Champions League 12/13

[BerkeleyBernie]

If it weren't for Joe Hart, Dortmund would be leading by 3 or 4 goals already.

Yeah, was going to say the same. Dortmund really plays as a team, nice to watch. And nice balance of risk and possession. Against Hart, perhaps they needed to be cleverer with their 1v1 situations.

Coach seems like the kind of guy any player would want to work for.

Robbed, but the ref really didn't have a choice. Not intentional, but the hand impeded a point-blank shot on goal. Dortmund's main fault was letting ManCity into their box that late. They could have controlled possession better in the midfield.

 

[Banana-Rama]

dortmund were just really unlucky tonight, amazing performance from them, hart was unbelievable, i have to say that penalty was absolute bullshit, how could he get his arm out of the way of that, the referee bottled it if you ask me, i knew when lewandowski made that incredible miss that it would come back to haunt them, can't miss chances like that at this level, oh well, dortmund can still get through............

 

[IbraFTW]

I don't think so, he is extremely confident, i love that.

Also amazing performance by him tonight.

+1

I watched Porto - PSG and only parts of Dortmund - City. Sirigu saved PSG like Hart saved City. Porto and Dortmund deserved to win, imho.
Ibra wasn't very good, btw.

 

[Beast]

PK was unavoidable Nasri was going for the goal so it's a correct call from the ref
but damn it City... Dortmund should have been winning 3-4 goals at least.. Hart was great from the highlights i saw

 

[mitkoa7x]

PK was unavoidable Nasri was going for the goal so it's a correct call from the ref
but damn it City... Dortmund should have been winning 3-4 goals at least.. Hart was great from the highlights i saw

It was Kun and yes the shot was on goal and that should be a penaldo even tho its from a point blank range, Sobotic's arm was stretched out.

 

[Superfly]

Also, James Rodriguez

 

[Robbie]

Funny how the Premier League champions will be out of the competition in the group stages for the second time in a row.

thanks for jinxing it

 

[mitkoa7x]

DAT Eliseu goal, goal of the tournament so far

 

[Richard.H]

What a performance by joe hart... Easily the best keeper in the world at this point.

 

[Ursegor]

thanks for jinxing it

No worries here. They are not going to win against Madrid and away in Dortmund. Probably going to fuck up in Amsterdam as well.

 

[zanela]

If pausing in one's run-up to wait and see which side the keeper goes, and slotting it to the other side is allowed (which is the trademark of Balo's spot-kicks). Why don't most footballers follow suit when such an approach seems quite effective?

 

[Pepe Silvia]

Because it's not easy to do? It's much easier to f*ck that kind of approach up than just slotting it home in a corner.

 

[FCBarca]

A lot of quality football tonight, Dortmund in particular

 

[PearLBLacK]

Yeah. By slowing up, you lose the momentum of the run/approach. If the keeper dives to the correct side, he'll most likely save it as the shot won't have much power in it.

 

[Robbie]

If pausing in one's run-up to wait and see which side the keeper goes, and slotting it to the other side is allowed (which is the trademark of Balo's spot-kicks). Why don't most footballers follow suit when such an approach seems quite effective?

It's about as effective as any other PK. I've seen it fail more than a few times, especially when the keeper sees it coming and stays on his feet -- then the PK taker looks very stupid. Kind of like the Panenka. Brilliant if it goes in, embarrassing if it doesn't