[CL] Champions League 2012/13 (49 Viewers)

[Badass J Elkann]

whoever thinks neuer is the best in the world should be shot

 

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[The Curr]

Anyone who says anyone but Buffon is the best is wrong.

 

[TrezJuve]

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You edited goddamn!

 

[Red]

Scary, scary good.

unless they have to play Barca, I can definitely see that happen. Dortmund have a sweet team themselves but not there just yet in terms of maturity ... maybe in a couple of years if they don't sell off their family jewels.

Don't think Bayern would fancy getting Dortmund.

It's a while since they beat them.

It's funny you say that because I think the way Real are set up would cause Juve real* problems. Ozil playing in Pirlo's area of the pitch would be very dangerous IMO. If Real were on top in the game, not only would it stop Pirlo being on the ball as much as you'd like, but it would force him to do a lot of defending. Then there's Ronaldo and Coentrao/Marcelo. They'd double up on Lichtsteiner keeping him pinned back and forcing Vidal out wide to help him, which would leave Real with an extra man in midfield (Khedira, Alonso, Ozil vs Pirlo and Marchisio). Marchisio would have to keep an eye on Khedira's forward runs as well as Di Maria when he comes inside from the right, which would leave Alonso free to dictate play unless Vucinic closed him down (and come on, it's Vucinic).

3-5-2 is not well equipped to deal with 4-2-3-1.

Conte realised that between the two games against Shakhter and made adjustments - sort of twisting the team a little round to something a bit more like a 4-4-2.

The equivalent adjustment against Real would probably involve:

Asamoah v Di Maria
Chiellini v CF
Barzagli v Ronaldo
Lichtsteiner v LB
Bonucci spare

Would still leave the major issue of Pirlo v Ozil, but there isn't much you can do about that other than hoping Pirlo can do enough on the ball to compensate for the defensive problems he causes.

Would be good news for Juve if Man Utd went through.

 

[The Curr]

3-5-2 is not well equipped to deal with 4-2-3-1.

Conte realised that between the two games against Shakhter and made adjustments - sort of twisting the team a little round to something a bit more like a 4-4-2.

The equivalent adjustment against Real would probably involve:

Asamoah v Di Maria
Chiellini v CF
Barzagli v Ronaldo
Lichtsteiner v LB
Bonucci spare

Would still leave the major issue of Pirlo v Ozil, but there isn't much you can do about that other than hoping Pirlo can do enough on the ball to compensate for the defensive problems he causes.

Would be good news for Juve if Man Utd went through.

I only saw the two Shakhtar games on shitty streams, so I didn't really pick up on that. That sounds more promising though. Having Barzagli v Ronaldo would maybe let Vidal help out Pirlo more.

I know pretty much nothing about how Porto, Malaga, Schalke or Galatasaray play. All I know about PSG is that I'd love to see Chiellini and Zlatan at war again.

 

[Goodfella]

I was watching Arsenal-Bayern at a pub tonight with an Arsenal buddy
EPL is superhyped here and people barely cheer for non-English teams, so naturally we we surrounded by Arsenal fans in there.

He's not a hardcore fan, just a casual one so we had a lot of laughs "Damn we suck so hard, that when Bayern gets a yellow card it feels like scoring a goal"

I had fun with those passionate bums cursing the ref and shouting all over the place at every whistle that was blown against Arsenal. Especially that one guy with a Bergkamp jersey and an Arsenal scarf.
Dude was legit pissed, he was sitting there with his girlfriend and I was thinking like damn he might snap and start beating on his girl

 

[Bianconero_Aus]

Well I don't know what country you're in, so ima assume Denmark!?

 

[Goodfella]

Norvegia

 

[Bianconero_Aus]

 

[Bjerknes]

I would bet against Bayern reaching the final just because of probability theory. If I had to place a bet, I would put money on a Spanish and Italian final. The last side I would want to play at this point is Manure as they have the drive and can essentially score in any sort of fashion.

 

[Enron]

We were able to cope with Oscar handling Pirlo against Chelsea at home. I'm not saying Özil and him are as dangerous, but we did well against a team that has more or less the same set up.

Ozil is way better at pressuring the ball than Oscar.

 

[The Curr]

Ozil is way better than Oscar and Real are way better than Chelsea.

 

[TrezJuve]

I agree.

 

[Enron]

Ozil is way better than Oscar and Real are way better than Chelsea.

Aye. And to what you said earlier the greatest danger of added space in the midfield for Real would be passing lanes for Xabi Alonso.

 

[The Curr]

Yeah if we caught them on a good night, I could see them taking Juve apart to be honest.

 

[Enron]

Yeah if we caught them on a good night, I could see them taking Juve apart to be honest.

It's unfortunate United will knock them out.

 

[The Curr]

It's unfortunate United will knock them out.

You think they will? I hope so.

 

[Enron]

You think they will? I hope so.

Yeah, I think allowing United an away goal was a mistake. I'd rather see Madrid go on, but I don't think the will.

 

[The Curr]

I think the stage is set for Ronaldo to score the winner at Old Trafford.

 

[GarfielD]

Barca vs Bayern would be interesting.