Just caught a replay of Alaba's goal.
Probably my favorite player at the moment.
Have been following as closely as possible since his loan spell at Hoffenheim.
Unbelievable player who doesn't get as much recognition as he should.
Well it's not like Arsenal are on bad form either, they've made superior teams like Man Utd, Bayern, Everton look silly in recent weeks.
I think Arsenal are going to lay an absolute drubbing on them the final match - provided the expected results hold (Arsenal beat Dinamo, Bayern beat Olympiakos at Allianz)
Behave
More likely at this point of the competition is Arsene putting out the under 16s in a desperate attempt to finish bottom of the group to avoid any potential distractions in the already faltering title race, domestically
Listening to Lee Dixon and Roy Keane (read: listening to any Anglo-centric pundit) talking about the Europa League makes my blood boil, as if it's an affront to Arsenal to play in and that they should completely forgo a chance (a very legitimate chance) to win a trophy because the games are on funny days. Horrible, horrible priorities for a footballing country.
Just caught a replay of Alaba's goal.
Probably my favorite player at the moment.
Have been following as closely as possible since his loan spell at Hoffenheim.
Unbelievable player who doesn't get as much recognition as he should.
2009 CL: Olympiakos 1-0 Arsenal
2011 CL: Olympiakos 3-1 Arsenal
2012 CL: Olympiakos 2-1 Arsenal
Not sure how any Arsenal fan can think going to Greece is a formality.
Naaah Madrid was coasting.Erh, no? Are you saying the best team always scores more goals than the weaker opponents????
In the first leg, easily. In the second leg, the opposite.
Yes, and PSG missed MANY KEY PLAYERS too. Stop with the injuy excuse. Real was outplayed plain and simple. And BADLY outplayed to boot. At HOME.
And yes, Real looked like a division 3 team, parking the bus, scoring on a fluke goal and then defending at 11.
No need for moral victory. As I said, it's just a proof that PSG is now a better team than Real. Heck, even your own spanish papers used the word "miracle" to explain yesterday's result.
But hey, as a Real fan, if you're happy with your team being humiliated on the pitch for 90 minutes at Bernabeu, be my guest.
I don't follow
It's not just pundits, it's clubs and players and managers too that view it as an inconvenience. Liverpool and Spurs could quite easily win the Europa League, and if they make it to the last 16 I'll be surprised.
That's the stupidest logic I've heard. Anti-logic if there is such a thing.It's a trophy for the best losers essentially, so I can see why players at the top teams in the world would neglect it as such. Bigger priorities domestically.
It's a trophy for the best losers essentially, so I can see why players at the top teams in the world would neglect it as such. Bigger priorities domestically.
It's a trophy for the best losers essentially, so I can see why players at the top teams in the world would neglect it as such. Bigger priorities domestically.
So things got a bit hairy in Greece between Ultra groups leading up to and following the Oly-DZ match with Zagreb fans pairing up with Panathinaikos fans and Red Star fans making the trip to pair up with Olympiakos fans...
Police apparently raided Panathinaikos and Olympiakos clubs and made arrests of supporters of all four clubs. They confiscated these from a bus of Dinamo Ultras:
And then today 70 or so Red Star and Olympiakos fans attacked and 30 or so Dinamo fans at the airport, with several stabbings. 10 hospitalized with 3 suffering very serious injuries.
http://www.sport24.gr/football/ella...o-anamesa-se-kroates-kai-servoys.3756348.html
Jesus ****ing christ.
That's the stupidest logic I've heard. Anti-logic if there is such a thing.
It's a trophy on offer. Players do not neglect it. Managers sometimes do at the insistence of their board, but it's a trophy that you can win, be remembered at your club for winning, and kick on to the next season in the Champions League. People who discount that and don't find it important are absolutely incredible. The kind of people and clubs that will never win at anything.
This is why 3rd place CL teams shouldn't be allowed to drop in.
This is more a comment on the ludicrous system of European (in terms of European competition and the individual countries within Europe) club football than anything else, but you're still wrong.
It's also a trophy Arsenal have never won before and would be their most prestigious European trophy should they win it, so the dismissive attitude of the competition (in general) is quite silly, really.