Ramos can help by offering a cleaner build up from the back, moving the back line forward and finding the ball aerially in set pieces. Mendy can help by not being Marcelo. As much as I love Marcelo he is a shadow of himself now and he leaves big spaces behind him that have to be covered by midfielders, who cannot focus on attacking as much as they would like.
Yeah, and important to note that the presence of Mendy overlapping allows for Vinicius to move a bit more centrally. Thought he was too often isolated out on the wing last night.
And RM have real chances of winning the league as well.
Playing for best Real Madrid doesn't necessarily mean you will score tons of goals anyway. if so we can apply the same logic to Cristiano who played for a great Man Utd and Real Madrid sides...unless you show me when was Cristiano a top scorer in World Cups (playing for a team like Portugal, which is far for being a great team or favorite to win trophies).
Yep - Pep should have done a lot better in the CL with City but he just seems to self sabotage. The teams he's been knocked out by are shocking - Monaco, Lyon, Spurs. If City setup normally and don't try anything fancy, I think they will easily control the game and win. I don't even think they are that good this year, they are more structured defensively and a well oiled possession machine, that, and there isn't a huge amount of elite competition around in the CL these days since Barca, Real, Pool, Juve are definitely not at previous heights. Would have loved to see them versus Bayern though, would have been fun.
I dunno man. We cannot keep relying on our defence. Our attacks performances just aren't fair on the rest of the team. It's just like the city game in the cup we took the lead but we had chances to wrap the game up. Same with West Ham the other day and so many games before. Even when we went anfield. And we just do not take the chances. Then that just puts all the pressure on the back line.
Believe he is expected to be fit again. Not sure about Mendy - last I heard he's still recovering from a calf injury. Of the two I think he's the bigger miss personally given the backup LBs are Marcelo and Nacho.
Yeah, I see a away goal win for Real or a Real win on penalties or something. Chelsea really should be going into the return leg 2-1 or 3-1 up. See that coming back to haunt them. Furthermore, they're not great in CL semi's, in the previous 7 they've been too they have only reached the final twice.
Will be interesting. We should have killed the tie when we had our foot on Real Madrid's throat in the first half, but now it's really an evenly balanced tie that could go either way. Mendy and Valverde will definitely add a different dimension to your team. Kroos and Modric looked a little leggy last night.
It hurts but
Kinda? As GatoLoco said, Sergio Ramos is a huge presence in our build up. Particularly against a team that presses as well as chelsea, he'd make a big difference acting as a dlp
Yeah actually think that's fair - especially as his distribution from deep could see one of Kroos / Modric benched for Valverde without too much sacrificed. Very good point!
Not sure at this point - haven't seen an update anywhere. Agreed he'd be hugely helpful.
Tuchel said he is looking like he can get minutes vs Fulham, but not sure until he starts training. It would be helpful.
Yeah I couldn’t believe that wasn’t re-examined, he didn’t even pretend to try for the ball.I didn't notice this during the game but how on earth did Carvajal get away with this one
Yeah no clue. Nailed on if you ask me. Thought the ref was pretty good overall though.I didn't notice this during the game but how on earth did Carvajal get away with this one
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ffs
It wasn't?
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He needs to prioritize the Cup over La Liga and he's jsut a game away from the final...
PSG get a bad rep among football fans online due to their petroriches but you can’t deny their core fanbase is as raucous and impressive as any in Europe.
Agreed.
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Like, ever?
PSG's best team barring their left-back? Should be a cracker of a game this.
Good that Marquinhos is back for Psg. the game will be won in the midfield. Gueye, parades and Verratti will need to have an amazing game to stop city.
on What basis is poch the second best manager in the world? Genuine question? Not proven at this point at all
You think Poch is better than Zidane, Klopp, Tuchel...?
Oh god, please dont start
You’re such a great troll, however saying that! Poch for number 1!
