Well said, amateurs on here obviously know more than Pep, they’d have the Manager replaced every 6 months, who do they want? Rogers, Potter, Allardyce, ffs, be grateful what we have which is a brilliant club, Owner, players and most of all Manager.
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Real Madrid (A) Post Match Thread
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i8rags
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I know Erling scores Grealish chance
TFC
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I had a hard time rationalizing last years final, but got over it (well one day I will) eventually. This one will forever stick in the craw. We should have buried them at the Etihad. It is and will forever be remembered as another huge missed opportunity. Mentality midgets ffs.
So after a shit night's sleep my reflections.
Did Pep's subs have a positive effect on Madrid. He took off three penalty takers in KDB, Jesus and Mahrez obviously thinking it wouldn't go to penalties. But did he also have an eye on the league? Jesus in particular was having a good game and whilst I understood the need for fresh legs etc I am not sure they were the right subs.
Mentally I think the players thought it was won hence the lapse in concentration for the first goal. Look at when the cross came in, everyone bar Cancelo on the 18 yard line but he was so worried about Benzema he had stepped back into the box playing him on. Dias then isn't aware that Rodrygo is behind him and Ederson also doesn't see him as he thinks it's an easy take. Second goal a little unfortunate as the flick on the ball just takes it away from Laporte. We are talking fine margins here that in big games you need to have to get over the line.
The ref was shocking, three yellows for Casemiro not given (foul on KDB, pull back on Foden and the dive) which helped him play the way he did. Yellow for Laporte for having his throat grabbed, no foul on Sterling given on the edge of the box, foul by Foden when it was the other way around, the list goes on. Anyone also notice that once Madrid were ahead the ball boys who had been throwing the balls back almost before they crossed the line suddenly had a reluctance to even stand up from their seats. Not sure where six minutes came from at the end of the game but why only three at the end and then why blow up on 2.50. It's a minimum of three minutes to play not let's blow when I feel like it.
Lot's of positives though, the best being I don't have to fork out for three tickets, three flights and accommodation etc with money I was going to struggle to find.
Chins up lads and lasses, let's smash the Geordies and win the league. Fuck the media, refs and opposing fans. We're Man City we fight to the end.
Good post m8 . Pep makes some strange subs and why 2 players to take a corner Don't say for a short one .That last night was unbelievable..Stroll on SundaySo after a shit night's sleep my reflections.
Did Pep's subs have a positive effect on Madrid. He took off three penalty takers in KDB, Jesus and Mahrez obviously thinking it wouldn't go to penalties. But did he also have an eye on the league? Jesus in particular was having a good game and whilst I understood the need for fresh legs etc I am not sure they were the right subs.
Mentally I think the players thought it was won hence the lapse in concentration for the first goal. Look at when the cross came in, everyone bar Cancelo on the 18 yard line but he was so worried about Benzema he had stepped back into the box playing him on. Dias then isn't aware that Rodrygo is behind him and Ederson also doesn't see him as he thinks it's an easy take. Second goal a little unfortunate as the flick on the ball just takes it away from Laporte. We are talking fine margins here that in big games you need to have to get over the line.
The ref was shocking, three yellows for Casemiro not given (foul on KDB, pull back on Foden and the dive) which helped him play the way he did. Yellow for Laporte for having his throat grabbed, no foul on Sterling given on the edge of the box, foul by Foden when it was the other way around, the list goes on. Anyone also notice that once Madrid were ahead the ball boys who had been throwing the balls back almost before they crossed the line suddenly had a reluctance to even stand up from their seats. Not sure where six minutes came from at the end of the game but why only three at the end and then why blow up on 2.50. It's a minimum of three minutes to play not let's blow when I feel like it.
Lot's of positives though, the best being I don't have to fork out for three tickets, three flights and accommodation etc with money I was going to struggle to find.
Chins up lads and lasses, let's smash the Geordies and win the league. Fuck the media, refs and opposing fans. We're Man City we fight to the end.
Extra time non event ...we were done...just shouldn't have bottled it
If we did what they did in extra time and kill the game in the injury time ? Big lesson cheat fake injury roll about kill the game
blueparrot
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We are very good at game management and keeping possesion to kill a game, one of the best. Last night we did it for the last 15 minutes .88 seconds between Real Madrid’s first goal and their second. In any game that’s ridiculous but in a Champions League Semi final with minutes to go is just criminal. Why did we restart the game again so quickly and why the fuck was Ederson just booting back to Courtois. Just madness how we threw that game away. We didn’t need the goal! Why did we rush to restart the game. Ffs
Then they scored and we didn't, panic and nerves set in , it's that simple they are human , it has nothing to do with tactics or game management, plain simple human instinct at a time of stress, it happens.
Tevez City
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Good morning blues
Still feeling sick
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That game had a huge impact on our season for the worse.I have seen little and read little of the game other than having a wide grin on 82 mins when I got back in from the women's game and saw us two goals on aggregate to the good. I wonder how many teams get a pen in each leg of a CL semi-final, how we concede three goals in a five minute spell, and I thought, ah, it's Uefa's CL. But there again it might be more to do with what I thought after the Atleti game that we might have played our best tie in the quarters!
Dave Ewing's Back 'eader
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I cannot see any single issue in the game that will ultimately drive me to the armchair I'm sitting in now than amount of two 45 minute halves that are swindled to ridiculous proportions. Refs do fuck all to remove timewasting from the game, in fact, their lack of a response just encourages teams. Has anyone been cautioned for timewasting in the first half, for doing exactly what they might be cautioned for on, say. 87 minutes. I've often thought of taking a stop watch to a game to see how much playing time is delivered. The reasons for the added time continue to remain a mystery to anyone sitting or standing on the terraces. We might be told that it accommodates goals, VAR checks, and subs - but a kid in primary school could do the maths and see that it never fits.How the fuck does he add 6 minutes at the end of the 90 and only 3 at the end of extra time when I’d be surprised if the ball was in play for more than 5 minutes?! Bent as fuck.
Even so, so fucking embarrassing from the players to let that get away from them. And we never looked like getting anything back. It’s like there’s no fight when things aren’t going our way.
Absolutely wounded at that. Wounded.
ArdwickBlue_M12
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when we were 1-0 up we should have took the ball into the corner, start diving or just generally waste time. we need to be more ruthless in these kind of games. We pretty much should have done what we did against Atletico in the 2nd leg.