Atleti maybe could have planned on attacking Cancelo on the left as the least sturdy of our defenders, but targetting Ake seems unlikely. He just gave no quarter, shut it all down.
City defense was spot on, Cancelo dawdled on the ball once and lost possession near our goal but otherwise they were totally focused. Rodri and Gundo both a bit loose w/passing and the attack generally had issues with pulling off the key pass until Foden's arrival. That ref was pure trash, and...
A quality view on what City have achieved from US media, much needed after BS "football is ruined" narratives post FA cup final http://www.espn.com/soccer/blog/marcottis-musings/62/post/3858143/manchester-city-are-the-greatest-team-of-the-premier-league-era
The actual corruption is plainly stated in the final 2 paragraphs of the Times article, where Panja notes the PSG chairman is on the UEFA board, and his BEIN Sports is the biggest rights bidder for UEFA. Hence PSG (who had the same the "inflation of sponsorships" years back but at exorbitant...
He is unbearable on ESPN, he was the Rag blogger previously there but got upgraded to "Senior Writer" and still spouts horrible pro-Manure/anti-City trash generally
yeah sorry just late catching up on this thread. At least that makes the spectre of nil-nil through 210 minutes in the semis a virtual impossibility!! I appreciate great defending but can do without turgid stalemates...
I wouldn't call Otamendi trash, but seriously he screws up more in one game than Pique does in a month. Pique has calm, something that most all of our CBs could use.
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