Champions League

[FinBarcelonafan]

yeah a lot of luck but also terrific mentality to come back all the time.

True. No way weak team mentally comes back from that.

 

[Horatio]

"Deserve" is meaningless in football anyway, either you win or don't.

Though, speaking of "luck", you may take a look at Liverpools draw to the final, the entire football-world would be crying if we got that draw to the final, but since its Liverpool nobody cares.

Liverpool got an incredibly lazy road to final yes.

No, people would be crying with Real because it is something that has happened to them a few times now in a short time frame. Also somehow you guys always play the return leg at home. This year against all three teams again.

 

[Fati_Future_BallonDor]

What a surprise that the Barca hater tries to convince us that beating a:

Juve 14/15, Italian Champions, one game from treble (only team to beat RM in a CL KO tie in 5 years between 2014 and 2018)
Pep's Bayern
PSG (one of the stronger PSG sides of the last 10 years after 17/18 and 16/17)
City (league champions)

is "not a particularly tough one".

Shameless.

these were good teams but the gap between Barca and PSG, Bayern ( a lot of injuries) and City were big. Only Juventus was close to Barca's level. 15/16 Bayern or Pep's City are on another level compared to them.

 

[Morten]

Liverpool got an incredibly lazy road to final yes.

No, people would be crying with Real because it is something that has happened to them a few times now in a short time frame. Also somehow you guys always play the return leg at home. This year against all three teams so far again.

As far as draws goes, we haven't had an "easy" run since 15/16, to the final anyway.

On the opposite end, it feels like Bayern draws some Portuguese side etc. about every year.

 

[KingLeo10]

As far as draws goes, we haven't had an "easy" run since 15/16, to the final anyway.

On the opposite end, it feels like Bayern draws some Portuguese side etc. about every year.

During the Mourinho era, you guys literally got bums like APOEL and the like in CL QFs

In fact, the 3 tough CL KO ties you faced in the Mou ears, you basically lost all 3 of them.

 

[FinBarcelonafan]

During the Mourinho era, you guys literally got bums like APOEL and the like in CL QFs

In fact, the 3 tough CL KO ties you faced in the Mou ears, you basically lost all 3 of them.

How the hell Apoel made it that far?

 

[Fati_Future_BallonDor]

During the Mourinho era, you guys literally got bums like APOEL and the like in CL QFs

In fact, the 3 tough CL KO ties you faced in the Mou ears, you basically lost all 3 of them.

Manu in 12/13 also though to beat

 

[Temptation]

Liverpool have no chance of winning if Thiago and Fabinho are both out. They might play but will probably be carrying a knock or in Fabinho's case, be unfit. Henderson is reliable but needs Fabinho with him. When he's on his own without Fabinho or Wijnaldum (who Liverpool really should have replaced) he struggles. And against Modric and Kroos, he will struggle big time. Keita is decent against average Premier League teams but totally out of his depth against top sides.
Klopp will have to come up with something special to win this match as Real will dominate the midfield.

Kroos? He's beyond finished. No one will struggle against him. Currently even Busquets is better.

Modric is a moments player now. Will have 3 or 4 amazing moments. He's a threat for sure. Killer passes and long shots outta nothing alert.

Henderson won't struggle against any of them. And I'm not a big Hendo fan actually.

 

[Horatio]

As far as draws goes, we haven't had an "easy" run since 15/16, to the final anyway.

Agree last few cl’s not particular easy finals.

 

[Temptation]

Still leaning towards Liverpool. The big thing Madrid will have is self belief. Klopp is the better manager but Ancelotti has the experience. Liverpool better in defence and attack, Madrid better in midfield. 3-1 Pool.

Klopp and this batch of LFC players are well experienced for this type of situation too. 3rd CL final in 5 years mate.

 

[Temptation]

lol obviously not. Just shows how bad you want to victimize yourself. Just because you are not lucky does not mean you are unlucky. Meaning you would be LUCKY had he picked up a serious injury in the last game of the season unallowing him to play CL. Both teams should have all players available.

Guess you have gotten too used to being lucky.

This is a reach. Any fan would want what he's saying tbh.

 

[Temptation]

"Deserve" is meaningless in football anyway, either you win or don't.

Though, speaking of "luck", you may take a look at Liverpools draw to the final, the entire football-world would be crying if we got that draw to the final, but since its Liverpool nobody cares.

This is a bunch of bollox though.

This is a Barca board. Barcelona. You guessed it right. Real Madrid's arch rivals. Ofcourse they'd scrutinize Madrid's draw more than Liverpool's.

If you want to see somebody care about our easy draw, how about you have a look at forums like Redcafe and Bluemoon? Even on this forum, people have talked about our draw being easy.

 

[Temptation]

What tactics are people expecting from Real? Sit back and counter or going toe to toe? Hope it's the second but then we are also great at breaking down parked buses.......

 

[Fati_Future_BallonDor]

Kroos? He's beyond finished. No one will struggle against him. Currently even Busquets is better.

Modric is a moments player now. Will have 3 or 4 amazing moments. He's a threat for sure. Killer passes and long shots outta nothing alert.

Henderson won't struggle against any of them. And I'm not a big Hendo fan actually.

Too much optimism, where is the real Temptation ?

 

[Fati_Future_BallonDor]

What tactics are people expecting from Real? Sit back and counter or going toe to toe? Hope it's the second but then we are also great at breaking down parked buses.......

Think real will start defensive,ancelotti doesnt want to take big risks and kill Liverpool in the right moment, something like EV did.