Real Madrid (H) | CL SF 2nd Leg | Post-Match Thread

[Keepingthefaithsince1976]

Fantastic.

 

[Keepingthefaithsince1976]

Brilliant.

 

[Coatigan]

Is there an alternative commentary video for this one?

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Had a bit of time to reflect on this and take away games where what we got from the result meant we won the league for example and I think this was the best game of football I have ever seen us play.

Crazy as it sounds, the only other time I have seen such a level was the opening 45 minutes at home to Liverpool in Champions League, we were breathtaking that night after Jesus scores early.

Absolutely fucked over when Leroy had his goal ruled out for offside.

 

[citytill1die84]

Crazy as it sounds, the only other time I have seen such a level was the opening 45 minutes at home to Liverpool in Champions League, we were breathtaking that night after Jesus scores early.

Absolutely fucked over when Leroy had his goal ruled out for offside.

We're all wrong.

Juventus finished 7th that season as well ha.

 

[feedmpenzaandhewillscore]

We're all wrong.

Juventus finished 7th that season as well ha.

City haven’t won the champions league and they are already pumping out articles that winning it once doesn’t put City up there with the great sides. The boiling of piss going on across the country is a joy to behold, the champions league final is still over 20 odd days away.

 

[Stephen230]

Qualifies for both a CL and PL medal I think.

Could be a good quiz question in the making. Presumably he’s going to end up with two different league winners medals for the same season? Wonder if that’s happened before?

 

[Coatigan]

Could be a good quiz question in the making. Presumably he’s going to end up with two different league winners medals for the same season? Wonder if that’s happened before?

I imagine it has happened a few times. I imagine a few Chelsea players, and likely elsewhere in Europe. Good question, might look into it a bit more. Top 5 leagues though, think that might be rare.

 

[supercity88]

What a fucking win that was! Complete dominance. They didn't complete a pass in our half until the 25th minute and that was following the kick off after Bernardo's goal. Absolutely epic. As Tolmie said, that was the result it should have been when we played Liverpool a few years ago. Battered them but a dodgy call to rule Sane's goal out lost our momentum. At 2-0 we would have gone on to win comfortably.

Real were all over the shop. Vinicius and Ancelotti chatting after the first goal and they didn't have a clue how to counter our dominance. I don't know if anyone noticed for the 2nd goal how Camavinga gets dragged from a central area out to Grealish. Carvajal then drops off a bit as a result. When Grealish passes back to Akanji, Camavinga decides to jog back to his left back position which means when Akanji returns the ball Grealish has acres of space to run at and Gundogan spots it and makes a brilliant run off him.

Modric giving the ball away. Benzema unable to control it. Vinicius unable to dribble anywhere. We just made them look like amateurs.

 

[Coatigan]

Could be a good quiz question in the making. Presumably he’s going to end up with two different league winners medals for the same season? Wonder if that’s happened before?

Actually, looking at it now, it is more rare than I thought. A few came close. Not found any yet that have actually done it.

Ones that came close are Ivanovic, Oscar, Gedes, and Ferran Torres, who qualified for medals with their first clubs, but their second failed to win their leagues.

Alvarez could have been in there too, through the timing quirk, but River plate didn't win it. Gabi Jesus could have had the same but we didn't win it in his first season here.

 

[blue cigar]

Crazy as it sounds, the only other time I have seen such a level was the opening 45 minutes at home to Liverpool in Champions League, we were breathtaking that night after Jesus scores early.

Absolutely fucked over when Leroy had his goal ruled out for offside.

Agreed, I've watched the game again on the champions league replay channel (it's on a loop) and it's unreal watching the Madrid players trying desperately to get organised, I'd argue they were beaten as soon as the first goal went in, they were totally shell shocked. I do t think they have ever experienced anything like the storm that hit them yet all we heard was how good they are and how they never panic

 

[the blue panther]

We're all wrong.

Juventus finished 7th that season as well ha.

Well, having seen this bumbling troglodite numerous times, trying to express an opinion on the old Sunday Supplement, it's not surprising really that the City-hating member of the click-baiting, red-sympathising football press pack comes to that conclusion - and, who are we to argue?
I guess that near footballing perfection counts for nothing against the scum's extremely lucky win in 1999, equalising and getting their winner at the death of the match. A match in which they had 53% possession overall. And, not forgetting, the scum finished runners-up in the league with 77 points to Arsenal's 78, and hadn't qualified for the tournament as champions in their home competition the previous season.
Some pupils can't even recognise a masterclass when it's provided to them for free.
Stupid, or, clickbaiting? It cannot be serious journalism - which is stating the obvious really, as it's Oliver Holt.

 

[East Level 2]

City haven’t won the champions league and they are already pumping out articles that winning it once doesn’t put City up there with the great sides. The boiling of piss going on across the country is a joy to behold, the champions league final is still over 20 odd days away.

If we win our last three league games, put seven or eight past the rags and win the CL final eight-nil with Erling getting six of them, we still won't get the credit we deserve when compared to certain previous CL winners.

 

[feedmpenzaandhewillscore]

Agreed, I've watched the game again on the champions league replay channel (it's on a loop) and it's unreal watching the Madrid players trying desperately to get organised, I'd argue they were beaten as soon as the first goal went in, they were totally shell shocked. I do t think they have ever experienced anything like the storm that hit them yet all we heard was how good they are and how they never panic

One interesting stat I saw from the other night is the first complete pass in City’s half from Madrid happened when they kicked off after when Bernardo scored the first. They were completely rocked back on their heels, the ability to break quickly which they did in the first leg wasn’t there on Wednesday night. They had no out ball to soak up pressure which is crazy when they have players like Benzima and Vinicious on the pitch.

 

[Keepingthefaithsince1976]

We blue them away.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

City haven’t won the champions league and they are already pumping out articles that winning it once doesn’t put City up there with the great sides. The boiling of piss going on across the country is a joy to behold, the champions league final is still over 20 odd days away.

I wonder how many hacks, prior to kick off, had penned an article on their hard drive that proclaimed how City always fall to the European royalty? I bet there was more 'n a handful!

 

[ancoats]

WE are the greatest team in Europe!

I hope we don't believe that just yet, we have to go out and finish the job first.
We all know everybody is waiting for the fall and the media will have it written up already, its only one push of the button away ready to print believe me,

 

[argyle]

City haven’t won the champions league and they are already pumping out articles that winning it once doesn’t put City up there with the great sides. The boiling of piss going on across the country is a joy to behold, the champions league final is still over 20 odd days away.

All from glorified, utd and liverpool fanzine writers. They started supporting them because they were winning stuff, now they're not they can't handle it.

 

[the blue panther]

I wonder how many hacks, prior to kick off, had penned an article on their hard drive that proclaimed how City always fall to the European royalty? I bet there was more 'n a handful!

Their piss must have slowly boiled throughout that 1st half, as the masterclass unfolded before their very eyes. Then, word by grudging word, they had to do their rewrites.
:-)

 

[flb]

City haven’t won the champions league and they are already pumping out articles that winning it once doesn’t put City up there with the great sides. The boiling of piss going on across the country is a joy to behold, the champions league final is still over 20 odd days away.

What OH wont mention is that united were extremely fortunate to win both of Fergusons CL's he won-outplayed v Bayern for 90 mins of the game-and it was only John Terry losing his footing in the penalty shoot out that gifted united that title. Holt talks a load of shite, no mention of any of Fergusons points tally in his league winning seasons-forgive me if I'm wrong but I don't think Ferguson ever won the league with 90 plus points. Its a myth how good united were in the CL under him, two CL's in 20 years is hardly anything to shout about-especially with the money he spent.