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Post by stu77 on Mar 17, 2023 22:40:42 GMT
Final in Istanbul.
I thought City would win this as soon as Ronaldo left Real Madrid and Messi left Barcelona but obviously it's not working out that way as Benzima is still a monster of a player in his mid 30s.
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Post by stu77 on Apr 11, 2023 20:55:55 GMT
Cracking game City v Bayern.
Can't see Bayern getting three more than City to take it to pens, never mind four.
But weirder things have happened.
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Post by wardance on Apr 11, 2023 21:05:15 GMT
Cracking game City v Bayern. Can't see Bayern getting three more than City to take it to pens, never mind four. But weirder things have happened. Very impressed with City this evening. |
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Apr 12, 2023 6:25:40 GMT
Didn't watch it but the scoreline (against Bayern!, albeit a slightly misfiring Bayern) speaks for itself
If Man City win they play the winner of Chelsea/Real which is gonna be Real, obvs
Another tasty match up
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Post by smogquixote on May 11, 2023 3:14:24 GMT
That was okay…
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Post by personunknown on May 17, 2023 21:14:05 GMT
Absolute masterclass from City. Madrid centre backs too busy watching Haaland, forgetting about the diminutive Silva. Play anything like that again and Inter will crumble.
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Post by stu77 on May 17, 2023 23:18:25 GMT
So many outstanding performances tonight Rodri and Silva particularly. Looks like City will finally win this bloody thing.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on May 18, 2023 5:27:28 GMT
Man City will swat Inter without any difficulty This City side should thrash anyone As the Gdn state today no one can compete with this level of investment... And so one of the world’s richest states spends years trying to hire the world’s greatest coach, succeeds, and then gives him literally everything he needs. Every other club in the world, with the exception of Paris Saint-Germain, has to operate within the constraints of finance or fortune. Every other club in the world has flaws or problem areas that they can’t address right now, but hope to at some point in the future. Guardiola, by contrast, gets the staff he wants, the players he wants when he wants them, gets their replacements ahead of schedule.Manchester City’s inexorable hard power crushes Real Madridwww.theguardian.com/football/2023/may/17/manchester-citys-inexorable-hard-power-crushes-real-madrid |
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Post by Lord Emsworth on May 31, 2023 17:55:51 GMT
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Post by personunknown on May 31, 2023 22:04:23 GMT
Well that was three hours of my life I won't get back.Pathetic spectacle, 13 yellow cards, petulant gamesmanship. Extra time was a complete non event. BT commentators barely interested at the end. Both sides deserved to lose.
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Post by stu77 on May 31, 2023 22:24:23 GMT
I didn't bother. Tuned in just in time for the shootout.
Encroachment? Is that the new word for goalkeeper moving before the ball is kicked? The commentator didn't bother explaining.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jun 1, 2023 8:07:39 GMT
This from the Guardian... Mourinho is a nihilist. Nothing matters for Mourinho but winning, not the game, not the public, not any naïve idea of decency. And so his team and his backroom staff contest every decision. Every time they win a free-kick, they demand further retribution in the form of yellow cards. This season 13 red cards have been shown to members of the Roma bench, whether coaches or substitutes. This is not coincidence; it is a plan, an orchestrated action to pressure referees and tip the balance of decisions. Sevilla were far from innocent, but equally the sense was that their gamesmanship was a reaction to Roma’s. It’s not fashionable to think of the officials, whose role in modern football seems largely to be as an excuse for losing managers and fans. It would a difficult job anyway, but how much harder when everybody is trying to cheat, all the time. Under which circumstances the referee, Anthony Taylor, the fourth official, Michael Oliver, and even the VAR, Stuart Attwell, performed admirably. The level of calculation was apparent in the way Roma’s bench suddenly stopped protesting at the start of the eternal extra time, as the focus switched to feigning injury – which led to the fracas that ultimately earned Mourinho the yellow card that had seemed his destiny from the first whistle. The 11 minutes 20 seconds of added time in the second half of extra-time – that is, 75.5% of the whole – again seemed a victory for Taylor’s refusal to accept Roma’s prevarications. Although also a defeat for football. Whole thing here... www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2023/may/31/nihilist-jose-mourinho-fights-the-bad-fight-but-ends-up-on-losing-side |
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Post by personunknown on Jun 1, 2023 12:57:10 GMT
Hopefully, Fiorentina and Inter won't be following Roma's gameplay next week. Mouriniho waited for referee Taylor in the car park and gave him further abuse apparently. Pep, Ferguson, Ancelloti will go down as the historical greats, Jose will be a historical aberration.
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Post by stu77 on Jun 1, 2023 14:10:08 GMT
Hopefully, Fiorentina and Inter won't be following Roma's gameplay next week. Mouriniho waited for referee Taylor in the car park and gave him further abuse apparently. Pep, Ferguson, Ancelloti will go down as the historical greats, Jose will be a historical aberration. "You're not special anymore" |
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jun 1, 2023 15:50:39 GMT
Yes, there's a clip on Twitter of Mourinho waiting to abuse the officials
Truly atrocious behaviour, UEFA should ban him for a month or more
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