Champions League 2019-2020

[TXSG8R 3362]

3 minutes ago, Woodrow Call said:

Or Robben

Yea it was a lefty, wasn’t it. 

[MoJames 8244]

This Arsenal kid is pretty good.

[shadow_operative 15932]

can't believe Gnabry is still just 22. He was playing for Arsenal's first team 5 or 6 years ago. 

[Woodrow Call 494]

Bayern at almost 70% possession. 

[Firemans4Horn 18046]

Caqueret looks like a stud. Incredible passing ability. 

[Firemans4Horn 18046]

4 minutes ago, shadow_operative said:

can't believe Gnabry is still just 22. He was playing for Arsenal's first team 5 or 6 years ago. 

he’s 25

[TXSG8R 3362]

1 minute ago, Firemans4Horn said:

Caqueret looks like a stud. Incredible passing ability. 

I haven’t watched Lyon this season before last game.  That Auoror (sp?) kid kept the ball on a string and had an incredible work rate. 

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

2 minutes ago, TXSG8R said:

I haven’t watched Lyon this season before last game.  That Auoror (sp?) kid kept the ball on a string and had an incredible work rate. 

Aouar.

He's been fantastic this year

[kingkoopa6 8348]

Game 

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

That's 2.

[Firemans4Horn 18046]

Very sterling finish by Lewa. Game might be over in the next 10 minutes. 

[Hagbard Celine 10853]

welp.

[PittsburghTiger 6178]

Nice save by Bayern there on that goal. They needed that goal

[WBT 20562]

Lulz, doesn't seem like it's Lewandowski's day.  It still worked out though.

[TXSG8R 3362]

Lyon has to open up now.  The game could get out of hand with space for Bayern to operate. 

[midtown 3345]

Hope Lyon applied copious amounts of lube today. 

[TXSG8R 3362]

Lewy must be nursing a hangover or something. Dude has left two sitters on the table. 

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

4 minutes ago, TXSG8R said:

Lyon has to open up now.  The game could get out of hand with space for Bayern to operate. 

[JNip 132]

Davies is such a fucking joy to watch. 
Also, Bayern’s speed on the wings.... WOW

Edited August 19, 2020 by JNip

[PittsburghTiger 6178]

Davis is the Energizer Bunny out there.

[WBT 20562]

Whoa, the Univision announcer just gave a shout out in English to the English speaking fans watching.  Guess they also heard about CBS's fuckery.

[Pato del Muerto 52489]

Lyon had several golden chances to go up. Gotta finish those when you are the underdog. 

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

8 minutes ago, WBT said:

Whoa, the Univision announcer just gave a shout out in English to the English speaking fans watching.  Guess they also heard about CBS's fuckery.

That was cool. They know.

[shadow_operative 15932]

man Aouar is something else. 

[shadow_operative 15932]

and here comes The Jeff.

[PittsburghTiger 6178]

Shoot, I just lost my English feed.

[JNip 132]

6 minutes ago, shadow_operative said:

man Aouar is something else. 

He is the player that has caught my eye the most from players that I had never heard of before, during these set of CL games. 

Edited August 19, 2020 by JNip

[Firemans4Horn 18046]

Lyon have had 4 or 5 good chances. PSG will punish Bayern’s back line if they give them the ball in similar positions. 

[JNip 132]

I feel like Lyon is closer to 1 than Bayern to 3. Then again, that doesn’t matter since Bayern doesn’t need too much possession to score on you. 

Edited August 19, 2020 by JNip

[Napoleon 8672]

1 hour ago, Woodrow Call said:

I see we're going with our high line again and it damn near cost us. 

 

1 hour ago, TXSG8R said:

I don’t mind it tactically, just had it with Boateng in there. He just doesn’t have the wheels for it. 

They will blend in the FC Dallas kid (Chris Richards?)  next year at CB, but it may be a game too late. 🤷‍♂️

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

2 minutes ago, JNip said:

I feel like Lyon is closer to 1 than Bayern to 2. Then again, that doesn’t matter since Bayern doesn’t need too much possession to score on you. 

Yeah. I think anyone could win that match.

[JNip 132]

 

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

That looked onside

[Napoleon 8672]

54 minutes ago, WBT said:

Whoa, the Univision announcer just gave a shout out in English to the English speaking fans watching.  Guess they also heard about CBS's fuckery.

 

45 minutes ago, Cheeseweasel said:

That was cool. They know.

When I watched two of the quarterfinal matches on Univision over at a friend’s, it seemed like half of the commercials were in Spanglish. 

[JNip 132]

3 minutes ago, Cheeseweasel said:

That looked onside

Original pass was onside, Goretza touched it before it got to Coutinho. That was the problem. 

Edited August 19, 2020 by JNip

[Firemans4Horn 18046]

Denayer has been everywhere the last two games. Good effort. 

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

Ball

[Woodrow Call 494]

Beautiful by Lewi

[PittsburghTiger 6178]

That's it.

[JNip 132]

If I was VAR, I’d call that back. Lewa pushes defender down. 
 

Then again, glad I’m not bc all games would end 0-0.

[Firemans4Horn 18046]

Just now, JNip said:

If I was VAR, I’d call that back. Lewa pushes defender down. 
 

Then again, glad I’m not bc all games would end 0-0.

no he didn’t. He skied in the air over the defender. 

[JNip 132]

Lewandowski now has 15

 

[Pato del Muerto 52489]

4 minutes ago, JNip said:

Lewandowski now has 15

 

Ronaldo got two matches per knockout round, right?

[JNip 132]

Just now, Pato del Muerto said:

Ronaldo got two matches per knockout round, right?

Yea. So basically right now, CR had 3 extra matches. 
 

After Sunday, CR would have 2 extra matches than Lewandowski. 

[TXSG8R 3362]

46 minutes ago, Napoleon said:

 

They will blend in the FC Dallas kid (Chris Richards?)  next year at CB, but it may be a game too late. 🤷‍♂️

I think Sule and Hernandez are the expected starters, and they are still shopping for another.  Upamecano has been on their radar but is probably too expensive.  Bayern have been trying to sell Boateng but cant get any value for him.  He has been serviceable this year, so maybe a Chinese team will throw some money at him.  

[Firemans4Horn 18046]

China put rules in place to severely limit salary to foreigners. Sule is a little above average but not elite in my opinion. Alaba and Hernandez should be the starters next season. 

[sidis 9826]

well, champions league got their dream final.  i am looking forward to it.  prevailing wisdom will obviously be that bayern rolls but i look forward to seeing psg's offensive speed against bayern's high line defense (which looked vulnerable again early today).

[TXSG8R 3362]

13 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said:

China put rules in place to severely limit salary to foreigners. Sule is a little above average but not elite in my opinion. Alaba and Hernandez should be the starters next season. 

Alaba is a fullback, the problem is Davies took his position and he’s still a quality player. Sule is a natural CB, and when healthy he’s a top tier defender IMO. He will be a starter for the German National team at CB as well. We will see if he returns to form, but it’s pretty hard to find his combination of size and speed. I think Hernandez is more of a question at CB long term for Bayern than Sule. They spent a fuck ton of money to get him, but so far he just hasn’t been healthy or proven to fit the system. 

[TXSG8R 3362]

13 minutes ago, sidis said:

well, champions league got their dream final.  i am looking forward to it.  prevailing wisdom will obviously be that bayern rolls but i look forward to seeing psg's offensive speed against bayern's high line defense (which looked vulnerable again early today).

If Hansi doesn’t change some things up in the back for the final I’d be shocked. Neymar is just too dangerous to leave alone between Boateng and Alaba with a 40 yard run to the goal and Mbappe storming down the wing. 

[PittsburghTiger 6178]

13 minutes ago, sidis said:

well, champions league got their dream final.  i am looking forward to it.  prevailing wisdom will obviously be that bayern rolls but i look forward to seeing psg's offensive speed against bayern's high line defense (which looked vulnerable again early today).

That's pretty much how I am looking at this. I think those two early chances for Lyon spooked Bayern a bit. Just kind of showed them that there are players who can get behind them, and possibly score. I mentioned that to my Godson who plays for Gladbach's U-19, and although I didn't use the correct German he did agree that those chances made Bayern take notice. I think Bayern will (should) win and that is what I want, but a slip here, and there and things could happen. As it goes in sports.