2016-17 UEFA Champions League - Part I

[Jeffrey]

He's so much better than everyone here wants to admit. The combination of anti-English people and Liverpool fans makes it hard for anyone to acknowledge him.

Can't wait for Pep to get credit for Sterling being good, that'll be fun.

I always respected his talent and I still do.
I still hate him for how he left Liverpool.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Both Soldado and Bakumbu are out for Villarreal? Not liking their chances here.

 

[Evilo]

Monaco 1-0 up after Lemar beat good old Fred N'Diaye to the ball and earned a pen.

 

[Evilo]

Horrible defending by Monaco, as usual for a long time now.
1-1.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

It was coming Villarreal even with all these injuries have dominated the ball.

 

[Deficient Mode]

Vermaelen sent off with a second yellow in the first half.

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Best 45 minutes under Rodgers for Celtic to date.

 

[Power Man]

#patolives

 

[Deficient Mode]

He's so much better than everyone here wants to admit. The combination of anti-English people and Liverpool fans makes it hard for anyone to acknowledge him.

Can't wait for Pep to get credit for Sterling being good, that'll be fun.

Pep will rightly get credit if he harnesses Sterling's ability and gets a far better season out of him than last year. Of course, like almost all of the players whom Pep has coached, he was very talented to begin with.

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Best 45 minutes under Rodgers for Celtic to date.

... should have waited for the full 90, apparently. Wheels are coming off...

 

[Evilo]

It was coming Villarreal even with all these injuries have dominated the ball.

Really? I think both teams have sucked. Just looked at the stats : 6 shots to 7. Villareal has the ball but have no idea what to do with it.
Monaco is shaky defensively, but can be dangerous in counter attacks.

So far, the draw seems right .

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Wow that's some terrible defending.

 

[Evilo]

Yup for both teams.
Terrible game, especially with the talents on the pitch.

 

[Deficient Mode]

Roma held on for the 1-1 away draw. Mediocre second half. Paredes has lamentably fallen under the influence of Nainggolan's hairstylist.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Roma held on for the 1-1 away draw. Mediocre second half. Paredes has lamentably fallen under the influence of Nainggolan's hairstylist.

Or Messi's

I actually like it though.

 

[Savi]

Pretty solid results for Club Brugge, who are now in pot 4

To move up to pot 3 we need two out of Ajax, Villarreal, Porto and Plzen to get knocked out

 

[Deficient Mode]

Or Messi's

I actually like it though.

Messi just bleached his. Nainggolan and Paredes bleached their and went for the mohawk/faux-hawk looks respectively. It's quite bad imo.

 

[Evilo]

Pretty solid results for Club Brugge, who are now in pot 4

To move up to pot 3 we need two out of Ajax, Villarreal, Porto and Plzen to get knocked out

Looks very very possible.

 

[Deficient Mode]

Porto score an early goal from a set piece. Poorly timed challenge from Paredes to give away the free kick.

I wonder if Roma's stadium and attendance give them a below average home field advantage. They were favored to go through after drawing 1-1 away with 10 men more than half the match but that's a blow.

 

[Deficient Mode]

De Rossi sent off in the 41st minute with a straight red. Disastrous first half for them.

 

[HajdukSplit]

Roma looked toothless too before the sending off...

Dundalk score in Poland, that tie could get interesting but you would think Legia can get at least one more. Ludogorets with a huge away goal in Plzen meaning that the Czech champs now need to score 3 goals in the second half

 

[Jersey Fresh]

Be'er Sheva is up 2-0 on Celtic early in the second half. One more unanswered and they're through on away goals. Could have been 3 too, but Radi missed a penalty.

Hope they shove it in Celtic's faces. Would be such a hilarious choke.

Either way, the fact that they've put 4 past Celtic over two legs...

 

[Deficient Mode]

Roma is having a meltdown. Emerson with another red card. Easy call.

 

[redmosquito]

Live look at Saidy Jenko today for Celtic

 

[HajdukSplit]

Italian clubs in CL playoffs, other than Milan beating PSV has anybody else progressed? In fairness they usually get tough draws but still I can see now why they are pushing hard for UEFA to reform the CL to give them two more automatic spots