Match Thread | Manchester City v. Al Ain (CWC) 23/06/25

[Newman Noggs]

Was it just me that saw the hand in the face on Manu?

I'd have to look again but I thought thevdefender had him round the throat

 

[TinFoilHat]

Off over to BBC Website to check match report….

"State owned City overwhelm home State Club in pre match done deal"

 

[Coljj]

VAR has been pretty spot on in this tournament from the games I've seen.

SAOT offsides with the kick point being decided by the ball sensor makes a huge difference. The linesman literally knows it's offside 3 seconds after the player touches it thanks to a bleep in his earpiece.

 

[Petetheblu]

Impressed with Rayan.

Echiverri playing well too.

Just need Big Earl to find his pattern.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

Did Ait-Nouri get his yellow cancelled?

Yes.
Its one of those quirks of VAR.
Personally I don't think it should have been cancelled. The game was still in full flow when Ait Nouri brought their player down.

 

[Ajm1985]

Not fully the personnel but glad to see Pep giving the wingbacks formation a good look.

Post in thread 'Al Ain (N) - Mon 23rd June, 02:00 | CWC | Pre-Match Thread' https://forums.bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/...-00-cwc-pre-match-thread.368683/post-18379113

I think it has legs, with the right players and a bit of rhythm.

 

[Vienna_70]

My opinion of Townsend as a co-commentator hasn’t improved, after his first half performance.

He’s fucking useless, especially his analysis of the penalty.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Off over to BBC Website to check match report….

I don't think we're playing.

 

[Scottish Cityzen]

Who is this clown of a commentator?

Clown is being very kind mate ;-)

A really good and entertaining half of football but City bingo from both pricks in the commentary box.

The comment about Khusanov early on was ill informed and pathetic. As was the tired trope of us being the only team that foul against a counter!

 

[roach3]

Townsend another in the line of clueless wankers that hates us, useless ****

 

[levets]

thats not a pen

Of course it is

 

[Bigga]

Filled up a bit here now, about 35-40k I reckon. Still 99.5% OVO - decent turnout

Like the look of Al- Nouri

What's the fan split in the stadium?

 

[p.taker]

Yes.
Its one of those quirks of VAR.
Personally I don't think it should have been cancelled. The game was still in full flow when Ait Nouri brought their player down.

rag

 

[chesterbells]

VAR has been pretty spot on in this tournament from the games I've seen.

SAOT offsides with the kick point being decided by the ball sensor makes a huge difference. The linesman literally knows it's offside 3 seconds after the player touches it thanks to a bleep in his earpiece.

Yep, that’s a real and noticeable improvement isn’t it?

 

[mexico1970]

They were both at it?

Get him off the box FFS!

 

[edinburgh123]

so much for being able to see VAR decisions in the ground. saw the ref on the big screen looking at the VAR screen but needed to borrow Jodrell Bank telescope to see what he was looking at

 

[TinFoilHat]

Yep, that’s a real and noticeable improvement isn’t it?

Naturally the PL have their own shitter version to manipulate results.

I'm surprised Adidas haven't bid for the ball contract in the PL.

 

[ninjamonkey]

Not a penalty that, soft as shit, akanji has bought that, impressive overreaction. If that's the other way and given against us, nobody would claim it was a penalty.

Not much to take from that. 3-0 up when we've barely got out of first gear, the opposition just aren't of a sufficient quality to make a game of it. We'll have to up thr standard considerably for Juve though.

Nico still has a lot of progress to make before hes slotting in, hoped he would be further along by now. Nunes the most impressive of our players for me. Echeverri lovely goal, some really nice touches too but he's not quite ready yet, needs to get used to playing against players twice his size

 

[SkyBlueFlux]

We can't really relax - if we get 7 then we can draw Juve and still avoid Real.

 

[Petetheblu]

Good. Idea, brew time: )

Just having a coffee myself.