Crvena Zvezda (H) | CL | Post Match Thread

Brightwell Bros. said:
but he's missing big chances.
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You know, playing it back and looking at it coldly and calmly, none of his missed chances were as glaring as Phil's. Phil had the entire goal to aim at, from about four yards, five maximum. The ball came to him at a good height, he was central. He put his header straight at the keeper. And several of Erling's other chances were stopped by a keeper who was either very good, or very lucky (or both at the same time). So they're not really what I'd call misses.
His hold-up and assist for Julián was excellent, too — perfectly weighted. That is a side of his game that has come on leaps and bounds since the beginning of last season.
His misses against West Ham were far more glaring.
I'm not worried about him, and I'm sure you aren't.
 
What is going on with thor , radar slightly off , thought we were poor first half albeit making chances , came out with a more urgent attitude , cant be going behind like this , one day we will be punished
 
Alan Harper's Tash said:
There is a weird juxtaposition though. We played pretty well last night and created loads, whilst we didn’t look like we were trying very hard!

We’ve reached a stage where we will comfortably, but should have put up a cricket score.

Come the end of the season, this game will have been forgotten.
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This game will be forgotten by the end of the week.
 
On another note entirely. I was watching certain passages of play on replay this afternoon. It came to me that no-one — no-one — in world football playing is now playing at this level of sophistication. Not Bayern, not Real. No-one else. There is a breathtaking level of movement off the ball, improvisation around 360° by whoever's got the ball so that he always has one, two, three out-balls that can usually hurt the other team. Everybody working for everybody, all the time. The other team gets the ball, they can't hold it for more than forty seconds. We are now doing to teams what Dortmund did to us when they came to the Etihad all those years ago.
The finishing left something to be desired, but it shouldn't be allowed to hide that fact.
 
ancoats said:
I said to my lad when walking up to the game it's never going to be the same, The comedown can be very painful and it's where you'll find the proper fans still loving the club, But we are now the big boys in Europe and rightly so, last night game sort of turned out to be Giants vs David and we was never going to lose even after they scored,

So, I am taking it all in my stride and enjoying the ride, it's a joy to watch Manchester City and when or if the come down happens you know what? I am going to take in my stride as well
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Wasn't so long ago we were the "minnows" in the CL and we were happy as a fan base just to be competing at the top table.

We didn't win one game in 12/13 when Klipperty's Dortmund pissed the group.

Roll on 12 months and I was in Germany when we beat Bayern 3-2 and it was other-worldly to actually get a result there, just didn't seem real. We were only there for shits n giggles, but we actually beat them.

Then the year after, we absolutely shat ourselves in the SF at Madrid when they were there for the taking. The inferiority complex we had at that stage held us back, both players & fans.

Now, we are THE best team in Europe and the same inferiority complex is shown by every other club, including RM/PSG/BM, when they rock up at the Etihad.

Fuck me, it's mind-blowing when you think about it.
 
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