Soccer discussion thread

[jsence2]

UCL Draw:

Ties to be played April 1 and 2 and April 8 and 9
Barcelona vs. Atletico Madrid
Real Madrid vs. Borussia Dortmund
Paris Saint-Germain vs. Chelsea
Manchester United vs. Bayern Munich

Barca, RM and Bayern seem obvious, but that PSG-Chelsea matchup looks great.

Welp.....adios Europe until 2015-16 :-\ (if we're lucky)

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Wow.....just wow

Way to celebrate Wenger's 1000th match w Arsenal. Chelsea are currently up 6-0. They were up 3-0 inside 15 minutes.

The ref sent off the wrong player on a handball in the box, dude is racist. Apparently he thinks they all look alike

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I pictured worse...

its soccer so you gotta intensify their pussiness (is that a word?) by 100x.

Yeah, don't think you can say this anymore....

Severely sprained knee, out minimum of 4-6 weeks, and has been warned that if he tries to return too soon he could re-injure it to the point of missing the World Cup.

He's set to return right before the final match of the Premier League season, and with World Cup matches for the Netherlands just four weeks after that, odds are his season for United is over.

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So, uh....yeah. That just happened.

Give him the Puskas now.

[nick]

Defoe the monsterrr, 2-0-0!!!

he was also on the TOTW!

[jsence2]

United led....for 22 seconds

Lost 3-1, 4-2 on aggregate.

Gonna be weird not having a team to root for in Europe next year; both United and Milan are going to miss Champions League and (barring a comeback by United) the Europa League

[ReignOnU]

United led....for 22 seconds

Lost 3-1, 4-2 on aggregate.

Gonna be weird not having a team to root for in Europe next year; both United and Milan are going to miss Champions League and (barring a comeback by United) the Europa League

Man U is the only team that I really claim as 'my' team, so following teams like Bayern, Juventus, and RM won't be too painful. I've had BM pegged to win the UCL from the start this season. They are so much better than any other team in the world right now. (I fully expect Germany to smash everyone in the WC)

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United led....for 22 seconds

Lost 3-1, 4-2 on aggregate.

Gonna be weird not having a team to root for in Europe next year; both United and Milan are going to miss Champions League and (barring a comeback by United) the Europa League

Man U is the only team that I really claim as 'my' team, so following teams like Bayern, Juventus, and RM won't be too painful. I've had BM pegged to win the UCL from the start this season. They are so much better than any other team in the world right now. (I fully expect Germany to smash everyone in the WC)

Problem is, Bayern has major players that aren't German. And as good as Germany is.....they always seem to choke.

Bayern has the best player in France (Ribery), the best player from Holland (Robben), one of the best players from Spain (Javi Martinez), and one of the top two CB from Brazil (Dante).

Was shocking to see Barca get knocked out of Champions League. They need serious help in defense, and that transfer ban is going to hurt them badly.

[LetsGoPeay]

Tim Howard is a pretty good announcer.

[BIGmike]

I just find it odd he announces games.

[BIGmike]

Kompany done fucked up.

[LetsGoPeay]

I just find it odd he announces games.

It is weird. But if he's setting himself up for a post-playing career option and it doesn't interfere with his playing career more power to him.

[ReignOnU]

It's been interesting to hear some of his insight this season. At times, he was very honest about how some players are and how some coaches run their teams. It's always great when he's asked, "what would you do or be expecting in a certain situation?" His responses are candid and solid.

[ReignOnU]

Oh boy.

[ReignOnU]

Huge win... but if I had to put money on it right now, it would be on City to win the league. City has 2 more games left than Liverpool and very little competition in all of those. 6 wins isn't out of the question, in fact it's likely. The 2 additional games would put them at 76pts vs. 77pts for Liverpool right now. Then an additional 12 from the other 4 wins is 88. It really is going to come down to Chelsea vs. Liverpool on 4/27. At that point, if Chelsea wins out, they can max out at 87pts. Looking forward to that match.

[Uuaww]

What a game, really cant wait to see how it ends up.

[jsence2]

Typical Liverpool bullshit. Suarez dives and doesn't get sent off for a second yellow, and get away with a handball in the box. Then, five min of stoppage time added; they have a player sent off and make a sub that took almost a min to walk off....and they play 5:24 of stoppage

C'mon Chelsea, don't let these twats win the title. They have a match in hand and are only five back; and they still play each other.

Has anybody's stock dropped as much as Kompany's this year? That horrid clearance cost them the match.

[Uuaww]

Man City still has to play AT Everton who is in near top form. They are fighting for a 4th place battle with Arsenal so that game isn't a shoe in. Also you'd think that the games are easy, but they are playing relegation battlers. Only the games vs West Ham and Crystal Palace are against a team with nothing to play for.

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Man City still has to play AT Everton who is in near top form. They are fighting for a 4th place battle with Arsenal so that game isn't a shoe in. Also you'd think that the games are easy, but they are playing relegation battlers. Only the games vs West Ham and Crystal Palace are against a team with nothing to play for.

And Crystal Palace has great home form lately

Dunno why this was billed as a "title decider"

[BIGmike]

Chelsea has sucked today's dick. Sunderland giving Liverpool tons of help this week.