Champions League 2021-22 (46 Viewers)

Apr 9, 2015
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Us taking advantage of what?

We field players with no balls, talent, courage or fight like Rabiot, Bentancur, Arthur etc. We struggle to impose our game on shitty opponents like Salernitana and Venezia, I don’t see how an away game in Portugal where we failed in two out of our last 3 trips is a good draw with this lot of bums in the team.
My opinion is that our attack is way to weak to breakthrough an defensive team hanging in their own box the whole game. So Atletico, Benfica (or teams with the same approach) will outplay us, because we can't make a fist against their defence.

A high pressing club like Ajax, Villareal or PSG will beat us easily with their pressing and attacking minded-play. PSG isn't really that attacking, but their quality plays a role. Our midfield will be overrun by clubs like these.

I think Sporting is the perfect mix, they aren't too defensive because their defense is weak, but they aren't really attacking-high pressing club. So our midfield would have time too play the ball around and not running too much (since most of them can't rung for example Fagiot and Arthur). I don't know what team would be possibly better for us? Do you have any suggestion? Of course it would not be easy, but at the moment I think Champions League is not our level in general.
 

s4tch

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Mar 23, 2015
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hard to evaluate ajax, they had a relatively easy group. i think inda have more quality.

as for our draw, it's all right. all might depend on the availability of players. without an in form dybala and chiesa, our attack would be predictable. without locatelli, we wouldn't have a midfield.
 

Siamak

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Aug 13, 2013
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Lol, Ajax isn't an easy job to be done. I think a lot of people underestimate them. They won all their 6 matches in the group ending up with 18 points, 20 goals (3+ per match) and only 5 against them. For example won 4-0 and 3-1 against Dortmund and I could have been 6-0 or something.
I expected them to face Bayern, man city, Liverpool since they ended in second spot.

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Lol, Ajax isn't an easy job to be done. I think a lot of people underestimate them. They won all their 6 matches in the group ending up with 18 points, 20 goals (3+ per match) and only 5 against them. For example won 4-0 and 3-1 against Dortmund and I could have been 6-0 or something.
Ajax is the most easiest opponent to other teams which finished at first spot in their groups.
 
Apr 9, 2015
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Maybe they will draw again, because by the draw for the opponent of Atletico Madrid they forgot to put in Man. United (source; a lot of media).

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So it is still not certain we will get Sporting
 

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