Shakhtar (A)-Post Match Thread

[Rammy Blue]

A very important and trusted player to Pep, it makes all the difference having a naturally left footed player in the centre at the back, I just hope he never plays him at left back again, every time he's played him there he's been shite.

What the fuck was that silly dance shit he did after scoring? Lmao.

Anyone got a gif of it, very cringeworthy.

 

[cleavers]

That was some team performance, some of the first half football was fantastic, we probably should have been 4 or 5 by half time, that said we also defended very well. The second half was all about game management, and we still could have scored 3 or 4 more, and we defended very well again.

The pundits will go on about our attacking play tonight, when in fact it was a bit wasteful (sorry), but they will completely ignore what a sound defensive game we played tonight, Ederson had virtually nothing to do, thanks to the 2 CB's and Fernandhino, who stopped almost everything, and then gave it to our midfield who ran the game.

In the first half we often lined up 235, and the Shaktar defence didn't know how to combat it, not many would, we won the ball so high up the pitch they rarely got into our half.

I think that first half is one of our best ever team performances, it was so dominant, I don't think there was a player below 8/10. We actually look better than we did last year to me, we just need to put more chances away !

 

[OB1]

I agree wasteful but it’s was said we were poor in the final third I don’t call ripping teams to shreds in the final third poor, the final third is not in front of the goal mo

We also had plenty of near misses; much more a case of marginally off than poor.

Our biggest failing is not scoring ridiculous numbers of goals.

 

[B\connellblue]

Excellent tonight. Played some superb football. Wasteful though, It would matter against better sides.

 

[Ballymagash Blue]

Thought Raz was fantastic tonight. Motm for me.

 

[Ban-jani]

If you say so like I said the fuckwittery on here is abound

Do you not think we could have done better in the final third?

The only fuck wit on here is you.

 

[Neville Kneville]

The thing is, Pep's not changed things, we're just doing what he was trying to do before, better.

I think we are sometimes playing more like a traditional defence & even clearing the ball, at times. Sometimes we look almost like an Italian team rather than all pressing, then suddenly we press & push forward.

Pep doesn't have Messi.now, but this could become his best ever team if he sticks it out imo. He is still evolving, himself.

 

[AlgarveBlu]

Considering the quality of the opposition that was a sublime first half team performance; have only seen Juve to date that would be best avoided..

 

[ws01]

There is no better year for us to win this competition than this year

 

[NZBlue]

Otamendi for motm for me. Seems odd maybe when they posed little threat but Nic was a big part of the reason. He snuffed out all their hope time and again