Champions League Round of 16 (18th Feb - 8th Aug)

[DevilRed]

He looks terrible every time I watch him.

Same here. Everytime I watch him he doesn't stand out at all.

I don't claim to be an expert of course. I don't watch him in the serie a, only the CL but he really isn't worth even close to 100m.

 

[Sara125]

How is it not a penalty

 

[Idxomer]

Neuer's mistake.

Abraham goal.

 

[Godfather]

Good lord Neuer

 

[DomesticTadpole]

Ref looking at screen now. Surely he will give a penalty.

 

[Walters_19_MuFc]

Bayern look like CL winners to me.

I'd say so, too. They seem solid in every department.

 

[Cheech Wizard]

Watch Chelsea win 2-5. C'mon Bayern this is not 2012, don't start bottling this now..

 

[DomesticTadpole]

Penalty to Barcelona after an eternity.

 

[Bobski]

Var is even slower in Europe. 3 mins to give an easy decision.

 

[Achilles McCool]

Messi. What a fecking handball legend!

Hand of GoaT

 

[Paxi]

There is at least 6 minutes added on time to be here.

 

[sammsky1]

Koulibaly has been terrible tonight. Looks far more comfortable trying to make forward runs than defending against them.

Just came here to write the same thing! Certainly not worth the fee being mentioned, as such high fee’s have to deliver on the big stage

Makes Maguire and Lindelöf look very good.

 

[Port Vale Devil]

Messi soon get up now pen given

 

[No Idea For Nickname]

This penalty reminds me of something.. ah, Lampatds mind games before Fa Cup semi. Foul on Martial outside penalty area.

 

[ReallyUSA]

Two highly rated cbs having nightmares.

 

[Ainu]

Ref didn't have a choice. It's unlucky and not deliberate by the defender but you simply have to give this one.

 

[GifLord]

Tammy
2-1

 

[Godfather]

Pen given. Correct cecision. Koulibaly doing a Varane today

 

[Superunknown]

The gap from VVD to the rest is enormous

I was thinking something similar to this. Defending is a bit of an art in many respects and it appears that a lot of the focus these days is on defenders being able to play out from the back or do certain things with the ball, whereas perhaps they're neglecting those basic, core fundamentals of defending. Positioning, heading, using your body strength, showing players onto the weaker foot/the outside, calmness under pressure, etc.

 

[always_hoping]

Has kouilbaly ever played this poorly before?

 

[ReallyUSA]

Messi holds up the game for 8 minutes no problem.

 

[Shark]

Koulibally is fecking terrible

 

[DomesticTadpole]

Suarez to take. Scores. 3-0.

 

[Squeaky Bumtime]

Bayern look like CL winners to me.

Of all the remaining teams I definitively want them to win it.

 

[OldTrevil]

Another dodgy decision from that asshat

 

[duffer]

Just witched over to see Messi just doing his laces up when that pen was being taken. Zero fecks given!

 

[starman]

I thought the PL was bad with VAR, every decision is taking fecking ages in the CL..

 

[MrMarcello]

Suarez put some bite in that kick.

 

[Kaos]

Everytime I watch Bayern, Neuer seems to have a mistake in him.

 

[Cheech Wizard]

The fear of Napoli coming to town end up doing nothing.

 

[SinNombre]

I think it is very clear that the top 5 in Europe (City, Pool, RM, Barca, Bayern) has formed a gap to the rest.

PSG is probably the best of the rest but very little to differentiate the rest imo (Juventus, Atletico, United, Chelsea, BvB are all very similar level teams and form is the main differentiator).

 

[sammsky1]

How is it not a penalty

Koulibali is unlucky as he doesn’t know messi was quick enough to get back involved. Great play from messi though

 

[Godfather]

Tammy
2-1

Could you imagine the outrage if that was De Gea?

 

[Paxi]

Wasn’t a great pen to be fair. Keeper guesses right and it’s easily saved.

 

[VBI]

The whole VAR process took twice as long to confirm the most obvious penalty in human history than it did to rule out a goal because a ball might have glanced a couple of molecules on an arm by accident, maybe, if you see it from one angle after 25 replays.

 

[duffer]

Did they say why these games are on at the same time (compared to the Europa League where they were staggered)?

 

[SinNombre]

Everytime I watch Bayern, Neuer seems to have a mistake in him.

He has been living on his reputation for a few years now. Unlike DDG, he doesn't get criticized for it.

 

[No Idea For Nickname]

Napoli pen

 

[Deery]

This is a mad match

 

[Bobski]

Some dreadful goals given away in these 2 nights.