We've been fucking around with the ball in our own third all season, so it's no surprise to see us concede spastic goals like the one tonight. We love to pretend that we're a good team who are comfortable on the ball and can play under pressure. In reality we've got Bentancur and Rabiot in midfield.
I suppose what can you expect from a team captained by Alex Sandro. He has all the 'get up and go' of a toilet seat. The team just seems asleep all the time, like they don't give a shit. Maybe they do need a Conte kind of coach to kick them up the ass, complete scorched earth. There was no excuse for that performance after Napoli, two defeats is totally unacceptable. Not focusing for the first few minutes of both halves? Get the fuck out. This is amateur football.
So many duds or burned out players in this team. Ronaldo can't even save us in games now because he doesn't seem the same player either.
Tonight you see the difference between a relatively-modest group of players who are well-drilled against a team of better players who have no fight or real idea what they are supposed to be doing. Yes of course some teams are further down the road with their project than us but we are not a pub team, it is assembled to win.
The 2-1 result isn't terrible in the context, but the main upside is that the ref pissed off Ronaldo at the end of the game so he is guaranteed to score in the return leg. Who's to say some other dumb cunt isn't going to just give them a goal from nothing in that game and make our task very difficult? It wouldn't be in the least bit surprising.
This team needs to get its head out of its ass quickly.