UEFA Champions and Europa League 2015/16 Thread

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Thu 02 Jul 2015, 2:46 am

First topic message reminder :

It begins for the English today as West Ham face FC Lusitans in front of a sold out Upton Park this evening. The team will be a bit mixed. Randolph, O'Brien, Tomkins, Burke, Page. Jarvis, Oxford, Poyet, Amalfitano. Zarate, Sakho.

by Ent Tue 12 Apr 2016, 8:09 pm

Real will probably concede so need a few more.

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Tue 12 Apr 2016, 8:16 pm

Aguero misses a penalty

by **Hero** Tue 12 Apr 2016, 8:22 pm

Marcelo needs a proper slap.

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Tue 12 Apr 2016, 9:20 pm

De Bruyne with a lovely finish as City deservedly lead

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Tue 12 Apr 2016, 9:24 pm

Cavani is properly shoite

by GSC Tue 12 Apr 2016, 9:27 pm

What a goal from De Bruyne

by GSC Tue 12 Apr 2016, 9:42 pm

Have City finally arrived in Europe?

by Guest Tue 12 Apr 2016, 9:49 pm

PSG just really aren't that great

by GSC Tue 12 Apr 2016, 9:55 pm

They aren't Barca, Bayern or Real sure, but they're a pretty solid choice to be the best of the chasing pack

by Ent Wed 13 Apr 2016, 12:14 am

They've just never been able to push into that next level of serious challengers despite their buying power.

Now their star man is 35 and probably leaving so they'll be starting again in some ways.

by TRUSSMAN66 Wed 13 Apr 2016, 1:00 am

If only they were as good as Utd.

by Guest Wed 13 Apr 2016, 8:23 am

Doubt Blanc will be viewed as the man to continue either, in their quest for Champions League success. If Mourinho hasn't signed with United, then Paris will surely be his next destination.

by GSC Wed 13 Apr 2016, 9:35 am

Tbh I think it takes a generation at least to consistently get to the level of the top clubs in Europe.

by Hammersmith harrier Wed 13 Apr 2016, 10:56 am

Despite being a United fan I would love it if City progressed further than Bayern especially if they beat them.

by Guest Wed 13 Apr 2016, 11:16 am

Deserved win by City, thought whilst PSG were pretty poor, the two City centre backs were solid especially after the (deserved) stick they've had. My only issue is with Otamendi and his ridiculous haircut and in particular the un-natural colour of his beard.

by GSC Wed 13 Apr 2016, 8:23 pm

As it stands, Bayern are going to ET and Barca are going out

As it stands

by Ent Wed 13 Apr 2016, 8:25 pm

Bayern have remedied that.

by GSC Wed 13 Apr 2016, 8:25 pm

Ok Bayern are probably going through now

by Born Slippy Wed 13 Apr 2016, 9:32 pm

How exactly was Iniesta not sent off?

by Born Slippy Wed 13 Apr 2016, 9:33 pm

Messi has had an absolute shocker though.

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Wed 13 Apr 2016, 9:37 pm

Simeone is an absolute genius of a manager

by GSC Wed 13 Apr 2016, 9:46 pm

Just shows why nobody's retained it in the latest format. Incredibly difficult.

by Ent Wed 13 Apr 2016, 9:55 pm

GSC wrote:Just shows why nobody's retained it in the latest format. Incredibly difficult.

This.

Think only juve and United made the final the year after winning it.

by GSC Wed 13 Apr 2016, 9:58 pm

I think you could make a decent case for any of the last 4 to be honest.

by Ent Wed 13 Apr 2016, 10:26 pm

Bayern probably favourites.

I fancy real.

by Hammersmith harrier Wed 13 Apr 2016, 10:27 pm

The lesser of four evils are City or Atletico.

by GSC Wed 13 Apr 2016, 10:34 pm

I fancy Bayern tbh.

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Wed 13 Apr 2016, 10:39 pm

We all want City/Bayern and Real/Atletico semis right?

by Fernando Wed 13 Apr 2016, 11:00 pm

No i want Citeh/Madrid and Bayern vs Atletico just for Pellegrini to five knuckle shuffle on Pep in the final Laugh

by Ent Wed 13 Apr 2016, 11:05 pm

Real city and atleti Bayern would be my choices.

by daraghj82 Thu 14 Apr 2016, 9:51 am

great win for athletico they will fancy their chances of going the whole way , hopefully city /Bayern semi draw comes out as well

by kingraf Thu 14 Apr 2016, 12:43 pm

kingraf wrote:More intrigued by Barcelona Atletico tbh. Proper humdinger that is. The game in January coulda gone either way until it became 10v11 and then 11v11. They haven't beaten Barca that much recently but I think match up wise they present the greatest threat to them

did think they'd be a challenge to the might of Barca. So another treble winning team fails to defend the Big Ears. Remind me again how Guardiola's been a disappointment?

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Thu 14 Apr 2016, 8:13 pm

Nice defending Liverpool

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Thu 14 Apr 2016, 8:16 pm

Incredible goal

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Thu 14 Apr 2016, 8:16 pm

Liverpool being torn a new one

by **Hero** Thu 14 Apr 2016, 8:25 pm

by Guest Thu 14 Apr 2016, 8:26 pm

All that hard work in the first leg undone in 10 minutes. This one's over.

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Thu 14 Apr 2016, 9:25 pm

Jurgen walks into the dressing. Liverpool need three goals in a half to win. He goes up to the TV. Liverpool still have a shed load of VHS players due to a mate of Stevie's. So Jurgen bangs in a tape of Istanbul, winks at his players and walks away

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Thu 14 Apr 2016, 9:28 pm

Sadly for them 15 minutes only really shows Liverpool being rubbish, and they've taken on the wrong message

by Holymiky Thu 14 Apr 2016, 9:53 pm

FreekShow wrote:All that hard work in the first leg undone in 10 minutes. This one's over.

I must admit i thought Dortmund would win this too but good job to Liverpool for getting back into it and finding what looks like the winner.

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Thu 14 Apr 2016, 9:56 pm

THE TAPE WORKED. ISTANBUL IN LIVERPOOL

by Guest Thu 14 Apr 2016, 9:59 pm

I looked at the 16/1 on offer at 15 minutes and thought "nah, no way"

Weird team, Liverpool. We'll probably get waxed in the semi now.

by Steffan Thu 14 Apr 2016, 10:00 pm

Gutted with the result but it made good entertainment for a Thursday night

by **Crimey** Thu 14 Apr 2016, 10:05 pm

What a match! Dortmund tactically and technically much better, but cannot fault the effort and heart of the Liverpool players. That is an incredible victory. Dortmund will be challenging for CL next sure I'm sure and I reckon they'd win the Premier League as well. That first half performance is the best team I've seen play Liverpool for a while. So delighted, that's probably the second/third best Liverpool game of my lifetime. Only Istanbul is definitely ahead, FA 2006 is up there and the 3-2 against Manchester City if it'd ended happier would be up there. But that was incredible. Never, ever would have happened under Rodgers. So bad in the first ten minutes, the fans were fantastic, really drove the team, wouldn't have happened otherwise I think.

by Steffan Thu 14 Apr 2016, 10:19 pm

I moan about Liverpool getting through but at least it's an excuse to go out on a Thursday (although I watched tonight's match in the house). Glad I didn't up the pub tonight as the local wannabe Scouse lot would have been unbearable Smile

Expect my brother is happy though he is Liverpool fan. Cheers for wrecking my night bloody stupid Dortmund laughing

by **Hero** Thu 14 Apr 2016, 10:22 pm

Klopp is an absolute legend.

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Thu 14 Apr 2016, 10:51 pm

Good comeback for Liverpool but there's still a long way to go, some very good teams left in the competition

by lfc91 Thu 14 Apr 2016, 11:01 pm

Loved the typical football fan reactions at 2-0/3-1...learned a long time ago not to make snide comments until the final whistle :-)

What a game! Could easily have limped home to defeat at 2-0 after 10 mins but the players gave everything! Unbelievable result. So so happy, games like that are why football fans are football fans!!

by **Hero** Fri 15 Apr 2016, 7:55 am

Remember a couple of weeks ago when a few people rubbished the idea that the Liverpool Dortmund game wouldn't be the most interesting of the European ties with its back story etc and who cares about Klopp....

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Fri 15 Apr 2016, 8:04 am

Hero wrote:Remember a couple of weeks ago when a few people rubbished the idea that the Liverpool Dortmund game wouldn't be the most interesting of the European ties with its back story etc and who cares about Klopp....

Barca-Atletico was so rubbish right.... Rolling Eyes

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