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Champions League Quarter Finals | Chelsea vs Real (Tue) | Bayern vs City (Wed)

giorno

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You should have seen him as a teenager at Schalke. He was ferocious. Just drove against players with frightening speed. Now he tries to hard to be elegant and shys away from challenges. He doesn't seem to care about football, if he can dominate he will but he won't take the game by the scruff of its neck. Sad, his skill set overlaps with Robbens 90 % but the mentality is the opposite.
Eh. Playing for Schalke at the time meant getting the ball in transition 80% of the time. Much different beast from getting the ball back to goal or from a standing start with a defender in his shorts

And the big difference with Robben is footwork
 

giorno

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This game. They are controlling it and controlling tempo. ManCity are going for counterattacks.
They also attacked more and were by far the more dangerous side. City, that is. I don't see how anyone could possibly think bayern were the better team here so far
 

GhastlyHun

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They also attacked more and were by far the more dangerous side. City, that is. I don't see how anyone could possibly think bayern were the better team here so far
Yeah. I think it was pretty even. With some luck for us it would be 1-1 (that Musiala shot blocked by Diaz), with bad luck it would be 2-0.
 

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I feel a weakness for City is GK. Ederson isn’t a insurance policy for them in these kind of games.
 

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Sommer and Upamecano with a horror show of a match.:lol:
 

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De Ligt’s and Upamecano’s through passes are the next level!
 

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Sane has to square that. Too greedy.
Sidenote, we've started the 2nd half terribly.
 

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If that's Neuer, he would have bulldozed the defender out of the way.
 

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I wanted to write we were doing so well in this second half, and then this clownery :houllier:
 

Sly

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Yep, you are not playing against Brugges anymore
 

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Whoever was wondering why Bayern sacked Nagelsmann, there you have your answer. We have just seen a prime example of Bayern's current insecurities.
 

Dempsey19

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Upamechanic and Sommer what are you two doing. Should be fined for doing shit like that in the quarters of the champions league.
 

Mr. Robot

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Someone tell Bayern they’re not playing against the usual farmers tonight.