Atletico (H) | CL QF 1st Leg - Tue 5th April, 20:00 | Pre-Match Thread

Match Result Prediction?

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FogBlueInSanFran said:
17. And a Palace fan since he was 6. Look — I tried my best. I’m embarrassed. But Yanks don’t have the same sway generations of Mancs have over their kids. And on one level I appreciate that he fell in love with them as a child and wouldn’t be swayed. We’re seeing Palace v Arsenal Monday night then headed up. Having said this, he loves Stone Roses, Oasis etc. so I do consider that a small victory. Loves football and played keeper for years.
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Ha, there are worse London teams he could have ended up with! But enjoy everything, who knows a European night might sway him!
 
Brightwell Bros. said:
Ha, there are worse London teams he could have ended up with! But enjoy everything, who knows a European night might sway him!
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You’ve got that right! He and I both share the belief that you love who you love in sport whatever happens — that City got rich long after I fell in love remains an incredible stroke of luck that I do hope comes to Palace some day (hopefully at the expense of fucking Spuds). Unfortunately the little bastard has been able to take the piss out of me several times in the last few years as Palace has been a tough nut against City!
 
They've won 7 straight. Shite earlier in the season yeah, but they've shored up and have some neat players in midfield, and are pretty deadly up front. Tuesday'll be classic defence against attack and trying to hit us on the counter, but all the 'not what they were/Spanish Stoke stuff' no- they're a bloody good side, tough tie.
 
Think Sterling has players himself inte the starting 11 after Pep’s comments.

Ederson
Stones
Laporte
Ake
Cancelo
Rodri
Bernardo
KDB
Mahrez
Foden
Sterling
 
Ederson

Cancelo
Stones
Laporte
Zinchenko

Rodri
Bernardo
De Bruyne

Mahrez
Sterling
Foden

Pep way well go for Stones at right back, Cancelo left back and Akè starting alongside Laporte. I do think we've a nice balance in Europe when Zinchenko starts.

Going to be a game of patience, Atletico are going to do what they always do! People are saying an early goal would change it, Personally I don't it would as Atletico never ever change the way they play, They still wouldn't come out and come toe to toe with us.
We have to take our chances when they come our way and if we do that we'll this football match.
 
dickie davies said:
I believe at old Trafford when united played this lot, in the second half the ball was only in play for 21 minutes and that all wasn’t united time wasting
This will be a really ugly game unless we score a couple of early goals and we’re more than capable of that
Be patient blues
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It will be interesting to see, hard to time waste if you don't have the ball.

The Rags are a completely different team to us, in fact they are fucking shit and can't contral a game or keep the ball.

They actually believe they are better than they are which isn't very good anyway but has been proven by half decent organised teams getting results of them all season.

3 nil City.
 
Going on past Champions league failures it won’t matter who pep plays or how we set up.

Knockout games comes down to the players.We need to see more than Kev raising his game otherwise it will be the same story. Pep can only get the team so far. Individually they need to step up and deliver.
 
wolviedinho said:
Going on past Champions league failures it won’t matter who pep plays or how we set up.

Knockout games comes down to the players.We need to see more than Kev raising his game otherwise it will be the same story. Pep can only get the team so far. Individually they need to step up and deliver.
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Fair play....you have managed to erase Peps ridiculous team selection and tactics,in last seasons final,from your memory.
Maybe one or two could have done better individually,but the blame for that needless defat fell predominantly at the managers feet.
 
Speaking to a rag last night, he said whatever you expect regarding the shithousing times it by a hundred.
 
FantasyIreland said:
Fair play....you have managed to erase Peps ridiculous team selection and tactics,in last seasons final,from your memory.
Maybe one or two could have done better individually,but the blame for that needless defat fell predominantly at the managers feet.
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Unfortunately that memory will not be erased easily. Pep can only take the players so far with his approach. For us to win the 1 on off high profile games, the players need to step up.
 
The dream scenario is we beat them by three or four goals so we can rest players for the second leg and put absolutely everything in to the two games against Liverpool.

Realistically, it's going to be very tight and I'd be very happy if we take a narrow lead to Madrid.
 
David El Mago Silva said:
The dream scenario is we beat them by three or four goals so we can rest players for the second leg and put absolutely everything in to the two games against Liverpool.

Realistically, it's going to be very tight and I'd be very happy if we take a narrow lead to Madrid.
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Looking at the way simeone has set up against various teams it’s going to be difficult to predict his formation. Played 442
against alaves, 3142 against barca, 352 against the rags, 3421 against Liverpool etc. The only consistent thing is their tactic to cède possession, kill the ball and their pass completion rate of 72%.
 
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