Everyone wants them out, don't they?
Champions League Quarter Finals 2020/21 - Apr 6/7 & 13/14
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No definitely not, me too.
As long as the plastic clubs and Liverpool get knocked out I don’t mind who wins. Unfortunately with Porto bending over I don’t see it
There was something about Ziyech breaking his fast in the middle of the semifinal against Spurs a couple of years ago. Ramadan has moved forward a bit since then, so it's just before kick-off now. These players have been fasting their entire adult lives though, so I'm sure they have specific routines they follow every year.
One thing I can 100% confirm will happen.
The Poch thread will be a blood bath tonight.
The Poch thread will be a blood bath tonight.
Porto are getting two of their three best players back from suspension and as it's a neutral site who knows what might happen. We're well placed but stranger things have certainly happened.Surely you're not nervous?The tie is as dead as can be.
Neymar is probably my most disliked football player. He makes it impossible for me to root for PSG.
I am nervous as feck!! But I am that way when we play bad teams and Porto is not a bad team. They did not get sent to Europa league.
Not sure I can follow you but not having Kova is a huge blow! Not sure I'd start Kanté when he's not totally fit for 90+ minutes..
And yes, Porto is by no means a bad team. They kicked out Juve and were on par with Chelsea the first leg - bar the result..
edit: ahh, some welcome banter. Not used to that stuff anymore (glad to tbh). But don't jinx it too much. United losing the final to Arsenal would be a huge blow..
Shit troll post
We are not playing the same Porto team we played last week. They are coming guns blazing with nothing to lose. To think this is a cake walk is just wrong.
PSG always mess it up in the Champions League. I thought Bayern would do it again but maybe it’ll be Real Madrid.
Agreed. I doubt we'll play as bad as we did back then though but them missing their firing-squad sure helped us. Hope they don't dive as much but I guess it'll only get worse. :/
If Bayern don't advance like I expect then I'll open a beer and pour it down the drain without drinking any of it. That's some serious shit right there.
Will Gnabry play?
No. He tested positive to Covid last week Monday
Bayern are kind of CL bottlers aren't they? 2012 vs Chelsea? That one vs Atletico? That one vs Madrid when Jupp came back and now they are at it again. I'm sure their xg was crazy in all those instances.
Too bad. Thanks for your reply.
in fairness no lewandowski this team and only two other teams can say they’ve won CL at least twice in the last ten years.
Having said that, I hope psg thrash them as unlikely as that may be
If it’s a Budweiser you’re doing the right thing
They are for sure.
2011/12 season round of 16 or quarter final vs Inter also, after having won the away leg and coming from a position where they should've sealed the deal in the first half of the second leg. They blew a 2-1 half time lead and lost 2-3 at home.
Then there's 99 of course.
Chelsea
Atletico
Madrid
Those are the ones off the top of my head.
That said in fairness to Bayern fans, you obviously stand a bigger chance to "bottle" when you get far so often over the past decade. Say they'd bottle 10% of their knock out games. If they get to the semis every year, there's always gonna be a game in there, where they don't take their chances enough, and then the opponent capitalizes. If they just went out early every season while looking second best in their first knock out round, they'd just be bad, not bottlers.
I have no way of confirming this, so take it for what it is. I have read that some Muslims that play for Chelsea do not fast, they give to charities instead of fasting. Again, I would not even know where to look to see if that statement I read is valid.
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If you want to know anything about Bayern's injury situation look on the bench...
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Alaba in midfield I guess
So Goretzka is not even on the bench half injured then?
No Lewi no party.
STARTING XI:
Mendy
James
Azpilicueta
Silva
Rudiger
Chilwell
Kante
Jorginho
Pulisic
Mount
Havertz
SUBS:
Kepa
Caballero
Christensen
Zouma
Hudson-Odoi
Alonso
Emerson
Werner
Abraham
Giroud
Ziyech
Mendy
James
Azpilicueta
Silva
Rudiger
Chilwell
Kante
Jorginho
Pulisic
Mount
Havertz
SUBS:
Kepa
Caballero
Christensen
Zouma
Hudson-Odoi
Alonso
Emerson
Werner
Abraham
Giroud
Ziyech
Their bench look even weaker than ours.
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That's a bold statement. Bayern tend to lose to the CL winner, Athletico being the exception and also a monster team in that year, losing to Madrid only in penalties. And since 2013 they have not reached at least the semis only twice. I don't know man, it's a tough competition and a bit disrespectful to call them bottlers when they lose to CL winners. To them and also to the CL winners.
Huge blow for Bayern to not have Lewandowski ready for this match either. Might cost them the semifinals unless Sane, Muller and rest of the attackers step it up big.
Lewandowski, Gnabry, Costa, Goretzka, Tolisso, Roca, Süle all out injured
I get that nobody Wants to be second choice striker (Spuds have same problem) but once they lost Lewandowski is when they truly got into trouble.
I think they would have been fine with Gnabry taking on Lewandowski‘s role, but alas... They also don’t have a Perisic, Coutinho or Thiago in the squad which were big to somewhat important losses.
They knew he would be out last week, they'll be prepared for it. Choupo Moting actually scored last time as well.
Müller has as much goals since 11/12 from Cl quarter finals on, more if you do not count penalties. I think that Gnabry as winger that is more a decisive goal scorer than Coman and Sane and Goretzka who is a big goal scorer from midfield are missed as well.
I know Nianzou was injured and has barely played for Bayern, but wouldn't it have been worth a shot to start him tonight instead of Boateng? Definitely a risk but it seems awfully predictable that Boateng will be a liability due to his pace against PSG's forwards despite his experience and passing ability. On top of that Nianzou has actually trained with PSG, so that could potentially mitigate some of the risks of giving him his debut..
(I'm assuming Nianzou is quicker than Boateng, haven't actually watched him play)
(I'm assuming Nianzou is quicker than Boateng, haven't actually watched him play)
Havertz will play as striker or what?
The games/ties I listed are the ones they were the better team, played better football and somehow managed to lose or get knocked out. 2012 the literally whipped the floor with Chelsea. Atletico honestly didn't know how they got past them. Even Simeone knows it was his luckiest win. They did something Similar against Madrid although not to the same extent but they were easily the better team. We all saw what happened against PSG. Simply couldn't finish their dinner.
Not that they lost to poor teams (apart from Chelsea who were dreadful) but they had the better of those teams and it's odd for a team to play that well, with quality players and not manage to pull through.
I am worried about Thiago Silva. He made a terrible error on his debut and got sent off in his comeback game from injury.