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Champions league 2020/21

Coombs

Clrnc wrote:
Dortmund equalise! Well deserved, they have been the better team in the 2nd half

City have been absolutely dominant.

GooneriC

Foden is a baller

Clrnc

Bellingham is a grand player. Unreal at this age he is able to more than hold his own against the City mids. Probably nail on to make the England Euro squad.

Modric is still fantastic too at this age.

mentalvortex

Claudius wrote:
You can see why Zidane dropped the 4231 and went with his pensioners in the middle, and Odegaard couldn’t get back in. These pensioners Kroos and Modric are the gold standard

To be fair, Kroos just turned 31. He has a few years left at a top level club.

Clrnc

Claudius wrote:
You can see why Zidane dropped the 4231 and went with his pensioners in the middle, and Odegaard couldn’t get back in. These pensioners Kroos and Modric are the gold standard

Yep. Modric is one of a kind. The best CM by a long mile this decade.

jelbana

Claudius wrote:
You can see why Zidane dropped the 4231 and went with his pensioners in the middle, and Odegaard couldn’t get back in. These pensioners Kroos and Modric are the gold standard

Absolutely. Odegaard has ways to go still. Modric/Kroos are just too smooth. If I were Odegaard, I'd be worried about my chances of making at Real. He needs to develop a higher gear of consistency before he should be starting for them.

Ray

Casemiro has been impressive. Breaking up play, reminds me of Gilberto.

Klaus

I think Klopp is to blame for this. His decision to start Kita (and not start Firminho) went as hilariously wrong as you would have expected it to. As big a miscalculation as Arteta starting Ceballos against Liverpool a few days ago. They had no midfield, and by the time bland boy Thiago came on it was already too late. Bad as he's been this season they need someone like him when they fail to press the opposition.

Klaus

Real was great to watch though. As soon as they freed up the ball they just played it in-behind Liverpool's defence through the channel between the fullback and the centreback, and Liverpool had no response. I don't know why Pool didn't stop playing such a high line. It reminded me a bit of the Villa game where they just kept pushing up when it was obvious that things weren't working. Klopp doesn't seem to have a backup plan when things go wrong. The margin should have been bigger in Real's favour tonight.

Klaus

Vinicius is quickly turning into my favourite non-Arsenal player too. Ronaldo levels (the original, better one) from him tonight.

Claudius

You’ve gone a long time without watching Il Fenomeno.

Poor Trent seemed to be in the wrong place or setting up the opponent on all the goals. Southgate will feel vindicated tonight

jones

Coombs wrote:
Clrnc wrote:
Dortmund equalise! Well deserved, they have been the better team in the 2nd half

City have been absolutely dominant.

Only thing dominant in that game was the ref. That call on Ederson was outrageously bad

lorddulaarsenal

Clrnc wrote:
Bellingham is a grand player. Unreal at this age he is able to more than hold his own against the City mids. Probably nail on to make the England Euro squad.

Modric is still fantastic too at this age.

England have a ridiculous amount of talent coming through. Not entirely sure on Bellingham though.

lorddulaarsenal

Klaus wrote:
Vinicius is quickly turning into my favourite non-Arsenal player too. Ronaldo levels (the original, better one) from him tonight.

So explosive.

jones

Vinicius is top class. Was funny to watch how he'd do all the hard stuff in the last two seasons flawlessly, dribble past four defenders only for his finish to look like a pass to the corner flag. Always looked like a mental issue if this is him fixing it for good Madrid will be set for the next ten years

lorddulaarsenal

Not convinced by Asensio

Claudius

jones wrote:
Vinicius is top class. Was funny to watch how he'd do all the hard stuff in the last two seasons flawlessly, dribble past four defenders only for his finish to look like a pass to the corner flag. Always looked like a mental issue if this is him fixing it for good Madrid will be set for the next ten years

He’s still a kid. People often forget that he only turns 21 in the summer. The talent is unmistakable. It’s just putting it all together consistently.

jones

Damaged goods. Remember that summer where he scored like six screamers vs Barcelona within like two months, seems ages ago. Tore his ACL and meniscus that was him as a world class talent done

Claudius

It was 3 goals in 3 games. And he was a massive prospect at the time. That ACL injury was a big setback. He was out almost a year. Lost a season the way Martinelli has basically. But he’s quality.

Dules, it’s Asensio and Modric keeping Odegaard out of the Madrid team. One of them will be there for at least another 5 years.

Jed

Claudius wrote:
You’ve gone a long time without watching Il Fenomeno.

Poor Trent seemed to be in the wrong place or setting up the opponent on all the goals. Southgate will feel vindicated tonight

That’s the same Trent we let have his way with us. We really are a fucking joke.

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