RB Leipzig (H) - CL - Wed 15 Sep 20:00 | Pre-Match Thread

[Ric]

Hope it’s nothing serious with Stones and Laporte with some of the games we’ve got coming up. Dias and Ake should be fine for tomorrow though.

 

[hihosilva]

Ill try,
Ederson
Walker Dias Ake Zinchenko
Debruyne Rodri Gundagan
Mahrez Torres Grealish

 

[youngbob]

Ederson
Walker, Dias, Ake, Zinchenko
De Bruyne, Fernandinho, Grealish
Mahrez, Torres, Foden

 

[CityPar]

If Stones & Laporte are out then I'd be less confident about our back line as I have little faith in Ake. I've yet to see him play a decent game for us. Here's hoping it's nothing serious.

 

[Don Karleone]

If Stones & Laporte are out then I'd be less confident about our back line as I have little faith in Ake. I've yet to see him play a decent game for us. Here's hoping it's nothing serious.

Be interesting to see him with a better LB than Mendy. I'm not writing him off just yet.

 

[skillman]

Edit: @Don Karleone beat me to it.

I bet the Mendy handicap is a real thing, though!

 

[ancoats]

Yes it will be difficult to win the cl this year and last year did feel like the big chance. But it isnt unheard of that a team gets to the final a year after losing. Off the top of my head Bayern 2013 and Liverpool 2019 won it after being losing finalists.

yep

you want the players to learn the lesson and mistakes and want to go back and write the wrongs
a lot of people have blamed pep but if you look back now a lot of the players was shot and carrying knocks
KDB was burnt out and his form was all over the place and looked unfit

but the shoulder smash by Rüdiger in the head of KDB was naughty
i hope KDB puts it right in a couple of weeks when we go to chelsea

 

[OccupiedPalestineBlues]

I see them as a Leicester or Arsenal. Of course they could beat you on the day, but if you want to be getting close to winning the competition then you really should be comfortably picking up 4+ points against them over a home and away leg.

4 points is a win and a draw.
The only possible combination of results that gets 4+ points is 2 wins.
Thus, what you’re saying is that we should be comfortably beating them twice and strolling off with 6 points across the 2 legs.

IMO 2 wins is entirely possible but to say, in effect, that we’ll take 6 points off them comfortably is a gross exaggeration as we’ll have to concentrate for every minute of each game and work our balls off to do it.

 

[Vienna_70]

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Thanks for the tip.

I just did as you suggested, and it’s worked for both of our MSCs.

 

[David Silva #21]

Oh God I don't want to see Ake in line-up