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Post by lesd on Feb 23, 2016 20:56:09 GMT 1
Arsenal vs Barca.
5 mins and the first yellow goes to a SPANIARD. But he doesn't play for Barca.
Nacho Monreal is in danger of the early bath for the remaining 85 minutes!
Incidentally, the bookies had Munir 4th favourite (after guess who-who-who) to score the first goal of the game. And he's not even in the starting 11!
But it's deadlock at half-time. 0-0
60 mins and it's beginning to look like both teams want to sneak a goal. More fun now.
Barca move past 500 passes!
70 mins...Neymar to Suarez to Neymar to Messi......0-1. Barca lead!
77 mins...Neymar to Messi to Suarez...hits the post!
Up the other end Ter Stegen does wonders and keeps Arsenal out.
82 mins and what's gonna happen now. Messi gets a penalty. Who'll take it?
Messi does and it's 0-2.
And Barca win.
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Post by lesd on Mar 15, 2016 23:16:33 GMT 1
Atléti versus PSV goes to penalties!!!
2 games....no goals! Not a good advert for the game.
Anyway....here goes.....
PSV up first....squeezes it in....1-0.
Griezmann for Atléti....puts goalie the wrong way...1-1
Carbon copy for PSV...2-1
Easy for Koke...2-2
100% so far...3-2
Saul puts it away too...3-3
And another for PSV...4-3
Gabi and PSV do the job...5-4
Squeeky bum time!!!
No trouble for El Nino...Fernando evens it up...5-5
PSV and Gimenez get it to 6-6!!!
Will anyone miss......7-6
Filipe Luis didn't....7-7.
Here we go....PSV hit the crossbar!!! 7-7 and Atléti for the win........................
And Juanfran wins it for Atléti!...7-8
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Post by lesd on Mar 16, 2016 21:16:14 GMT 1
Barca vs Arsenal.....
19 mins....Messi to Suarez to Neymar and it's 1-0. (Agg. 3-0)
Long night ahead for the Gunners!
That's it for the first half.
Can't see Arsenal scoring FOUR in the second.
And they didn't!
MSN do the business with Arsenal getting just the one. So it's Barca into the quarter finals by 3-1, 5-1 on aggregate.
But the story of the night was in the other tie where Bayern Munich were sweating somewhat after throwing away a two goal lead in the first leg and starting against Juventus at 2-2.
Juve were about to make them pay dearly by getting 2 early goals and seeming set to progress.
Into the final 15 minutes when Bayern found their scoring boots with two goals to even the tie again. The equaliser coming in the 91st minute!
Into extra time where ex-Barca starlet Thiago Alcantara repaid Guardiola's faith by putting the Germans ahead and they scored a fourth in the final ten minutes to win the tie 4-2, 6-4 on aggregate.
The final 8 teams are now...
Wolfsburg Real Madrid Benfica Paris St-Germain Atletico Madrid Manchester City Barcelona Bayern Munich
3 from Spain, 2 from Germany and one each from France, Portugal and England.
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Post by lesd on Mar 18, 2016 16:05:09 GMT 1
Here's the draw:
Champions League quarter-final draw
Wolfsburg (Ger) v Real Madrid (Spa) Bayern Munich (Ger) v Benfica (Por) Barcelona (Spa) v Atletico Madrid (Spa) Paris St-Germain (Fra) v Manchester City (Eng)
To be played on 5-6 April and 12-13 April.
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Post by lesd on Apr 5, 2016 20:16:03 GMT 1
24 mins gone and Barcelona show again how lazy their defence is.
More holes than a Swiss cheese.
Great ball through from Koke and El Niño makes no mistake. Atléti up by a goal to nil.
This, and the Real Madrid shambles, is down to Enrique.
Jordi Alba has obviously not been fit and hasn't got the necessary pace. Mascherano, Pique and Alves haven't got the necessary discipline to hold the line and Rakitic and Busquets are playing too far upfield. Simples .....
35 mins and the Atléti game plan has blown up in their face! The professional foul basis of stopping Barca means Torres picks up a second yellow and the early bath.
Bets on 21 remaining at the 90 mins?
50 mins...Barca now playing a better game.....going forward!
62 mins....Alba to Suarez and it's 1-1.
73 mins...Alves to Suarez and it's 2-1.
So Atléti take Barca back to the Vicente Calderon with an away-goal in the bag. A great second leg to come next week.
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Post by lesd on Apr 7, 2016 18:19:16 GMT 1
The before and after faces of CR7!
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Post by lesd on Apr 13, 2016 20:24:15 GMT 1
Atléti vs Barca
35 mins and Griesmann breaks the deadlock. The hopeless Barca defence is nowhere as he has the simplest of headers to put Atléti 1-0 up (Agg.2-2) and ahead on the away goals.
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Now....where were we when the pub called???
(No wifi there to post updates! But at least they had the game on screen.)
Oh yes, It was the Anton Griesmann story....one header and one penalty to give Real's noisy neighbours the tie. And give Real themselves sleepless nights waiting for the draw for the semis!
In the draw will be Real Madrid, Atléti, Bayern and Man City.
So two Spanish and one English in each set of European semis.
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Post by lesd on Apr 15, 2016 13:41:00 GMT 1
So we've got the prospect of an all Spanish final in both European competitions - or no Spanish teams at all!
IDA Martes, 26 de abril: Manchester City vs Real Madrid (20:45h en Antena3) Miércoles, 27 de abril: Atlético de Madrid vs Bayern Múnich (20:45h en Bein Sports)
VUELTA Martes, 3 de mayo: Bayern Múnich vs Atlético de Madrid (20:45h en Antena3) Miércoles, 3 de mayo: Real Madrid vs Manchester City (20:45h en Bein Sports)
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Post by lesd on May 28, 2016 20:01:28 GMT 1
Well.....here we go.....
The falling-over of Ronaldo versus the aggression of Atléti.
And the first yellow goes to ..................... Carvajal (Real)!!!
And the first goal goes to .................... Ramos for Real. 14 mins.
But he was OFFSIDE and Clattenberg's assistant Beck didn't see it!
One thing that's evident is the skill level and speed of movement is a million miles better than in the England game yesterday.
Half-time....1-0.
1st minute of the second half and we have a game again.....................
Pepe shows his bad side.....PENALTY to Atléti.
But Griesmann hits the crossbar!!!
78 mins and a famous name from Mazarrón's past makes it 1-1.
Carrasco for Atléti.
94 mins gone and we've got another 30 coming up......
15 gone...15 to go...will it be penalties?
It sure will be. Atléti have already missed one so they've got it out of their system!
Who's going first?
Lucas Vascez for Real....scores...1-0 Griesmann for Atléti...scores ...1-1 Marcelo for Real...scores...2-1 Gabi for Atléti...scores...2-2 Bale for Real...scores...3-2 Saul for Atléti...scores...3-3 Ramos for Real...scores...4-3 Juanfran for Atléti...hits the post! Still 4-3 It just had to be Ronaldo to step up and score the winning penalty
Real win 5-3.
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