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

ChicagoBlue said:
Loved it at the end of the US coverage when Kate Abdo said, “Given Liverpool may well not qualify for the Champions League next season, I wonder if Carra will be back with us?”
Micah laughs like a donkey and Carragher, a little stung by both the Liverpool dig and that he’s only there because they’re in the tournament, shoots back, “You don’t want to lose half your viewers, do you?”
Kate Abdo doesn’t miss a beat and fires back, “We may have an opening on Thursday nights for you!”

FUCKING EPIC SLAM and Micah lost his shit!!!
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That is absolutely fantastic! But I was running out of batteries.
 
ChicagoBlue said:
Loved it at the end of the US coverage when Kate Abdo said, “Given Liverpool may well not qualify for the Champions League next season, I wonder if Carra will be back with us?”
Micah laughs like a donkey and Carragher, a little stung by both the Liverpool dig and that he’s only there because they’re in the tournament, shoots back, “You don’t want to lose half your viewers, do you?”
Kate Abdo doesn’t miss a beat and fires back, “We may have an opening on Thursday nights for you!”

FUCKING EPIC SLAM and Micah lost his shit!!!
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Oh please in the name of all that is Holy

Let us see!!!
 
ChicagoBlue said:
Your screen must have been frozen for at least 4-5 minutes in the first half, where he played like Agent Zin of Dortmund!!! ;-)
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Ha ha it was!! I told my City friends not to text me as I was trailing the match from the kick-off. And it was hard to see with the glare outside or maybe that was the Boddy’s . . .
 

The most sickening CL semi-finalists ever?

City. PSG. Chelsea. Real. It could hardly have been worse for United supporters(with the sole exception of Liverpool beating Real, obviously), that's for sure. But surely even neutrals must dislike seeing all these sugar daddy clubs make it so far? Oh well, guess I'm "rooting" for Real this year.
www.redcafe.net www.redcafe.net

Don't understand how their interest in the semi-finals depends on the owners of the clubs involved. I find it quite refreshing that there are 2 teams in it who have never won it and Chelsea who haven't been involved recently.
 
Outstanding victory and performance, we grew up as a team and club today in this competition.

Now our club has the chance to really thank our wonderful owner by going on to the final by beating and eliminating his and his country's biggest rival.
 
FogBlueInSanFran said:
Ha ha it was!! I told my City friends not to text me as I was trailing the match from the kick-off. And it was hard to see with the glare outside or maybe that was the Boddy’s . . .
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I watch it and have a group text with my older sister & younger brother. When I have to watch it on a stream, as I do with all the cup games and many of the PL games now, I have to tell them the screen time and we figure out how far behind I am. Only then, once they know the lag, can we text!!

Nothing worse than seeing Ederson with the ball in his hands and getting “Get the fuck in!” text because they’re a minute ahead of me!

Even tonight, when VAR was looking at the penalty, my brother forgot and said, “He’s given it! Oh shit, why is FFS taking it?!”

I thought he was going to announce the outcome, do I just flipped my phone over and ignored the buzzing until he’d scored!! ;-)
 
cyberblue said:
Does any one want to know how old Bellingham is , what car he drives ,where he comes from , how much he earned last year , blah blah blah
Please contact BT as they will be sure to tell you
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Yes please, had BT on mute ;)
 
First half we looked like rabbits in the headlights, we froze. Foden was being denied influence, Mahrez was anonymous and Dortmund did a decent impression of Leeds of with 11 men. We kept the ball well but we were passing around them not through them and they looked comfortable. Bellingham looks one hell of a player, took his goal well and at that point I thought we were out as we didn't look at it at all.

Last night more than anything else showed we have character, we have a team of winners and whatever Pep said them at HT worked. Second half we played with less fear, we remembered we are a team that others should fear rather than be fearful. The relentlessness of our 2nd half performance was magnificent, yes we got lucky with the penalty decision but that was a result of our constant pressure and you could see Dortmund wilting even though much to their credit they did hang in there and gave everything they could. In the end though we were better than them and although I believe we have played better football, we have rarely played with such bollox as we showed. After Foden's magnificent strike they had nothing left to offer and we could and should have scored more in the end. Kev was magnificent last night, he really is the best midfielder in the world on that showing and after the Bellingham goal defensively we were as we have come to expect. Haaland did nothing, Reus was peripheral at best and we slowly smothered them, it was masterful to watch in the 2nd half and as we grew in belief, the belief drained out of them.

At the highest level football is about small margins, last night those small margins ran in our favour and we got what we deserved at last after 3 seasons of being close but having those small margins go against us.

We are often talked about as being a brilliant football team, but last night we also showed we could also fight like a team and every single player in the squad deserves credit for that because the lads who are not starting are now as important as the lads who are because togetherness and character wins trophies when the business end of the season comes around. Last night was another step, a halting one at first, but a confident brash exuberant one by the end and that will stand us in good stead.

Now we move onto Chelsea, another tough game, but we now know we are not just a very good football team, we have players with big bollocks as well.
 
In the post-match presser, the last question is from Sam Lee. Pep’s answer about how City play and his tactics is the MOST INSIGHTFUL DISCUSSION OF HIS TACTICS I have ever heard from him.

For me, it confirmed my initial belief that he left Cancelo on the bench because he coughs up the ball too often. This team was selected to control the ball and thus control the game. Pep knows who he trusts with that and the team was filled with them tonight!

Zin got off to a rocky start in that regard, but quickly settled and was unfortunate his hammer was straight at the keeper. One of these days he’s going to score a screamer!

Anyway, if you get a chance, listen to Pep’s last question from Sam Lee on the website, and expect some discussion of Pep’s comments in The Athletic soon.
 
The Colonel said:
It’s ok the upstanding Merseyside police are on it. Sleep safe tonight.

"Such incidents will not be tolerated under any circumstances. A dedicated investigation team will be reviewing CCTV footage from the area, along with our own body worn camera footage, and working closely with the club to identify those responsible."
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Mersyeside plod have just reported something very strange - the CCTV disc has got an irrecoverable error and the batteries in the body cameras were all flat - so nothing to see here - the bricking and candles is simply fake news. And on careful inspection it looks suspiciously like the TV footage is from the archives.
 
Rascal said:
At the highest level football is about small margins, last night those small margins ran in our favour and we got what we deserved at last after 3 seasons of being close but having those small margins go against us.
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I actually said we weren’t getting the rub of the green at HT. KDB hitting the bar, Mahrez being blocked on the line, etc., but our persistence created those small margins.

The only thing that could have made the game even sweeter was if KDB’s dazzling run had produced the goal it deserved, and Sterling had smashed home his one on one with the keeper!

All in all, though, I think we crushed the small margin barrier tonight with a dominating team performance.
 
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ChicagoBlue said:
In the post-match presser, the last question is from Sam Lee. Pep’s answer about how City play and his tactics is the MOST INSIGHTFUL DISCUSSION OF HIS TACTICS I have ever heard from him.

For me, it confirmed my initial belief that he left Cancelo on the bench because he coughs up the ball too often. This team was selected to control the ball and thus control the game. Pep knows who he trusts with that and the team was filled with them tonight!

Zin got off to a rocky start in that regard, but quickly settled and was unfortunate his hammer was straight at the keeper. One of these days he’s going to score a screamer!

Anyway, if you get a chance, listen to Pep’s last question from Sam Lee on the website, and expect some discussion of Pep’s comments in The Athletic soon.
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Which website mate?
 
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