I guess against real top class defenders you can see their age. Marcelo and Carvajal are way faster than them.
Champions League QFs (11th - 19th April)
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Bayern need to take off Alonso or Alaba or both. Ribery hasn't been great either. Ronaldo has been shocking, canceling out Alaba.
He's not better than Marcelo. Alaba has been poor in every European game I've seen him in for the past year now, talking club and country.
Surely Muller will replace Alonso now.
Useless tactics from Ancelotti. Without Muller and with that retirement home midfield of Alonso/Thiago, Lewandowski has no support in the box to take advantage of the space Alaba creates. Lewandowski is good, but he´s not better than five defenders by himself.
Marcelo proving he king of the left backs.
Good enough to get eliminated at QF.
Like watching Pogba, Lingard and Toni V shooting.
Kroos tattoo looks pretty nasty.
Kroos tattoo looks pretty nasty.
Leicester didn't have to play against teams of champions league standard a lot. I don't think they are a good standard to measure yourself up against.
Entertaining match, other than the poor finishing! I hope Bayern get an early one and make it really competitive.
Shame for Leicester in the other game, can't see them getting a sniff now.
Shame for Leicester in the other game, can't see them getting a sniff now.
Looks like both Madrid sides are going through. Hopefully they meet in the semis. The possibility of another all Madrid final is just boring
Agreed. Though there is not much to deliver it to.
Man seriously, you are such a pussy!
Despite his age I would still choose Marcelo as my full back if I was in charge of a club with unlimited funds, leaps and bounds ahead of Alaba based on that half. Madrid win it looks.
Ribery and Robben are about a hundred years old. That's about it.
Is that negative stoppage time?
Leicester out. Bayern look a shadow of peps side entertainment wise. Have to go for it soon, if they don't score first 20 minutes of 2nd half madrid will be comfortable. Never thought such a skillful player like Zidane would be such a pragmatic manager.
Even Chelsea or Spurs don't play football of such quality. The PL is still far behind these European giants.
Ronaldo has been shit so far. So wasteful.
Marcelo the best lest back in the world and Carvajal the best right back in the world imo. They've been fantastic in both legs.
Think Bayern will need to sub out Alonso and just go for it. They don't look a threat to score.
Think Bayern will need to sub out Alonso and just go for it. They don't look a threat to score.
Then he is gonna score 2 at least.
I'm rooting for the red teams tonight.
Not impressed by Atlético lately, but hope they can get to the final at least, and try their luck against Juventus, for instance. A pity Simeone doesn't fancy Gaitán.
Why did Ancelotti drop Guardiola's favorites Coman and Douglas Costa for Ribéry and Robben?
Not impressed by Atlético lately, but hope they can get to the final at least, and try their luck against Juventus, for instance. A pity Simeone doesn't fancy Gaitán.
Why did Ancelotti drop Guardiola's favorites Coman and Douglas Costa for Ribéry and Robben?
Of course you are. Good enough to compete with all bar the best like all the other top English teams.
Spanish police clashing with Bayern fans.
Quite strange that Real-Bayern is 0-0. Several great chances
That would leave us with a booked Vidal to secure the midfield. Both alternatives - continuing with that lineup or subbing in Müller for Alonso - look equally dangerous.
I wished Bayern would have finished the first game with 11 men.
This would have been a great game to watch..
Even so they don't played that well.. they were the better team until the red card.
This would have been a great game to watch..
Even so they don't played that well.. they were the better team until the red card.
Fuchs flatfooted on that header, not a surprise. He's absolutely finished as a top level player. His "performance" in the Euros this year was like watching me out on the pitch at LB.
Nah, the match had turned before that. But maybe we could have kept it 1-1. We'd still be losing right now, so it doesn't change much.
Leicester winning the cl was a thing on the caf. Happy to see they fall at the first of the three hurdles. Easy, they're nothing compared to what's left in the competition.
there were signs of madrid turning it around in the second half before the red card.
Thiago is unreal. Probably best midfielder in Europe this year. Those 50-60m balls accurate to a single inch...
It's also quite surprising to see Robben-Ribery still being a first choice players in Bayern, both rather poor this half with Ribery being significantly worse. Unfortunately, can't see Bayern winning this one.
It's also quite surprising to see Robben-Ribery still being a first choice players in Bayern, both rather poor this half with Ribery being significantly worse. Unfortunately, can't see Bayern winning this one.
Nah Bayern will win this game in Madrid, but Mueller has to play now.
I'd say I'm pretty mild compared to the matchday threads on here ffs! And those games aren't usually this important.Well, he doesn't play LB for Austria and only recently went back to playing LB for Bayern. Spent most of the last 2 years playing CB or CDM for Bayern and he plays purely as a CM for Austria (where he's generally excellent, but the entire national setup has been a disaster since the summer).
Not saying he's not having an absolute shocker tonight, but his average level of performance is far, far above this. He's been utterly awful, like someone swapped bodies with him.
Thiago has been underwhelming IMO. Doesn't do enough.
Thiago a bit naff.
Alonso and Alaba with a horror show. Hummels (probably not 100% fit) and Ronaldo also crap.
I would bring Kimmich and Müller. If it's going on like that Vidal is getting another yellow sooner than later.
They are alright. It's just the combination of them, Alonso and Lahm that's an issue. There's just too many old players on the field. You can't compensate for all of them.
Thiago is immense and the only reason we're not out of this yet. He is permanently closing the gaps created by Vidal's brainfarts and Alonso being the slowest human being to ever walk on a neatly trimmed field of grass.