Real Madrid (A) - CL R16 Post Match thread

[kippaxwarrior]

Watching the game back this morning and I have to say Gundogan and Rodri were absolutely superb. They completely shut down their midfield 3.

So much that after about an hour Zidane started to push Casimiro and Valverde forward for more energy and he dropped Modric back which for me was his biggest mistake as Casimiro was shadowing Kev and this move freed Kev up and he totally ran the shown in the last half an hour.

It really was a magnificent team effort

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Here we go again - https://apple.news/A1z64O4t-Tmmuye-8Y5JWwA

Manchester City had arguably their greatest ever European night on Wednesday.

I would have thought the night we won a European trophy might just edge it.

 

[Ban-jani]

Who the fuck wrote that? A 2 year old?.

Give Me Sport is a minor Rag social media page.

Don’t give them oxygen.

 

[Tricky_Trev]

You will not be surprised to hear that the Spanish press have all completely gone to town on the referee.

The next ref will need to be strong. They’ll do a good job of convincing him that they have been wronged even though they haven’t.

 

[blueste41]

Those that were bemoaning the line up pre-match, this is the line up against the rags in the LC away leg:-
Should play it every week!

1. Claudio Bravo
2. Kyle Walker
3. Benjamin Mendy
4. Nicolás Otamendi
5. Fernandinho
6. Rodrigo Cascante
7. İlkay Gündoğan
8. Kevin De Bruyne
9. Raheem Sterling
10. Bernardo Silva
11. Riyad Mahrez

 

[Woody135]

A Wolves fan mate of mine is over in Barca for their Espanyol game. He said all the locals were chanting “City, City”.

how ironic

 

[blueswede21]

Probably the happiest I've been as a result of a City game in quite some time! I hope Sterling starts in the home leg, because I thought he completely changed the game when he came on. Mahrez, again, I'm a bit divided on. I thought he did well in certain moments but his overall decision making can be shocking at times, and he could have effectively ended the tie altogether had he not completely wasted that final counter when he had KDB in support. Also, my heart nearly stopped when he tried dribbling out of trouble in our own box, what the hell was that about? Clear it man.

 

[Woody135]

Yeah he did, what a fucking bell end he really is.. Not surprised though!

His first reaction was “i think thats a dive”. Says it all

 

[Phil1]

Mendy plays well when the pressures off. He’s a ticking time bomb in big games or when the pressures on.

Pressure was on last night and over the 90 mins he did just fine.
His passing sometimes looks erratic but that’s more down to his style.
I think because some have already made their minds up on him any poor pass gets amplified on here and the critics pile in quicker than they would on others.
He, like everyone else last night more than played his part in a great win.

 

[BringBackSwales]

So a supporter of another team comes in to say congratulations and the first thing you can think of is to be a dick?

I'll probably get banned for saying that but I thought that this forum would have a bit higher standards than posts like yours..



Yes, because reaching the final one year and then winning it the following year was dreadful for the country's coefficient.

As for getting more support why would anyone bother if this is what it leads to?

I tried to be gracious and say congratulations and two of you decided to jump on that and use it as an opportunity to try and insult or degrade me/my post.

Given I'll be banned for telling the poster from the quote above that he's being a dick I'll not have the chance but if I didn't get banned why would I come in here again to say well done about a result if all I would get in response is abuse?

Slag off everyone if you want but if that's the standards you hold yourself to then you're both letting the rest of the decent supporters in here down by lowering yourselves to the point where you have to react negatively and go on the attack when a fan from another Club tries to be nice in a post.

Call me a dick if you want, but a flippant comment about hacking your way in here is hardly outrageous given what your fucking club have done, and got away with, as regards hacking. I won’t mention various bus bricking incidents.