barcelona. Without the goalkeeper, the numbers would have been much uglier.

Juventus had no problems at Dortmund on securing their place in the quarters. Routine and convincing victory.

[Crimson Dynamo]

game on?

[Crimson Dynamo]

Good effort from Arsenal on Tuesday. Monaco was in serious trouble throughout. Shame it wasn´t enough.

Athletico wins it in the penalties deservedly. Leverkusen had poor kickers.

Manchester City was in shambles (the defense) against Barcelona. Without the goalkeeper, the numbers would have been much uglier.

Juventus had no problems at Dortmund on securing their place in the quarters. Routine and convincing victory.

good effort?

they lost 3-1 to the worst team left in the tournament

it was a disgrace they went out

[Shaun]

Alright brandon

[Crimson Dynamo]

bleugh

everon lose to a bunch of lada driving vodka soaks

way to go England

[MTVN]

Martinez surely goes at the end of this season, I always said he wasn't that good back at Wigan :idc:

[Calderyon]

good effort?

they lost 3-1 to the worst team left in the tournament

it was a disgrace they went out

I was talking about this second game, which they seemed to control through and through. The first one was abysmal, i agree.

And i do agree it´s shameful that they have failed to qualify considering the team they have.

[Calderyon]

Quarterfinals:

Athletico Madrid vs Real Madrid -> Athletico Madrid advances.

Tough and even match up with last years finalists. On the paper Real Madrid is the favorite, but their last two matches against Bayern Leverkusen proved otherwise, especially the former, in which they were a goal away from being knocked out.
I think Athletico will get their revenge and advance to the semis.

Juventus vs Monaco -> Monaco advances

Monaco got the best opponent they could hope for, although Juventus is not an easy opponent to face. But i think Monaco has a good chance against an clearly out dated Juventus. They need at least a tie in Roma to have a chance in Monaco, which they can do if their defensive strategy works out. Juventus just needs to keep up in what they are doing and not frustrate themselves (on smashing their heads towards the solid Monaco defense) if they don´t score right away.

PSG vs Barcelona -> Barcelona advances

Another tough match up. PSG has a chance to overcome the challenge Barcelona offers, but they really need to win the first leg in a convincing way to be able to dream about an advancement to the next round. Barcelona will probably go for a defended tie away and then try to crush PSG next week.

Porto vs Bayern München -> Bayern München advances

Porto is a good team, but now they have a behemoth of an opponent against them in Bayern München. Are they too much to handle? Maybe. Only way for Porto to advance is absolutely demolish Bayern in the first leg. Attack hard, often and fast and crack open the Munich defense to pieces by scoring lots of goals.

Bayern can win by routine. Defend good, keep their composure and await for an opportunity and then strike. They would want to take a 0-0 or 1-1 tie and then massacre Porto in the second leg.

[MTVN]

Look at Porto go

[GiRTh]

David Luis :joker:

[GiRTh]

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LMFAO Nutmegged twice in the same match. :joker:


50 Million :laugh2:

[Locke.]

God. I have never missed a player as much as Suarez

[GiRTh]

David Luiz:joker:

50 Millions :joker:

[GiRTh]

I miss Adrian Chiles :sad:

[Calderyon]

Bayern making mincemeat out of Porto, just incredible. And Barcelona mainly cruising through to the next round making a few goals here and there as PSG has given up before the match even started.

[Brother Leon]

Henry is a ****ing gash pundit.

[Shaun]

Juve :worship: Morata :worship: :love:

[Locke.]

Suarez vs Evra final please, there will be nothing greater than Suarez dancing about in front of that little **** celebrating with a CL trophy

[Brother Leon]

Suarez vs Evra final please, there will be nothing greater than Suarez dancing about in front of that little **** celebrating with a CL trophy

What an **** for reporting racism.

#ScouseLogic

[Locke.]

What an **** for reporting racism.

#ScouseLogic

Yes how dare I report racism

[Brother Leon]

Bayern miss Robben badly. Zero pace up front.

[Shaun]

and drew laughed when i said this would be a boring match

[Samuel.]

Far from boring

[Shaun]

nonsense

[Shaun]

well obviously i take everything back

[Brother Leon]

Bloody hell..Messi is stunning. Shame Robben isn't fit.

[Shaun]

wonder what the odds of another Bayern 6-1 home tie are

[Iceman]

I'll be seeing Barca play on Saturday. Have to make a dash from the F1 circuit but it'll be worth it.

[MTVN]

MORATA!!!!!!!!!!!

[Drew.]

Give us pens

[MTVN]

Bale missing everything :fan:

[Shaun]

:fan:

[Shaun]

excellent

[MTVN]

Get in! Serie a is back

[Drew.]

Fair play to Juve, great game. Shame we aren't getting the el clasico final though, can't see anything apart from a Barca beating in the final

[Brother Leon]

Paddy in his 5th final. What a guy.

[Brother Leon]

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[MTVN]

How about that then, looks like I am setting up camp in this thread for next season

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[Drew.]

Am i right in thinking your season starts in about a months time

[MTVN]

2 July I think, its exciting but also a bit unsettling, mid-table teams in Europa tend to see their domestic season suffer quite badly. We probs won't get through to the group stage anyway mind

[Locke.]

We won both of our games on the sunday after playing Europa on thursday this season, it is possible to play in both you just have to manage the squad well. Having said that can't be bothered with us having to start our season in July as well, which is what happens after Villa twat Arsenal in the FA Cup final.

[James]

Seville leading 3-2 in the Europa final.

[GiRTh]

Come on Juventus.

[James]

Good final this. Should Buffon have done better there?

[James]

Right decision to disallow that.

[Brother Leon]

Poor Paddy must be so sick of Barca.