Champions League

[Birdy]

[MENTION=4451]Birdy[/MENTION] WHEN WILL VARIANCE KICK IN DAMMIT?!

Ask their Voodoo regulator...
No one can tell

 

[FC B]

City won't beat Liverpool playing like this

But Madrid can and most likely will if they advance past City whitch at 4-3 I guess it's quite likely.

 

[serghei]

Imagine this winner-mentality Madrid getting Mbappe and Rudiger. We'll have many nights in CL supporting City and Liverpool in the next years.

 

[delancey]

What a game!

 

[te amo barca]

Imagine this winner-mentality Madrid getting Mbappe and Rudiger.

they'll probably still lose the LL to us if we manage to assemble a good team. We are the LL specialists. CL though is a different story..

 

[Joan]

He has moments and moments, combines great plays with dumb ones. I do like his tenacity though, seems tailor-made for Madrid.

No doubt he's good. I'm just not impressed.

 

[DonAK]

Imagine this winner-mentality Madrid getting Mbappe and Rudiger. We'll have many nights in CL supporting City and Liverpool in the next years.

Don't worry, we'll sign Busi to an extension until 2026. Who else can stop Mbappe but the best defensive midfielder in the world? According to Xavi at least

 

[serghei]

Don't worry, we'll sign Busi to an extension until 2026. Who else can stop Mbappe but the best defensive midfielder in the world? According to Xavi at least

Besides, if by some miracle he gets past Busi, Pique and Garcia will step in to clear the danger. And should they fail, we still have Stegen the mentalist between the sticks.

 

[Rassvet]

The worst scientists are those that question their beliefs and assumptions the least.

[MENTION=30154]Temptation[/MENTION] This is gold

 

[KingLeo10]

Imagine this winner-mentality Madrid getting Mbappe and Rudiger. We'll have many nights in CL supporting City and Liverpool in the next years.

Rudiger, it remains to be seen how good he is in a traditional back four. My hype train for Chelsea players has taken a stop after their horrow show in last 3-4 months.

Mbappe, though, is a killer. But IMO, their success even today is because of legendary veterans. I don't think Mbappe at his best is as good as Benz at his best, TBH. And there's no replacing Modric in the current market. And their defence is shaky post Ramos/Pepe/Varane.

 

[FC B]

We got away with that one

That said, City will be full strength in the return fixture, and we aren't any better at home, so advantage City.

Not better at home? PSG and Chelsea surely are disagreeing.

 

[malvolio]

If it's actually Liverpool vs Real again I'm not watching. Fucking despise both teams, Real more obviously but I don't wanna see Liverpool win anything either.

Tru

 

[serghei]

Rudiger, it remains to be seen how good he is in a traditional back four. My hype train for Chelsea players has taken a stop after their horrow show in last 3-4 months.

Mbappe, though, is a killer. But IMO, their success even today is because of legendary veterans. I don't think Mbappe at his best is as good as Benz at his best, TBH. And there's no replacing Modric in the current market. And their defence is shaky post Ramos/Pepe/Varane.

Current Modric is tremendously overrated IMO. Modric and Kroos are a big reason why Madrid get dominated in midfield big time. Yes they can execute a brilliant pass, but they are very washed up physically.

Current Madrid is Benzema's crowning achievement and what puts him all alone as the best forward of the last 10-15 years after Messi and Ronaldo. Some of his executions are absurd. It's not like he's getting insane passes and he puts them in. He creates freak goals.

 

[Birdy]

It might not be a statistic, or something we can plot on a chart, but we can all see what happens in front of us. They have been doing this in knockout ties for decades now. Probability would suggest it isn't luck and it is part of them.

You can say Benzema as a skillful finisher can pull off xG<0.01 attempts that no one else can.
Let's assume this is true (statistics say it's not), and you grant that to RM as that 'quality' that cannot be plotted on a chart.

What about the sitters Foden, Mahrez, and Laporte missed?
These are 3 goals that anyone could have scored.
Do you grant that to RM? How and on what grounds?
Same for sitters Joginho and Pulisic missed in dead time last round.

Thank you no. There is 0 sporting merit in that

 

[FC B]

Imagine we get Real vs Villarreal final lol

If it's RM vs Liverpool final I could see RM fluking them

If City chokes and Madrid is in the final they will win it, no doubt about it, even against this Liverpool.