Borussia Dortmund (A) - CL QF | Pre-Match Thread

[PhdWave]

BTW..I hope liverpool get absolutely stuffed tomorrow...cant bare that lot if they win

 

[ctwrd]

Ederson
Walker stones dias zinchenko
Bernardo rodri gundogan
Mahrez de bruyne foden

I would be very surprised if that is not the team. Same as last week except cancelo who has been terrible last few weeks

 

[Heath Park]

BTW..I hope liverpool get absolutely stuffed tomorrow...cant bare that lot if they win

Dodgy pen for Real Madrid late on to make it 5-5 in aggregate (Madrid on away goals) would be nice.

We need Liverpool out so they can focus in beating Man U in the league...

 

[hobbsisablue]

Probably because he actually is quick?

Well I don’t have any stats to prove otherwise and he probably is quicker than Rodri but on the odd occasion he has played this season he hasn’t looked quick. He’s probably as quick as Zinchenko.

 

[wolviedinho]

Bernie, Foden, Jesus, Cancelo need to start for us to have the energy to match Dortmund’s running and the quality to keep the ball moving in tight situations. Imo I would sacrifice walker for Cancelo on the right and bring in Zin on the left. A big reason we played so well this season is due to player combination. For example, we are more fluid when Bernie and Cancelo link up on the right. Dortmund destroyed our slow centre mid combo of Gundo & rodders.

My only concern in this game is if pep goes with the same due. Teams at this stage will hurt our lack of pace. Game management needs to focus on matching their energy before introducing Gundo to control and see out the game. If we don’t we might regret trying to control the match from the start and end up chasing it with subs after 60min. This is Pep we are talking about so he may decide it is time for Garcia to start in midfield :)

 

[Sprayleej3]

They are certainly going to try to jump on us early like the dippers do. Expecting them to press high from the off. I’d play Laporte against that press. He pings one over the top to mahrez, beautiful touch and it’s 1-0 city.

 

[SWP's back]

Easy we need a result

You need your bumps felt if you think Sterling offers more threat than Foden.

 

[ws01]

Soo....... is this the leg Pep has his massive brain fart?

Not feeling too assured after that Leeds performance.

 

[Goater=Legend]

Soo....... is this the leg Pep has his massive brain fart?

Not feeling too assured after that Leeds performance.

We're normally chasing the game in the 2nd leg after the brain fart in the first ;)

Think the tie will be done by half time, key players rested and I think the lads will be on it from the first whistle

 

[doobyedoobye]

We couldn’t be in better shape. Buzzing to see us dismantle them

 

[Groke]

BTW..I hope liverpool get absolutely stuffed tomorrow...cant bare that lot if they win

Wouldn't be surprised (but I would be extremely pissed off) if it ended up being Dortmund - Bayern and Liverpool - Chelsea semis.

 

[big phil]

We're normally chasing the game in the 2nd leg after the brain fart in the first ;)

Think the tie will be done by half time, key players rested and I think the lads will be on it from the first whistle

Reckon you’re right about key players rested. Never much point trying to guess who he’ll pick but looking at the Leeds game I’d say Kev, Dias, Phil, Ffs, Gundo and Rodders are guaranteed (ish), add Eddie to that. Didn’t see Eric or Kun on the training video yesterday so Stonesy will probably start too. After that I’ve no idea but knowing Pep he’ll probably put Garcia in to man mark Haaland :(

 

[Harvster]

They are certainly going to try to jump on us early like the dippers do. Expecting them to press high from the off. I’d play Laporte against that press. He pings one over the top to mahrez, beautiful touch and it’s 1-0 city.

VAR are having a look at this about a possible offside

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Not MY team, but the one I think he will pick:

Ederson
Walker
Stones
Dias
Cancelo
KDB
Rodri
Gundo
Mahrez
Bernardo
Foden

Personally, I’d play Jesus at CF and Bernardo out on the right wing, but I think he rested Mahrez for this game. Maybe Bernardo misses out instead of Jesus.

If they get an early goal, it’ll be intense. If we get one, then they will have to play for two, and we saw how stretched it can get when they come out to play.

This could be a barnburner or it could be a snooze fest waiting for them to counter with the long ball over the top or slide rule through ball.

Either way, they CAN play football, so we should be VERY cautious about that. We don’t need to score unless they do, so play to control, probe and strike, as opposed to hell for leather!

Biggest issue now? Who is UEFA’s chosen cheat???

 

[KennyG]

We couldn’t be in better shape. Buzzing to see us dismantle them

If we had a peak Aguero we’d be in great shape. We will get chances, just whether we can take them...

 

[Franny's toilet roll]

Uneasy about this, but then i am never confident. Dortmund are no mugs. Hoping Pep is proved right by resting what he thinks will be his winning 11. Big test for our players. Hopefully they won't let nerves get to them. If Dortmund score first, i don't think we'll get back in the game

 

[solley attwell]

Hopefully he takes kev, foden and de bryune off around the 60 min mark and rests them for Saturday

 

[solley attwell]

Hopefully he takes kev, foden and de bryune off around the 60 min mark and rests them for Saturday

Gundogan

 

[mosssideblue]

Hopefully he takes kev, foden and de bryune off around the 60 min mark and rests them for Saturday

Do you mean hopefully he is able to?

 

[TonyM]

We are likely imo to buckle under pressure unfortunately. I hope we go through but I'm not confident. All I can hope for is that the players try their very best.