2019-20 UEFA Champions League- SEE Mod Note in OP 15/08/20

This is it · 17-09-2019 11:28pm

The back and forth "banter" from both sides is awful, ye need to step it up.

monkey9 · 17-09-2019 11:30pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I'd go with Triggered

Thanks.

brinty · 17-09-2019 11:34pm

monkey9 wrote:

T.Hanks^

FYP

DeanAustin · 17-09-2019 11:37pm

Thanx 4 The Fish wrote: »

Barkley is the designated penalty taker, Lampard quite clear in the interview.

Can't stand Chelsea but thought Lampard was class in his interview. Gave a very clear answer that killed any controversy, didn't get aggressive or snotty and conducted himself brilliantly.

Always liked Lampard, seems a good guy. Hope he has a good career - just not with Chelsea.

ShamoBuc · 17-09-2019 11:39pm

This is it wrote: »

The back and forth "banter" from both sides is awful, ye need to step it up.

It's been months and months since some felt they had anything to banter with, while others felt they had so much it wasnt really fair to say anything.

Loafing Oaf · 17-09-2019 11:56pm

magma69 wrote: »

Another for Haaland. This is ridiculous.

Alfie's final words to Keano: "My victory will be the rampant goalscoring of my children":p

8-10 · 18-09-2019 12:49am

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Unlike Ole.

Wrong thread mate, this is the Champions League

brinty · 18-09-2019 4:51am

Deleted User wrote:

Unlike Ole. At least Lampard has made it clear on who it is.

Fair ****s

8-10 wrote:

Deleted User wrote:

Unlike Ole.

Wrong thread mate, this is the Champions League

Wow, another pointless point scoring salvo.

Partially quoted T.Hanks^ original post to get a totally unsubtle dig in.

It's clear as day that T.Hanks^ was commending Lampard for making a decision and sticking to it, showing who's in charge and having a designated penalty taker even if they miss.

But any point to suit your argument eh.....

And people reckon United fans are triggered/obsessed/good old boys and T.Hanks^

What's that old saying "offended by everything and ashamed of ..... "

irishguitarlad · 18-09-2019 6:22am

Good night last night with all the English teams losing, hopefully the trend can continue tonight.

18-09-2019 8:32am

monkey9 · 18-09-2019 12:27pm

brinty wrote: »

Wow, another pointless point scoring salvo.

Partially quoted T.Hanks^ original post to get a totally unsubtle dig in.

It's clear as day that T.Hanks^ was commending Lampard for making a decision and sticking to it, showing who's in charge and having a designated penalty taker even if they miss.

But any point to suit your argument eh.....

And people reckon United fans are triggered/obsessed/good old boys and T.Hanks^

What's that old saying "offended by everything and ashamed of ..... "

Thanks

Jurgen The German · 18-09-2019 12:32pm

monkey9 wrote: »

Thanks

*T-Hanks

brinty · 18-09-2019 3:51pm

monkey9 wrote:

T.Hanks^

FYP

Mr.Nice Guy · 18-09-2019 5:52pm

Teams for Olympiacos vs Spurs:

Olympiacos XI: Sa; Elabdellaoui, Semedo, Meriah, Tsimikas; Guilherme, Bouchalakis; Podence, Valbuena, Masouras; Guerrero.

Tottenham XI: Lloris; Sanchez, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Davies; Ndombele, Winks; Eriksen, Alli, Moura; Kane.

Nice to see Ndombele back. Bit surprised Aurier doesn't start after he played well at the weekend. Rose hasn't travelled either so Spurs could be vulnerable at the FB areas.

Valbuena can be capable of moments of magic. Interested to see how he gets on.

I'll say 2-1 to Spurs. Son off the bench might be needed at some stage.

JPA · 18-09-2019 6:14pm

theoneeyedman wrote: »

In spite of commentating on TV for the last 30+ years, fvcking George 'danger here' still hasn't learned that he's commenting half a second ahead of the pictures, or RTE have never learned to fvcking adjust the commentary to match the pictures. It's fvcking very bad tonight, and very annoying!

Are you accusing him of being in the future?

Or maybe it's a technical issue...

Mr.Nice Guy · 18-09-2019 6:20pm

Kane wins a peno.

And he makes it 1-0. Goes down the middle. Olympiacos had been doing well.

Mr.Nice Guy · 18-09-2019 6:25pm

MOURRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

What a hit. 2-0 Spurs. Looking good for Poch's side.

davycc · 18-09-2019 6:30pm

Comon spurs finish them off before half time.
Crazy game so far

The Good Ole Boys · 18-09-2019 6:30pm

Great save by Migs to keep Brugge at parity

Mr.Nice Guy · 18-09-2019 6:43pm

2-1. Podence makes Poch's team talk at Half-Time more challenging. Sets things up nicely for the second half.

Here are the line-ups for probably the two biggest games this evening for neutrals. Which one you going for?

PSG XI: Navas; Meunier, Thiago Silva, Kimpembe, Bernat; Verratti, Marquinhos, Gueye; Di Maria, Icardi, Sarabia.

Real Madrid XI: Courtois; Carvajal, Varane, Militao, Mendy; James, Casemiro, Kroos; Bale, Benzema, Hazard.

Atletico Madrid XI: Oblak; Trippier, Savic, Gimenez, Lodi; Thomas, Saul, Koke, Lemar; Joao Felix, Costa.

Juventus XI: Szczesny; Danilo, Bonucci, De Ligt, Alex Sandro; Khedira, Pjanic, Matuidi; Bernardeschi, Higuain, Ronaldo.

Very tough call but going to go with PSG/Madrid. Want to see how Icardi and Hazard get on. Have a feeling Benzema and Hazard are going to have a special evening.

18-09-2019 6:54pm

They deserved that tbf. Thought spurs got the peno against the run of play.

Mr.Nice Guy · 18-09-2019 7:03pm

Valbuena wins a pen. Not sure about that. Let's see what VAR says. VAR gives it the okay.

And Valbuena makes it 2-2. Game on. Must be time for Son shortly.

ERG89 · 18-09-2019 7:17pm

Atletico vs Juve is interesting tonight.
Strange look to that starting XI for Juve. I didn't expect to see Higuain, Cuadrado, Matuidi, Khedira & Danilo all starting in the same team outside of the Coppa Italia. I haven't seen them once this season so Atletico are an unknown. Costa's style could cause trouble without Chiellini.

Brock Turnpike · 18-09-2019 7:38pm

JPA wrote: »

theoneeyedman wrote: »

In spite of commentating on TV for the last 30+ years, fvcking George 'danger here' still hasn't learned that he's commenting half a second ahead of the pictures, or RTE have never learned to fvcking adjust the commentary to match the pictures. It's fvcking very bad tonight, and very annoying!

Are you accusing him of being in the future?

Or maybe it's a technical issue...

It's a technical issue that's been going on for years. Really poor from RTE.

Brock Turnpike · 18-09-2019 7:40pm

Does anyone else find Conor McNamara extremely irritating to listen to? That put on accent....*shudder*

Mr.Nice Guy · 18-09-2019 7:48pm

It ends 2-2 in Greece. Good point for the home side considering they were 2-0 down. I think a draw was a fair result.

Strumms · 18-09-2019 7:50pm

Some comeback, Spurs looked out on their feet the last ten minutes, hanging on, nothing in the tank.. Olympiacos we’re tired themselves and if they had a bit more in the tank they could have pushed harder and made a few less mistakes...

Mr.Nice Guy · 18-09-2019 8:10pm

Bizarre watching PSG and Madrid wearing their away colours when they could have the same effect wearing their home colours.

Loafing Oaf · 18-09-2019 8:13pm

Goal for PSG

Mr.Nice Guy · 18-09-2019 8:14pm

1-0 PSG. Di Maria scores against his old club at the near post. Courtois not great there.

ShaneU · 18-09-2019 8:28pm

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Bizarre watching PSG and Madrid wearing their away colours when they could have the same effect wearing their home colours.

what's the idea behind that?

Mr.Nice Guy · 18-09-2019 8:33pm

Di Maria makes it 2-0! What a great strike. He's in the mood tonight.

ShaneU wrote: »

what's the idea behind that?

Not sure. Probably some commercial reason.

And Bale makes it 2-1! Instant reply.

VAR shows there was use of an arm. This will surely be chalked off...

And it is. It stays 2-0.

ERG89 · 18-09-2019 8:37pm

Keown & some other gink says Bale handling the ball is a problem with the handball law. He sets the shot with his arm ffs

LuckyGent88 · 18-09-2019 8:38pm

VAR takes so freaking long.

Mr.Nice Guy · 18-09-2019 8:49pm

Half-Time and PSG lead by two goals. I think they merit the lead although the scoreline should be closer. Madrid without a shot on target despite there being good chances, whilst PSG have taken theirs. Di Maria has been the standout player. Hazard has been quieter than you'd expect. Probably not fully fit yet. Bale's had a few sighters.

Some surprising scorelines elsewhere. Leverkusen 2-1 down to Lokomotiv Moscow and Atalanta losing 3-0 away to Dinamo Zagreb.

irishguitarlad · 18-09-2019 8:57pm

Half time there in Atleti Juve 0-0. Fairly equal at the moment, defences are definitely on top. Joao Felix is class, ran from his own half and brought a good save from scezny. Atleti getting joy down the flanks. One thing that I noticed is the strange team that Juve have out. Very much lacking in creativity. Should probably take off matuidi and put in Ramsey. Also, how is cuadrado playing? Bernadeschi must be terrible in training.

irishguitarlad · 18-09-2019 9:05pm

Jesus christ what a goal by cuadrado haha

Mr.Nice Guy · 18-09-2019 9:13pm

Trevor Welch doing my head in with how he pronounces Marquinhos's name (or Mar-Quinn-Hoss as Trev calls him). Keith Andrews has even said the name properly and he's still taking no notice.

irishguitarlad · 18-09-2019 9:24pm

2-0 Juve!! Matuidi header. Lodi and trippier are being well beaten tonight. Grand going forward but poor defending, goes to show how good Juanfran and Felipe Luis were, could do both.

irishguitarlad · 18-09-2019 9:28pm

2-1!! Savic! Koke with the ball in from the free kick, Jiménez with the knock down and Savic to finish It off. Great game, crowd going mental.

irishguitarlad · 18-09-2019 9:44pm

Juve beginning the shíthousery.

Mr.Nice Guy · 18-09-2019 9:48pm

3-0 PSG. Meunier caps off a deserved win by catching Madrid on the break.

irishguitarlad · 18-09-2019 9:49pm

Boooom! Herrera with a great header from a trippier corner. Atlético deserved a draw.

NIMAN · 18-09-2019 9:52pm

Zidane off to a terrible start.

He won't see Xmas.

Mr.Nice Guy · 18-09-2019 9:54pm

Full-Time and Paris win it 3-0. Deserved victory for the home side who dominated the midfield. Gueye and Verratti were terrific. Di Maria very good too. Bernat also impressive. Madrid will rue not taking their chances but they didn't deserve anything from the game. Thought tonight might be the night the Benzema/Hazard connection came alive but it still needs more time. Hazard still has to develop an understanding with his teammates. He worked hard but didn't offer a lot in attack. Not sure if he's fully fit yet.

Very impressive result for Tuchel considering Mbappe, Neymar and Cavani were all out. They have the squad now to make a serious challenge. Just a case of whether they can put it all together in the knockout rounds.

irishguitarlad · 18-09-2019 9:56pm

Finished 2-2. Héctor Herrera had a great game when he came on and scored a great header. I thought Partey was very good before he went off. Cuadrado was fantastic for Juve in the second half, pjanic was excellent as always, Ronaldo also nearly scored a wonder goal at the end.

This is it · 18-09-2019 10:02pm

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Full-Time and Paris win it 3-0. Deserved victory for the home side who dominated the midfield. Gueye and Verratti were terrific. Di Maria very good too. Bernat also impressive. Madrid will rue not taking their chances but they didn't deserve anything from the game. Thought tonight might be the night the Benzema/Hazard connection came alive but it still needs more time. Hazard still has to develop an understanding with his teammates. He worked hard but didn't offer a lot in attack. Not sure if he's fully fit yet.

Very impressive result for Tuchel considering Mbappe, Neymar and Cavani were all out. They have the squad now to make a serious challenge. Just a case of whether they can put it all together in the knockout rounds.

Serious fire power there, and that was before Icardi joined.

Missed the match, how did he play? Looks like he was pulled early enough in the second half

Mr.Nice Guy · 18-09-2019 10:07pm

This is it wrote: »

Missed the match, how did he play? Looks like he was pulled early enough in the second half

Didn't have a lot of goalscoring chances but he did pretty well in terms of his all-round play. Hard to think of a PSG player who didn't play well. They all worked hard.

ERG89 · 18-09-2019 10:10pm

Juve will have to work on their set pieces.
Its night one but a lot of the big sides have a lot of work to do. I'd be amazed if Bayern, Atletico or Madrid do go far this year, they all dipped last season & haven't improved their sides much this season.
Real have looked this way for around a year now. Pretty leggy in midfield & dodgy at the back. Things aren't improving much since Zidane has returned. Stunned that's their first defeat of the season as they don't convince. I dont know what has happened Kroos, Varane, Ramos, Courtois, Modric, Marcelo & Casemiro but all have been very poor since they won the Champions League.

citytillidie · 18-09-2019 10:15pm

Match Day 1 Results
Group A
Club Brugge (BEL) 0 V 0 Galatasaray (TUR)
Paris (FRA) 3 V 0 Real Madrid (ESP)

Group B
Olympiacos (GRE) 2 V 2 Tottenham Hotspur (ENG)
Bayern (GER) 3 V 0 Crvena zvezda (SRB)

Group C
GNK Dinamo (CRO) 4 V 0 Atalanta (ITA)
Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 0 V 3 Manchester City (ENG)

Group D
Bayer Leverkusen (GER) 1 V 2 Lokomotiv Moskva (RUS)
Atlético Madrid (ESP) 2 V 2 Juventus (ITA)

Group E
Napoli (ITA) 2 V 0 Liverpool (ENG)
Salzburg (AUT) 6 V 2 Genk (BEL)

Group F
Internazionale Milano (ITA) 1 V 1 Slavia Praha (CZE)
Borussia Dortmund (GER) 0 V 0 Barcelona (ESP)

Group G
Lyon (FRA) 1 V 1 Zenit (RUS)
Benfica (POR) 1 V 2 RB Leipzig (GER)

Group H
Chelsea (ENG) 0 V 1 Valencia (ESP)
AFC Ajax (NED) 3 V 0 LOSC Lille (FRA)

2019-20 UEFA Champions League- SEE Mod Note in OP 15/08/20

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