Real Madrid (A) - Tues 9th April, 20:00 | CL | Pre-Match Thread

[kaz7]

why do they want to close the roof?

To make the atmosphere better and to their advantage

 

[Frankie lad]

Playing under a closed roof they may be used playing under closed smacks of unfair advantage like playing on a plakky pitch.
Not happy so I’m going to bin my 1-3 prediction and go 1-5 now.
So how do you like that Real Madrid?

 

[Rammy Blue]

Who is the ref and is he fair one ?

Tebas

 

[kaz7]

Uriah Rennie

Bastard i googled him, lol

 

[normskih]

Does anyone else feel more relaxed/excited towards the champions league now? Like I’m genuinely looking forward too tonight. After winning it last season and what came with it my opinion towards the CL has changed. I just get nervous about the league.

No, my stomach’s been churning all afternoon. Heaven help me at 8pm.

 

[Kinkybyname]

To make the atmosphere better and to their advantage

oh, I get that... is that what they actually said to Uefa though... "...to give is an advantage."? Or did they say for some other reason - surely, Uefa cannot allow such a partisan approach.

 

[TinFoilHat]

If it's pissing it down for the second leg we should ask UEFA if they'll make Real play wearing crocks.

Only fair.

 

[kaz7]

oh, I get that... is that what they actually said to Uefa though... "...to give is an advantage."? Or did they say for some other reason - surely, Uefa cannot allow such a partisan approach.

it is not raining so there is no other reason to close it , they think it will give them an advantage and uefa have obliged

 

[jimharri]

If it's pissing it down for the second leg we should ask UEFA if they'll make Real play wearing crocks.

Only fair.

Who in their right mind wears those monstrosities? They rank alongside vuvuzelas in terms of godawful creations.




By the way; "if"?

 

[jimharri]

They might go through us like a dodgy curry unless we keep it tight .

Then again, they might not.

 

[Kinkybyname]

Who in their right mind wears those monstrosities? They rank alongside vuvuzelas in terms of godawful creations.




By the way; "if"?

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[walker_is_faster]

Madrid trying to do everything off the pitch to win.

 

[jimharri]

Madrid trying to do everything off the pitch to win.

To make up for the fact that they ain't gonna win on it.






Maybe.

 

[kaz7]

Feel like i need to do this again

COME ON BLUEBOYS

Please score first and take no risks , clean sheet is out of the question but just be confident and dont panic . Fuck uefa and the roof tactic

 

[vanchi]

it is not raining so there is no other reason to close it , they think it will give them an advantage and uefa have obliged

they want revenge, they didn’t just lose at the etihad, they were completely humiliated

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Can’t help but feel like our fragility at the back is going to cost us tonight.

Dreading watching the through ball for the runners in behind, making the outside-in run from the wing.

We definitely have enough to win on a good night, but after the heroics of last year against these, I can’t help but feel like Ancelloti has a plan to exploit our weaknesses.

That said, if we can keep the ball the way we did at the Etihad last season, there’s no reason we can’t do damage to them, either.

So, will it be a tight, cagey 0-0?

Or will one of these teams “have a night”???

COME ON, CITY!!!

 

[PPT]

Madrid trying to do everything off the pitch to win.

Shows just how much they fear us now. The hammering we gave them at the Etihad last season has spooked them. Who would have ever thought: The mighty Real Madrid shitting themselves about playing little citeh. That’s the measure of just how far we have come.

 

[jimharri]

How are the nerves, you crazy bunch? I've been fine up to now. But I feel them beginning to kick in now.....

 

[Centurions]

At least they won't (or at least shouldn't) be parking all 11 players in their own box. Perhaps we'll finally see Haaland released with some long balls at last.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

How are the nerves, you crazy bunch? I've been fine up to now. But I feel them beginning to kick in now.....

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2:30 to kick off and that pic has reminded me of my dear old Gran (who lived on Horton Rd and used to “listen” to the score at Maine Rd from the front steps of her house!) used to say, “I’m starting to feel
It in my water!”

Yes, starting to get a few butterflies about which City is going to show up…one will batter them, one will get battered by them, and one could pass them to death and try to save it for the Etihad next week!