Recent content by fil1542

Reminded my of the semi-final with Inter in 2010. Roma played very defensively, but nullified Leverkusen most of the time. They had only two real chances, the rest were just desperate tries from outside the box. Brillant how Roma disrupted the flow of the game all the time. :drool:

The meltdown against Juventus also really hurts. Had Roma held on to the 3-1 lead, they would be one point in front of Juventus (as it stands at the moment before the Juventus-Inter game).

Well done, Chelsea. Held on really well with ten men, apart from the first 15 minutes after half time Liverpool didn´t even trouble them too much. Deserved a point for sure and with a little bit of luck could have even won the game with the Lukaku or Kovacic situation in the second half. Btw...

How do you come to that conclusion? I don´t think you can exactly tell where the ball would have gone, but for me it looks like it would have just bounced up somewhere in the air.

I think people should stop looking at the incident in super slow motion. No way he could react that quickly after the ball had bounced up from his leg, it was all one movement in a split second. It only hit the arm because it had hit his leg first. If the penalty was given for the second...

I really don´t get that decision. I thought according to the rule change last year it isn´t a penalty when the ball deflects from another part of the body onto the arm. The referee basically handed Liverpool the win here, what a shame.

I agree, he was fantastic yesterday and showed exactly why he was bought in the summer. Also special credits to Aurier. As much as I cursed him last season, he was brilliant against Chelsea and United. Very determined going forward and zero defensive mistakes or brain farts. Looks like he...

Strange to blame him for that own goal. Every player in his position would try to block the shot, deflections like this happen all the time. The real mistake that led to the goal was the weak header directly to Diego Carlos. Having said that, he should have scored from his big chance a few...

Not a Spurs fan, but I watched every match since Jose has arrived and I absolutely agree. Right back is the first position that needs to be adressed in the summer window. Having said that, huge credit for Aurier that he played today after what happened a few days ago.

I would favour Davies and Winks to start instead of Dier and Vertonghen. Sanchez was not involved in their training match, so maybe he is injured and Vertonghen or Dier could play as center back alongside Toby. Lo Celso did not participate either, but if he is fit for the game, I assume he...

Looks like Jose went with three at the back with Tanganga and Davies at wing-backs to counter Chelsea´s formation. Especially Tanganga on the right side will have to contain the forward runs of Alonso. Then with Winks, Ndombele and Lo Celso you have three creative players in the middle of the...

Great posting, I think this is absolutely spot on. What made me really angry yesterday - in a match where every result was some kind of good for Tottenham, so that I didn´t really care - is that it was again showed how wrong VAR is used currently and how inconsistently the referees are. This...

So, after all it seems like hiring a flavour of the month-type of manager who plays a positive style of football won´t magically solve all your problems. Shocker. In general, it serves Southampton just right that they seem to get in a relegation battle again this season. I still can´t get over...

Thank you, my fault. I had watched the replay just once and did not realize that the ball went from Laporte´s arm directly to Jesus. With the new handball rules it was a very obvious situation then.

It was a correct decision, but I think it was not clear and obvious enough to make that call. To be honest I would be furious if that happened to my team. Also, it becomes more and more difficult to really celebrate goals because people are afraid of it turned back by VAR. This will even...